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“Guns were drawn”: 2 people arrested for car theft and drugs at Ak-Chin Casino




Two people are in the Pinal County Jail after being arrested by Ak-Chin police last week on auto theft and drug charges.

An Ak-Chin police spokesman identified the suspects as Jeffrey Jacobsen, 56, and Janice Nobbe, 53.

Both will make their first appearance in Pinal County Superior Court tomorrow. Bail has been set at $2,500 for each defendant.

Ak-Chin spokesman Matthew Benson said Ak-Chin police and the Maricopa Police Department arrested the passenger of a stolen car parked outside Harrah's Ak-Chin Hotel and Casino at 1 p.m. on Aug. 19. Officers found the driver inside the casino and arrested him, Benson said.

Both were taken into custody and booked into the Pinal County Detention Center, Benson said.

“Guns were drawn,” said Craig Chojnowski, a Glennwilde resident who witnessed the arrests.






Jeff Chew, Reporter

Jeff Chew has been in journalism for nearly 50 years, having worked for large, medium and small daily and weekly newspapers. He retired in 2019 but felt the urge to return to a digital newsroom after four years as a vegetable gardener. He has worked in all areas of editing and reporting, from Lake Havasu City to Dallas, Texas, and from Colorado Springs to California's Bay Area. Most recently, he worked as a reporter, broadcaster and editor in the Washington state capital of Olympia and on the North Olympic Peninsula. He also has experience writing and editing radio and video news. He holds a degree in broadcast journalism from Arizona State University and lives in the province.


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