A new legislative proposal in Arizona seeks harsher penalties for assaults involving two or more accomplices, elevating the crimes to higher-level felonies. The bill is named after Preston Lord, a ...

PHOENIX — A bill that would toughen penalties for those who commit group attacks has been introduced in the Arizona Legislature and has the support of Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell. It was ...

William Preston Smyth, born on July 29, 1933 in Winchester, Kentucky passed away peacefully on July 8, 2021. Bill was predeceased by his parents, Arnold and Ethel Smyth and 3 sisters, Brenda Arnold, ...

In October 2023, a gang of affluent teenagers attacked and fatally beat 16-year-old Preston Lord, one of a string of assaults by a loosely affiliated group dubbed the Gilbert Goons. Lord’s killing set ...

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed House Bill 2611, known as “Preston’s Law,” into law on Monday as a response to the death of Preston Lord. Lord was a 16-year-old who was fatally beaten by a ...

Dr. William Emory Preston Jr., “Bill”, 83 of Fort Walton Beach, passed away on May 2nd, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Bill was born on December 10, 1939, in Midland City, Alabama, to his ...