A morning of family drinking turned deadly yesterday when police say a Phoenix man got hammered, punched a woman in the face, and then fatally shot his own nephew.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Antonio Lawrence Bracamonte II, 26, was arrested early yesterday morning after police found his…
In preparation for his upcoming discipline hearing this fall, former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has submitted grand jury transcripts from his failed prosecutions of two County Supervisors. Because of secrecy rules about the doings of grand juries, the State Bar’s presiding disciplinary judge, William O’Neil, ordered the documents regarding Supervisors…
Frank Morris, 19, of Casa Grande, managed to escape a police pursuit early Tuesday morning. He would have gotten away scot free, but unfortunately for Morris, he didn’t manage to avoid hitting a pole once police called off the pursuit.About 4:30 Tuesday morning, a Pinal County sheriff’s deputy tried to pull…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has left the Houston hospital where she’s been recovering for the last several months after getting shot in the face during the January 8, Tucson shooting rampage.She will be living in her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly’s, League City, Texas, home, about 26 miles from Houston.Giffords will continue…
A Phoenix man who claims he learned to kill while a member of the Cuban military was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court today to 22 years in prison for fatally snapping his girlfriend’s neck during an argument. Hermenegildo Cardenes Morffah pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder for the September 2010 killing…
A Nogales-based Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent was arrested yesterday for allegedly handing over sensitive government documents to family members with “strong” ties to drug cartels.According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Jovana Samaniego Deas, 33, a special agent with the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations unit, illegally accessed, stole, and…
A Grand Jury indicted Mindy Shields, daughter of influential Phoenix lobbyist Billy Shields, for Class 2 felony theft. The charges against Mindy Shields stem from the embezzlement of more than $77,000 from Friends of Greg Stanton, a political campaign belonging to the former councilman and Phoenix mayoral candidate. Shields, a…
Gary Allen Bahns told Mesa police yesterday that he planned to sell the stolen van in which he was found sleeping and use the proceeds to buy crystal meth.You might be thinking “it’s 2011 — who would buy a minivan?” If you ask Bahns, the answer’s “a Mexican,” that’s who.Bahns…
When Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner was in court last month, there was confusion over what he said to the judge during an outburst that got him booted from the courtroom.Most of the media quoted him as saying “thank you for the freak show. She died in front of me.”Translating the…
A former pastor at a Tempe church — serving a 15-year prison sentence for molesting a 14-year-old member of his congregation — has pleaded guilty to molesting two other members of a congregation he led in Ohio.Joshua O’Bannion, 27, pleaded guilty in a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, court to four counts of…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ staffers released the long-awaited first photo of the congresswoman since she was shot in the face during the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage…
On its fifth anniversary, John Richardson’s homicide case remains cold, and a hole in his mom’s life remains unfilled. Known as “J.R.,” Richardson was last seen with friends at a house near 43rd Avenue and Thomas Road in Phoenix the night of June 11, 2006, according to police. A year later,…
Manuel Alvarez says he was only being a good samaritan when he grabbed a 15-year-old girl’s boobs on a Phoenix sidewalk last night. He’s even got a story for why he allegedly tried to kiss her — and offer her money for sex — too.According to court documents obtained by…
A patron of a Scottsdale hotel called police to report a bombing early this morning. When officers showed up at his hotel room, he tried to shoot them.Scottsdale police say the man called 9-1-1 about 4:30 a.m. to report a bomb had gone off at the Clarion Hotel at 5101…
A Pinal County woman is dead after falling from a moving car Wednesday night. Police suspect she was drunk, and her husband probably will be charged with impaired driving.About 9 p.m. Wednesday, 57-year-old Tommie Joe Holliday called 9-1-1 and immediately hung up. The operator called him back, and he said…
A Pinal County woman was arrested last month after a fight with her 17-year-old daughter led police to the discovery of more opiates than you’d probably find at a pharmacy.Police were called to the home of Eva Martinez on May 18, because she was fighting with her teenage daughter. Martinez…
We continuously referred to a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly — and willingly — sexually abused by an 18-year-old man as a “victim” yesterday, and it seems we’ve started a bit of a debate: is the the girl really a victim.Sheldon Raquet, 18, was booked on one count each of…
On May 29, at 7:08 p.m., 18-year-old Sheldon Raquet posted the following on his Facebook wall: “Miss my baby 🙁 cant wait for her to get back :).” Adorable, right? Wrong — obnoxious social media PDAs aside, Raquet’s “baby” is a 13-year-old girl he was dumb enough to brag about…
Shane Lindsay, 37, had a problem: he had no money to buy a television to watch during his upcoming prison sentence. His solution: steal an air conditioner before serving his sentence and sell it for some TV money.As he later told police, that was the plan, anyway.Buckeye police were called…
A Phoenix clothing “model” last seen nearly two weeks ago has been found alive, Phoenix police confirm to New Times. Despite 18-year-old Kristian Faith Stout, a.k.a. Kristian Ward parents’ earlier insistence that she was kidnapped, it appears the 18-year-old mother ran away.Stout was last seen on May 27 leaving her…
An 18-year-old Phoenix woman — who claims on her Facebook page to be a clothing model — has been missing for nearly two weeks, and her family suspects foul play.Kristian Faith Stout, a.k.a. Kristian Ward, was last seen on May 27, leaving her job at the Paradise Valley Mall, where…
There’s a reason 45-year-old alleged pederast David Manuel molested three girls ages 3, 6, and 8: he says one of them was “talking dirty” to him.Manuel of Casa Grande got popped last week for molesting the three girls over what police later determined was several months.The three girls each told police…
