🌱 LA Dance Company Returns + Mother Arrested After Toddler's Overdose

Hello again, everybody. It's Friday in Scottsdale and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening locally.

But first, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 70 Low: 46.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Scottsdale:

1. Police are seeking the public's help to identify a suspect connected to a sexual assault that occurred in Old Town Scottsdale in October. Surveillance footage shows the male suspect dressed in a white shirt, jeans, and white shoes and carrying a black backpack. Anyone with information about the event or who believes they saw or heard something suspicious between the hours of 4:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Oct. 12 is asked to contact the Scottsdale Police Department at 480-312-8477. (Arizona's Family)
2. An innovative dance company based out of Los Angeles will return to town next month to perform. BODYTRAFFIC will be at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Dec. 9 at 8:00 p.m. The group will also offer an interactive student matinee that morning at 11:00 a.m. designed to get students grades three and above up and moving through a combination of hip-hop and ballet. Ticket prices range from $5 to $60. (Daily Independent)
3. A woman has been charged with negligent homicide after her 13-month-old son died from a fentanyl overdose in September. Scottsdale police say 32-year-old Gabrielle Elizabeth Marshall failed to call 911 after the toddler allegedly got into her painkillers; Marshall instead contacted a friend who brought over Narcan. Marshall allegedly administered the Narcan but did not call the police until two hours after discovering her baby had taken the pills. (Arizona's Family)

Today in and around Scottsdale:

• Thanksgiving Luncheon At Granite Reef Senior Center (11:00 AM)
• 36th Annual Sterling Awards At Embassy Suites Scottsdale (11:30 AM)
• Pratt Brothers Christmas & Holiday Spectacular At Bell Bank Park, Mesa (6:00 PM)
• A Christmas Story: The Musical At Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Heads up, house hunters! Here are the latest homes to hit the market in and around Scottsdale. (Scottsdale Patch)
• The Scottsdale Public Library now has two new Books2Go locations! Find one at DC Ranch Park and the other at the intersection of Goldwater and 70th Streets. (Scottsdale Public Library)
• Networking can be ugly! Join the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce on Dec. 7 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. for an Ugly Sweater Contest and networking event at the Hilton Garden Inn Old Town. Click here to register. (Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce via Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll see you soon!

— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing associate at Lightning Media Partners. Outside of work, she enjoys constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.