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Feds Raid Gold Canyon
Home
 Over 220 weapons recovered at home of
Mesa Police employee
By Jill Jones
The News
GOLD CANYON- Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
(ATF) agents raided a
Gold Canyon home in the 7300
block of S. San Cristobal Way in
the early morning hours of April
25, 2007, recovering more than 220
weapons from a suspected illegal
gun dealer.
ATF agents secured a federal
search warrant on April 20, 2007
for the home of Mesa Police Department
Civilian Officer Larry
Cheatham, 56, following an undercover
investigation during which
agents reportedly purchased
weapons from Cheatham, a 25-
year veteran of the Mesa Police
Department who worked in traffic
investigations and property recovery,
and is now facing charges
of violating Federal Fire Arms
Laws.
During the months-long investigation,
ATF undercover agents
have reportedly purchased weapons
illegally sold to them by
Cheatham, eight of which where were
purchased since March 5,
2007.
See
A-1
and see Illegal
Arms,
A-6
Student Awarded MIT
Scholarship
 Calvin Lewis, Jr. to participate in an
academic summer program
APACHE JUNCTION- While some high school
students
will be watching television and doing
the usual
summer vacation things, Apache Junction
High
School junior Calvin Lewis, Jr. will be
studying genomes
and wave physics while participating in
an
academic summer program at Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology.
Calvin has been awarded a scholarship
for a sixweek
summer program at the Massachusetts
Institute
of Technology (MIT) that prepares
juniors and
seniors for careers in science and
engineering. Calvin
was one of 60 students selected from
among 600
applicants to participate in the MITES
(Minority Introduction
to Engineering and Science) program.
The chosen students will study biology,
biochemistry,
physics, genomics research, digital
design, wave
physics, calculus and engineering
design.
Besides an intensive focus on academics,
the program
also includes lectures and tours and
several
organized trips in and around Boston on
the weekends
to the beach, sporting events and local
tourist
spots.
City Annexes 2.5 Acres
PD
receives kudos at ‘Call To the Public’
By Jill Jones
The News
APACHE JUNCTION- Prior to approving
the annexation of 2.5 acres
into the city limits, Mayor Douglas
Coleman asked Apache Junction
Police Department (AJPD) Sgt. Garret
Elkins, who will be retiring after
20 years, to lead the Pledge of
Allegiance
to open the May 1, 2007
council meeting. Elkins received a
round of applause in appreciation
for his service to the city.
A request by Desert Mesa Holdings
for annexation of approximately
2.5 acres of land at the southwest
corner of Cactus Rd. and 36th
Avenue was unanimously approved.
The property owner is in
the process of constructing a new
office building on the site and
requested
the annexation for connection
to the city’s sewer system.
Council unanimously approved
the Consent Agenda which included
the awarding of bids to
Hawker and Evans Asphalt Company
for approximately 140,000 gallons
of chip seal emulsion at $1.99
per gallon, to Mesa Materials for
approximately 4,000 tons of precoated
chips at $45.50 per ton, to
City Wide Contracting for drainage
improvements at Southern Ave.
and Winchester Rd. for $13,830 plus
10 percent and the rejection of a
single bid by Jillotti Electric Service
Company for traffic signal maintenance
services on the grounds that
the bid was not submitted in accordance
with requirements and also
for insufficient funding budgeted.
Also approved as part of the Consent
Agenda were purchases and
contracts for the Library Expansion
Project including $239,343.51 with
Network Infrastructure Corp,
$85,151.75 to Goodman’s,
$133,919.53 to Arizona School
Furnishings
and $110,178.49 to 3M Corporation.
See
A-1
and see City
Council,
page
A-6
 AJHS Lands 2 Region
Track Champs
Robinson wins girls shot put with record
throw; McCullen ties for 1st in 100
meter dash
By Chuck Baker
The News
Two Apache Junction High
School athletes were crowned
East Sky Region track and field
champions at last week’s meet
held at Queen Creek High
School. Senior Diamin
Robinson took first place in the
girls shot put event breaking her
own school record with a winning
toss of thirty-five feet.
Sophomore Shane McCullen
tied for first place in the 100
meter dash finals with his time
of 11:42.
A couple of weeks ago at the
Lost Dutchman Invitational,
Robinson set a new AJHS
record in girls shot put with a
throw of 32 feet and four
inches, breaking the old mark
set back in 1994 by Patricia Desmarias. This past Friday at
Queen Creek, Robinson shattered
that mark with her throw
of 35 feet on her seventh and
final toss. McCullen and Phoenix
Arcadia’s Chip Sivak, two of the
top running backs in football this
past season, shared first place
in the 100 meter finals on Friday
after track officials viewed
replays of the race on videotape.
McCullen, who was also nursing
a minor turf toe injury, added
a second place finish in the finals
of the 200 meters, anchored the AJHS
boys 4x100 meter relay
team which finished third
with a combined time of 44:77,
and placed fourth overall in long
jump with a leap of 20-05. Because
the top three finishers at
the East Sky Region Meet all
qualify for this week’s 4A-II
State Championships, McCullen
will represent AJHS at State in
the 100 and 200 meters and in
the 4x100 relay.
See
C-1
and see Track,
C-6
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