Drug Arrests Arizona

Mark Gastineau, football star-turned-boxer, was returned to Phoenix from New York to face a drug charge. Gastineau, 36, the former New York Jet defensive end, is charged with failing to appear on a charge of possessing a dangerous drug. The charge stems from his 1991 arrest in Phoenix for allegedly picking up a package with 200 amphetamine pills at the airport.

A Phoenix judge denied a request to drop drug charges against Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano after lawyers argued the former mob hit man was arrested without a proper warrant and was denied an attorney at his initial hearing. Attorney Larry Hammond made the arguments during a bond hearing for Gravano, who was arrested Feb. 24 and charged with involvement in an Ecstasy-selling ring.

A Phoenix judge denied a request to drop drug charges against Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano after lawyers argued the former mob hit man was arrested without a proper warrant and was denied an attorney at his initial hearing. Attorney Larry Hammond made the arguments during a bond hearing for Gravano, who was arrested Feb. 24 and charged with involvement in an Ecstasy-selling ring.

Former Mafia hit man Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano--whose testimony helped send crime boss John Gotti to prison for life--was arrested Thursday in Phoenix for his role in allegedly financing a drug ring that supplied the drug Ecstasy to the area's burgeoning "rave" scene, police said. Gravano and his wife, daughter and son were among 35 people arrested in early-morning raids around the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Former Mafia hit man Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano--whose testimony helped send crime boss John Gotti to prison for life--was arrested Thursday in Phoenix for his role in allegedly financing a drug ring that supplied the drug Ecstasy to the area's burgeoning "rave" scene, police said. Gravano and his wife, daughter and son were among 35 people arrested in early-morning raids around the Phoenix metropolitan area.

Drug investigators said Tuesday that they have broken up an international narcotics ring operating in California and Arizona, arresting 20 suspected smugglers and seizing nearly 3 1/2 tons of cocaine and $3.5 million in cash. The arrests and confiscations, carried out over a six-week period after a one-year investigation, involved dozens of agents working for 14 federal, state and local agencies. U. S.

Superior Court Judge Philip Marquardt, a 20-year veteran of the bench, resigned Thursday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess marijuana, a felony, and admitting he was addicted to the drug. The Maricopa County judge, 56, who was retained by voters in 1988 despite a misdemeanor marijuana conviction that year, faces up to 22 months in prison. "I have a serious problem, an addiction to marijuana," Marquardt told a press conference.

Mark Gastineau, football star-turned-boxer, was returned to Phoenix from New York to face a drug charge. Gastineau, 36, the former New York Jet defensive end, is charged with failing to appear on a charge of possessing a dangerous drug. The charge stems from his 1991 arrest in Phoenix for allegedly picking up a package with 200 amphetamine pills at the airport.

Drug investigators said Tuesday that they have broken up an international narcotics ring operating in California and Arizona, arresting 20 suspected smugglers and seizing nearly 3 1/2 tons of cocaine and $3.5 million in cash. The arrests and confiscations, carried out over a six-week period after a one-year investigation, involved dozens of agents working for 14 federal, state and local agencies. U. S.

Superior Court Judge Philip Marquardt, a 20-year veteran of the bench, resigned Thursday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess marijuana, a felony, and admitting he was addicted to the drug. The Maricopa County judge, 56, who was retained by voters in 1988 despite a misdemeanor marijuana conviction that year, faces up to 22 months in prison. "I have a serious problem, an addiction to marijuana," Marquardt told a press conference.