Historic Settlement Provides Restitution to over 200,000 Consumers
PHOENIX - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that his office secured an agreement with Arizona Public Service Company (APS), providing $24 million for approximately 225,000 APS consumers who were not on their most economical rate plan for electric utility service.
What: The Attorney General’s Office, Mesa Police Department, and Living Word Bible Church are hosting a FREE no-contact Shred-A-Thon and Prescription Drug Take-Back event this Saturday, February 20, in Mesa. AARP is generously providing the trucks for the event.
Event volunteers and participants will follow current CDC social distancing guidelines. The public will be asked to remain in their vehicle during the event. Participants are asked to place documents and unwanted prescription drugs in the trunk of their vehicle before arriving.
GOODYEAR - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that a State Grand Jury indicted Incito Schools, along with its two co-founders, April Black and Amanda Jelleson, for a fraud scheme alleged to have occurred between November 2016 and November 2017. The defendants were arraigned in court on Wednesday morning.
The defendants are alleged to have provided falsified information, including paystubs, to the Maricopa County Superintendent's Office in order to obtain grant funding, which they then failed to provide to the appropriate teachers.
Funding will help provide services to victims of family violence and sexual assault
PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has awarded $600,000 in grants to 20 different Child and Family Advocacy Centers (CFACs) across the state. CFACs provide victim-focused programs and help coordinate critical services to victims of family violence and sexual assault, including children.
GOODYEAR – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that 30-year-old Jesse Anthony Garcia, of Goodyear, has been sentenced to 20 years in the Arizona Department of Corrections for sexual exploitation of a minor.
Nearly 1,000 Arizona Stores Participating in the Program
TUCSON- Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced the Attorney General’s Office Civil Rights Division (Division) has settled an employment discrimination charge based on race on behalf of a victim against Tucson Recovery Villa Maria, formerly known as Unhooked Recovery, Inc. d/b/a Unhooked Recovery Villa Maria (Unhooked Recovery), which operates residential alcohol and substance abuse programs at its locations in Mesa and Tucson.
Arizona to Receive More than $13 Million to Abate Harms
PHOENIX – Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Representative Justin Wilmeth are working together on de-regulation legislation that would allow Arizonans to more easily and safely cancel their gym memberships, correcting a major issue that surfaced during the COVID-19 public health crisis.