TUCSON, Ariz. A Tucson landlord has been sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison for stalking a Pima County justice of the peace last year. Prosecutors said 39-y.
In a quaint, affluent neighborhood near the Catalina Foothills, weeks of harassment against a Pima County judge culminated in the justice of the peace firing his handgun as a warning shot to the perpetrator, who was once a plaintiff in his courtroom.
Judge Adam Watters, the justice of the peace for Precinct 1, fired a bullet at the ground to scare off a landlord, Fei Qin, 38, who was part of an eviction case he presided over in January.
The judge claims for weeks, the man dumped trash on Wattersâ property and slashed his truck tires on two separate occasions.
In an incident report from the Pima County Sheriffâs Department, Watters, 59, told officers he went to leave for work on the morning of Feb. 5 to find the tires of Ford F-150 sliced open and deflated.
Pima County judge on leave; Allegedly fired shot at stalker
March 7, 2021
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A Pima County justice of the peace has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly firing a warning shot at an unarmed stalking suspect.
The Arizona Daily Star reports that authorities are investigating a criminal case that could test the limits on when it’s legal to fire a gun in Arizona.
According to the newspaper, 59-year-old Adam Watters is under investigation for firing what he called a “warning shot” at a man outside his Tucson home last month.
Public records show the man later was arrested on suspicion of felony stalking for allegedly driving by Watters’ house repeatedly and leaving litter is his yard.