Rachel Mitchell
Coverage of Rachel Mitchell in the Nexus archive.
- Special prosecutor investigating latest election-control disagreement in Maricopa County
A special prosecutor is investigating whether employees of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office violated laws by removing a scanner and provisional ballot envelopes from the vote tabulation center during a local election. The dispute involves Recorder Justin Heap's claim of ownership of the scanner and a legal battle with the county's board of supervisors over election control, as the 2024 primary approaches.
- Illegal alien indicted on manslaughter charges in daughter's rollover crash death
Brenda Rivera Estrada, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was indicted on manslaughter and endangerment charges after a 2024 Arizona rollover crash killed her 9-year-old daughter. Toxicology reports indicated she was under the influence of methamphetamine and marijuana, and she had overstayed her 2009 nonimmigrant visa. ICE arrested her following the crash, which also injured three other children.