Dion Johnson s shooting by Department of Public Safety officer George Cervantes occurred on the same day that George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. While Chauvin was recently found guilty of murder in that case, in September, Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel cleared Cervantes of criminal charges in the Dion Johnson shooting.
Back in May 2020, Cervantes had found Johnson passed out in his Toyota Prius in a freeway gore area with a pistol in the car. After he secured the pistol, he claims, the 28-year-old Black man woke up, fought him during an attempted arrest, tried to kick him into oncoming traffic, and attempted to pull him into the Prius and grab his service pistol. Cervantes said he then shot Johnson.
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Prescott Valley Police have arrested a man wanted in the theft of lottery tickets from a local Circle K. Police were looking for 40-year-old Brandon Evans back on March 14th after he entered the store in the 61-hundred block of East State Route 69 at around 9:45 p.m. He walked behind the counter and took $150 in Arizona Lottery scratcher tickets and left the store. Evans was found Tuesday and taken into custody. He was booked into the Yavapai County Jail on burglary charges.
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