Bill to make ‘Gilbert Goons’ style attacks felonies moves forward in Arizona Senate

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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.

Seven people — three minors and four adults — have been charged with killing Lord, who was only 16, in a Oct. 28, 2023, attack at a Halloween party in Queen Creek…

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