A Phoenix man was shot in the head and killed Tuesday night, and his wife — who was arrested in her husband’s murder — was light on the details, as she repeatedly fell asleep in police custody. Rebekah Mellon faces a first-degree murder charge, as police say she’s just about…
Jennelle Long Curtis, a Casa Grande mother of four young kids, embezzled $780,000 in a three-year-period from the Pinal County Federal Credit Union, court records say. Curtis, whose 23-year-old husband was shot and killed at a truck stop in March, worked as an accounting assistant at the credit union from…
The Tempe man who tried to rape an employee at Phoenix’s Arizona Grand Resort in December will spend the rest of his life on probation.Michael Robert Martinez, 31, pleaded guilty in June to attempted kidnapping and attempted sexual assault, and was sentenced this morning to lifetime probation with mental-health and…
Sonoran Sky Elementary School teacher Kimberly Ali says she thought she “fell in love” with a girl.Unfortunately for Ali, the girl’s a 14-year-old who just finished eighth grade, so that’s a problem.Ali also has some other problems, like the several times she allegedly sexually abused the girl behind a grocery…
See also: Carol Hatley Accused of Murdering, Partially Dismembering Her Mother Carol Hatley — the daughter of 73-year-old Deborah Hatley, who was found dead and “in the process of being dismembered” yesterday morning — stabbed her mother to death, according to a prosecutor.During her initial court appearance (which can be…
A 73-year-old Phoenix woman was murdered and in the process of being dismembered in her home Sunday, and police think her alcoholic daughter’s the one who did it.Phoenix police went to Deborah Hatley’s house on the west side around 3 a.m. Monday, finding Hatley dead and “in the process of…
A Glendale police officer shot and killed a man Saturday after the man drove a stolen car straight at him, police say. Glendale Officer Justin Penrose fired at Kenneth Girardot, 38, after Girardot attempted to drive away from what started as traffic stop, then drove at Penrose, according to police…
A U.S. Postal Service employee is accused of punching one of his kids, a whole two days after the cops were at his home for a “similar incident” with his other kid.This time around, police say an officer was actually inside Kevin Campbell’s Phoenix house as he let his son…
Aaron Smith, a patrol officer with the Tempe Police Department for more than seven years, was arrested this weekend for allegedly stealing some of the department’s stuff.Smith, who told his (now former) fellow officers that he was suffering from “extreme financial hardship,” is accused of taking some cash, bikes, and…
Cordell Jude was charged with second-degree murder today for shooting Daniel Adkins at a Phoenix Taco Bell drive-through in April. Jude already admitted to killing Adkins, but maintains that he was acting in self-defense. “Our decision to prosecute this case is based on a thorough review of the evidence gathered…
Justin McMahan was arrested Thursday for the murder of former Phoenix College head football coach Land Jacobsen. Jacobson, 59, died Tuesday, several days after he was shot in the abdomen at his Peoria home in the early morning hours of July 17. Documents obtained by New Times reveal that Jacobsen…
A former social worker at Tolleson High School — and current youth worker with the City of Tolleson — is accused of sexually assaulting his 23-year-old foster son as recently as last week.Michael David White, 49, became the man’s foster father when the alleged victim was 16, although the man…
Russell Hofstad committed an interesting burglary earlier this year, in which police showed up to a Phoenix warehouse, and saw some of a cat on a ground, with Hofstad wearing its tail as a necklace.Hofstad pleaded guilty to a couple charges today related to that episode, including burglary and animal…
See also: Joshua Reardon Accused of Getting Naked, Breaking Into Apartment, Terrorizing Women and Children Joshua Reardon — who’s accused roaming around naked at a Phoenix apartment complex, flashing little girls and women, then breaking into the apartment of a pregnant woman, and grabbing up her 8-year-old daughter — says…
See also: Dwandarrius Robinson Accused of Murdering Pregnant Girlfriend If you’re the subject of Nancy Grace’s TV show, you probably messed up somewhere.Phoenix resident Dwandarrius Robinson (D’Wandarrius, according to his Facebook page) was featured on last night’s program because the body of his pregnant girlfriend, Shaniqua Hall, was found bound…
Joshua Reardon was accused of terorizing several women and children at a Phoenix apartment complex Monday, all while he was naked. Yes, another naked man. Authorities say Reardon, 33, flashed his penis in front of two women and two little girls, then broke into a pregnant woman’s apartment and assaulted one…
See also: Four Days of Meth Use Leads Scottsdale Man to Naked Picnic in Dollar Store Bathroom — Before Covering Store in Silly String Shane Chavis — best known for his role as the allegedly naked man who had a naked picnic in a Dollar Tree bathroom before he used…
When a pair of women found Christopher Shahin in the backseat of his car with a girl last year, Shahin let the women know that the girl was his “baby mama” and that “she fine.”The girl was not Shahin’s “baby mama,” nor was “fine” — she was a 14-year-old girl…
See also: Tempe Joins the Naked-Man-on-Bath-Salts Train The Tempe Police Department was probably not messing around Wendesday when it issued a public warning about the chemicals known as “bath salts.”After finding 23-year-old Sean-Paul Branscome slamming himself against walls and jogging around a Tempe neighborhood in the nude on Sunday after…
See also: Shooting at a Midnight Screening of The Dark Knight Rises Leaves 12 Dead, 50 Injured in Colorado Chilling radio traffic by police and fire fighters released on the Web reveals the chaos found by first responders at the scene of the mass shooting at a Colorado theater. At…
A Phoenix man is accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend last week, as police say his story unraveled because he failed to properly light the crime scene on fire.Dwandarrius Robinson, 21, faces murder, arson, and kidnapping charges after the body of his girlfriend, Shaniqua Hall, was found bound in burning…
John Brigham says he’s not guilty of the multiple felonies he’s charged with related to the alleged PCP-fueled naked carjacking spree in Scottsdale a few weeks ago.The former Chandler high school teacher and real estate executive pleaded not guilty today to multiple counts of robbery and endangerment — charges that…
