A Phoenix man who spent a good portion of 2011 stalking his ex-girlfriend was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to one count of arson, one count of stalking, and six counts of aggravated harassment.Since July, Phoenix police have received at least 33 reports…
Where to start…Well, the good news is there’s an outside chance that Thurman McGriff didn’t actually get a blowjob from a puppy. However, according to police, at the very least, he whipped out his penis in public and simulated oral sex, using the pooch’s mouth as the (ahem) pleasure center,…
A federal judge in Kentucky has a set a trial date for the defamation lawsuit a Cincinnatti Bengals cheerleader filed against Scottsdale’s own Hooman Karamian, a.k.a. “Nik Richie,” of The Dirty (ahem) fame.U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman set a June 4 trial date for the lawsuit, which claims “Richie” and…
The Glendale Police Department announced yesterday that it plans to move forward with plans to search a landfill for the remains of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley, who’s been missing since October and is presumed dead.Since Shockley’s disappearance, the case has gone from a missing person investigation to a homicide investigation –…
It’s often good to quit while you’re ahead — for example, if you almost beat a child molestation rap, you might want to think about not molesting kids anymore.Christian Turcios, a 26-year-old custodian at the Highlands Church in Scottsdale, didn’t quit while he was ahead — after basically beating the…
The Glendale Police Department says it will move forward with plans to search a landfill south of Phoenix for the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley, who’s been missing since October.Glendale police told New Times last month that the case is now a homicide investigation, with Shockley’s mother, Jerice Hunter, as…
Taylor Basilio, the Phoenix man who last month admitted to beating his 7-week-old son so brutally that the boy’s skull was broken in two places, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges.Basilio and his wife, Candace Basilio, were arrested last…
When many of us see Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords doing so well after getting shot in the head during last year’s shooting rampage at a grocery store just outside of Tucson, we’re relieved, inspired — even uplifted.Not 77-year-old George Morris, who also is one of Jared Loughner’s victims, and who lost…
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the tragic day when a 23-year-old, severely mentally ill man named Jared Loughner shot 19 people at a Safeway just outside of Tucson, killing six.Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, despite getting shot in the head during the rampage, led an estimated 3,500 people in the Pledge…
Over the weekend Arizona residents commemorated what has come to be known as the “Tucson Tragedy;” the day Jared Lee Loughner opened fire outside a Tucson Safeway killing six and wounding 14 including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Residents from across Arizona and the country, including Giffords and her husband Mark…
Gentlemen, the next time your girlfriend spouts off about how horrible you are at being a boyfriend, just tell her it could be much, much worse — she could be dating 32-year-old Ramon Eligio Alva.Alva was arrested Tuesday night after beating the crap out of his girlfriend because she greeted…
Jack Hegarty, the former No. 2 man at the Arizona Department of Public Safety until his demotion in October, has left the agency while still under internal investigation. His retirement was made effective today, DPS spokesman Bart Graves tells New Times, confirming a tip we received today about the former…
Larry Lee Thompson, a transient ex-con with a long history of domestic violence, felt that his 48-year-old girlfriend got a little lippy with him last night as the two were hanging out on the streets of Phoenix. So he stabbed her 16 times.It should be noted that last night was…
A Tempe woman who left her 11-month-old son in a running bathtub last year was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where she was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years probation.Additionally, Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, was given a deferred six-month sentence.Angelly pleaded guilty to one count…
We finally got our hands on the arrest report for alleged kiddie-porn connoisseur John Landrum Jr. Aside from having hundreds of images and videos of “child erotica” stored on his computer, he was actually downloading more as the cops entered his home to arrest him.It also turns out that Landrum’s…
Valley radio legend Bill Heywood and his wife, Susan, were found dead yesterday afternoon at a Scottsdale hotel in what police suspect to be a double-suicide.About 1 p.m. yesterday, housekeeping staff at the Homewood Suites hotel — near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard — found the Heywoods’…
On the same day Tucson residents commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Tucson shooting that left 6 people dead and 14 others wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Crossroads of the West will hold a gun show at the Pima County Fairgrounds.Crossroads of the West bills itself as one of the…
A Phoenix man was arrested this morning after police found in his home hundreds of videos and images of kiddie-porn that investigators are calling “some of the most egregious child porn” they’ve seen in a long time.John Landrum Jr., 52, was booked into a Maricopa County jail this morning on…
The arrest of men on suspicion of sexual misconduct with their own family members makes for a journalistic conundrum: Name the suspect, and you’ve all but identified the victim.Local media was presented with this challenge yesterday — twice. Court records show that two men — Jose Alfredo Rivera of Glendale…
Jose Alfredo Rivera of Glendale and Bruce Allan Branscom of Mesa likely don’t know each other, but they’ve got something in common:Both were arrested on New Year’s Day for allegedly molesting 12-year-old girls.The situations are separate, but also shockingly similar. The suspects knew the victims in both cases.Branscom’s a 28-year-old…
It’s been more than a year since Senator John McCain mopped the floor with former congressman/phoney conservative/free government-money huckster J.D. Hayworth in Arizona’s GOP Senate primary, and the former congressman’s finally gotten around to getting himself a full-time job.A right-wing San Francisco radio station announced yesterday that it’s hired Hayworth…
A former Arizona Department of Corrections officer accused of killing his wife earlier this month pleaded not guilty to murder in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning. “She is definitely dead — I put two to the chest and one to the head.”That’s what the officer, Anthony Rinaldi –…
