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This undated booking photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows suspect Shelly Marie Norgard in Prescott, Ariz. Officials say 46-year-old Norgard was arrested in Nevada in June 2017 and booked into an Arizona detention center on one count of premeditated murder for the death of 19-year-old Pamela Pitts of Prescott. Norgard is being held on a $3 million cash-only bond. (Yavapai County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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This undated booking photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows Darroll Wayne Roberts, of Black Canyon City, Ariz. Authorities say Roberts was arrested Tuesday, July 4, 2017, on suspicion of DUI and vehicular homicide following a wrong-way wreck that killed a motorcyclist and closed a portion of a heavily traveled rural portion of Interstate 17, backing up holiday traffic. (Yavapai County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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In this photo released by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows suspect Gene Alan Carpenter, 54, in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Carpenter who is accused of flying a drone over a major Arizona wildfire has been arrested, with authorities saying he interrupted firefighting efforts on a blaze that has forced thousands of people from their homes. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said Saturday, July 1, 2017, that Carpenter of Prescott Valley, was in custody on charges of endangerment and unlawful operation of an unmanned aircraft. (Yavapai County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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This Monday, March 27, 2017, photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows John Freeman, 31, following his arrest Monday after a car chase in northern Arizona. A passenger who escaped from a stolen car pursued by a sheriff's deputy is not being prosecuted because he apparently merely hitched a ride with the driver, Freeman, and another man who both ended up in custody after a crash just off Interstate 40. (Yavapai County Sheriff's Office via AP)