This is one of the upsides to mobile phones:An astute witness’ prompt call to 911 early yesterday morning after seeing some punks breaking into a car resulted in the arrest of three teenagers.The caller told police that the men had broken out the window of a parked car in the…
Three hoodlums whose SUV ran out of gas during a June robbery forced one of their victims at gunpoint to use his car to push the vehicle to a gas station, police say. Cops released surveillance photos today of one of the robbers with the hope of developing some leads in what a Phoenix police…
Another day, another 6-year-old Valley kid beaten by a parent with a belt.On Sunday, the day before the horrific incident we reported earlier involving a 6-year-old and a belt, Scottsdale mom Gabriela Barraza, 23, left “numerous” bruises on her 6-year-old son’s butt and thighs by beating him with a belt.The…
A 6-year-old boy is on the verge of death after a severe beating by his parents, Phoenix police say. The parents, Benny Gibson, 49 and Jennifer Paul, 37, were arrested in connection with possible child abuse charges. Police and paramedics raced to the home near 7100 North 19th Avenue just…
The two people who admitted to locking 10-year-old Ame Deal in a tiny footlocker — where she ultimately died last month — have been formally indicted on first-degree murder charges.In addition to the murder charges, Sammantha Allen — Ame’s cousin — and her husband, John Allen have been indicted on…
Rick Valentini — a.k.a. Bryan Stewart was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this afternoon, where he was found guilty of 29 counts of forgery, four counts of identity theft, four counts of misconduct involving a weapon, two counts of money laundering, and one count of posession of a forged…
Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was in a Texas courtroom today, where he was sentenced to life in prison today for sexually assaulting two underage followers of his breakaway sect of the Mormon Church.See former New Times staffer John Dougherty’s…
The man police say fatally stabbed Tempe resident Fred U. Bustamante was arrested yesterday in Mesa, the Tempe Police Department announced last night.The suspect, 60-year-old Gordon Benson, was arrested in Mesa about 6:15 p.m. yesterday, Tempe Sergeant Steve Carbajal says. …
Phoenix police say a homeless man was found dead in a vacant Maryvale home last night, and it’s unclear how he died.Phoenix Sergeant Trent Crump says the body of the transient man was found last night in a vacant home in the 1900 block of 69th Avenue…
The victim of a fatal stabbing over the weekend in Tempe has been identified, and the man who police say stabbed him remains on the loose.Tempe police have identified the victim as 47-year-old Fred U. Bustamante. The suspect is 60-year-old Gordon Benson.Police haven’t released a lot of information about the…
If you got shit-canned one night and stole a fire helmet, of course you’re gonna post pictures of yourself wearing it on Facebook. How could you not? Keep in mind, though, it’s a felony. Just ask 23-year-old Daniel Schmidt.Schmidt was arrested earlier this week after someone turned him in to…
A demolition crew tearing down the old Jockey Club building at 2200 East Highland Avenue found human skeletal remains this morning.This is the third skeleton found in Phoenix since March, when two sets of human bones were found in Phoenix in less than 24 hours.According to Phoenix police, a crane…
Transient meth-head Kirk Wise probably made more money than you did last year — and he didn’t even have a job.Wise, 45, is a professional copper thief who steals copper wire to support his $100-a-day meth habit. He’s pretty good at it, too — according to Wise, he’s netted nearly…
Two Phoenix police officers were shot by an armed suspect just after 10 a.m. today.Details are limited, but the shooting occurred 61st and Virginia Avenues.One of the officers was shot in the arm, the other suffered a superficial wound to the head.The suspect was reportedly also shot, but details of…
Bombing around Scottsdale boozed up on “two glasses” of scotch, former Arizona Diamondbacks ballplayer Mark Grace was busted by Scottsdale Police with a BAC of .128, according to court documents obtained by New Times. The famed former ballplayer, who played four seasons with the D-Backs starting in 2000, was arrested…
“Bubble-Butt” Bree Olson, porn star/former Charlie Sheen “goddess,” just wrapped up filming a reality TV show that recently made a stop in Scottsdale. It’s about a rock band comprised of porn stars who apparently just get shit-faced and fight people. It’s described as “a cross between Jersey Shore and Spinal…
A racist, Arizona City “juggalo” — who claims to be studying for a Ph.D in “scratching balls” — was arrested yesterday after admitting to molesting a 16-year-old special needs girl.Timothy Lowe, 22, was booked into Pinal County Jail on three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was in Washington D.C. today to “support a bipartisan bill to avoid economic crisis,” her office “tweeted” moments ago.”Gabrielle has returned to Washington to support a bipartisan bill to prevent economic crisis. Turn on C-SPAN now: http://t.co/ddhmVMB,” her office posted on her Twitter page…
As predicted, it didn’t take long for police to track down “Bozo,” a member of the 18th Street East Side Posse street gang, who allegedly pulled a gun on a man in Goodyear last month.As you can see in his booking photo, “Bozo,” a.k.a. Leo Rufus Rodriguez Jr., stands out…
A Mesa man who claimed he had no idea what caused his on-again-off-again girlfriend to “turn purple” and die in December of 2009 was sentenced to 22 years in prison, Maricopa County Superior Court officials announced this afternoon.According to court documents obtained by New Times, a family member of Dartanion…
A former teacher at a Mesa elementary school was sentenced to 15 years in prison today after pleading guilty last month to charges that he attempted to molest a 7-year-old girl in the band room of the school where he worked, court officials announced this afternoon. The girl was a…
The father of a 10-year-old Phoenix girl who was tortured and murdered by members of her own family earlier this month is trying to raise money to bail his daughter’s killers out of jail, a source who knows the family tells New Times.The source asked not to be identified out…
