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This document summarizes publicly available court records, judgments, motions, regulatory materials from the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC), and consumer reviews concerning Shawn Roanhorse and entities operating under the “Lone Cactus” name, including Lone Cactus Fence & Welding and Lone Cactus Construction, LLC. Certain non-party names are omitted for privacy. All referenced materials are available through Arizona eAccess, ROC public databases, and consumer review pl

Laura Owens and her family At dawn on January 29, 2025, a SWAT team executed a raid on the Scottsdale property where Laura Owens lived with her parents. Sixteen officers participated in the operation. They arrived before sunrise. The target was not a fugitive. There were no allegations of weapons, explosives, or violence. No threats had been made. No one inside the home had a criminal record. Owens’ parents — who also lived on the property — included her eighty-year-old fathe

Laura Owens and her father, Ronn Owens There are moments in a criminal case when the central concern is no longer the allegation itself, but the integrity of the process by which the prosecution is unfolding. State of Arizona v. Laura Michelle Owens  has reached that point. The issue presented here is one of procedure and constitutional fairness: whether a criminal prosecution can be said to comply with due process when a sealed superseding indictment enters public circulatio

Owens appears in court on November 18, 2025 In the long history of reproductive rights, most threats arrive plainly labeled: a statute restricting abortion, a court decision narrowing autonomy, a policy aimed at criminalizing pregnancy outcomes. What is unfolding in Maricopa County is more subtle—and for that reason more dangerous. It is the first known case in the United States in which a woman faces sweeping felony charges, including offenses in the same class as manslaught

By the time prosecutors in Maricopa County announced their first set of charges against Laura Owens, the public had already reached its own verdict. It didn’t matter that no trial had occurred. It didn’t matter that the evidence had not been tested in court. It didn’t even matter that early medical records, protective orders, and sworn declarations painted a far more complex picture than the headlines suggested. Owens entered the criminal process as something few defendants e