Dave Biscobing 
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Violent storm completely lifts auto auction tents - January 2010
A record-setting storm with high winds and tornadoes ripped two tents out of the ground at a popular Scottsdale auto auction, destroying dozens of collector cars.
 

Arizona official calls bluff on L.A. boycott - May 2010
As Los Angeles threatened to boycott Arizona over it's controversial immigration law, one utilities official said "go ahead" because the state supplies that city with 25% of it's power.
 

Crews battle first major wildfire - January 2010
The 89 Mesa Wildfire was the first significant blaze of the year. Started accidently by state workers, it quickly spread and threatened dozens of homes near Flagstaff, AZ.

AZ Immigration Law Fact vs. Fiction - April 26, 2010
Arizona's new immgiration law Senate BIll 1070 is under national scrutiny. However, not many people know what's actually true or false.
Newspaper Reports 

Pinal Sheriff plagiarizes in monthly letters - May 2008
- I caught the elected county sheriff stealing entire articles from writers, speakers and even President Bush and passing them off as his own. Best part, I discovered that he sat on the state police board and permanently denied certification to two cadets for plagiarizing on their applications.
- Read follow-up article here. And ... the resulting recall attempt here. 

Kindergarten teacher taught for months after sex arrest - February 2008
- Broke story about an educator who was able to stay in the classroom for six months while facing multiple child-sex charges. I uncovered a huge gap in the notification system between police, the courts and education system. This began a series of stories that changed state law three months later. It was also profiled on CNN.
- Check out the next-day story. Also ... the new state law legislators passed after reading my reports. 

Safety violations found in officer's fatal fall - August 2008
- I spent months fighting for records and reports to show that a veteran police officer was unnecessarily killed during a rappelling exercise because of faulty equipment and no training.
- Here's a story about the family's lawsuit. 

Pinal Sheriff probes officer's smutty e-mails - June 2008
- Busted a lead homicide detective for storing and sending dozens of pornographic pictures and videos with his work computer and e-mail. The Sheriff's Office immediately began an internal investigation. They later found several employees guilty of doing the same.
- Here's the follow-up. 

Hunt Highway crashes double those reported - June 2008
- I analyzed records and crash reports to uncover that a sheriff's office grossly under-reported the number of crashes on a notorious stretch of road. Officials wanted to show that millions of dollars spent on speed cameras were working to reduce crashes. They weren't. 

Cop in racial-profiling case has history of complaints - January 2008
- This story received a lot of focus. It's about one of Arizona's leading DUI cops who stranded a Mexican motorist and his family on the side of the road after impounding their car and confiscating their identification for no reason.
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