To hear Barnett Lotstein tell it, ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Peyton Thomas was willing to sacrifice his political career in order to do the right thing by going after alleged “corruption” in county government Lotstein spun, um, testified this morning at the ongoing disciplinary hearings regarding his former boss, Thomas,…
When a baby’s teeth are coming in, parents will often rub a little rum on the baby’s gums to dull the pain. A Phoenix mom is suspected of opting for a different remedy — police suspect she gave her 2-year-old baby methadone to treat a toothache.Phoenix police haven’t revealed the…
The Glendale Police Department tells New Times its investigation into the disappearance of 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley is its “number one priority.” But that’s not enough for the girl’s mother, Jerice Hunter, who continues to publicly bash the police, claiming they’re not doing enough to find her daughter.Hunter and other members…
Blake Obadiah Adams, the Phoenix man who fatally shot his girlfriend’s cousin on Valentine’s day after celebrating the day of romance by smoking PCP, was sentenced to prison time today after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge William Brotherton sentenced Adams to 16 years in prison for…
If there was a pervert hall of shame, “Uncle Jerry” Morrow would certainly be a first ballot inductee — he admitted to being a pedophile, and police suspect he’s molested nearly 20 kids dating as far back as 1976.Morrow was arrested last night at his home at 4807 South 339th…
Ten years after murdering Mesa resident Cynthia Garcia, one of several members of the Hells Angels initially charged in her death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.Kevin J. Augustiniak entered his plea last week, nearly eight years after his 2003 indictment, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office tells New Times.According to…
Alleged baby-beater Gregory Amador now faces a likely murder rap after the 2-year-old boy he beat up last week died over the weekend.The boy, who’d been brain dead and in the hospital since last week, died Saturday, authorities say.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Amador called police about…
Juan Guillen, who was a priest at the Immaculate Conception Church for over 20 years before heading to prison for attempted child molestation, is a wanted man just days after getting released from prison.Guillen was released from an Arizona prison on October 6. He checked in with the Yuma County…
A robbery suspects crime spree — which includes threatening a 4-year-old with a gun — came to an end last night after he crashed the stolen car he was driving into a wall and was shot by a Phoenix police officer.According to the Phoenix Police Department, just before 10 p.m…
A Mesa woman was arrested last night after police discovered she was using her 13-year-old daughter as a lookout as she attempted to steal an air conditioner from a vacant home.Mesa police got a call about 8:30 last night regarding two people who were seen in the yard of a…
A Scottsdale man is accused of peeing on his girlfriend’s son — but that was only after he forced the boy to perform oral sex on him on multiple occasions. According to court records obtained by New Times, 32-year-old Ali Chitsaz, an employee at Chiropractic Leadership, is being held without…
A Chandler dad who burned his 5-year-old son with a cigarette lighter because he thought the boy was possessed was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to child abuse last month.In addition to the 15 years probation, Maricopa County Superior Court…
We just wanted to make sure y’all had the link to watch Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio testify this morning in the State Bar disciplinary proceeding for his former political ally, County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Click here for the state Supreme Court’s Web site, then hit the either “in progress”…
Eric Coulter, 18, fatally shot his former girlfriend in the face early Saturday morning. According to Coulter, it was an accident, which police find highly unlikely for a number of reasons.For starters, his explanation of how the gun “accidentally” went off makes no sense. Then there’s the fact that the…
If you need a personal trainer, 35-year-old Shahin Nasirinia might be your man…assuming you also want to get felt up and potentially “dry humped.”Two women have accused Nasirinia — who currently lives in Tempe on a foreign work visa — of touching them inappropriately under the guise of stretching them…
A 2-year-old boy is currently brain dead and will likely die following a beating by 20-year-old Gregory Amador.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Amador called police about 10:30 yesterday morning to report that “his son’s” eyes had rolled into the back of his head and he was unresponsive.The…
Tommy McKey Reed was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where Judge Paul McMurdie sentenced him to life in prison for the 2010 murder of a man he met through a gay social networking app for his iPhone.Reed pleaded guilty earlier this year to first-degree murder in the…
The Amber Alert for missing Glendale 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley has been called off more than two days after her disappearance, as investigators move into the second phase of their investigation.Additionally, police are not searching a nearby landfill, as other news outlets have reported (ABC 15, we’re looking at you), Glendale…
Jahessye Shockley, a Glendale 5-year-old, has been missing for what is now over two days.Frankly, as MSNBC holds hourly updates on the search for missing Kansas City baby Lisa Irwin, we figured the disappearance of a 5-year-old Arizona girl might warrant some national ink. But it hasn’t. Locally, however –…
Dave Hendershott, Sheriff Arpaio’s disgraced former chief deputy, struggled to explain his grand conspiracy theories in the Andrew Thomas disciplinary proceedings today. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ousted chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, wearing a bold red tie and suit jacket, testified today for five to six hours in the Andrew…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday tossed out the death sentence of convicted murderer Steven James, who was sentenced to die for the brutal 1981 murder of a man he targeted for being gay.The reason: the Court feels James had ineffective counsel during the sentencing phase of his trial.See…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed out the death sentence of an Arizona death row inmate who was sentenced to die for the brutal 1981 murder of a man he targeted for being gay.Inmate Steven Craig James, 53, who’s been on death row for nearly 20 years, will…
