Arizona
Man arrested for online threats to election workers in Arizona
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Federal authorities have arrested an Alabama man for sending threatening messages to Maricopa County election workers during the 2022 primary elections.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 59-year-old Brian Jerry Ogstad is charged with five counts of communicating an interstate threat after he allegedly sent threatening messages via social media to the Maricopa County Elections Office in early August 2022. According to the indictment, he was reportedly riled up by false claims of fraud in the state’s gubernatorial race.
In one instance, Ogstad allegedly said: “You did it! Now you are [expletive]. Dead. You will all be executed for your crimes.” In another instance, he said: “You are lying, cheating [expletive] . . . you better not come in my church, my business or send your kids to my school. You are [expletive] stupid if you think your lives are safe…”
Days later, Ogstad reportedly made similar remarks, including one where he allegedly said: “[Y]ou people are so ducking [sic] stupid. Everyone knows you are lots [sic], cheats, frauds and in doing so in relation to elections have committed treason. You will all be executed. Bang [expletive].”
“We cannot permit election skeptics to threaten vigilante justice,” said U.S. Attorney Gary M. Restaino for the District of Arizona. “We will continue to prosecute true threats against Arizona’s election officials and other public servants, including direct messages sent on social media, or communications in any other format.”
Ogstad faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on each count if convicted.
How common are election-related threats in Arizona?
Several arrests connected to threats related to the fallout from the 2020 and 2022 elections have been made in recent years and months. Federal prosecutors told Arizona’s Family’s Angie Koehle that several criminal cases that resulted from threats against election workers are working their way through the courts, with Arizona being linked to a large percentage of them.
In August, 44-year-old Joshua Russell from Ohio pleaded guilty to leaving threatening messages to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. That same month, an Iowa man who threatened Arizona officials over the 2020 election was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of threatening to lynch Maricopa County Board of Supervisor Clint Hickman and then-Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s Office, claiming the 2020 election was “fraudulent across the state” and also threatening to lynch the official for “not doing his job.”
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Arizona
Person accused of making terroristic threats to medical facility in northern Arizona
PAGE, AZ (AZFamily) — A person accused of making terroristic threats toward a northern Arizona medical facility was arrested Friday morning.
Just after 10:30 p.m., police received a report of a person calling the facility and threatening to kill staff and Native Americans, according to the Page Police Department.
Authorities said staff placed the facility on lockdown until officers identified the suspect and arrested them outside their home.
The suspect was booked on charges of disorderly conduct, threatening and intimidating, and making terroristic threats. Police have not publicly identified the person.
“The Page Police Department is grateful for and supports the medical staff’s decision to put the medical facility into lockdown until the suspect was arrested and the situation was rendered safe,” the department said in a Facebook post.
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Arizona
NFL mock draft: 4-round projections for Arizona Cardinals
In these four-round projections, the Arizona Cardinals don’t get a tackle until the fourth round.
We are just days away from the 2026 NFL draft, and that means some final mock drafts. What direction will the draft take the Arizona Cardinals?
Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy put together a four-round mock draft for the Cardinals. They go defense early but rebuild the offense for 2026 and moving forward, including landing their potential franchise quarterback.
Cardinals 4-round mock draft
Here are the players in the first four rounds Popejoy projects for Arizona.
- Round 1: Ohio State EDGE/LB Arvell Reese
- Round 2: Alabama QB Ty Simpson
- Round 3: Clemson WR Antonio Williams
- Round 4: Florida OT Austin Barber
What we think of the picks
The Cardinals want to trade out of the third pick and draft a tackle, so not getting a tackle until Round 4 seems unlikely, although they did meet with Barber. They do have options at right tackle for 2026 already on the roster.
Reese would be a great pick if they don’t trade back, as they badly need pass-rushing help off the edge.
Drafting Simpson seems inevitable at this point, so it has to be in a mock draft, although the feeling is they will need to go up into Round 1 again to get him.
Williams has speed and is almost six feet tall, but he does have short arms.
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Arizona
Detroit Lions NFL Draft Injury Report: Arizona State CB Keith Abney
Due to significant injuries to the CB position last year which includes a shoulder surgery for Terrion Arnold, the Lions CB position scored a 6/10 need on my Lions Defensive Draft Need Rankings. Thus, an early-round selection of a young, healthy prospect like Keith Abney would not come as a surprise. He enters the draft with very low medical concern level.
Here is the excerpt from my medical report on Keith Abney:
(Ages in parentheses are at start of 2026 season and are factored into the concern level. Injury info and ages based on available public information are unverified and subject to update. Games played data courtesy of sports-reference.com.)
Keith Abney, CB (21) – Arizona State
Projected round 2-3. #43 on Jeff Risdon board Feb 19.
Concern level 0/10
There is an isolated report of a hand injury but no corroborating information. Even if the hand injury is true, that’s of minimal to no long-term concern.
His availability in his final two seasons has been perfect. Overall, Abney appears to be medically clean and is at an excellent age.
He finished college with 6 INT and 21 PBU.
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