Jodi Arias’ defense team motioned for a mistrial on Monday, accusing one of the jurors of unspecified misconduct. Trial proceedings were postponed today, but defense attorney Kirk Numri still filed his motion to boot the juror off the panel. The motion comes a few days after Numri sought a mistrial…
In a case that sounds more like a zombie attack than a homicide report, Chandler police busted a 58-year-old trailer-park resident on Friday for allegedly killing his girlfriend and gnawing on her breasts. After Gerald Lee Culverson called paramedics to the home he shared with his deceased girlfriend, Deborah Courtney,…
Phoenix resident Steven Lomax Jr. shot and killed his sister’s husband, Richard Swann, on Easter Sunday morning, police say. At least one of the shots was fired while Lomax was on the phone with a 911 operator. After his arrest, Lomax told police he was tired of his brother-in-law’s alleged…
Michael Cohn, a 61-year-old Scottsdale resident, called the Scottsdale Police Department Wednesday morning to alert the authorities that he had just killed his wife of more than 26 years, Linda.The way events are described in court documents obtained by New Times, Cohn sounds like one of the most nonchalant murder…
The thousands of pages of documents recently released in the case of Jared Loughner’s murderous rampage, which left six people dead and injured 13, make one thing certain — Loughner exhibited some very strange behavior.In another example of this, a Pima County Sheriff’s Department detective wrote in his report that…
A 72-year-old man was shot and killed by Scottsdale police Wednesday in the department’s second fatal officer-involved shooting this month.Preston Phillips Jr. was shot by the officer around 6 p.m. after, police say, Phillips drove up next to the officer, pulled a handgun out of his holster, and “display[ed] it…
Jared Loughner kept photos of President Bill Clinton and Congressman Raul Grijalva and possibly a photograph of Congressman Ed Pastor, according to newly released documents.The detail is included is a report from a Pima County Sheriff’s Department detective in the thousands of pages of documents just released in the case…
Jared Loughner’s mom told Pima County Sheriff’s Department investigators that she thought her son was on “meth or something,” when she was interviewed the day her son went on a murder rampage, killing six people and injuring 13.In perhaps another sign that Loughner’s parents didn’t recognize a potential sign of…
Alan Champagne, the man Phoenix police believe is responsible for the deaths of two people found in a homemade coffin in a backyard earlier this month, apparently had some help in the murders and burial of the victims’ bodies.Champagne’s girlfriend, 22-year-old Elise Garcia, was arrested on Monday on charges related…
Thousands of pages of records have been released from Pima County Sheriff’s Department’s investigation of Jared Loughner’s 2011 shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, perhaps giving more insight into Loughner’s life.Interviews with Loughner’s parents show they had their concerns about Loughner’s mental health,…
Former Paradise Valley High School teacher Jordan Doneskey, who was having sex with a 17-year-old student — with approval from the girl’s mother — pleaded guilty to three charges related to his arrest.As part of a plea deal, Doneskey, who was 26 at the time of his arrest in August,…
A Phoenix woman is accused of shoving a vibrator into her 2-year-old son’s anus, and doctors told police that surgery will be required to remove it.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 21-year-old Rickesha Burns called police Sunday, reporting that her son was bleeding from his anus…
A Valley attorney and former Maricopa County medical examiner is accused of running over and killing a woman lying in a roadway while driving drunk, then driving away.Aimee Lorine Butel, listed in court documents obtained by New Times as an attorney for the Phoenix law firm Knapp & Roberts, is…
Saying that Genaro Silva was upset after finding out that his girlfriend had another guy in her Mesa apartment is an understatement.According to police, Silva’s girlfriend was still trying to clean up the man’s blood from her apartment two days after Silva beat the man to death with a hammer,…
A three-day bench trial has been scheduled for Bryan Teague, the Peoria man who authorities say admitted to starting last summer’s “Mistake Peak” fire with a propane tank. Despite his admission, Teague has pleaded not guilty to three misdemeanor charges: carelessly placing or throwing a substance that could cause a…
Police arrested Christopher Jurgens yesterday with thousands of images of child porn on his computer and a garage full of coloring books, toys, and Hello Kitty gear. Jurgens, 46, admitted he prefers boys in the 12- to 15-year-old age range, but has “seen children younger,” according to a police report. …
James Oliver Drorbaugh, 35, will get four to six years in prison when he’s sentenced on May 6 for possessing child pornography, his plea agreement shows. Drorbaugh, who’s lived in Payson and Chandler, was busted in 2011 after an undercover FBI agent downloaded child porn from his computer using a…
Clint Hickman, whose family name graces egg cartons in local grocery stores — the ones with the chicken wearing sunglasses and a tuxedo jacket — was chosen by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to be the newest supervisor.Hickman was one of more than a dozen people who applied for…
A 15-year-old girl faces a charge of murder, as an adult, for allegedly shooting and killing a 17-year-old boy earlier this week while she was playing around with a gun they stole in a home burglary.Ladajianna Mosely — who was born in 1997 –said she thought she had unloaded the…
The Chandler PD arrested Alison Stewart for suspected DUI after she ditched her kid at a park and passed out in her car next to her meth pipe, according to police. Stewart’s 4-year-old daughter was playing with another kid at Desert Breeze Park on Monday, when she asked another parent…
After stealing a car and speeding away from police, all while intoxicated, Gilbert Griego, who was also wanted on a felony warrant, couldn’t figure out why he had been pulled over, according to police. Phoenix PD watched Griego make an “abrupt and sudden” turn on 34th Street, and as an officer…
Alan Champagne, the man Phoenix police believe is responsible for the deaths of two people found in a homemade coffin in a backyard earlier this month, pleaded not guilty this morning to murder charges.Champagne, 42, has an extensive record of murder-related crimes, allegedly. Champagne, who was already convicted of second-degree…
