Gary Restaino has left the job of U.S. attorney for Arizona.
A political appointee of former President Joe Biden, Restaino worked for the Justice Department for about 20 years, most of it in Arizona.
Per federal law, Restaino’s top assistant, Rachel C. Hernandez, is now acting U.S. attorney.
The person President Donald Trump nominates for the full-time job in Arizona must be confirmed by the Senate.
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The Tucson City Council today will hear a presentation about a new pilot program called the Focused Deterrence Quality of Life Initiative. It’s a six-month pilot and appears to be focused on the city’s northwest side. -
Former Mexican drug kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was sentenced in a U.S. court on Monday to life in prison and called for an end to the brand of brutal violence he used to grow the Sinaloa cartel into what prosecutors said was the world’s largest drug trafficking organization. -
A shooting in Tucson early Sunday morning resulted in 10 people being wounded, including a male suspect who was taken into custody with life-threatening injuries. -
The Chandler Police Department is launching a back-to-school traffic safety campaign. It comes just a few months after a student was fatally struck by a car near a school campus. -
Researchers used bystander video and news reports to put together a database of incidents where pepper spray, rubber bullets and other measures were used by law enforcement — resulting in injuries ranging from cuts and burns, to traumatic brain injuries.
