Just about every 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 criminals look like those people, if…
Although Phoenix’s chief of police wouldn’t go into detail about why Officer Pete Bennett approached the man who shot him several times on Sunday, court records state that 28-year-old Brandon McCabe was pulled over for riding a bicycle without a light.According to the court documents obtained by New Times, Bennett…
Conservative blogger and disgraced Arizona lawyer Rachel Alexander announced on Monday that she’d raised enough money from her right-wing readers to save the life of her cat, Buckley. But a closer look at Alexander’s previous writings shows that Buckley’s life had already been saved. Alexander just needed to pay the…
Dejuan Donaldson, the man accused of raping three girls, between the ages of 10 and 17, who were walking to schools in south Phoenix neighborhoods in 2010 and 2011.Donaldson pleaded guilty today to six charges related to the rapes, a plea that is almost undoubtedly part of a plea agreement.See…
Donald Miller, a 54-year-old Peoria resident, has been identified as the man suspected of shooting Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Ruben Garcia “several times” yesterday.Miller died yesterday, after exchanging gunfire with Peoria police officers.See also:-MCSO Deputy in Critical Condition After Being Shot Several Times in Peoria…
A man driving with a 5-year-old child was shot and killed by Phoenix cops last night, becoming the subject of Phoenix Police Department’s third officer-involved shooting in the past three days.According to Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump, the man — whose name hasn’t been released — was fatally shot after…
A deputy with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was shot “several times” while conducting a traffic stop in Peoria shortly after midnight on Tuesday.MCSO Sergeant Brandon Jones says Deputy Ruben Garcia, who’s been with the MCSO for 29 years, pulled over a truck that was related to a call the…
The man accused of shooting Phoenix police Officer Pete Bennett six times Sunday night has been identified as 28-year-old Brandon McCabe.McCabe, whose name was withheld until he was released from the hospital, is pictured in the photo to the right, in a prison jumpsuit.See also:-Phoenix Cop Shot Six Times While…
Phoenix police Officer Pete Bennett was shot six times last night after confronting someone he thought was suspicious near 21st and Georgia avenues.Police Chief Daniel Garcia said today that Bennett’s “extremely lucky” to be alive, although the four-year veteran still has some surgeries to go through…
With the possible exception of a squirt gun, pointing just about any type of gun at a police officer will get you shot.That also goes for 39-year-old Chuckie Stowers, whom police say was shot and killed by Phoenix Police Department officers after pointing a BB gun — which Stowers allegedly…
Two years ago yesterday, Phoenix police started their investigation into a triple homicide at the Salt River bottom.According to police, as the families and friends of the three victims held a memorial this weekend, homicide investigators have yet to identify any suspects in the case.See also:-Triple Homicide Victims Found Near…
Rachel Alexander, the disgraced lawyer and blogger who helped former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas in his unethical attacks against county leaders, has been reduced to begging for cash to help her cat. She’s built a website for the 6-year-old cat, Buckley, and claims to be near a $1,750 goal…
The price-tag for beating a 3-year-old girl to death is 22 years in prison for Phoenix resident Martwane Mackey.Perhaps not surprisingly, given the odd circumstances regarding the girl’s death, Mackey, 19, was also sentenced to a lifetime of probation with mental-health terms.See also:-Police: Phoenix Man Bit/Beat 3-Year-Old Girl to Death…
A young man in Tempe goes out drinking one night, and once he leaves his friends that night, he’s not seen for about two weeks — when his body’s found floating in water in or around Tempe Town Lake.Those are the main details that have come out in the recent…
Just about every 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, several of our alleged criminals look like real…
If you’re a fan of the football program at Arizona State University, you may have heard during the television broadcast of ASU’s bowl victory this weekend over the Naval Academy that ASU running back Marion Grice’s brother had been murdered over a pair of sneakers a week before the game.According…
Despite cops around the state probably hearing the phrase “just two beers” quite often during DUI stops this holiday season, the state government’s statistics show that Arizonans tend to be fairly slammed when they were caught driving drunk.For the second year in a row, drivers busted for DUI during specific…
Authorities have taken at least two children from a west Phoenix home after arresting 40-year-old Joseph Godinez for burning his 6-year-old stepson’s arm with a cigarette. Godinez burned the kid back on May 22 at their home near 81st and West Indianoloa avenues, court records state. At school the next…
The man shot dead in a Phoenix apartment gunfight on December 20 apparently started the trouble when he tried to rob the men selling him 150 pounds of marijuana, records show. Phoenix police are seeking the public’s help in finding two suspects still outstanding from the incident, Julio Gonzalez Valenzuela,…
“A home for fleas A hive for bees A nest for birds There ain’t no words For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder Of my…” Hair! That’s the theme of today’s check on Maricopa mugshots, which seems to be the basis for this week’s votes by Internet users on MCSO’s…
Todd Borowksy, owner of the Skin Cabaret in Scottsdale, was cited last week in connection with leaving the scene of an accident. Borowsky, driving a red 1971 Chevy Chevelle, rear-ended an SUV at the intersection of Scottsdale and Camelback roads at about 4:30 p.m. on December 15, just after the…
Mesa police are looking for the public’s help in apprehending a panhandler who attacked an officer. Cops say the man and woman in the picture at right are known to hang out in the vicinity of Alma School Road and Main Street. The woman isn’t suspected of any crime, but…
