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Former NAU fraternity leader sentenced in deadly hazing case (opens the original)
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A Coconino County judge sentenced a former Northern Arizona University fraternity leader to 60 days in jail and three years of supervised probation for his role in the death of an 18-year-old pledge. Carter Eslick pleaded guilty in August to one count of felony hazing in connection with the January death of 18-year-old Colin Daniel Martinez. The 20-year-old was the pledge master for NAU’s Delta Tau Delta chapter at the time. Court documents say Martinez and three other fraternity candidates shar
Journalist Annette McGivney revisits the sweat lodge deaths near Sedona in “Plastic Shaman” (opens the original)
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In 2009, three people died after an hours-long sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona. It was part of a retreat led by the once-prominent self-help guru, James Arthur Ray. He ultimately served two years in prison for negligent homicide. Journalist and author Annette McGivney spent years investigating what happened — and the way white Americans have appropriated Indigenous culture in the name of wellness. She spoke with KNAU’s Bree Burkitt about her new book, “Plastic Shaman.” BREE BURKITT, KNAU: You s
Second person found dead following Grand Canyon flooding (opens the original)
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A second person has been found dead with more than a dozen still unaccounted for after severe flash flooding in Grand Canyon National Park. In a social media post Monday, the National Park Service confirmed search and rescue recovered a second body. Officials did not say where the body was located. A preliminary assessment showed that approximately 40% of the Transcanyon Waterline was damaged or destroyed in Saturday’s flooding. Emergency water restrictions are in effect as a result with all ove
Former NAU student pleads guilty to hazing in pledge's death (opens the original)
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A former Northern Arizona University student has pleaded guilty to hazing a fraternity pledge who died after drinking excessively as part of a rush event. Carter Eslick, 20, entered a change of plea in Coconino County Superior Court Monday. Prosecutors allege 18-year-old Colin Daniel Martinez died following an off-campus rush party for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Eslick was the pledge master of the now-defunct NAU chapter at the time. He was indicted in March on one count of felony hazing in
Ex-Prescott officer sentenced to 7 years in prison for fatal 2024 shooting of unarmed man (opens the original)
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A former Prescott police officer will serve seven years in prison for the fatal 2024 shooting of an unarmed man. On Monday, a Yavapai County judge sentenced Brian Sutton to the shortest possible prison term for the killing of 34-year-old Daniel Leslie. A jury convicted Sutton of one count of manslaughter in June. Prosecutors said Sutton and another officer responded to Leslie’s home on June 8, 2024, to question him over allegations that he threatened a former girlfriend earlier in the day. Body
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