• Photo courtesy of Tucson Police.
• Earl Bogedain, 28, was arrested on 10 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.

Tucson Police arrested Earl Bogedain on suspicion of 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. The 28-year-old suspect was arrested on April 3 at a home on the 3300 block of East Presidio Road, according to the Tucson Police press release. Reportedly, Detectives were able to locate evidence during a device search that implied Bogedain was downloading and sharing child porn.

Bogedain was booked into the Pima County Jail and currently awaiting trial.

Tucson Police Chief Roberto A. Villaseñor has broken his department's general silence (other than some brief non-committal PR comments) about accusations of brutality Saturday night and issued an extensive statement regarding the viral video of an officer shoving woman during the "unlawful assembly" at Park Ave. and University Blvd.

Here is an excerpt from Tucson Police Department Facebook page:

While I understand the level of emotion concerning videos that have been circulating from March 29, I would like to implore members of the community to allow us the time to thoroughly investigate the incident. I am not making any excuses; however, I am duty bound to weigh all of the evidence in this situation, which necessarily involves consideration of differing perspectives, statements and viewpoints. This is not the type of situation where judgment may be made lightly or without knowing all the facts. If our conduct was wrong, we will hold ourselves accountable.

These are difficult situations that often put law enforcement in a no-win situation. On the night of Thursday, March 27, the Sweet 16, we did not deploy additional resources in the area, and we had to draw resources from across the city to deal with the hundreds of people that took over University Blvd. Even though we had never experienced that type of crowd reaction so early in the tournament, there were some questions as to why we were not ready and deployed. So for the Elite 8 on Saturday, we did deploy additional resources based upon what happened two nights earlier and are now questioned as to whether our presence was the cause for the disturbance.

It is important to acknowledge that there were numerous people present on Saturday night who came out expressly for the purpose of causing a disturbance. Social media sources of comments posted before and during the event prove that. The fact that there were no serious injuries and only one bent street sign demonstrates that our presence helped maintain control.

We are not an organization that shies away from being self-critical and holding ourselves accountable. It is easy to paint with a broad brush in situations such as this, but again I am asking the public for a little patience while we take the time to conduct a thorough investigation and arrive at fact supported conclusion.

Is this enough? Is the public's memory long enough to care by the the time the investigation is concluded? Has the court of public opinion and YouTube comments already spoken on whether the cop's actions were justified or not?

Multiple readers have sent us this Youtube video of a Tucson Police Officer shoving a woman near Park Avenue and University Boulevard during the unlawful assembly on Saturday, March 29. The woman appeared to be on her phone when a officer used a baton to knock her on a metal bench. We are awaiting for an official response from TPD.

Bisbee comedian Doug Stanhope is eager to find out the officer responsible for this:

Thursday night's thrilling Arizona basketball win over San Diego State prompted hundreds of UA students and fans to pour out onto University Blvd. after the game to collectively celebrate.

It was a relatively tame gathering, despite how local Twitter, TV people — the same TV people whose cameras and bright lights drew the crowd hungrily towards them — and Tucson and university police were on hand and in riot gear. But that was more of a precaution than anything else.

But, apparently, one person decided he couldn't just cheer and scream to show his support for the Cats.

While most people were "celebrating responsibly," as TPD put it in a news release, 25-year-old Andrew Gallardo was arrested for disorderly conduct after allegedly throwing a beer bottle "in the direction of responding officers."

According to UA's online student directory, Gallardo is an undergraduate in the Eller College of Management. Because of this, the release says his arrest has also been forwarded to the Dean of Students.

TPD went through training exercises earlier this month to prepare for an anticipated deep run by the UA basketball team in the NCAA tournament. The response to last night's celebration was just the tip of the iceberg, as no one wants a repeat of the 2001 craziness that saw Fourth Avenue turn into a war zone, rubber bullets and all.

• Photo courtesy of Tucson Police.
• Connor Hiestand

Tucson Police and Fire Department responded to a 911 distress call from IBT’s around 11 p.m. Wednesday, March 19. Witnesses told investigators that two men began arguing and started fighting in the gay bar located at 616 N. Fourth Ave. Connor Hiestand, 21, allegedly pulled out a knife, lunged at the other male multiple times and fled the scene, according to TPD.

Based on the information gathered from witnesses, authorities were able to locate and arrest Hiestand shortly after the incident.

Tucson Police at IBTs Bar advised us that a male was stabbed and the suspects fled the scene. Updates coming soon. pic.twitter.com/79hMRdYKFB
— Tucson Weekly (@tucsonweekly) March 20, 2014

Hiestand has been charged with one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond has been set at $75,000. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital for stab wounds on the chest, back and arms. Tucson Police say the victim is in stable condition.

It's March, which for most of the country means the gradual release of winter's icy cold grip into a world of warming trends and budding blooms.

In Tucson, it means time to elevate UA basketball excitement to feverish levels.

How crazy is this town for "our Cats?" Tucson police are conducting training exercises Wednesday afternoon to work on tactics dealing with the many different ways that fans might ... celebrate a deep run in the NCAA tournament.

The exercises, scheduled for 3 p.m. at the academy training center on Wilmot Road south of Interstate 10, are meant to help police prepare for postgame celebrations and activities "in anticipation of the U of A men's basketball team's success in the upcoming NCAA tournament," according to an email sent out Monday by TPD spokesman Sgt. Chris Widmer.

(As if the Wildcats didn't have enough pressure from fans and the media to succeed, now it's got to live up to law enforcement expectations)

In all seriousness, such an action plan is well-warranted, as anyone who was in Tucson in 2001 can attest. While the 1997 celebrations following Arizona's surprising run to the NCAA championship were more of the impromptu, hey-isn't-this-awesome? variety — as a sophomore at the UA, I recall hundreds of students converging on the mall after the title game to cheer and whoop it up, only to have the sprinklers come on and turn the celebration into a Lollapalooza 1994 re-enactment — the reaction to losing in the 2001 final was far more ... destructive.

Fourth Avenue was a mass of partiers and people hellbent on destruction, resulting in police breaking out the riot gear and nailing the crowd with rubber bullets to break up the melee. No one wants that, save for the handful of people that believe Keep Tucson Shitty really means Turn Tucson Into Detroit.

The Tucson Police Department issued a statement asking for your help to catch three hispanic males that are involved in multiple Circle K robberies in the last year. The suspects have stolen change dispensers from 11 different local Circle K's since Feb. 21. One suspect enters the store and removes the change dispensers from the cash register area while the other two assist or act as lookouts, according to the statement.

From the press release:

The main suspect in this incident is described as a Hispanic male in his late 20’s to early 30’s, 5’08” to 6’00” tall, 175 pounds, black hair and a mustache. His two accomplices are described as heavy set Hispanic males in their 30’s. In one of the incidents, the suspects were seen leaving in a silver or grey colored, 1990’s model Station Wagon.

A Tucson man's body was found in the freezer of a Kansas City home, according to an Associated Press story published by The Arizona Republic this morning. Here's the full report:

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police say a frozen body discovered last week in Kansas City, Kan., was an Arizona truck driver who was reported missing in October.

The body of 53-year-old Lawrence Peter Muirhead was found Sunday inside a freezer in a detached garage behind a home in Kansas City, Kan.

Police said Thursday his death is considered a homicide.

Muirhead’s family reported him missing Oct. 1 when he didn’t return home to Tucson after a trip to Pennsylvania. Relatives said their last contact with him was Sept. 28.

The truck he was driving was found abandoned Oct. 4 in Merriam.

Kansas City, Kan., police haven’t said how Muirhead died.

And the video from KMBC News 9:

After its appointment on Dec. 2, Gov. Jan Brewer’s CARE Team released its first report detailing its progress over the last two months. Here are a few main takeaways:

— 6,554 cases had been designated as “not assigned.”

— 100 percent of those cases are now assigned to a caseworker; 60 percent of them are being actively worked.

— Workers have removed more than 400 children because of safety concerns.

— Cases designated as “not assigned” were a result of “systemic failure, a lack of accountability and transparency and bad decision-making.”

— The agency currently sees about 10,000 hours of new case work come in each week; the agency employs enough full-time employees to cover less than 8,000 hours of new case work per week.

— Team suggests the creation of an agency that is “laser-focused” on ensuring child safety, which would report directly to the governor.

— Suggests better coordination between the Office of Child welfare Investigations and law enforcement to improve the efficiency of the agency’s hotline, which currently abandons 26 percent of the calls it receives.

— Suggests the creation of a “rigorous inspections bureau” to maintain quality assurance.