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Matthew Ammel, the 39-year-old former member of former Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s security detail, is back in jail after court records allege he violated his release conditions less than two weeks after he was released. Ammel was arrested Tuesday near a hotel at 24th Street and Camelback Road in Phoenix. Investigators say that after his Sept. 17 release, he asked a mutual acquaintance to contact Sinema on his behalf, which they say broke the court’s orders. Court documents also say his GPS tracker placed him at a firearm retailer in north Phoenix, where he left a large hunting-style knife to be engraved. His release conditions did not allow him to have the knife. Prosecutors say a North Carolina sheriff’s lieutenant warned that Ammel was trying to acquire a gun and tactical equipment and had made threats toward a judge. He is also accused of saying he would “take down” Sinema. In a filing, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office called him a “highly trained” Army veteran and asked a...

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