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- Slow your roll
![[Victor Moreno]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/SEEDS-OF-CHANGE-Guests-11-rb3stibpom475x9hqj5nys2ku68kxahxhzp0ub72is.jpg "Seeds of Change Gala 2023")
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- Caught at checkout
![Ian Estes. [Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260923-pcso-ian-estes-arrest-rtulg6a01e56yuv9iyaln043vk6rbohyup4qupxi84.jpg "20260923-pcso-ian-estes-arrest")
- A rocky break-in
![Gregory Picard. [Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/20260924-pcso-gregory-picard-arrest-768x435.jpg)
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A Maricopa man is facing felony charges after police caught him driving erratically on John Wayne Parkway last week. Police responded to a call of a fight between a […]
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![Tom Schuman stands with a copy of his book "Why Not Us?" in Province on Sept. 17, 2026. [Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260917-bartunek-tom-schuman-7-scaled-rtu6hu5mh6lhfowu8pk9nw1ijtoq84y342q76dd7ug.jpg "20260917-bartunek-tom-schuman-7")
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Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
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Business
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![May 2026 sign renderings for Black Rock Coffee Bar overlay a file photo of construction at Edison Pointe, near the John Wayne Parkway site where the coffee shop would be built if approved. [City of Maricopa/Elias Weiss]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260506-BlackRock-scaled-rn2lapuoth94dnvknhixxg00dv164x32a3vsm3qj20.jpg "20260506 BlackRock")
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![Amber Rutan holds a sign that reads "Remove Flock cameras: Protect our fourth amendment rights" during a protest outside Maricopa City Hall on Sept. 1, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260901-spencer-anti-flock-1-rsu8e64q3zlbmw3jhxn6r4itwudarx4x8j4p99d69k.jpg "20260901-spencer-anti-flock-1")
![Maricopa Police direct traffic while a crash on Porter Road is cleared March. 1, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_9252-scaled-2-rdutcuc56ahbryjhsyefjdfe9yyse9uexf4ayw5dyw.jpg "PJ_9252-scaled")
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![Maricopa police arrested Leonard Burton, 43, on suspicion of shoplifting, assault and endangerment on Sept. 5, 2026. [Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260917-pcso-leonard-burton-rtjqyx7qcm7yqzw27l1qvua61wp53wshfnpvfzzwfs.jpg "20260917-pcso-leonard-burton")
![Medics treat an injured motorcyclist on John Wayne Parkway near Cobblestone Farms Drive on Sept. 16, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260916-spencer-jwp-motorcycle-crash-4-rti1sqzynvm2bio3colq8jv3tqxdk8bgnwzd0d6i2g.jpg "20260916-spencer-jwp-motorcycle-crash-4")
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Traffic
![Maricopa will restrict U-turns along John Wayne Parkway by the end of September. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260921-spencer-no-u-turns-rtrc40ipdizdhwrxuzqjvht5dyn23fhfcy03wodgqg.jpg "20260921-spencer-no-u-turns")
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![A Maricopa police vehicle sits next to a damaged vehicle in a crash on John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue on Sept. 16, 2026. [InMaricopa]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260916-welch-jwp-crash-rthuy44hetzjywx5j2nszsf0k2k7vb6y36mtsmvapk.jpg "20260916-welch-jwp-crash")
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