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Weekend wrap-up: Here are the biggest Arizona stories from Dec. 9-11

Dec 11, 2022, 6:00 PM

PHOENIX — Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced she left the Democratic Party on Friday and a suspect was arrested in connection to a shoe repair shop homicide in Mesa.

Here are some of the biggest stories that headlined the Arizona news cycle over the weekend.


Here’s what Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema had to say on Title 42 and Ducey’s shipping container wall

Turbulence at the southern border is one of the hot-button topics in Arizona and it’s one U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says is at the top of her mind.

Sinema joined KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Gaydos and Chad Show on Friday to discuss the impending end to Title 42, her immigration efforts with the Biden administration and her thoughts on Gov. Doug Ducey’s shipping container wall.


Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves Democratic Party, registers as independent

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday she is registering as an independent, leaving the Democratic Party but promising her work won’t change.

“I have joined the growing number of Arizonans who reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington and formally registering as an Arizona independent,” Sinema said in a post on social media.

Sinema, in her first term, noted that she has worked with senators from both parties but that, “Registering as an independent and showing up to work with the title of independent is a reflection of who I’ve always been.”


Fire in Mesa shuts down portion of Country Club Drive on Saturday

A large fire in Mesa shut down a portion of Country Club Drive on Saturday morning, authorities said.

Country Club Drive was closed from 6th Avenue to 10th Avenue just before 8:30 a.m., according to the Mesa Police Department.

The blaze also resulted in both directions of 8th Avenue being shut down in the area and restricting access to Country Club Drive.


Here’s how the process will work if Sen. Kyrsten Sinema seeks reelection as an independent

As an independent, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema would face a “burdensome” set of qualifying requirements to get on the ballot if she seeks reelection in 2024, an Arizona election law expert said Friday.

Sinema announced Friday she will leave the Democratic Party and register as an independent, saying she will “reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington.”

Arizona’s senior senator would need to gather a significantly higher signature minimum than party-affiliated candidates but would move directly to the general election if meets the threshold, election lawyer and former state elections director Eric Spencer told KTAR News 92.3 FM.


Mesa police arrest suspect accused of killing owner of shoe repair shop

Mesa police have arrested a suspect accused of killing the owner of a local shoe repair shop earlier this week.

Lynell Brosier, 65, was arrested Friday night at 5:30 p.m. on first-degree murder and other felony charges in the death of 58-year-old Jesus Fabian De La Rosa, the Mesa Police Department said in a press release on Saturday.

Officers responded on Tuesday just before 12:30 p.m. to Lamb’s Shoe Repair near Main Street and Country Club Drive for reports that the owner was dead in the business.

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Weekend wrap-up: Here are the biggest Arizona stories from Dec. 9-11