As our colleague Ray Stern reported yesterday, former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas may have to fork over $554,000 for the disciplinary proceeding that ended with him losing his law license.Thomas, as you may recall, was disbarred by a Supreme Court disciplinary panel that found he and some of his…
On April 22, Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies went to the Sun City home of Lancelot Lipe after receiving anonymous calls about a fire burning at his place.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Lipe, 29, didn’t want the cops there, as he gave deputies a good ol’ “fuck you”…
People apparently are gambling on pigeon races in Arizona, and there’s actually a group that cares about it. Of course, that group’s called PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).PETA says it’s just completed a “15-month undercover investigation” over five states, including Arizona, into pigeon-racing operations.See, pigeons — which…
Andrew Thomas could be forced to pay $554,000 for the disciplinary proceeding that resulted in his disbarment. (UPDATED: The amount was first filed as $296,300, as we reported earlier today. The State Bar just informed us that an amended bill will be filed tomorrow with the new, higher amount. We’ll…
If Phoenix police are right on this one, then just about nothing was appropriate inside the sedan that crashed head-on into a Chevrolet truck Monday morning.Police say a 5-year-old boy in the sedan died in the crash, as cops believe the boy not only was not restrained by a car…
Dominic Chagolla was described as a bit of a mama’s boy in court documents obtained by New Times detailing the death of his mother, Maria Chagolla, in December 2010.Turns out, he wasn’t that much of a mama’s boy, as a jury found Dominic Chagolla guilty today of first-degree murder in…
Believe it or not, sneaking into a house and stripping down to your underwear to hop in bed with a random 14-year-old girl could lead to prison time.Four-and-a-half years in prison, in Jacob Nelson’s case.In July, Phoenix police said that Nelson, 35, waited for a father of two to leave…
In 2002, Scottsdale resident Steven Dyer was to face charges of molesting two boys. He said no thanks and went to Canada instead.While he was gone, a court convicted him on a dozen counts of sexual conduct with a minor, which didn’t mean much until he was caught in Canada…
If Warren Jeffs — pedophile/leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — had any marbles left when he was sent to prison, he just lost the rest of them.Jeffs, who’s in prison for sexually assaulting two underage “brides,” wrote a petition to the Texas Court…
Added to the running list of places not to keep babies — the camper to a truck parked outside a Peoria McDonald’s.Peoria police say an anonymous tipster led them to an “extremely unhealthy” 3-month-old yougnster in the back of the truck, at the McD’s near Thunderbird and Loop 101.If you…
Twenty-seven years ago, a 40-year-old named Luis Gonzales, was struck and killed by a train near Central Avenue.The man had no identification except for a workplace time card that contained his name and the wrong date of birth, which pegged him as a 53-year-old.Another Luis Gonzales with that birthdate was…
Lawyers for Maricopa County and Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox have agreed on a schedule to present their court arguments for why the county should pay Wilcox a $975,000 settlement. As one of the targets of failed investigations by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, Wilcox is suing the sheriff…
Here’s a quick rundown on Maricopa County news today:* Andrew Peyton Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, failed politician and author of right-wing books, won’t appeal a state Supreme Court Disciplinary Panel’s decision to cancel his law license. We’ve cut-and-pasted his wussyish comments about being railroaded below. As Thomas explained in…
Jonathan Knight — who taught Tae Kwon Do to children in Gilbert — pleaded guilty today to charges related to sending pictures of his penis to a 12-year-old former student of his.Knight pleaded guilty to two counts of furnishing obscene or harmful items to a minor, as well as luring…
A Peoria man is accused of driving off in a police car this morning, after being handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back of the car.Peoria police spokesman Jay Davies tells New Times that today’s events started around 6:30 a.m., as 24-year-old Nicholas Wade Fields allegedly broke into…
Albert Arias pleaded not guilty today to the murder of his father — a killing police discovered after Arias allegedly went to the police station and told several people he’d done it.Arias is actually the second person to allegedly pull this move in just over a month — Kevin Skinner,…
Believe it or not, living with two ex-boyfriends at the same time didn’t work out well for Phoenix woman Daytona Johnson.After punching one ex-boyfriend/baby-daddy, then throwing a can of Febreeze at her other ex-boyfriend/baby-daddy — and later slicing his throat with a meat cleaver — Johnson’s getting a trip to…
The death of 88-year-old Mesa resident Lola Pershall has been ruled a homicide, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times the details of Pershall’s death are not being released at this time.The sheriff’s office called it a “suspicious death investigation” when her body was…
Rachel Alexander, the lawyer who worked with former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas to attack his political enemies, will appeal the suspension of her law license.Alexander received a suspension of six months and a day by the state Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Panel for her role in working on a nonsensical…
Robert Fisher, one of the FBI’s and Scottsdale Police Department’s “most wanted” fugitives, may still be in Arizona, according to information relayed from the FBI.Fisher’s accused of killing his wife and two young kids, then blowing up their Scottsdale home in April 2001.According to various media reports, including the Payson…
The body of an 88-year-old woman was found in her Mesa home, her car was found in Texas, and her 43-year-old grandson has yet to be found.Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detectives haven’t ruled the case a homicide — yet, at least — but it has been given “suspicious death investigation”…
Australian professional golfer Matthew Giles took a drive into a Gilbert house on Monday, according to police.According to the “extreme DUI” charge Giles was booked into jail on, police are thinking alcohol may have had something to do with it.A little before 10 p.m. Monday, Giles “was traveling at a…
