Tucson Police have arrested two Flowing Wells High School students for impersonating one student, and threatening five others, as well as making threats to harm teachers and "shoot up" Flowing Wells.

According to Tucson Police, Charles Schaming, 17, and Guillermo Acorn, 16, used the Facebook photo of a student from another school to create a false Facebook profile with which they threatened and harassed other Flowing Wells students.

Detectives were able to track down the offenders by tracing the IP address of the profile that had posted threats on the profile pages of five students.

Schaming and Acorn have each been charged with two felony charges, including one count of interference with an educational institution, and one count of identity theft; Schaming, however, faces 24 misdemeanor counts, while Acorn faces eight, as Acorn wasn't involved in making threats against each student that was victimized.

Really, these idiots should be thanking their lucky stars that they did this now, rather than if/when Michelle Ugenti's H.B. 2004 becomes law. That would have stacked the charges even higher against these kids who apparently didn't realize that Facebook is for secretly following crushes and shameless self-promotion, not threats.

Saturday night, the Stone Avenue Standard apartment complex, at 1800 N. Stone Ave., was the location of one of the largest parties in recent memory, with reports of nearly 1,500 people in attendance, overwhelming security and ending when someone pulled a handgun and fired shots into the air.

Unfortunately, we didn't have anyone on the scene to check out the party in person. But thankfully, the folks at Blacked Out Media were there, recording it all—the girls making out, the guys slamming beer cans against their heads, the handles of booze flowing like water and the hurricane-like aftermath.

If you get a chance, take a look at the description, which reads:

"No alcohol was used in this video, only props"

Uh huh. Handles of "props" purchased at what looked to be an area Sam's Club warehouse.

Wait, hold on:

Police helicopters? Check. 1,500+ people? Check. Insane amounts of alcohol? Check. youtube.com/watch?v=MKnWQx…
— BLACKED OUT MEDIA (@BlackedOutMedia) January 29, 2013

Nice job, guys.

The college football world started noticing Ka'Deem Carey for the first time in early November when he bulldozed over a REALLY bad Colorado defense to set University of Arizona and Pac-12 conference single-game rushing records, en route to leading the nation in rushing and getting some early buzz for the 2013 season's Heisman race.

And with that increased spotlight, of course, comes additional scrutiny into each and every piece of one's existence, whether it involves a helmet and cleats or not.

Carey is finding this out the past week as all of Tucson is becoming aware of what appears to be a bad breakup with a 23-year-old woman that, according to police reports and court records, is carrying his child and has gotten an order of protection against the 20-year-old Canyon del Oro High School graduate.

The sophomore running back is expected to appear in Tucson City Court later this week on some form of domestic violence charges stemming from a Dec. 23 incident at a home northeast of the UA campus.

Police reports indicate Carey got into a tussle with the ex-girlfriend that evening, allegedly over his desire to bum a lighter so he could smoke something that's probably not NCAA-sanctioned. The situation got physical, and when police arrived Carey was gone, but he later returned and had marks on him (as did the woman) indicating something happened between them.

UA athletic officials are keeping quiet on the situation, not surprisingly, letting it run its course through the courts before commenting or taking any action.

Pardon the pun — actually, don't; it's totally appropriate in this case — but Twitter has exploded in terms of the number of uses it has when it comes to communicating, sharing information and keeping up on what's going on without ever having to look up from the laptop, tablet or smartphone.

But a couple south side teens might have gone a little too far with their recent tweets. Take it from someone who's had run-ins with oversensitive Twitter readers, this was no bueno.

Likely soon-to-be-former Sunnyside High School students Gerardo Fierros, 16, and Raymond Lopez, 17, have been arrested by Tucson police on suspicion of "interference with an educational institution" after it was discovered they'd tweeted about blowing up the school on Monday.

According to a news release, one tweet queried 'Who wants me to blow up my school tomorrow?' and was later followed by 'I will bring the C4 and the semtex.'

Both boys are in the Pima County Juvenile Correction Center for what they say (and is almost 100 percent likely the case) was a joke. No evidence has been found that there was an actual intention to do anything to Sunnyside, police said.

Twitter and other forms of social media are a great way for one to express their opinions, to be off-the-cuff or off-color, but some places just shouldn't be gone to in 140 characters that all the world can see. Especially not within a month of a mass shooting at a school.

The relationship between a union and the management of the employees it represents is never a harmonious one. Doesn't matter the industry or organization, unions and employers are as pre-destined to bicker and squabble as are Foghorn Leghorn and the chicken hawk.

But I say, I, I say, I don't reckon Foghorn has taken to Facebook to toss out little bon mots of angst and discontent. And because of that, we're not blogging about that rascally rooster and his arch nemesis.

We're instead talking about the Tucson Police Officer's Association, which describes itself on Facebook as the "professional bargaining unit" for Tucson cops.

I'm no expert in negotiation — except when it comes to trying to convince a slowly dwindling field of poker players it's better to chop up the prize pool now than risk getting nothing — but I wonder what TPOA's motivation was for this:

Aside from the fact it is publicizing that a nearby, competing police department is hiring, it's noting that current TPD officers would be wise to bolt from the city for greener pastures elsewhere.

However, if one compares the compensation schedules for Tucson and Marana, TPOA's claim that Tucson doesn't pay well enough to retain officers appears false. The starting hourly rate for TPD officers is $22.10, while Marana's is $20.39. The maximum hourly rate in Tucson is $29.61, in Marana it's $28.69.

So, less is more?

True, most Tucson employees (police or not) have gotten but one 1-percent raise in the past several years, while Marana and other nearby municipalities have been a little more generous with their pay bumps. But to contend that the city's pay scale is making its police department a breeding ground for other agencies seems unfounded, at least locally.

• Jim Nintzel
• Who knew the pinecone drop would usher in such chaos?

Flagstaff's Great Pine Cone Drop on New Year's Eve was accompanied by a good deal of lunacy, according to the Flagstaff Sun:

Local law enforcement officers rang in the new year dealing with drunk and disorderly revelers downtown — including one Flagstaff man who kicked a police horse after being arrested.

Keith Goldtooth was charged with assaulting an officer.

Officers and deputies were also involved in a car chase that ended when an 18-year-old Flagstaff man crashed a car into an eastside trailer home and then fled the area with two passengers, ages 13 and 15.

In the hours immediately before and after the Great Pine Cone Drop at midnight, Flagstaff police officers responded to 47 calls for service in the downtown and Southside neighborhoods, officials said.

If you were inside or just outside the Speedway Boulevard strip club known (for the time being) as Ten's, Tucson police want to talk to you about a shooting.

Then again, if you're a regular of that establishment at that time of night, police queries might start becoming part of the routine for your gentleman's club excursions.

A 32-year-old man was shot to death in the parking lot of Ten's Showclub early Sunday morning, the second fatal shooting there in little more than a week. The first incident on Dec. 22 had four victims, one of whom died a few days later.

With two homicides in its parking lot in eight days, Ten's could find itself in the same predicament the club formerly known as The Candy Store was in a few years ago.

The Candy Store, where the club Venom can now be found at 22nd St. and Craycroft, had two fatal shootings in its parking lot in 2009, and a few months later The Candy Store was raided by police to break up an internal drug-pushing operation.

Nothing so far about Sunday's shooting directly connects it to Ten's itself, or any activity inside the club — police say it was the typical scenario of two groups of people first jawing, then punching and then ultimately shooting at each other — but the parking lot publicity can't be good for the club.

Any suggestions for names for the club if and when it shutters and ultimately reopens as another version? Mine is the Pit Stop, fits well with the Speedway location.

Guess what? Wayne LaPierre made his first public appearance since Friday's total debacle of a press conference and yeah, he's not going to give an inch on any sort of gun control or restrictions. Meet the Press' David Gregory actually seemed irritated by LaPierre's stubbornness, getting into it with the NRA head over regulating high-capacity magazines.

Also, if you were wondering if LaPierre recognizes the cognitive dissonance of claiming that armed guards would stop school shootings even though Columbine had one on duty in 1999...nope, he's not bending on that either. Sigh.

Heard gunshots while I was outside the tucson mall... You serious?
— John Chang (@2_Changz_) December 22, 2012

No details yet, but word is that gunshots were heard in the Tucson Mall parking lot tonight. It appears initially that no one was hurt.

The stretch of Oracle from Grant up to the mall hasn't been terribly safe over the last few months, including a murder in the parking of the Eegee's a few blocks south in September. More details if and when we get them.

I'm not a fan of marijuana or marijuana culture in general (I mean, have you ever noticed that heavy stoners all develop the same laugh? Once you hear it, you can never un-hear it. Sorry for ruining your friendships), but I do appreciate the legalization of marijuana I mean, when you've got something that can be used both to help people manage chronic, nagging pain AND you can tax the hell out of it, we call that a win-win, right?

Well, the Seattle Police Department's Police Blotter blog has done Washingtonians the service of outlining how they'll be handling the future of marijuana enforcement within Seattle...and they were clever about it, too. Aside from the above Lord of the Rings video, which was placed at the bottom of their blog post entitled "Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle", they've offered up a few handy tips for Seattle-ites who are looking to get their blaze on (that's a thing that's said, right?) legally. We've included a few of the funnier bits here:

Can I legally carry around an ounce of marijuana?
According to the recently passed initiative, beginning December 6th, adults over the age of 21 will be able to carry up to an ounce of marijuana for personal use. Please note that the initiative says it “is unlawful to open a package containing marijuana…in view of the general public,” so there’s that. Also, you probably shouldn’t bring pot with you to the federal courthouse (or any other federal property).

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Can I smoke pot outside my home? Like at a park, magic show, or the Bite of Seattle?
Much like having an open container of alcohol in public, doing so could result in a civil infraction—like a ticket—but not arrest. You can certainly use marijuana in the privacy of your own home. Additionally, if smoking a cigarette isn’t allowed where you are (say, inside an apartment building or flammable chemical factory), smoking marijuana isn’t allowed there either.

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What happens if I get pulled over and I’m sober, but an officer or his K9 buddy smells the ounce of Super Skunk I’ve got in my trunk?
Under state law, officers have to develop probable cause to search a closed or locked container. Each case stands on its own, but the smell of pot alone will not be reason to search a vehicle. If officers have information that you’re trafficking, producing or delivering marijuana in violation of state law, they can get a warrant to search your vehicle.

SPD seized a bunch of my marijuana before I-502 passed. Can I have it back?
No.

Of course, closing out the page with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey puffing away is the classic, and classiest way, to close things out. I truly appreciate the light-hearted tone that SPD brought to the post if nothing else, it shows that they're going to make an effort to be as laid-back as possible regarding this huge change to the status-quo.

Either that, or they've been busy with the supply seized in the last question.