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A former Phoenix Suns ticket manager has pleaded guilty to illicitly selling more than 2,800 of the team's tickets through a third party from 2017 to 2019 and agreed to pay $458,218 to the team in restitution, according to a plea agreement filed in Maricopa County Superior Court. Jeffrey Marcussen, who worked for the Suns from 2004 to 2019, is scheduled to be sentenced on June 7 on felony fraud and theft charges.
The Suns and Mercury partnered with Maricopa County Elections Department to establish Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum as a voting center and drive-through drop box location for Maricopa County voters for the Nov. 3 election.
A task force including Phoenix Suns Managing Partner Robert Sarver and the Suns’ Devin Booker and Mikal Bridges, has been working closely with Arizona state and Maricopa County officials to establish a broad reaching voter engagement initiative for the upcoming elections on November 3, 2020. This initiative includes utilizing the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, also known as the Madhouse on McDowell, as a voting center and early voting ballot drop location in order to encourage the greater Phoenix and Maricopa County community to vote. Additionally, all employees of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury will be offered the opportunity to volunteer as poll workers at various polling locations throughout Maricopa County.
A trial will begin for NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris, who allegedly assaulted a man outside a Phoenix recreation center two years ago. Maricopa County Superior Court officials announced the trial's upcoming jury selection will start Wednesday morning. The Morris brothers are accused of helping three other people beat 36-year-old Erik Hood on Jan. 24, 2015.
A motion to remand Phoenix Suns player Markieff Morris’ and Detroit Pistons player Marcus Morris’ felony aggravated assault case to a new grand jury was denied in a ruling filed this week in Maricopa County Superior Court. The Morris’ attorneys claimed that the grand jury which indicted the Morris twins and three other men in a January incident had heard false and misleading testimony. Maricopa County Superior Court judge Joan Sinclair ruled that their complaints about inconsistent testimonies were matters for cross examination in a jury trial and that the grand jury hearing had been fair and impartial.
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Lawyers made oral arguments for more than one hour Thursday regarding a motion to remand the Markieff and Marcus Morris assault case to a new grand jury but no decision was made. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Joan Sinclair said she wanted to read more of the initial grand jury transcripts before making a ruling. If she denies the motion, the twins’ next court date for the felony aggravated assault case would be Nov. 5.
Former Kentucky basketball star Rex Chapman has been sentenced to probation and agreed to pay more than $15,000 to an Apple Store in Arizona and complete 750 hours of community service after pleading guilty in a shoplifting case, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. Jerry Cobb, who is a spokesman for the Maricopa County (Arizona) Attorney's Office, told the newspaper that Chapman pleaded guilty to four Class 6 felony charges (the lowest level felony offense) on Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court.
Maricopa County prosecutors say 45-year-old Dumas entered his plea Thursday. He's scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 20. Authorities say Dumas stole about $800 worth of merchandise from the Luke Air Force Base's exchange store while working with a janitorial service in 2012.
A former Phoenix Suns player pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary Thursday morning in Maricopa County Superior Court. Richard Dumas, a former forward with the team, was accused of stealing just less than $800 worth of items from Luke Air Force Base's exchange store in September and October 2012. Police officials said he was working for a janitorial service at the time.
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A former NBA All-Star accused of squatting at an Arizona home and then trying to list the house for rent online has been sentenced to four years of probation. Maricopa County prosecutors say 46-year-old Chris Gatling was sentenced Friday. He pleaded guilty in August to one count of theft and one count of forgery. Gatling was accused of breaking in the key box at the home and living there for about a year. Police say the homeowners lived in California, but had left the power on at the Paradise Valley home.
He was a star player in the NBA, making millions of dollars. But now Chris Gatling has been sentenced to four years of probation for hijacking an upscale Paradise Valley home, then trying to rent it out. Maricopa County prosecutors said the 46-year-old was sentenced on Friday. The retired NBA All-Star pleaded guilty in August to felony forgery and theft charges. A police report states that the NBA All-Star moved into a Paradise Valley home without the owner's permission, which would make Gatling a "squatter."
A new sentencing date has been set for a former NBA All-Star who had pleaded guilty in the summer to theft and forgery charges. Chris Gatling is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 13 in Maricopa County Superior Court. Authorities said Gatling squatted at a Paradise Valley home and then tried to list the house for rent online. Gatling was accused of breaking in the home and living there for about a year.
NBA star Steve Nash and his former wife have reached a settlement in an Arizona court in their child custody case. Judge Ray Ryan Adelman of Maricopa County Superior Court on Sept. 25 signed an order accepting the settlement and ordering it sealed. Nash formerly played for the Phoenix Suns. The 39-year-old point guard and eight-time All-Star is now getting ready to begin his second season with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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