2017 Press Releases

BULLHEAD CITY - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced two arrest warrants have been issued for the alleged mastermind of a Northern Arizona opioid ring and her accomplice. 29-year-old Amanda Lee Doyle is currently on the run…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich and the Arizona Corporation Commission announced a former investment adviser representative pleaded guilty to stealing more than $3 million dollars in client funds. Richard Mark Schmerman…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich has concluded the City of Bisbee’s plastic and carryout bag regulations violate state law. Brnovich determined Bisbee’s regulations conflict with state law, which prohibits municipalities…

GLOBE - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced an Arizona State Grand Jury indicted 40-year-old Dr. Jamison Mark Foster on 30 felony charges including Acquisition of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs by Fraud, Fraudulent Schemes,…

PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced inmate Jason Bullard, the ringleader of a property fraud title scheme, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Co-conspirator Rockney Martineau was sentenced to 18 years in prison…

PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich joined a coalition of 13 state attorneys general in urging Congress to curb the authority of federal agencies to create and enforce regulations.

The attorneys general wrote to…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a State Grand Jury indicted Kevin Michael McKeown on fraud charges related to forging prescriptions to obtain Adderall. McKeown, 40, is facing 24 felony charges including…

PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a judge sentenced 19-year-old Meetkumar Desai to 3 years supervised probation for carrying out a reckless cyberattack on 911 emergency call systems in Maricopa County.…

SOUTHERN ARIZONA - Attorney General Mark Brnovich is warning the public to be on the lookout for a convicted drug trafficker who is currently on the run. A jury found Mario Sergio Dorame guilty of transporting more than 70 pounds…

KINGMAN - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced 60-year-old Diane Maxine Richards was sentenced to 9.25 years in prison after stealing more than a million dollars from the City of Kingman. Richards will serve 7 years of…