(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 5, 2008) The Arizona Supreme Court has declined Western Union’s petition to review the issue of whether the Court of Appeals improperly found probable cause to seize money transfers, in an order issued late Thursday. In the same order, the Court granted review of two other issues appealed by Western Union.

In response, Attorney General Terry Goddard said:

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 15, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that John Daniel, 63, of Glendale, has been indicted on one count of fraudulent schemes and artifices and 19 counts of theft. The charges, all felonies, relate to a scam Daniel orchestrated that has defrauded at least 18 Valley residents of $148,950 since 2003.

(Phoenix, Ariz. - Dec. 15, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard today released a legal Opinion making clear that enforcement of a 2007 state law requiring the paving and stabilization of parking lots and driveways to help control air pollution would not result in a taking of property requiring compensation.

State Senator Carolyn S. Allen requested the Opinion to clarify the relevant state statutes, and specifically, whether they would be considered a taking that would require compensation.

(Phoenix, Ariz. – Dec. 17, 2008) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced that former Nogales Police Officer Ramon Borbon, 40, of Nogales, was sentenced today to serve 9.5 years in prison.

Last month, a Pima County jury convicted Borbon of Sexual Assault, a Class 2 felony, Kidnapping, a Class 2 felony, Sexual Abuse, a Class 5 felony, and Obstructing a Criminal Investigation, a Class 5 felony, following a 14-day trial in Tucson.