A Desert Hills couple has been charged with murder after the dead body of a 51-year-old relative was found emaciated in their backyard last summer.John and Tara Chesser were arrested Monday after a grand jury indictment was returned charging the couple with the murder of 51-year-old James Chesser — the…
When 29-year-old Eric Matthew Papanek allegedly walked defiantly out of a Peoria Circle K holding a 12-pack of Heineken — and the knife he had just used to stab a man — over his head last week, he probably didn’t anticipate hiding in a closet like a coward when police…
The Arizona Court of Appeals has agreed that Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley did not violate any financial disclosure law, ending a tainted criminal case against him. The ruling today is another major blow to former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who could be disbarred in an upcoming discipline hearing related to his…
Arizona Department of Transportation crews checking a drain near a Valley freeway yesterday afternoon made a pretty gruesome discovery: human skeletal remains.According to the Phoenix Police Department, about 2 p.m. yesterday, ADOT crews were checking a storm drain near the on-ramp to the I-!0 and the Loop-202 just north of…
An exit report given to the Glendale Elementary School District by substitute teacher Tony Hill backs up — in part, anyway — a letter he wrote that criticized his students’ behavior. Hill’s letter created quite a stir since it was sent to State Senator Russell Pearce a couple of weeks ago…
A Utah woman nearly became a movie star earlier this month — the only problem with that is she didn’t know she was being recorded, the movie was being filmed in a shopping mall dressing room, and the (ahem) director was a convicted sex offender from Arizona.On March 9, a…
The execution of convicted murder Daniel Wayne Cook, who has been sitting on death row for more than two decades, will go forward after a last-ditch petition filed by his lawyer was denied by the state Supreme Court yesterday.Earlier this month, Cook’s attorneys filed a petition to review his death…
A track coach at a Chino Valley high school was arrested yesterday after a cop caught him having sex with a teenage student in his car as it sat parked at a local park.According to Prescott police, an officer on routine patrol saw a car parked at Heritage Park in…
An alleged meth head was arrested on Friday after trying to sell some weed to a group of kids at the Pinal County Fair. The suspect didn’t actually have any weed, but he did have a pocket full of crystal meth, an assault rifle, and a shotgun.About 10 p.m. Friday,…
For the second time in just over a month, a Marine stationed in Yuma has been reported missing.The Naval Criminal Investigation Service and local police are investigating the disappearance of Corporal Joshua Barron, a Marine from Standish, Maine.Barron, 22, who is stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma…
A Chandler man convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter was in court this morning where he was sentenced to prison time and a probation.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Robert Gottsfield sentenced 21-year-old Jeremias Joel Aguilar to 25 years in prison…
The Tucson girl reported missing Monday has been found alive and well in Texas with a 19-year-old Utah man — who apparently has an obsession with shirtless dudes — whom she met online.Ashley Kingsbury, 14, was found in Galveston, Texas, this morning with 19-year-old Jordan Anthony after a bank teller…
A Valley high school teacher was arrested yesterday for an alleged pattern of teen touching dating back to 2008.Otis Magee, 54, a teacher at Precision High School in Phoenix, got a little grabby with one of his students last December. According to court documents obtained by New Times, he had…
The mother of a Phoenix man senselessly shot by Phoenix police Officer Richard Chrisman last year has filed a $30 million notice of claim against the officer, the city of Phoenix, and the Phoenix Police Department for the wrongful death of her son.Daniel Rodriguez — and his dog — were…
Peoria police detectives are still on the hunt for a man who reportedly robbed a gas station convenience store near 83rd Avenue and Bell Road with a rock last week.The suspect threatened to bash the clerk’s head in with the rock, which was described by the clerk as being “the…
The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a guy who’s robbed six Circle K convenience stores in just over a week.According to the Phoenix Police Department, between March 4, and March 13, the suspect hit six stores in Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, and Tempe…
Since our earlier post about Tiberias Foster, the 25-year-old alleged public masturbator/flasher extraordinaire who managed to get away from Tempe police officers three times yesterday before he was found hiding in a bush at an apartment complex by a police K-9, the Tempe Police Department provided New Times with his…
Tiberias Foster, a 22-year-old Tempe man, is a slippery character — he managed to get away from Tempe police officers three times yesterday before he was found hiding in a bush at an apartment complex by a police K-9.What did Foster allegedly do to warrant so much attention from police?…
A nurse at a Valley hospital who’s alleged to have tried to have sex with a child he believed to be a 15-year-old girl has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to lure a minor for sexual exploitation — despite having already admitted to police that’s what he…
A Pima County girl is missing and authorities believe she was taken to Utah by a 19-year-old man she met online.Ashley Kingsbury, 13, was reported missing Monday, and is believed to have been taken to Utah by 19-year-old Jordan Anthony, with whom she’s reportedly been chatting on social networking websites…
Thursday is St. Patrick’s Day, which means one thing: people are gonna get wasted. Stupid people are gonna get wasted and then try to drive home. Aside from potentially killing someone, cops are going to be everywhere looking for idiots driving drunk, so don’t do it — call AAA Arizona.Not…
A family fight in Phoenix turned deadly last night when an 18-year-old man visiting the Valley from Detroit fatally shot a woman and wounded two others, including his stepfather.About 10 p.m. yesterday, the unidentified suspect and his 63-year-old stepfather got into an argument in their apartment near 12th Street and…
