All charges have been dropped in the child-abuse case against a Liberian couple who blamed their 8-year-old daughter for being gang-raped. The 2009 Phoenix incident made international headlines and sparked fresh commentary about Liberia’s alleged sub-culture of rape, which evolved during the West African nation’s civil war from 1989 to…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix. To be considered for Mugshots of the Week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. 10) Booked on suspicion of: Marijuana PossessionEar gauge PSA…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix. To be considered for Mugshots of the Week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week: We start publishing Mugshots on Thursday mornings…
An embezzlement case that cost a local labor union more than a quarter-million dollars shows that the organization has a “zero-tolerance” policy for corruption, its officials said. “We’re relieved that the legal process is over and happy that justice has been served,” Bob Bean, president of the Amalgamated Transit Union’s Local…
The former treasurer of the transit union that represents Valley bus and light-rail drivers faces up to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty on Tuesday to embezzling $273,000 from the organization. Richard Wayne Johnson served as secretary/treasurer for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433 from April 2005 until he…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the fun-filled Fourth Avenue Jail in downtown Phoenix. To be considered for Mugshots of the Week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week: The sequel to our February 2014…
A Glendale woman who had sex with a 13-year-old boy after she pretended to be a teen online has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Anna Areola-Hernandez, now 24, used the handle “Tiny Hernandez” as she plied the Internet for young men to date. She was arrested in March…
If you’re chasing the American dream, get out of Pima County — quick. Among the country’s 100 most populous countries, Pima ranks 91st for economic mobility, just ahead of Bronx County in New York, according to new research from Harvard professors Raj Chetty, Nathaniel Hendren, and Lawrence Katz. Low-income children…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. 10. Charges: Forgery It’s the thought that…
A Phoenix man survived repeatedly stabbing and slicing open his own neck with a knife last Friday, as police were attempting to arrest him. According to court documents obtained by New Times, the Phoenix Police Department’s auto-theft unit was keeping watch on a stolen car in an area off of…
If you gave money to Free Methodist Churches between 2011 and 2013, some of it likely ended up in the pockets of Mark and Marie Ann Stoltz of Phoenix. Marie Stoltz served during that time as secretary and treasurer of the Arizona Light & Life Conference of the Free Methodist…
A Phoenix woman is accused of faking cancer so she could get a taxpayer-funded, late-term abortion, authorities say. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office just filed several felony charges against the woman, who got the abortion more than five years ago. According to the AG’s office, she was found out after…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we analyze various symbols on…
Drunk driving is bad. That said, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this Cinco de Mayo:…
A 24-year-old Phoenix man was shot and killed by his girlfriend early Sunday morning in an apparent domestic-violence incident, police say. According to court documents obtained by New Times, Erasmo Gonzales and his family were hosting a party at their house Saturday night for the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match, and his…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, it’s starting to warm up…
Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner is entering a diversion program that would result in charges being dismissed if she successfully completes the program. Griner was arrested just last week along with fiancée and fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson after a physical fight at the couple’s house in Goodyear. A Goodyear…
A jury found Jerice Hunter guilty Monday of murdering her 5-year-old daughter, Jhessye Shockley, in 2011. Hunter was the one to report Jhessye missing to police and even went to the state Capitol to bash police for not finding the girl. “I really think they should take the focus off…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we bring you a little…
The Phoenix Mercury’s Brittney Griner was booked into the Maricopa County Jail Wednesday after an alleged domestic-violence incident. Goodyear police spokeswoman Lisa Kutis says Griner and fiancée Glory Johnson were arrested following a physical fight. Johnson also plays in the WNBA, as a forward for the Tulsa Shock, and was…
Sankey Jim Reid of Kayenta was sentenced to 35 years in a federal prison last week for the brutal rape and murder of his friend’s 18-year-old girlfriend. As New Times reported last year, an FBI investigation showed Reid, 31, raped Nix anally in April 2014 after driving her to a…
A Phoenix woman forced into an arranged marriage was brought against her will to her “husband’s” apartment on Monday, where police say she was violently sexually assaulted. According to court documents obtained by New Times, the woman’s parents “married” her to 30-year-old Mohamed Abdullahi without her knowledge in November. Court…
