One man shot another man in the face inside a 7-Eleven store in Chandler Wednesday night, according to police.The man’s injury isn’t life-threatening, but this is the second time in less than two weeks that a customer of a Chandler business shot another customer inside the store…
A caseworker for Child Protective Services is accused of trying to buy heroin through a woman who was part of a CPS case.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 35-year-old Leyla Sadikovic was in charge of the CPS case the woman was involved in, yet she asked the woman…
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, all of our alleged offenders are…
Grand Canyon rangers wrestled an employee of the national park to the ground during an arrest last week after she reportedly refused to cooperate during a stop for speeding. Dina Matlock, a blond woman in her early 20s known to officers as a frequent speeder, appears to have ticked 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 found some people you probably…
Jodi Arias doesn’t want her new jury to know what she thinks of her lawyer, or about a former cellmate who claims Arias wants prosecutor Juan Martinez killed. Two motions filed in Maricopa County Superior Court today ask Judge Sherry Stephens to stop the information from coming out in the…
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, all of our alleged offenders are…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is warning of “stepped-up DUI enforcement” around metro Phoenix metro on Super Bowl Sunday.”The Super Bowl DUI Saturation Operation will be highly visible and staffed by additional DPS Highway Patrol Officers along with those officers who are normally scheduled for duty,” according to one…
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 cast of characters create a…
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, each of our alleged offenders has…
It turns out the worst way to get rid of $1,800 is not to light it on fire or flush it down the toilet.According to a totally necessary press release from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, a fellow named Jeff DeWitt won a charity auction to have dinner with Sheriff…
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 just don’t give…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, a few creeps had court dates: a sex offender got his sentence for killing a man looking to buy pot, the alleged snatcher of a little girl pleads not-guilty, and more:…
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 the hottest ladies…
Israel Lomeli, arrested last year for the 1998 slaying of a Phoenix teenager, has received probation and will be released from jail in March. Lomeli’s high-publicity March 2013 arrest marked the end of tragic saga for the family of victim Pete Cadriel, who disappeared without a trace in 1998. The…
From the week of Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve, DUI task forces around the state arrested nearly 4,000 people on charges of driving under the influence.According to stats provided by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, there were actually fewer DUI arrests this holiday season (3,942) than in 2012 (4,054)…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has spent $375,442 to stop Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox from receiving a $975,000 settlement and is preparing to spend more. A lawyer hired by Maricopa County will fly to and stay in San Francisco at county expense for a March 11 hearing on the…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, the saga of a 2008 road-rage shooting comes to an end, two former employees of Valley high schools have court dates for alleged crimes against minors, and more:…
Phoenix police counted 125 murders in 2013, two fewer than last year. The preliminary figure released today at the request of New Times shows the city hasn’t had the large reductions seen last year in many other major U.S. cities. New York City, for example, experienced 20 percent fewer homicides…
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 ring in the new year…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us.Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From a pair of seriously disturbing murders to a cop gone wild to a lonely…
Connie Villa killed her 13-year-old daughter with her bare hands after the girl refused to take pills like her siblings in a plan to deprive her ex-husband of the children, police say. Citing “significant progress” in the investigation of the Christmas Day mother-on-daughter smothering of Aniarael Macias, Casa Grande police…
