A family get-together at Tempe’s Kiwanis Park on the Fourth of July ended with a man murdering his step-brother, police say.According to police, 37-year-old Thomas Woods shot his step-brother, 33-year-old Martin Woods, as a result of an escalating fight between the two at the park, near Mill Avenue and Baseline…
DUI task forces around the state arrested 389 people on DUI charges over Independence Day weekend.That’s pretty much on-par with the DUI enforcement over the same weekend last year, when 361 people were arrested on DUI charges, according to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety…
Hundreds of our fellow Arizonans will get DUIs in the next few days. A multi-pronged Fourth of July enforcement effort is set to ensnare drunk or drugged drivers. Driving under the influence endangers you and others, and a DUI citation can be expensive and problematic. So do what you can…
Under pressure from supporters of professor Ersula Ore, Arizona State University announced on Wednesday that the officer who arrested her in May has been put on leave. The power of a viral video seems to be at work here, since ASU had previously ruled that the actions of ASU police…
A Navajo woman was sentenced to about 14 years in prison on Tuesday for a horrific attack committed against a child she reportedly believed was “evil.” Shonya Tanya Sam and her brother, both of Many Farms, put the 7-year-old girl through a bizarre, hellish experience for several days in early…
A 6-year-old Phoenix boy was molested last week after his meth-using mom left him alone in a house with other drug users. Police arrested Dale Brian Simmons, 50, of Phoenix, on Friday , the day after the boy reported to his mother that the man had assaulted him. He’s been…
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 take a look at the…
Shanesha Taylor, the Valley mother who achieved fame by leaving her kids in a hot car, sheds tears and blames the economy in an exclusive interview the New York Times published Sunday. Taylor’s facing felony prosecution for her decision to leave her 2-year-old and 6-month-old kids in a car for…
Daniel Gray, the Phoenix dad who left his 3-month-old baby to die in a hot car last year, received a four-year prison sentence. On August 28, Gray drove with little James in the car to the sports bar where he worked. A manager, Gray had the day off that Wednesday…
Kyle Yocom’s detention-officer job for the Arizona U.S. Marshal’s Service didn’t pay enough — for him, anyway. The once-supervisor for a detention unit at a federal courthouse pawned body armor worth about a thousand bucks and other gear, netting $90. He was was given five years’ probation this week 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.Summer doesn’t even start until tomorrow, but this…
Mary Rose Wilcox finally got her million dollars from taxpayers. The only question now is how the former County Supervisor, who’s running for Congress, will spend the money…
A former Phoenix Boy Scouts leader and his roommate are accused of committing sex crimes against five boys between 1983 and 2003.A boy actually filed a complaint with the Boy Scouts alleging now-65-year-old Bill Challberg molested him back in 1986. The boy didn’t go to police, and it wasn’t until…
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 find some alleged offenders who…
Deputy Sean Pearce, the son of recalled State Senator Rusell Pearce, won’t face criminal charges in his speeding-related crash that killed a Glendale motorist. Maricopa County Bill Montgomery announced his office’s non-charging decision this morning at a news conference, claiming that Pearce’s obscured view and assignment in tracking a homicide…
It appears that Mary Rose Wilcox will finally be able to deposit a few hundred grand of taxpayer money into her bank account. Wilcox, the former longtime County Supervisor who resigned to run for Congress, won another court ruling on June 2 for her right to a pre-arranged $975,000 settlement…
A Tempe home invasion caught on video as a woman played a video game can be seen this morning on YouTube. A police bulletin picked up by various news media organizations around the Valley reported the home invasion, which took place early this morning in a west Tempe apartment complex…
People who thought they were buying Viagra pills from one Phoenix man were getting stiffed. Er, scammed.According to Phoenix police, Melvin Rutkowski, 68, was also selling other counterfeit pills online, including Cialis and Levitra…
A pair of Peoria parents are accused of keeping two of their adoptive daughters in a twisted home “prison,” according to police.Court documents obtained by New Times describe various treatments the 13- and 11-year-old girls faced: Being forced to sleep nude in the backyard, having their heads shaved, being forced…
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, our alleged offenders definitely keep it…
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 found some real one-of-a-kind offenders…
DUI task forces around the state arrested 495 people on DUI charges over Memorial Day weekend.That’s the fewest DUI arrests of the last five years over Memorial Day weekend. An average of about 630 people were arrested over Memorial Day weekend between 2010 and 2013, according to statistics released by…
