In response to the brutal beating death of Preston Lord at the hands of a teen gang called the “Gilbert Goons,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell wants to make group assaults on a single. The millionaire parents of one teen gang member accused of murdering his 16-year-old peer on Halloween weekend last year in Queen Creek, Arizona , allegedly helped cover the suspects’ tracks. HB 2611 was prompted by a series of incidents in the East Valley area of Maricopa County over more than a year where a gang of teens that became known as the Gilbert Goons were beating others up. But one incident in particular got public attention: the 2023 beating death of 16-year-old Preston Lord at a Halloween party in Queen Creek. The Gilbert Goons case is largely responsible for Arizona’s drastic policy shift from rehabilitation to strict accountability. The teenagers involved in this case committed violent, coordinated attacks. In response to the brutal beating death of Preston Lord at the hands of a teen gang called the “Gilbert Goons,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell wants to make group assaults on a single person felonies instead of misdemeanors in the state of Arizona. The murder of Preston Lord and the ensuing allegations against the “ Gilbert Goons ” and their families highlight critical societal, legal, and ethical questions. Three people charged in the fatal beating of 16-year-old Preston Lord are closer to getting out of jail after a judge reduced their bail by hundreds of thousands of dollars. A Maricopa County. We are learning more about the plea deals that were offered to teen violence suspects with connections to the Gilbert Goons criminal street gang. On May 11, we reported that Garrett Bagshaw,. Here’s a timeline of everything we know involving Lord, the Gilbert Goons and the scope of East Valley youth violence: A person was assaulted in Gilbert near Guadalupe Road and Freestone. In response to the brutal beating death of Preston Lord at the hands of a teen gang called the “Gilbert Goons,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell wants to make group assaults on a single person felonies instead of misdemeanors.
The Future of Justice in Arizona After the Gilbert Goons Mugshots
In response to the brutal beating death of Preston Lord at the hands of a teen gang called the “Gilbert Goons,” Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell wants t...