For 22-year-old Justin Adrian Garcia, a night of heavy drinking and cocaine use led to the violent sexual assault of his fiancee — which, in turn, led cops to the drug den he was living in with his victim and her young son.According to police, the place just reeks of…
You may recall when last month the Phoenix Police Department asked for the public’s help in tracking down 74-year-old Chamel Cabrera. Well, they found him — and now he’s missing…again.For the second time in less than 30 days, the Phoenix P.D. needs your help in locating Cabrera, who suffers from…
If you’re running from the law, posting your exact location on Facebook probably isn’t the best idea — just ask 36-year-old Matthew Ledbetter, who was arrested in Chandler on Friday on a warrant out of Oregon.Chandler Police Department spokesman Seth Tyler tells New Times Ledbetter has an active warrant for…
State Bar disciplinary proceeding against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and former deputy county attorneys Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander are currently underway.Both Thomas and Aubuchon face disbarment, and Alexander could have her law license suspended, if the three are found responsible for several alleged ethics violations.See our stories…
id a cabal of county supervisors, judges, lawyers and others work together to block legit police investigations into allegations of public corruption?Or did a political hack and his underlings join forces with a corrupt sheriff to trample over civil rights and legal ethics in order to retaliate against their political…
Joseph Jamie Larosa is apparently so impressed with his “big cock” that he’s spent that past several months cruising around Tempe offering to show it to children, which is what led to his arrest last week.Larosa, it turns out, not only has a thing for little kids, but crystal meth,…
For the first time since getting shot through the brain during the January 8, Tucson shooting, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will give her first televised interview. That reporter who landed the interview: ABC’s Diane Sawyer.Giffords has only appeared once publicly since the shooting — she traveled to Washington D.C. last month…
Living with an ex is never a good idea. Living with two exes is an even worse idea — and when you throw a meat clever into the mix, it’s a recipe for disaster.However, in the case of Daytona Johnson, her two live-in baby-daddies got along just fine, it seems;…
The hearings that may result in the disbarment of former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas begin this morning with opening statements from each side. Thomas and two of his ex-henchwomen, former deputy county attorneys Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander, are in for the fight of their professional lives as an investigator…
If you know someone who looks the illustration above, call the cops — according to Tempe police, he’s been trying to lure kids into his SUV in several separate incidents dating back to March.Tempe Sergeant Steve Carbajal says two girls — ages 11 and 13 — were walking to Kyrene…
Jennifer Barnes, 39, of Gilbert, adopted a little boy. She then allegedly committed some of the most depraved acts of child abuse we’ve ever heard of. They involve feces, a toothbrush, and the boy’s anus.The kicker: as has been the case in several recent Valley child abuse cases, Child Protective…
A Chandler meth head who pleaded guilty in June to second-degree murder in the death of his 3-week-old daughter was sentenced to 22 years in prison this morning.In addition to the 22 years for second-degree murder, Brian Hopf was hit with 14.95 years for child abuse.The sentences will run consecutively,…
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 pleaded guilty to child abuse.Johnny Salazar, 25, was arrested in July after he admitted to relatives that he’d burned the boy…
A Phoenix man charged with murder in the shaking death of his 5-month-old daughter pleaded not guilty this morning to charges related to the baby’s death.Amos Andreas, 25, is charged with second-degree murder and two counts of child abuse for the alleged July shaking incident. On July 22, police were…
Remember last week when a publicist for comedian Katt Williams issued a statement saying how sorry the comedian was for an anti-Hispanic tirade he went on during a performance in Phoenix last month? About that…Williams was on CNN over the weekend where he not only didn’t apologize for the tirade,…
CORRECTION: the way this post was originally written indicated that Spencer Cullen is physically a man hoping to have a sex-change operation. In fact, Cullen is a woman who wants a sex-change operation. It has since been changed from its original version.Spencer Danger Cullen, 23, was born with a vagina…
Vincent Michael Tarvin probably wouldn’t have been busted with a pocket full of what police believe to be cocaine early this morning — but he decided to go into a Valley telemarketing business and pull out his penis. He then advised employees at the business that it was time to…
It appears a thief the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s bandit-naming department has dubbed the “thou shalt not steal bandit” may have struck again — this time in Phoenix.Phoenix police say the First Fidelity Bank branch near 32nd Street and Lincoln Drive in Phoenix was robbed this morning by a gun-wielding…
Arizona State University police arrested a man last month who may be the infamous ride-by serial-groper, whom police believe may be responsible for nearly a dozen gropings around the university’s Tempe campus.Filiberto Salgado Cirilo, 26, was reportedly arrested on August 30, after allegedly riding his bike next to a woman…
According to a Hispanic woman with a video camera, comedian Katt Williams is a “racist” “uncle Tom” who’s “kissing white ass.”If you ask “Maria,” he’s apparently a (black) white supremacist, too (click here to see a documentary on the only other black white supremacist we’ve ever heard of).The woman’s six-minute…
Three boys whose grandfather forced them on torturous marches across tough Grand Canyon trails told rangers their entire summer had been filled with travel and abuse.The three boys — 8, 9 and 12 — told how their grandpa, Christopher Carlson of Indianapolis, injured them repeatedly during trips to various states,…
Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, having previously submitted $47 million in claims against the state and county, has now apparently decided to man up. Though he was fully prepared to soak the taxpayers for tens of millions, he now realizes — according to an e-mail he sent to Arizona Republic…
