The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for putting a shark in a Yuma canal.As you probably know, no shark species are native to Arizona, so when one’s found in a freshwater irrigation canal it tends to raise a few eyebrows.The…
Court orders for DNA samples of more than two dozen Phoenix police officers were served on Monday in regards to the death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth. The officers ordered to turn over their DNA are the same cops believed to be involved in a fraud scheme that resulted in…
A Phoenix man, with a long history of domestic violence, was arrested Sunday after he allegedly beat his wife with a weed-whacker and tried to set his house on fire with Molotov cocktails — all over some spilled champagne.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 49-year-old Roy Rodriguez and…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office will “definitely” still pursue a 22-year-old, $7.5 million restitution case against former gold mogul Sherman Unkefer, an official told us last week. Since our last update about Unkefer in August, the Arizona Court of Appeals remanded the case back to the trial courts. In other…
If the story of a 14-year-old mentally disabled girl is accurate, there are some real dirtbags roaming the streets right now, who need to be brought to justice.The girl told police she was raped and beaten by a gang of at least three thugs at gunpoint.The girl claims the rape…
Good news, you can all off the search — an officer from the Department of Public Safety has found an 84-year-old man reported missing yesterday.The officer found Edward Reed, who served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, on Hunt Highway last night. Reed left his house in Phoenix…
Not that we have any experience in the matter, but it seems a robbery suspect in Mesa broke one of the cardinal rules of robbing someone at gunpoint — after stealing some of the victim’s stuff, he left his gun behind as he made his getaway.This morning, 29-year-old Ruben Tellez…
The Department of Public Safety, and the Phoenix Police Department, needs the public’s help in tracking down an 84-year-old man who’s been missing since yesterday afternoon.Edward Reed, who served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, left his house in Phoenix yesterday around 3 p.m. He left in his…
In honor of Thanksgiving, officers from the Phoenix Police Department’s most scandalous precinct will be giving away Turkeys to some needy families tonight, and they really (really) want you to know about it. The South Mountain Precinct has been home to some of the worst cops the city has to…
The Phoenix woman accused of murdering a cab driving on Friday morning hid evidence — including the alleged murder weapon and a plastic bag full of underwear — in a dishwasher in her apartment, court documents obtained by New Times show.Corletha Sherie Davis, 33, told officers she had nothing to…
A former Phoenix police officer accused of shakin’ down drug dealers pled guilty to theft charges in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Former Officer James Wren pled guilty to solicitation to commit theft, which is a hell of a deal considering the crimes with which he’d initially been charged.Initially,…
If you noticed a section of 27th Avenue was shut down this morning, not to worry — it was just the Phoenix Police Department’s SWAT team trying to find a woman who may have shot and killed a cab driver. Around 6 a.m. today, Phoenix police got a call that…
The cases against seven men with connections to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club — stemming from an August shootout with rival biker gang the Vagos — were sent back to a grand jury on Monday. And, in an effort to have one of the biker’s trial moved to another venue,…
A Surprise woman, who punched her 11-year-old son in the stomach in front of police — all while telling the boy how she didn’t want him anymore — was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Christina Muniz, 29, was sentenced to three years probation and 30 days in jail…
The wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock was in court this morning, where she pled not guilty to charges that she had an inappropriate, sexual relationship with a teenage boy.Susan Brock’s court appearance comes less than a week after her husband of 28 years filed for divorce — obviously,…
A convicted felon in Pinal County hit the trifecta in terms of shit you shouldn’t have in your pickup truck — cops found weed, a sawed-off shotgun, and crystal meth after he wrecked his truck near Arizona City yesterday.Cops responded to the accident and found 35-year-old Casey Amos, as well…
We can’t help but feel bad for Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock. Sure, his religious family-man persona can be obnoxious at times, but nobody should have to deal with the fact that their wife of 28 years allegedly had sex with a teenager. But Brock is dealing with it, and…
When we first heard there was a guy found sitting in an orange grove next to a Mesa airport, huffing paint, and throwing oranges at planes, we thought, “We gotta see what this guy looks like.”Sadly, at the time we published our story yesterday afternoon, which you can see here,…
What’s the big deal?That’s what a man cops found huffin’ spray paint in an orange grove next to the Falcon Field Municipal Airport in Mesa asked police when they politely told him he needed to stop throwing oranges at the airplanes.According to the Mesa Police Department, 33-year-old Brian Henio was…
The unsatisfactory conditions of the road leading into a remote town in Yavapai County caused a Phoenix man to leave some constructive criticism stuck to roadsigns in the area. The suggestions weren’t well received by local law enforcement, though, and the man was arrested for vandalism.According to the Yavapai County…
One man is dead and another is injured after a shootout in west Phoenix last night.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the double shooting happened around 7 p.m. yesterday, when two men exchanged gunfire in the area of 71st Avenue and Thomas Road in Phoenix…
The Phoenix Police Department has identified the boy found shot to death on a Phoenix sidewalk yesterday morning.The victim is 13-year-old Jonathan Garcia-Valladares. His body was found just blocks from the Phoenix home where he lives with his parents.According to police, Garcia-Valladares was jogging near 28th Street and Thomas Road…
