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A former Tempe constable accused of burning down his home for insurance money has been sentenced to four months in jail and two years of supervised probation.

Dear Debt Adviser: My daughter borrowed $500 from me many years ago and was supposed to pay me back when she got her tax refund check. Long story short, she never paid me back. Recently she got in trouble, and she borrowed another $293. This brought the amount she owed me to $793. She said she had a new job and would get a check two days from then. She said she’d have enough money to pay me everything she owed me at one time. Instead, she sent me a check for $100 with a note saying she would pay me more when she got another check. She sent me two more payments of $100 each, totaling $300, and then she stopped paying. She put a note in each payment envelope I received with the balance owed — then she quit paying. Can I sue her for the $493 balance she still owes? Thank you. — James

In 1999, my mother was 69 years old. My younger brother was 33 and had lived with mom off and on - mostly on - his whole life. He was a meth addict since the age of 24 and behaved as such - unemployed, always scamming for his next buzz, riff-raff in and out of the house day and night, many run-ins with the law, and stealing. He took mom's jewelry, a couple of antique rifles that her father gave to her, her cell phone(s), money from her purse. All gone. The neighbors couldn't leave anything outside.

In 1999, my mother was 69 years old. My younger brother was 33 and had lived with mom off and on - mostly on - his whole life. He was a meth addict since the age of 24 and behaved as such - unemployed, always scamming for his next buzz, riff-raff in and out of the house day and night, many run-ins with the law, and stealing. He took mom's jewelry, a couple of antique rifles that her father gave to her, her cell phone(s), money from her purse. All gone. The neighbors couldn't leave anything outside.

A former Maricopa County constable for the Kyrene Justice Court has been arrested by Tempe police on suspicion of plotting to burn down his Tempe home for insurance money.

They are the ones that police and public safety departments can’t afford to lose: Volunteers.

A request by John Hastings for an injunction seeking to prohibit alleged harassment from West Mesa Constable Fred Arnett was denied during a hearing in Maricopa County Superior Court on Friday.

It's unclear if outgoing Kyrene Constable Jon Levenson will be prosecuted for alleged ethics violations now that he's lost his bid for re-election, but local Republicans are pushing for criminal charges and are calling on him to resign early.

It's unclear if outgoing Kyrene Constable Jon Levenson will be prosecuted for alleged ethics violations now that he's lost his bid for re-election, but local Republicans are pushing for criminal charges and are calling on him to resign early.

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Their names may not be as familiar as those in top political jobs across the Valley, but if you ever come in contact with the justice system, it's likely to involve a constable or justice of the peace.

A Mesa woman has been sentenced to 14 years of supervised probation for abusing and locking her young son in an apartment closet.

A 21-year-old woman who left her 2-year-old son home alone locked in a closet without food or water or access to a bathroom, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court to felony child abuse and domestic violence.

In a race that normally is quiet and goes unnoticed, Dale Presley said he is anxiously waiting for the final outcome after unofficial results show he lost Chandler's San Marcos constable race by nine votes, or .7 of a percent, so far.

In what normally is a quiet and unnoticed race, incumbent Fred Arnett defeated John Hastings in the west Mesa constable’s race with 63.2 percent of the votes, according to the county’s unofficial voting results.