Email Author Dave Newbart

1993 Stories by Dave Newbart

• A DEATH ON THE WARDHOMER TOWNSEND WANTS TO KNOW HOW HIS WIFE SUCCEEDED IN KILLING HERSELF INSIDE A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

  published September 29, 1993

  As she described her third suicide attempt in ten days, Debbie Townsend didn't leave out many details. Struck with "an overwhelming desire to... More >>

• JUSTICE ISN'T SERVED

  published August 18, 1993

  Waiting for his trial to begin, J.D. Campbell smiled the confident smile of a prominent citizen, a pillar of the community of Peoria. Sitting in a... More >>

• DON'T TREAD ON JESSE

  published August 4, 1993

  The 1969 Chevy pickup truck that Yuma farmer David Davidson sold to Jesse Van Myers was rusted and in dire need of repair. But that heap of a... More >>

• SHE SHOOTS CROP DUSTERS, DEOSN'T SHE?STATE FILE SUGGESTS ENVIRONMENTALIST WAS A SABOTAGE SUSPECT

  published August 4, 1993

  Environmentalist Debbie McQueen was aghast last October when she opened the public file she had obtained from the state Department of... More >>

• DILLARD'S--A STORE THAT JUST DOESN'T GET IT

  published July 14, 1993

  During an after-Christmas sale last year, at the Dillard's store in Paradise Valley Mall, Billy Mitchell went to a sales counter to purchase a... More >>

• STRONG MEDICINE

  published June 23, 1993

  Riley Briones was suicidal. His girlfriend was breaking up with him. He and his parents were constantly fighting. He didn't fit in at school. His... More >>

• TAILING RETAILER BLACK YOUTHS CLAIM DEPARTMENT-STORE GUARDS PROVIDED AN UNWELCOME SECURITY BLANKET

  published June 23, 1993

  If you're young, black and stylin', you might want to avoid shopping sprees at Dillard's. Just ask South Mountain High School students Taj... More >>

• THE LAST DAYS OF TAMMY GENTRY

  published May 12, 1993

  The Gentrys have photo albums full of pictures of their daughter Tammy. In many of the photos, smiling, cute-as-can-be Tammy wears across her... More >>

• ROCKY TIMES FOR MOUNTAINEERSRANCOROUS FEUD OVER FINANCES LEAVES DEVOTEES AT THE END OF THEIR ROPES

  published April 14, 1993

  The Valley's premier rock-climbing club is scrambling to recover from an internal struggle that had officers and members climbing all over each... More >>

• RESOLUTION TRUST CORPSE

  published April 7, 1993

  Delores and Julian Atencio never sat on the board of a failed savings and loan, but they know how it feels to bear the brunt of the powerful... More >>

• FIFE MAKES THE GRADEIN ONE WEEK, THE REPUBLIC TURNS A DUNCE INTO A GENIUS

  published March 17, 1993

  Arizona Republic readers picked up their Sunday, February 28, Perspective section to find a damning review of Governor Fife Symington's first two... More >>

• WHITEWASH? WHAT WHITEWASH?WHILE GOVERNOR SYMINGTON TOOK THE BOWS FOR GETTING RID OF ENSCO, THE PROTESTERS TOOK THE LUMPS

  published March 10, 1993

  When Governor Fife Symington killed an enormous toxic-waste project in 1991 near Mobile, he was hailed for ending an environmental nightmare. It... More >>

• CACTUS COPS WERE STICKLERS SUCCULENT SLEUTHES' POSTS ELIMINATED

  published March 3, 1993

  You may not remember their names, but almost everyone has heard of Arizona's cactus cops and what they did: bust cactus rustlers. Perhaps the... More >>

• THE CAMPAIGN-FINANCE STEEPLECHASEWHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING DOWN VIOLATORS, PROSECUTORS ARE NOT EVEN FOLLOWING THE PAC

  published February 24, 1993

  One Sunday last October, when the Reverend Tommy Barnett passed the plate to boost an anti-abortion initiative, he failed to follow the letter of... More >>

• TUBE TIED IN CUSTODY BATTLE FAMILY FEUD OVER TV TRIGGERS TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

  published February 17, 1993

  If one of King Lear's daughters ever made it to Phoenix, she'd probably be an attorney for the state. It was Lear who said, "How sharper than... More >>

• RATS! SNITCHING FOR TH SLEAZIEST COPS IN THE STATE ISN'T GOING TO LOOK GOOD ON YOUR RESUME!

  published January 27, 1993

  When the Nevada Highway Patrol stopped Sheryl for driving 95 mph two years ago, in her bright red Mitsubishi Eclipse, they found gambling chips,... More >>

• THE CASE OF TH FALLACIOUS PHALLUS FONDLERWANTED POSTERS CREATE AN IDENTY CRISIS FOR ASU WEST STUDENT

  published January 6, 1993

  It's one thing to be mistaken for a common criminal. But looking like a sex offender--a man seen masturbating in a car--is quite another. Just... More >>