Today, we can all say we learned that attacking your co-workers with a meat cleaver could land you in prison for a very long time.For Qui Tu Truong, a former employee of a Phoenix market, that means consecutive prison sentences of 21 years and 15 years.See also:-Meat Cleaver Maniac Made…
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, all but one of our Fourth Avenue visitors are perfect…
A Phoenix teenager has been arrested in the 2011 death of an 84-year-old man, in which the teenager allegedly beat the elderly man for taking aluminum cans from his backyard.Charles Williams, 19, allegedly punched Da Nguyen several times in the face during this, and although Nguyen died several weeks later,…
It’s official: Jared Lee Loughner will die in prison.Loughner, who turned 24 in September, was the lone shooter in last year’s Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords…
Louis Eugene Harper was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for the 2010 robbery and murder of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco.Harper, 21, will be eligible for parole after 25 years, but Harper also earned an extra 15 years in prison for armed robbery, and those sentences will run…
David Hendershott, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s former trusted chief deputy, and Lisa Aubuchon, the stooge of disbarred former County Attorney Andy Thomas, probably will pay a steep price for doing the bidding of their bosses. A judge has ordered Hendershott, Aubuchon, her husband, their lawyer Ed Moriarity and his…
A 27-year-old Gilbert DJ who runs a capital investment company out of Scottsdale has been jailed in Arkansas after being indicted in a fraud scheme. Michael Brace Columbia, when not entertaining local nightclub goers, is the CEO of an investment company called StoneRock Capital Group LLC. His wife, Joanna Columbia,…
Dave Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon, and their lawyer, Ed Moriarity, face about $210,000 in sanctions and fees stemming from a failed lawsuit related to their long fight with the county. Hendershott and Aubuchon were key players in the fight against the county launched by their bosses, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former…
Three members of an Iraqi family living in Phoenix have been sentenced to probation for their various roles in the abuse of a fellow family member who refused an arranged marriage.Yusra Farhan, 50, pleaded guilty last month to unlawful imprisonment, and Mohammed Altameemi, 45, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for…
A 16-year-old Chaparral High School student has been arrested in a bizarre case involving two rapes in Scottsdale.Danny Jackson’s the one accused of the rapes, and was arrested Friday — about a week after another man turned himself over to police in the case…
Driving under the influence: not very funny. Republican state Representative David Burnell Smith’s arrest for alleged DUI: hilarious.Smith pulled the alleged DUI trifecta in his encounter with Scottsdale police: as an attorney who claims he “fights for those who have been arrested and/or charged with a DUI,” he reportedly tried…
Half of a Sun City couple that allegedly ran a meth lab in their garage pleaded guilty this morning to child abuse.Brenda Lipe initially faced five felony charges after she and her husband, Lancelot Lipe, were arrested in April after Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies found out Lancelot had allegedly started…
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 Fourth Avenue visitors look like something definitely went wrong…
A suspected illegal immigrant who was just recently released on bond from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody was arrested yesterday in the fatal stabbing of his wife.Maria Gonzalez was stabbed to death on Friday, although her husband, Salvador Garcia-Sanchez, was just arrested yesterday since he remained hospitalized after accidentally stabbing…
In a column today in the East Valley Tribune, former police officer Bill Richardson takes the Arizona Department of Public Safety to task for a baseball-ticket scandal and other possible signs of a failed agency. New Times broke the story last December of the investigation into the DPS’ former No…
Tempe resident Michael Tolley loves purses so much that he allegedly broke into 17 houses in his own neighborhood to steal them.Maybe its not the actual purses he loves, but the meth- and heroin-money he got from his alleged purse-stealing spree…
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 Fourth Avenue visitors are sending mixed messages, and it’s…
Believe it or not, the man pictured to our right is accused of committing a crime.Specifically, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office says Dylan Escalanti allegedly beat a woman with a frying pan…
Manuel Antonio Gonzalez called 9-1-1 in Phoenix on Friday to report that his 22-month-old nephew had apparently drowned and was unresponsive.That boy was pronounced dead shortly after that, and police say not only was there no water for the boy to drown in where he was, but the boy’s other…
The Hells Angels seem like the kind of guys who would be absolutely allergic to anyone wearing a suit — unless their somewhat infamous lawyer Fritz Clapp wears a suit.Clapp and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club have teamed up for the badass biker move of the week, which involves filing…
A jury found Joseluis Marquez guilty of first-degree murder and robbery in the 2010 death of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa.Sousa was dragged by a car in an attempted robbery of her purse in an IHOP parking lot just south of the University’s Tempe campus on May 26,…
Following in the footsteps of our sister papers of South Florida, Miami New Times and Broward-Palm Beach New Times, we bring you the weekly roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail.This week, most of our alleged cons each have their own unique way of expressing themselves. Enjoy…
