A Chandler woman, now-infamous for occupying one of the meth-ier apartments on record — in which her methed-up husband put their 7-month-old baby in the freezer — copped a plea deal this morning that will keep her out of the clink.Leann Kracke pled guilty this morning to two counts of…
Daniel Wayne Cook, a death row inmate awaiting his court-imposed date with death for the last 24 years — in an Arizona prison on the taxpayer’s dime — is one step closer to being strapped to the executioner’s table.This morning, the United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Cook…
Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox won’t face any criminal charges in the crappy case against her put together by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas.Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores rejected the idea of charging Wilcox, one of five members of the Maricopa County Board…
The Tempe Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a man missing since Saturday.Willie Jigba, 24, was last seen at a party in the 600 block of East Weber Drive in Tempe. Jigba left the party alone and hasn’t been heard from since.Jigba was supposed to start…
On Friday, one of three inmates who escaped from a Kingman Prison last summer entered guilty pleas for several crimes related to the escape.Tracy Province, who along with John McCluskey and Daniel Renwick, escaped from the prison on July 30, of last year, faced eight charges in Arizona after sneaking…
Gabrielle Giffords chose to have no security at her Congress on Your Corner events, it’s been well-reported by now.No cops were standing by when Jared Loughner opened fire on innocent people, starting with Giffords. And the lack of security wasn’t unprecedented: Other members of Congress held — and still plan…
Federal law enforcement sources told the Washington Post last night that they plan to move the trial of Jared Loughner — the madman believed to be responsible for the January 8 shooting rampage in Tucson — out of Arizona because of the extensive pretrial publicity the case has received.Loughner, 22,…
For a long time (and possibly forever), Tucson is going to be synonymous with tragedy. That’s a shame. You see, our neighbor to the south is much more than a place where six people lost their lives and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was severely injured. Arizona’s second-largest city, which is the…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords told reporters this morning that her condition continues to improve after she was shot through the brain on January 8. However, “graduation Day,” they say, will be the day Giffords leaves the hospital and begins rehabilitation.Doctor Michael Lemole told reporters that bone fragments were pushing down on…
The now-infamous sinister smirk by Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner — in a photo taken by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department after the January 8 shooting rampage that left six people dead and 13 others wounded — reportedly hasn’t changed since he’s been in federal custody.During his time in federal stir, Loughner’s eyes…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced last night that the congresswoman’s condition has been updated from critical to serious following a procedure Saturday morning.According to an update from the University Medical Center, where Giffords is being treated, doctors performed a procedure that removed the breathing tube from the congresswoman and…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords following last weekend’s shooting rampage in Tucson announced today that the congresswoman is no longer on a ventilator.According to an update from the University Medical Center, where Giffords is being treated, doctors performed a procedure this morning that removed the breathing tube from the congresswoman…
Pima Community College released a video shot by Jared Loughner in the months before last Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson. In the video, Loughner walks around the school’s campus and rambles on about many of the same bizarre conspiracy theories he wrote of in other bizarre Youtube videos he’s believed…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to be miraculous after being shot through the brain one week ago today, and doctors treating the congresswoman say her breathing tube could be removed as early as today.”We couldn’t have hoped for any better improvement than we are seeing now given the severity of her…
It seems I’ve introduced my dear colleague Ray Stern to the fascinating world of facts, statistics and sources, as he finally breaks down and uses a few in his latest pro-gun nut diatribe, “The Anti-Gun Culture…”In it, Ray returns once again to his us-versus-them, all-or-nothing theme, calling out those who want…
Safeway is weighing whether to hold Congress on Your Corner events in the future following Tucson’s tragic shooting of Gabrielle Giffords and 18 other people. “The security of our customers and anyone who comes to our store is always very important to us,” says Safeway spokewoman Teena Massingill, at…
Just when we thought the tragic story of Jared Loughner couldn’t possibly get any more bizarre, it’s now being reported that he took photos of himself in a G-string while holding a gun the day before the incident.As we reported earlier, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released a timeline of…
Trent Humphries, one of the leaders of the Tucson Tea Party, tells New Times that comments he made to a British news outlet regarding the shooting rampage in Tucson were taken out of context.The Guardian quoted him saying that, “The real case is that she [Giffords] had no security whatsoever…
The one thing you find in the debate about gun control is that there really is a gun culture. And an anti-gun culture. The anti-gun culture probably is never going to agree with the gun culture, because the two cannot see eye to eye. The people on one side owns…
A timeline of Jared Loughner’s activities the morning he allegedly went on a shooting rampage at a Tucson grocery store show that he checked into a hotel hours before the shooting occurred — but it appears he never actually slept.According to the timeline, provided by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department,…
Reports that Tucson Tea Party leader Trent Humphries is laying some of the blame for the shooting rampage on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords seem outrageous.But they are out there, and they stem from comments Humphries made to the British newspaper The Guardian. He said that if Giffords felt so threatened by the dialed-up…
