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we are finding out this actually was no accident. the act of a young man who was trying to take his own life instead takes that of an innocent driver. fox 10's danielle miller is live tonight with more details on what we are learning. danielle? >> yeah, marc. police say that man who caused this accident is now here at the fourth avenue jail being charged with several things out here. he is 19-year-old keith johnson, and this accident happened in the intersection of road and peoria avenue around 8:00 this morning. police telling us that eight cars total were involved, and all four drivers of those vehicles were transported to valley hospitals for various injuries this morning. they are telling us that 19-year-old keith johnson was the man who caused this accident. he was actually trying to kill himself, and that's the reason why he rammed into several of these vehicles. he himself did survive, but
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that woman, we are being told, is 46-year-old margie mellows. we spoke with some of her neighbors tonight, and they tell us that margie was a wonderful woman. she had two sons. she was actually just recently went through a divorce. she was a advocate for child cancer and research. they tell us she was a sweet woman and always had a smile on her face. >> we would just chitchat, normal neighborly stuff, just really shocked at what happened. >> yeah. >> just really sad. >> she was a sweet lady. she, you know, my son would always want to go there and play, and she would always invite us in. when they were moving, she was just very generous and, you know, always willing to help. it just makes me so upset that people -- it's one thing to want to take your own life, but to
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just her -- her life is gone, but so many people are going to be affected, and her poor kids, they have had a really rough year. just a lot of, you know, family changes and then they just moved and things like that, and then for this to happen is just awful at the hands of someone that didn't care. >> and marc, once again here is the man police say caused this accident. 19-year-old keith johnson. they say he intentionally caused it while he was trying to take his own life. now, after being treated himself for here to the fourth avenue jail. he is being charged now with one count of second degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault. reporting live, danielle miller, fox 10 news. danielle, thank you. and phoenix police now say the last of three officers injured when a car plowed into them outside of a convenience store has now been released from the hospital. it's a rookie officer. it was his first day on the job. he suffered a concussion, and he returned home this evening to
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broken leg was released earlier, and a third officer only suffered minor injuries. he was able to get out of the way. police say the three officers were taking a break when 44-year-old marc laquon payne tried to run them over. payne is now being held without bond on attempted first-degree murder charges. an update now on the valley freeway shootings case. leslie merritt, jr. who was the former prime suspect in the shootings is suing the state and county officials. merritt's suit claims false arrest and false imprisonment. he spent 222 days behind bars for this case before it was dismissed. merritt's attorneys argue the state's own experts said there was no link between merritt's guns and the freeway shootings. >> as we stand here today, there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that leslie merritt, jr. was the i-10 shooter, that he ever has been or that he ever
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phoenix is absolutely no safer than it was at the time of merritt's arrest. >> the lawsuit does not contain a demand for a specific amount of money, but again, the amount that we had heard before was possibly up to $10 million. the county says it is aware of the lawsuit but has not yet decided whether it will handle the suit itself or will hire an outside agency. i'm just incredibly happy it's over. thank god. >> a scottsdale y found not guilty of flashing teenage boys at a bar mitzvah. 33-year-old lindsey radomski was arrested last year. she was accused of getting drunk and then letting boys touch her breasts. today after seven weeks the jury rendered its verdict. radomski sobbed quietly and hugged her attorneys after the
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exposure and sexual misconduct. >> her image was tarnished, based on how the charges came out. >> some of the charges allegedly stemmed from flashing her breasts to adults and boys at the party. other charges stemming from when she allegedly was sleeping in one of the boy's rooms. radomski's attorney says she will return to teaching yoga. congress is moving ahead on a bill that is aimed at making it easier for the veterans affairs to fire its employees. g.o.p. lawmakers have been urging the va to fire more workers to begin to improve the scandal that started at the va hospital in phoenix. the bill would also eliminate managers appealing disciplinary actions to an independent review board. trip advisor announces the musical instrument museum right here in the valley is one of the
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throughout the world, in fact. the travel and booking site says 36% of customers plan on visiting the site this fall, and talking stick resort was the winner out of 18 hotels in the phoenix area, and this is the second year in a row that talking stick has received that award. one arizona landmark is about to become history friday morn highway bridge over hell canyon, north of chino valley. it was built back in 1954. drivers will be facing up to 30-minute delays while the new bridge comes down. there are hazards on the road every year.
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bringing some to our attention. a.d.o.t. tweeting that out with a bit of a sense of humor. colin powell stirring up some controversy in the presidential race after his thoughts on hillary clinton and donald trump are revealed when his personal e-mail gets hacked. have you seen this couple? they are wanted by valley police. we will tell you why. all right. we'll get to marcy coming up after the break and see what she has got to tell us, coming up. and if you would like to a contact me on social media, i would love to hear from you. find me on facebook at facebook.com/marcmfox10 and on
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denny's introduced new buttermilk pancakes and now we're introducing free pancakes for kids. who's crazy idea was this? well, we're pretty sure we know who. for a limited time, kids get our new pancakes in any of these flavors, free. live from fox studios, fox 10 news is back. surprise police for your help trying to identify a man and a woman that they suspect stole a purse. take a look at the pictures here. this happened back on august 25th. officers releasing these pictures, saying that the theft happened at the winco right near bell road and cotton lane. if you recognize the folks in this picture, you are being asked to call the surprise police department. well, neighbors are upset about a new house for felons in their north phoenix community. despite the department of corrections word there would be no sex offenders, people are
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gathered tonight to talk about any criminals that may be living in their neighborhood. marcy jones attended that meeting and has the story for us. >> i would say tense but very productive were the words that i would use to describe this meeting. a lot of parents and concerned community leaders coming together. there was actually a note greeting the attendees that said please leave your pitch forks at the door. they say that's what this was all about, not a witch hunt but coming together to find solutions for safety in this community. their number one solution that they have that they want getting the maricopa reentry center back to being a locked facility. many in the community expressed that they do believe in a reentry program that this is not the appropriate area for a facility of that kind. right now, the mrc can accommodate about a hundred offenders, growing to 200 as the facility expands. the d.o.c. announced last week that the facility will no longer
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does include offenders convicted of burglary, assault, and manslaughter. parents don't believe this is the best area for it. >> our main goal is to have it moved. i know that there are probably more appropriate places for it to be. not to have it so close to a community where there's a high school less than a mile away. i definitely feel like it's something that is probably a good step forward in trying to move these offenders into the community, but it's really not a for it. >> our representatives address the lack of transportation, because these people need resources. they need food, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, transportation, and it's not up here. >> now, this will no the be the last community meeting on this issue as speakers inside promised tonight. the d.o.c. says that they don't have any plans to shut down this facility, but community leaders do say they are not giving up on
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fox 10 news is back. a new survey shows the republican hold on mormon voters has slipped significantly with donald trump as the party's the pew research center found 48% of registered mormon voters say they are republicans. that is down though from 61% just four years ago. the majority of the former republican mormons now consider themselves to be independent. donald trump and hillary clinton's health front and center today in the race for the white house, with trump taping an appearance on dr. oz, and clinton's doctor weighing in on her ability to become commander in chief. hillary clinton at home
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her doctor says she remains healthy and fit to serve as president of the united states. clinton's campaign says after a complete physical, dr. lisa bardock reported her health is normal. donald trump talked about his health condition right on dr. oz's tv show. >> i have it right here. it's two letters. one is the report and the other is from lenox saying -- >> may i see them? >> yeah, sure. >> these are -- >> those are all of the tests done just last week. >> reporter: the rest of trump's day didn't go well. during a speech, he was interrupted by a pastor who wasn't invited to make a political speech. >> mr. trump, i invited you here not to give a political speech. >> okay, that's good. >> reporter: and both candidates dealing with colin powell's
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reportedly hacked and given to buzz feed, calling donald trump a national disbra disgrace and an international pariah, while blaming clinton aids for trying to drag him into her private e-mail controversy. trump has trailed by some 10% back in the polls in august. in ohio trump is now ahead point, and in nevada monmouth poll shows him in a statistical tie with clinton. it's hard enough living in dorms, but when you get a demand letter from your future dorm mate before you even move in, you know you are in some
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blew through the state. tropical storm julia could mean four to eight inches of rain right along the south carolina coast through friday as it moves slowly northeast, and drivers are warned to be aware of flash flooding and not to try to drive through those flooded roads. your exclusive accuweather forecast with dave munsey on fox 10 news. dave you were saying that julia is going to stick around and cause some problems. >> ocean and stick around for three days, maybe as long as five days. there is already some flooding but this situation is going to get worse as the week wears on. it's 85 degrees here right now, those winds have died down considerably, west southwest at five miles an hour. 84 degrees down in chandler, 80 degrees up in fountain hills, and moisture, well, we saw a
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and then evaporating out about as fast as it got here. you see the dew points are up a little bit down in the area where we saw the moisture, but look at all of those 30s. in fact you see some 20s and some teens when you get up into the mountains, meaning that things are drying out. here you go at 98 degrees on the high today. it was 97 in goodyear. we had 96 in scottsdale, and 93 out at gateway. other numbers, 70 at flagstaff, 75 at the grand canyon, 95 gila bend, and another 95 down in tuscon. this is your day. 98 on the high, 76 on the low, 101 and 78 normal high and low, record high 112, record low at 58 degrees. 96 degrees in scottsdale today, 97 in glendale, 92 at cave creek. there's your 95 on the high. we also saw some numbers, looking at mid-90s in the forecast page with 75 over in
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st. john's area, and then 99 down in yuma. these are the overnight lows, and boy, they just look real nice, 70s, mid-60s, a few upper 60s in there. it's a little cold up in colorado. they have a frost forecast up there for the night, flooding, showers, and of course a tropical storm. this is julia down in the southeastern corner of the state, and it still sits with 40-mile-an-hour winds. that's almost for the life of julia, is 40-mile-an-hour winds. and you take a look at it, this is the path that it is going to take, a little hook out there right around charleston, and you can see 40 miles an hour, 40 miles an hour, and another 40-mile-an-hour projection for that tropical storm. 70 overnight, 95 degrees for tomorrow, lots of sunshine for you. those 90s will hang up right up until the weekend.
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a 101 in there on sunday, and then back to the 90s again. watch your kids around water. >> dave, thank you. well, moving into a college into a dorm right out of high school can cause some anxiety for u especially when you get the kind of e-mail that one ucla freshman received. incoming freshman whinny started feeling the pressure of college life before she even had a chance to move into her college dorm when she received e-mails from ashley, her future roommate. it included a list of >> okay. so i am not sure why you didn't respond back to my e-mails as long as you know this and understand that i'm not going to settle for anything less than what i'm going to tell you that i'm going to get once i arrive at the dorm. i'll take the top bunk. i do not want the single bunk where it has a desk underneath the top bunk, so don't believe me that. i also want a white closet.
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place and simple. i won't be in the mood for any arguing or other nonsense, because you decided to deliberately disregard this e-mail. if need be, i'll turn it into a bigger situation, so don't try me. winny posted the e-mail online, and as you can guess, it went viral. >> i had a twin bed and a pillow, but this demands. >> coed dorms, that's a whole other chapter we can't get into right now. we can get into this chapter. doug martin, one of the most underappreciated running backs in football, just part of what's on the table for the cardinals come sunday against the
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you're watching fox 10 sports with jude lacava in hd. well, certainly no easy task when the buccaneers face the cardinals on sunday. dirk cutter, one of the more respected play c nfl, now head coach of the buccaneers. let's not forget about jameis winston and the skilled position players, evans at wide receiver, jackson, and then this guy, probably one of the more underappreciated running backs in all of the nfl. doug martin is fabulous. think about the numbers that he put up last year, over 1,400 yards rushing, 5'9", 220, he can make plays. they have charles sim to back
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well, like i said. they put up points against the falcons, and they won on the road in atlanta. no doubt about it, bruce arians radar is up, this is a team that can score, and they have plenty of weapons. here's bruce arians on the bucs run game. >> doug martin is one of the most underrated running backs. if he's not in the top six in this league, somebody is crazy, and sims is a r complement to me. it's a good powerful backfieldm. >> don't forget to mark it down, here's the schedule, sunday 9:00 a.m. kickoff, 1:00 p.m. kickoff between the bucs and the cards, and then post-game coverage right through our newscast, bruce arians at the podium, richard saenz at the stimd stadium, max starks in studio, stay with us. we'll cover it as best we can just for you.
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take -- richard sam, the outstanding defender for the a.s.u. defense, he's from allen, texas, so this certainly is a recruiting tool. and cam smith also played his high school ball in the state of texas. this is an opportunity to get the word out on a.s.u. football, and it serves a purpose when it comes texas. >> you have got to be very careful, not our home recruiting base. we have to win in our home recruiting base of arizona, first and foremost, and then a gas tank away there in southern california, but we have done well, and we continue to do well there, and obviously that's why we go there to play, because i think it's hard to recruit in an area you don't play in. >> baseball at the chase tonight. do not try this at home, dave. you know, i mean, unless it's a chihuahua, forget about it.
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that was an entertaining part of the game. j segura, two home runs last night. first tonight, ties the game at 1, and then in the bottom of the fifth a two-run homer. arizona waking up this week against the rockies, going for the three-game sweep. jake lam drills this ball to first base, play at the plate. chris owings is going to win. final score just about ready to end, 11-6 the final. so the dbacks take three from the rockies. we'll be back on sports night. >> baseball bat and the chihuahua to do the balancing act. >> a talented chihuahua. >> yes, it was. thanks for joining us. have a good night. you're still on that thing?
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is that a question you really want people asking around here? indeed, it is not. i'm just checking college acceptances. i mean, they should be posting them any day. claire: you cannot spend your entire spring break worrying about college admissions. you should go to that-- that music festival thing with haley. do something fun. learn to relax a-- do we have to keep every remote we have ever owned? somewhere in a landfill, a laserdisc just ejected. uh, i can't bring alex to the festival because i am going for work to research new fashion trends. i need to blend in, you know? everyone will think she's a cop. worry and ruin my day, or i could go with haley and ruin hers. i'll grab my sunscreen. good morning. hey, dad. i hate to shame you, but haley woke up before you. well, haley didn't run a 10k yesterday to raise awareness for alopecia. what's alopecia? that is why i run. honey, i could really use your help with spring cleaning today. i got to get all these boxes down to the donation center. wish i could, but i've got work. then luke and i have got some important trampolining to do.
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