As Oprah-approved “self-help” guru James Arthur Ray prepares for sentencing after getting convicted of negligent homicide for the deaths of three people at a sweat lodge ceremony, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are trying to capitalize on the publicity his case received — by comparing the victims of…
A Phoenix man is charged with first-degree murder after police say he beat his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter to death over the weekend. In addition to blunt force trauma to the girl’s head and torso, police also noticed bite marks on the young girl, which were admittedly caused by her mother’s…
Disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas already has blown through $100,000 in taxpayer money he was granted to defend himself in his upcoming state Bar ethics hearing, and he’s getting more.On Friday, the county agreed to continue funding his defense after his attorney, Don Wilson, threatened to quit if…
Adam Hollingshead, 32, of Glendale, found a shirtless 15-year-old boy he saw as he was driving near Thunderbird Park last week to be “kinda cute,” an observation he felt he need to tell the boy — several times.Not much harm in that, right? However, Hollingshead also asked the boy “do…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas already has blown through the $100,000 in taxpayer money he was granted to defend himself in his upcoming state Bar ethics hearing, and now he’s getting even more of your moolah for his defense.The county has agreed to continue paying Thomas’ attorney, Don Wilson,…
Earlier this morning, we commented that a 95-year-old man charged with aggravated assault was too adorable for anyone to be mad at. Then we got our hands on his arrest report.Turns out, he has a history of domestic violence and his wife is currently in a shelter for battered women…
Johnson Lester’s wife recently moved out of the home the two shared in the 3000 block of East Desert Cove Drive in Phoenix. A Department of Public Safety officer who lives across the street from the 95-year-old man helped his wife move — which appears to be the only reason…
If your husband has a history of perving on young girls, perhaps a daycare business at the home the two of you share isn’t the best idea.That said, it didn’t stop the wife of convicted sex criminal Carlos Parra, who’s, yet again, accused of sexually abusing children.According to court records…
Court officials tell New Times that a Tempe cop accused of stealing evidence from one of the department’s evidence rooms has pleaded not guilty to charges of theft and evidence tampering. In total, Officer Elliot Campbell’s charged with two counts of theft of a credit card, 10 counts of tampering…
Ocean Spray Cranberries thief James Repetto probably wishes he was still “lost at sea.”Repetto was in a Massachusettes federal court this morning where he was sentenced to five years in prison for stealing more than $1 million from the cranberry juice giant through a mail-fraud scam — which is a fairly…
Keith Kiefer, one of two men arrested earlier this year for trying to solicit a dog for sex via-Craigslist, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he was sentenced to two years’ probation after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bestiality.Kiefer pleaded guilty to the crime in May…
Victor Riches, chief of staff to Republican Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin, had two vials of cocaine in his leased car when police pulled him over last year on suspicion of DUI. Bicycle riders take heed: Riches was seen speeding and driving in a bike lane near his north-central Phoenix home before…
A Chandler meth head accused of murdering his 3-week-old daughter has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.In addition to pleading guilty to murder, 27-year-old Brian Hopf pleaded guilty to child abuse for assaults that include poking the infant girl, Isabella, in the eyes.Hopf was initially charged with first-degree murder and was…
Registered sex offender John Szakin’s got a hobby: at least once a week for the past year, he’s gone to downtown Scottsdale early in the morning with the sole purpose of flashing women as they left bars.Early Sunday morning, about 1:30, Szakin was on the prowl near Fifth Avenue and…
Mesa police arrested a man they say is responsible for a fatal hit-and-run incident early Sunday morning, during which one of the victims’ legs was severed.The leg, however, was not found at the scene.Police suspected the leg might have become attached to the vehicle that hit the two 25-year-old victims,…
A Phoenix man who called 9-1-1 to report a fake bomb scare, then started shooting at responding officers before getting capped by the cops, has survived his gunshot wounds — and now he’s in some serious trouble.Phoenix’s Derek Eckles, 28, was released from the hospital Saturday and booked into the…
The United States Attorney’s Office announced today that a man who killed his unborn baby has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter.Fernando Woody, 28, of Fort Defiance pleaded guilty to the crime in March…
There’s a new addition to Arizona State University’s growing list of campus creepsters.The ASU Police Department warns students who live on campus about a man who — while wearing shorts and a T-shirt — claimed he was a police officer and entered the dorm of a female student.He didn’t take…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ office announced today that she plans to spend Father’s Day in Tucson, which will be her first trip back to Arizona since she went to Texas for rehab after getting shot in the face during the January 8 Tucson shooting.”We’ve been dreaming of this trip for some…
As we mentioned earlier this week, law enforcement agencies across the Valley are checking out the sleazy, Scottsdale-based porn website Backroom Casting Couch — and now it’s short its best “talent” recruiter.Antonio Adrian Gonzalez, 28, was arrested yesterday on kiddy-porn charges following a multi-jurisdictional investigation into his web-based “modeling” and…
Unless you are totally off the news grid (and probably wouldn’t be reading this), you, too, are hooked in some fashion on the Casey Anthony murder case down in Orlando. It’s probably the nation’s most high-profile criminal case perhaps since O.J. Simpson walked out of court a free man (only…
A “three or four second” boob grab could land a 20-year-old Surprise man in the slammer — which tends to be the breaks when the boob grabbed belongs to a 12-year-old.Patrick Michael McKnight, a Pizza Hut employee, was arrested on charges that he fondeled the breast of a 12-year-old family…
