2007 Press Releases

(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 14, 2007) The Arizona Attorney General’s Office today filed separate civil rights lawsuits against the Vermillion Candy Shoppe (“Vermillion”) and Big Dan’s Drive Thru and their owners and operators. Both businesses are…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 14, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard will help kick off the Break the Silence campaign, an effort to increase awareness of elder abuse, on Friday, June 15. Goddard will join members of the Maricopa Elder Abuse…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 12, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a $5.5 million multi-state settlement with New Jersey-based Warner Chilcott, maker of the oral contraceptive Ovcon. The settlement resolves a 2005 federal lawsuit…

(Phoenix, Ariz. -- June 12, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard said today his office will turn over all criminal cases involving the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to other prosecution agencies to avoid an ethical conflict.

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(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 6, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced indictments against 13 defendants on charges of manufacturing false identification documents, including Social Security cards, Arizona Driver’s Licenses, Resident…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 6, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that a month-long series of inspections found that nearly one in four Arizona retailers illegally sold tobacco products to people under 18 years old.

(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 4, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that Christian Correlejo, 42, a former clerk for a Greenlee County Justice Court and the City of Clifton Magistrates Court, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $55,…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 4, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that the Spanish National Police arrested Father Jorge Washington Cordova Hernandez Sunday in Guadarrama, Spain, on sex abuse charges while he was attending a seminar…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – June 4, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the indictment of former Department of Public Safety Officer Chris Young, 28, of Williams, Arizona, on one count of bribery of a public servant, a felony charge.…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – May 31, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced a multi-state $500,000 settlement with ChoicePoint, a Georgia-based company, resolving allegations that it failed to adequately maintain the privacy and security of…