Police: Suspect rams police cruiser before carjacking Phoenix teen
Police say the driver put the truck in gear and rammed the patrol unit and crashed into a residential wall then took off. Author: Rachel Cole Updated: 10:43 PM MST April 20, 2021
PHOENIX Phoenix Police responded to a simple call about a suspicious vehicle Tuesday morning near 21st Avenue and Paradise Road.
They reported two people sleeping in a truck and during a basic Q&A session, and police say the driver put the truck in gear and rammed the patrol unit and crashed into a residential wall then took off.
Not far away, students were getting dropped off for school when officers say the driver of the truck carjacked a 17-year old and stole her white Toyota Avalon at knifepoint, and drove off with her car.
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18-year-old man identified after being ejected, killed in Phoenix crash
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The two-car crash happened near Broadway Road and 12th Street, says Sgt. Maggie Cox with Phoenix Police.
A 19-year-old man was driving a Nissan Altima with two passengers, both 18 year old men, when Cox says he lost control of the vehicle, traveled into the eastbound lanes and struck an eastbound pickup truck, driven by a 58-year-old male.
Cox says Edward Crocker was ejected during the crash and died at the scene. The driver of the car, his passenger and the driver of the truck had serious injuries but are going to be OK.
Hawaii Board of Education Approves Pay Boosts For Complex Area Leaders - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii Board of Education Approves Pay Boosts For Complex Area Leaders
The issue drew heated discussion from some board members over the “optics” of leadership pay raises in the current economic climate. Reading time: 4 minutes.
The Hawaii Board of Education voted 5-3 to approve pay increases for the state’s 15 complex area superintendents on Thursday but deferred on similar proposed increases for the deputy superintendent and seven assistant superintendents due to pandemic-related economic concerns.
Though the original proposal was to approve raises for all of these positions, board member Dwight Takeno moved late in the day to give them only to the complex area superintendents due to the uncertain financial outlook for the state Department of Education and questionable optics over executive pay boosts amid the coronavirus crisis.
Daniels and Harper say they weren t aware of the discussion. It was not a topic on the agenda, or we definitely would have been there for that, Harper tells
Phoenix New Times by phone.
Daniels adds: No one told us. No one invited us. No one said, Hey, heads-up. People are going to talk about you guys, do you want to come and defend yourselves? Nobody’s knocked on our door, nobody has said anything negative at all.
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