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Mesa parents seek answers in son’s murder
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This Week
BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
COMMUNITY .......... 15 Mesa Community College artists saluted.
BUSINESS ................. 17 Eastmark Farm helps small businesses
SPORTS ..................... 21 Toros star returns as head coach. COMMUNITY ............................... 15 BUSINESS ..................................... 17 OPINION .. ..................................... 19 SPORTS ........................................ 21 GET OUT ........................................ 24 PUZZLES ...................................... 26 CLASSIFIED ................................. 26 Zone
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nlike those who mindlessly drift through high school, Joe Seibold was a young man with a plan. The tattoo he got when he turned 17 said it all: “DREAM PLAN CONQUER.” He was a junior at Desert Ridge High School, just north of Eastmark, then took classes online to get his GED and fast-track to college and bigger things.
His family says he was a hustler, always keeping busy with productive activities. Even though he already worked at the Apache JOE SEIBOLD Junction Safeway and was promoting his “vehicle detailing and headlight restoration” business on Insta-
gram, he picked up another job knocking on doors to pitch residents about getting solar energy. “He was working for a guy we bought solar with right after we moved here from Milwaukee,” said Jeff Seibold, Joe’s father. “He was working on his schtick to get it down,” the father added, with a chuckle. The night of Feb. 17, Joe sent his father a text with a map of the homes he “cold called” a few hours before.
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'Tons' of pot bring tons of Jumping for joy DUI arrests in the Valley BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
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he same day a Mesa police of�icer and prosecutor joined forces to warn the public about the dangers of driving under the in�luence of marijuana, defense attorney Aaron Black was preparing a case for court. Last year, Black’s client was driving on a Mesa street when “allegedly, he made a reckless or improper U-turn in front of a motorcycle,” Black said. “The motorcycle ran into him,” he added. When Black’s client told an investigating police of�icer he smoked marijuana the day before, he was cited for driving under the in�luence.
When the motorcycle rider died, Black’s client was charged with manslaughter. Recreational use of marijuana for adults in Arizona became legal this year. This, as Black sees it, accelerated a trend of police of�icers snif�ing out drivers under the in�luence of marijuana. “What’s going on is there are tons and tons of marijuana DUIs,” he said. “Police are much more trained on it and they’re on the lookout for it.” If a police of�icer believes a driver is impaired, the of�icer can request a �ield sobriety test. After seeing how the driver walks a straight line,
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Brooklyn Avery, left, and Savannah Springer of Mesa are rehearsing for a musical before the first in-person audience in more than a year. Read about it on page 24. (Zac BonDurant)
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