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

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

Photo via Getty ImagesIn 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.  Melissa Ciconte, Lord’s st…