A Pinal County jury recently convicted Joel Stephan Goble, 40, of second degree murder, a class 2 felony, and leaving the scene of a fatal collision, a class 2 felony, when he drove directly into a motorcyclist on U.S. Highway 60 in Apache Junction and dragged the motorcyclist’s body a quarter mile before fleeing the scene.

On Oct. 24 the defendant was sentenced to 22 years in the Department of Corrections for second degree murder and seven years probation for leaving the scene of a fatal collision.

The Sept. 24, 2025, conviction stems from an Oct. 5, 2024, collision where, after hours of drinking at multiple locations, the defendant drove his truck over 100 miles per hour on US60 in Apache Junction directly into Darrel Evans who was riding his motorcycle home, it states in a release fro

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