A Chandler woman went medieval on her husband during a weekend domestic squabble, slicing his arm with a two-and-a-half foot sword. The fight between Louis and Pamela Haas took place on Sunday afternoon at their home near Chandler Boulevard and McClintock Drive, but that’s about all the couple could agree…
Cary Dolego, a former Green Party write-in candidate for the 2010 Arizona governor’s race, was found among homeless people in a Ukrainian town last week following a failed quest for love. A Youtube video (see below) shows Dolego, 53, sitting on a bed in a hospital ward, explaining to an…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords tonight gave her first interview since being shot “through the brain” during the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage that took the lives of six people, and wounded 13 others.When asked if she was angry at Jared Loughner, the man who shot her and 18 others, Giffords answers…
Detectives from the Peoria Police Department’s Special Victims Unit arrested Jose Sanchez Figueroa, a 37-year-old Colorado man, for allegedly engaging in sexual contact with a minor.The accused perv faces multiple felony counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, sexual conduct with a minor, and molestation.And he apparently…
Jonathan Knight, a children’s Tae Kwon Do instructor in Glendale, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he sent photos of his penis to one of his 12-year-old female students.Knight was arrested last month and faces four counts of furnishing obscene material…
Heroin’s not good for anyone — especially an 11-month-old baby, like the one found in a Scottsdale hotel room that her mother baked out with heroin smoke yesterday afternoon.According to court records obtained by New Times, 25-year-old Matthew Nakihei and his baby-mama, Stefanie Bindes, 34, were arrested yesterday after police were called the…
The much anticipated interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — her first interview since getting shot in the head during the January 8 Tucson shooting — is set to air Monday night on ABC.It remains unclear how much viewers will see of Giffords in her current state — her staff says…
A teacher with the Scottsdale Unified School District was arrested yesterday after two 12-year-old girls accused him of grabbing their breasts.The two girls, who police say are best friends, say the alleged gropings happened while the two were in the school’s library with 60-year-old Thomas Weaver, their teacher at the…
If you lead police on a car chase while high on crystal meth and heroin — trying to run down officers as they shoot at your vehicle — and then try to bodyslam the cop who finally gets his hands on you, don’t be too surprised if your mugshot looks…
Admitted pederast Luis Mejia Ortiz was in Maricopa County Superior Court today, where he was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he molested his girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter on several occasions.In all, Ortiz pleaded guilty to one count of child molestation and three counts of…
A Phoenix woman was arrested yesterday after police determined that she knew her husband was abusing her 3-year-old daughter and did nothing to stop it.The baby, Dani Mayo, died from her injuries after suffering months of abuse at the hands of her step-father, 22-year-old Corey Daniels. Daniels is married to…
A Scottsdale man who once was a volunteer with a Valley Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested/urinated on a 6-year-old boy.Read our initial post on Ali Chitsaz here — pretty sick…
Steven Davis, 28, apparently is a car thief, which a 15-year veteran of the Tucson Police Department learned fairly quickly when Davis stole his police cruiser over the weekend and led cops on a 50-mile chase. That, however, was only after ditching a vehicle he’d (allegedly) previously stolen in the…
The latest addition to New Times’ ongoing series on naked meth-heads is 39-year-old Mark Brian Lockhead, who was found naked — and, of course, hopped up on meth — outside a Phoenix motel Friday night.About 9 p.m. Friday, Phoenix police were called to the Paradise Motel at 2433 East Van…
Gaylord Sports Management — a Scottsdale-based talent agency for professional athletes — has a little work to do on the PR front; in addition to once employing a guy who’s currently accused of trying to have a threesome with two underage girls, a porn star is now claiming she was…
A Phoenix woman is heading to the big house after pleading guilty to charges that she killed her 79-year-old husband — before dumping his body on an Indian reservation and setting it on fire — back in 2005. Larissa Garcia’s late husband, Daniel Garcia, was the father of at least…
The jury has reached a verdict in the “aggravation phase” of Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau’s trial, finding that aggravating factors in the case were proven — which means the man who terrorized the streets of Phoenix for nearly a year could face the death penalty.The trial now heads to the penalty phase,…
Desaraye Barragan told police she was “stupid and hungry” when she was driving her car 105 miles per hour on Interstate 10 earlier this week, which tends to happen when you smoke a joint while driving a car. From a legal perspective, having weed, ecstasy, and three minors in the car at…
The public can be forgiven for not fully understanding the ongoing mess of Maricopa County politics, and why a former county attorney stands to lose his law license. But, dang it, people who publish articles on the subject ought to come close to showing they understand it — or at…
ABC News has released a preview of Diane Sawyer’s interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and it remains unclear whether the congresswoman — who was shot “through the brain” during Jared Loughner’s January 8 Tucson shooting rampage — will speak on camera.When the interview was announced in September, Giffords’ spokesman Mark…
Two dead bodies were found in a Phoenix trailer home last night, and the cops suspect it to be a murder/suicide.Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos says police were called to a trailer in the 2600 block of East Morrow Drive about about 7 p.m. after an elderly man found the body…
Three people have been charged with crimes after a 2-year-old boy was found to have methadone in his system after he was rushed to a Valley hospital last week while unresponsive and not breathing.’We reported on the methadone-filled baby last week, but now we’ve got the details — and they…
