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Friend in Need

Arsonist buddy was promised cash for capture

By James Hibberd
Nov 15, 2001

Last August, Warren Jerrems sat in the former recreation room of the Casa Rosa Care Center, a decrepit nursing home. Jerrems, an accountant, has several nursing homes as clients and was helping close the facility. Jerrems had agreed to meet and discuss his incarcerated friend, Mark Sands. At the time,...
Shocking Accusations

Is Scottsdale weapons manufacturer Taser International saving lives or supplying tools for torturers?

By James Hibberd
Aug 16, 2001

[Tom Swift] suddenly stopped, and reached around for his electric rifle, which he was carrying at his back. "What is it?" asked Ned in a whisper. "I don't know, but it's some big animal there in the bushes," was Tom's low-voiced answer. "I'm ready for it." -- Tom Swift in...
Legal Beagles

Animal rights activists sue researcher

By James Hibberd
Aug 2, 2001

Dr. Michael Berens has already halted his controversial brain tumor research using beagle puppies, but he's not out of the doghouse yet. Animal rights activists have sued Berens in federal court in California, accusing him of repeatedly submitting inaccurate information to the National Institutes of Health to obtain his research...
Smoke and Mirrors

Arrest of alleged Preserve arsonist brings more questions than answers

By John W. Allman and James Hibberd
Jun 21, 2001

The charges sounded more fitting for a mob kingpin than an alleged eco-arsonist. U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton solemnly drove home the severity of the 22 federal counts being levied against Mark Warren Sands, the Phoenix marketing consultant accused of being the Phoenix Mountains Preserve arsonist. Seven counts of extortion affecting...
Hook, Line & Sinner

A harrowing evening with the church of body modification, where parishioners reclaim their bodies and have gory tug-o-wars - then something goes wrong

By James Hibberd
May 31, 2001

Jennifer Kindelspire is 20 years old. Petite and pale. Big brown eyes. Kinda quiet. The other Church members fear her. They call her a monster. They say Kindelspire can outpull anybody. Nobody wants to go up against Kindelspire. She's like a bull. She once pulled an armored truck across a...

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