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New charges against man accused of shooting Tucson officer
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 9:32 AM by Faye DeHoff
Updated: Feb 13, 2013 10:40 AM
TUCSON - New charges have been filed against a man previously charged in a burglary during which a Tucson Police officer was shot.
Richard Mendoza Jr. is now charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault; one with Serious Injury and
the other with a Deadly Weapon, both felonies.
Mendoza had previously been charged with two counts of First Degree Burglarly and six counts of Prohibited Possessor in connection to a burglary at a home on November 18, 2012. During that burglary investigation, Sergeant Robert Carpenter was seriously wounded.
Richard Mendoza Jr. remains in custody at the Pima
County Jail.
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