Gila County needs 22 more detention officers to keep the Payson Jail open 24 hours a day, but Gila County Sheriff’s Office Commander Dennis Newman said he’s fighting with Walmart
It’s a tightrope for Payson to provide all the streets, parks, programs and infrastructure people demand, but don’t want to pay for, staff recently reported.
car. john mccluskey, if you re out there watching, i just come back from payson jail, they got your mother locked up, she s in her little uniform, handcuffed. he ll never realize how bad he s hurt me and his mother. reporter: mccluskey, like province, is a member of the aryan brotherhood white supremacist group. investigators are now looking at his past, trying to anticipate his next move. the only way they re going to be able to keep going is to keep breaking the law, which is rob people, steal cars, break into stores, hold people up at gunpoint, and keep moving. reporter: the case has captured the nation s attention as the pursuit has spread across the west. cops also need you to look out for convicted killers and prison escapees tracy province and john mccluskey. reporter: as the manhunt continues, officials are being asked why hardened criminals were allowed to be at a medium-security prison in the first place.