Tashawn Cheatham, the 19-year-old charged with strangling a 13-year-old girl in Phoenix, pleaded not guilty today to charges of murder, arson and theft. This looks like more of a procedural “not guilty:” Police say Cheatham has already admitted to strangling Briana Naylor with a sheet before setting her home near…
Police are seeking the public’s help in finding out who shot and killed 23-year-old Nathan Dewitt just before midnight on Christmas Day. The 1997 Ford Explorer driven by Dewitt, a national yo-yo champion, crashed into a tree off 28th Street, just south of Union Hills Drive, and rolled onto its…
Lawrence Lanier Jr. of Glendale admitted to an agent in 2009 that he had purchased hawk feathers the year before, and the feds are finally getting around to prosecuting him. A complaint was filed against Lanier Jr. on December 21st in Arizona U.S. District Court, alleging that he’d bought several…
Sofi Collis, the 19-year-old girl from Scottsdale reported missing on Christmas Eve, returned home safely late Tuesday night, Scottsdale police say. See also: – Valley Fever’s 12 Most Popular Arizona News Stories of 2012 Collis had been reported missing after being last seen about 1 p.m., possibly on Rollerblades. She…
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.Do you ever see a guy with a terrible face…
In June, a woman told Phoenix police that she was pretty sure Samuel Nelson put his penis on her foot while she was sleeping at a relative’s house — which is the second time she believed he’d done this.Turns out, two other women and a 12-year-old girl told police very…
According to the court of public opinion, last week’s shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school isn’t viewed as an “isolated act,” unlike the shootings carried out by Jared Loughner and James Holmes.Although the public’s just about split on the issue, a Pew Research Center survey shows more people think…
The medical examiner has identified the body found in the river north of Tempe Marketplace on Sunday as ASU freshman Jack Culolias.Tempe police expected the body to be identified as Culolias, who was last seen around the time he got kicked out of the Cadillac Ranch restaurant/bar the night of…
Scottsdale’s most famous — or only — naked, PCP-fueled carjacker pleaded guilty to six charges related to his June episode.John Brigham, a former realtor and Chandler high school teacher, pleaded guilty to robbery, transportation theft, aggravated assault, and three counts of endangerment.See also:John Brigham Charged in PCP-Fueled Naked Carjacking Spree-John…
Three Phoenix residents are facing child-abuse charges after spending nearly four days treating a 3-year-old girl’s severe burns with gauze, antiseptic spray, and ibuprofen.To give you an idea as to the extent of this burn, the girl’s skin was peeling off, and she was hospitalized in the Arizona Burn Center…
David Luellen wanted to slash the tires on a bartender’s car, after getting upset with that bartender in the course of some Monday night drinking in Old Town Scottsdale.Luellen did not know exactly which car belonged to this bartender, so 21 people who parked in Old Town on Monday night…
Kevin Skinner, the Phoenix man accused of murdering his mother in March by suffocating her with a grocery bag, is again facing charges in his mother’s death, although the charges were previously dropped.Skinner, 22, was jailed on a first-degree murder charge on March 3, but was later found incompetent and…
The body was of a 43-year-old Phoenix resident was found on Friday in a roadway, face-down, with his hands and feet tied behind his back, just a couple miles from Phoenix International Raceway.According to a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, Hector Sanchez Duque has “no known ties” to the Tolleson…
A body was found yesterday in the river north of Tempe Marketplace, and police say it’s likely the body of ASU freshman Jack Culolias.Culolias was last seen around the time he got kicked out of the Cadillac Ranch restaurant/bar the night of November 30, and the only physical clue of…
Consider this: it hasn’t quite been two years since Jared Loughner opened fire outside a Tucson safeway, killing six people, and injuring 13, including then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.With today’s shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut — which reportedly killed 27 people, including 20 kids — there have…
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, most of our featured Fourth Avenue visitors will…
James Naylor — one of the men busted in recent months in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Craigslist bestiality stings — was sentenced this morning to 18 months on probation.An MCSO detective found a post from Naylor on the website seeking some “hung tops,” which also noted he was “willing to try…
The last known picture taken of missing ASU freshman Jack Culolias was given to his twin brother, who posted it on Facebook yesterday.See also:-Search for ASU Freshman Jack Culolias in River Basin Ends-Search for ASU Freshman Jack Culolias Ends, Then Starts Again: “Object” Spotted-One Red Shoe Remains the Only Sign…
What Mesa resident Laurie Kelly told police was “a manic sexual rage inside of her which she cannot control” has landed her a stint in jail, and a few years of probation.That’s because police said she gave beer to some random homeless people in a Mesa park, and told them…
Kenneth Cyrus may not be the sharpest child-pornography-collecting tool in the shed.According to police, the married, 36-year-old Phoenix resident uploaded child pornography to Facebook — ya know, the website where you upload photos for all of your friends to see…
After searching an additional area of the Salt River basin for 19-year-old ASU freshman Jack Culolias, Tempe police finished their search of the area Friday evening, almost one full week after Culolias was last seen at Tempe Marketplace.Investigators had finished the search on Thursday, but were back searching again the…
Isacc Quesada was involved in a simple fender-bender in Phoenix on Saturday night.What ended up happening, though, left one man dead, injured two women and a baby, and additional people were punched and kicked — which has Quesada, 20, in jail on nine felony charges…
