State Senate President-elect - and author of SB1070 -Russell Pearce's son Joshua Trent Pearce recently was under investigation by the Mesa Police Department for allegations of possible child abuse.
Mesa PD spokesman, Sergeant Ed Wessing, confirmed that police responded to a call December 10 from Banner Desert Medical Center regarding a nine day-old baby girl, the daughter of Joshua Pearce and his wife Samantha. http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/bastard/2010/12/russell_pearces_son_joshua.php
