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2 days ago
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Repeat offender in Arizona gets life plus 10 years for fatal shooting just 16 days after prison release
An Arizona murderer was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison on May 27 after killing a second person only 16 days after he was released in 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona. Clifton Nez Hamalowa, 47, was convicted of shooting the victim in the head multiple times, killing Richard Olds in front of his young child on reservation land belonging to the Gila River Indian Community. According to the release, Hamalowa and his siblings "attempted to conceal his crimes by disposing of the victim's car and dumping his body in a remote area of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian reservation," the release said. Texas Executes Man 20 Years After He Strangled, Stabbed A Young Mother To Death Hamalowa and his sister were also accused of intimidating witnesses to prevent them from reporting. Hamalowa was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit assault resulting in serious bodily injury, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and discharging a firearm during, in relation to, and in furtherance of a crime of violence. Read On The Fox News App Arizona Prisoner Serving 16 Life Sentences Accused Of Killing 3 Fellow Inmates According to the sentencing notice, Hamalowa is a career offender who stabbed his mother in 1991 with a butcher knife and stabbed and killed a man in 1999. It was also noted that he stabbed a fellow inmate while serving his first sentence. "Hamalowa's brother, Thomas Leon Hamalowa, pleaded guilty to accessory-after-the-fact to murder and was sentenced to 108 months in prison on October 23, 2023. Hamalowa's sister, Devonne Beth Hamalowa, pleaded guilty to accesory-after-the-fact to murder and was sentenced to 84 months in prison on April 1, 2024," the release article source: Repeat offender in Arizona gets life plus 10 years for fatal shooting just 16 days after prison release
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3 days ago
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Repeat offender in Arizona gets life plus 10 years for fatal shooting just 16 days after prison release
An Arizona murderer was sentenced to life plus 10 years in prison on May 27 after killing a second person only 16 days after he was released in 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona. Clifton Nez Hamalowa, 47, was convicted of shooting the victim in the head multiple times, killing Richard Olds in front of his young child on reservation land belonging to the Gila River Indian Community. According to the release, Hamalowa and his siblings "attempted to conceal his crimes by disposing of the victim's car and dumping his body in a remote area of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian reservation," the release said. Hamalowa and his sister were also accused of intimidating witnesses to prevent them from reporting. Hamalowa was found guilty of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit assault resulting in serious bodily injury, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and discharging a firearm during, in relation to, and in furtherance of a crime of violence. According to the sentencing notice, Hamalowa is a career offender who stabbed his mother in 1991 with a butcher knife and stabbed and killed a man in 1999. It was also noted that he stabbed a fellow inmate while serving his first sentence. "Hamalowa's brother, Thomas Leon Hamalowa, pleaded guilty to accessory-after-the-fact to murder and was sentenced to 108 months in prison on October 23, 2023. Hamalowa's sister, Devonne Beth Hamalowa, pleaded guilty to accesory-after-the-fact to murder and was sentenced to 84 months in prison on April 1, 2024," the release stated.
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4 days ago
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Convicted Arizona murderer back behind bars after killing second victim 16 days after release
A convicted Arizona murderer is back behind bars after killing a second victim just 16 days after being released, according to federal authorities. Clifton Nez Hamalowa served time in connection with a murder charge and was released from prison in 2020. Just over two weeks after his release, he shot and killed Richard Olds, a sentencing memorandum filed on May 22 in district court states. The U.S. Attorney's Office said in a press release on May 29 that Hamalowa, of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in Arizona, shot Olds in the head in front of his young child. The community is located about 30 miles northeast of Phoenix. Prosecutors have said Hamalowa and his siblings dumped Olds' body in a remote area. Following a trial that lasted seven days, Hamalowa, 47, was found guilty of murder, in addition to conspiracy to commit assault resulting in serious bodily injury, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona said in the press release. The shooting took place on 'reservation land belonging to the Gila River Indian Community,' the release noted. Siblings Thomas Leon Hamalowa and Devonne Beth Hamalowa pleaded guilty to accessory and were sentenced to time behind bars in 2023 and 2024, according to prosecutors. 'Hamalowa and his sister also intimidated witnesses to prevent them from reporting,' the U.S. Attorney's Office added. Clifton Nez Hamalowa was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years on May 27. Prosecutors said in the sentencing memo that he's 'considered a career offender because of his lengthy history of violence.' The memo states that he stabbed his mother with a butcher's knife in 1991 and that in 1999, he stabbed and killed a man during an argument and subsequently threatened his mother when she said she was going to alert the authorities. It also says that he stabbed a fellow inmate while serving time between 1999 and 2000.
