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BREAKING: Arizona Republican Lawmaker Hospitalized After Attack

Posted on | December 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

Evidently he surprised a burglar:

Police in Casa Grande say an Arizona legislator was sent to the hospital after being beaten and knocked unconscious.
Mike Keck of the Casa Grande Police Department says Rep. Frank Pratt was found by his wife about 8 p.m. Saturday at his business, Pratt Pools in Casa Grande.
Keck says Pratt had gone to the business earlier in the day to check on it and was confronted by someone who was already inside.
Pratt was beaten and knocked unconscious, and left bound inside the building.
Keck says Pratt’s sport utility vehicle was stolen

If any Arizona readers have updates or if anyone else finds news online about this case, please put it in the comments.

UPDATE: The Arizona Republic says the stolen veicle is a gold 2007 GMC Yukon with Arizona plate 815-KYJ, and adds: “Police did not comment on whether the attack was random, or whether other items were stolen from the shop.”

Category: Arizona, Crime

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