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Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey will face charges this week stemming from a domestic violence incident involving his pregnant ex-girlfriend on Dec. 23, according to the Tucson Police Department. Carey will voluntarily present himself at the courthouse to answer to those charges, according to TPD. Sgt. Chris Widmer, a spokesman for the TPD, told multiple news outlets that charges will be filed this week. The Arizona Daily Wildcat spoke on the phone with the woman involved in the incident, Eller College of Management student Marissa Rambow, a Catalina Foothills native and Miss Arizona USA 2012 contestant. Although Rambow agreed to be identified in this report, she refused to comment on “private matters between Ka’Deem” and herself. According to court documents pertaining to Rambow’s petition for an order of protection against Carey, which he received on Dec. 31, the incident occurred when he went into her room “to obtain a lighter to use illegal substance in home.” Rambow, 23, asked him “multiple times” to leave the room and “he refused, pushed/shoved his way in and knocked [her] to the floor. Threatening [her] pregnancy and [herself ].” According to the documents, Carey then slammed Rambow’s fingers in the door when she tried to prevent him from smoking the substance inside the house. Rambow and Carey had been living together in the same home for the last year, she said. Both UA head football coach Rich Rodriguez and athletic director Greg Byrne released statements on Sunday pertaining to the incident. Rodriguez said, “I’ve spoken with Ka’Deem and am aware of the case. We take these matters very seriously and will support the authorities however we can. Once more specific information is available, we will act accordingly.” Byrne: “The University and Department of Athletics are fully aware of the situation. This is now a matter for the local authorities and we will fully cooperate and assist them as needed. At this point we will have no further comment.” Jeffrey Marks, Carey’s lawyer, said in an email that “Neither Mr.
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NOELLE HAROGOMEZ/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT TPD OFFICERS BEGAN COLLECTING guns on Tuesday morning for Tucson’s first gun buyback program. Representatives from the National Rifle Association also attended the event to oppose destruction of the guns.
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About 200 guns were collected at a gun buyback program that sparked controversy in the Tucson community on the second anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting. At 9 a.m. Tuesday, gun owners in Tucson began arriving at the Tucson Police Substation on 22nd Street and Alvernon Way to turn in unwanted firearms in exchange for a $50 Safeway gift card as part of the community’s first gun buyback program. Steve Kozachik, city councilman for Tucson’s Ward 6, organized the program with the help of the Tucson Police Department. According to Kozachik, more than $10,000 was donated in efforts to make the buyback a success. The donations helped Kozachik obtain the gift cards that were handed out to those who turned in weapons. “I came up with this idea right before Christmas,” Kozachik said. “I wanted to see if the city will embrace it.” Kozachik said that he picked the specific date to remind Tucson of how people came together as a com-
munity after the Jan. 8th shootings. Two years ago, Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson. Six people were shot and killed and 13 more were injured, including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. “We have a Columbine, a Connecticut, a January 8th, and it seems we talk about it for a few weeks,” Kozachik said. “I really just wanted to keep the conversation going, I hope that it will just keep the issue on people’s minds.” However, Tucson’s gun buyback was surrounded by controversy because of the possibility that the firearms collected would be destroyed by the TPD. In addition to those opposing the buyback, some attendees offered cash for unwanted guns. There were signs being held that said “Gas money for guns,” and “Real cash for guns.” “If the city destroys the guns, they’ll be in violation of the Arizona Revised Statutes,” said Todd Rathner, an Arizona lobbyist and member of the National Rifle Association’s national board of directors. “I think they’re not going to get anything
valuable done. They’re only going to get junk.” Rathner was referring to Title 12 Section 945 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, which states “...if the property is a firearm, the court shall order the firearm to be sold to any business that is authorized to receive and dispose of the firearm under federal and state law and that shall sell the firearm to the public according to federal and state law, unless the firearm is otherwise prohibited from being sold under federal and state law.” Rathner said the statute makes it clear that the guns must be sold to a federal firearms dealer. He also added that the NRA did not oppose the buyback, but was focused on fighting against the destruction of the guns. “We’ve gone through our city attorney and reviewed the Arizona law,” said Sgt. Chris Widmer, a TPD spokesman. “Basically, for this buyback, we do not fall under that statute.” According to Widmer, any guns that had evidential value or were stolen would be held on to and processed, as in normal TPD procedure. Any gun collected that was not stolen
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KYLE WASSON/DAILY WILDCAT KA’DEEM CAREY, Arizona running back, will face charges after an incident involving his ex-girlfriend.
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NOELLE HAROGOMEZ/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT GUNS IN A BOX collected at the Midtown Tucson Police Station. TPD gave $50 Safeway giftcard in return for each gun.
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Following a proposal from the James E. Rogers College of Law and the approval of the Arizona Supreme Court, Arizona law students can now take the bar exam in their third year. The Arizona Supreme Court approved a trial period of two years on Dec. 10, 2012, making Arizona the only state in the country to allow students to take the exam while still enrolled in school. The trial period went into effect on Jan. 1 and will expire on Dec. 31, 2015. Previously, students would not take the bar exam until July and would typically not receive their results until October. “For students who want to have a five month lead on the job market, want to do the bar as part of their legal education, rather than to have another hill to climb after [graduation], for students who want to think differently about what that third year of law school provides, especially that last semester, the advantage[s] are enormous,” said Marc Miller, the UA College of Law interim dean. “If you take the February bar and graduate in May, you get your results in June.” The idea for this change came from former UA professor and current UC Davis professor of law Ga-
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