A wanna-be “Fight Club” member was bested and a guy’s girlfriend’s sister took revenge in two separate stabbing incidents over the weekend in Mesa. The knifings were just two of the noteworthy crime stories passed along this morning by our flyboy buddy over at Mesa PD, helicopter pilot…
For the past several weeks, the Tempe Police Department has been investigating a string of incidents where a man would expose himself and masturbate in front of young women at apartment complex pools, and over the weekend, they arrested a guy doing exactly that.Matthew Marvin Flentge, 43, was busted Saturday…
Tempe PD Know this guy? Call the cops. Do you know a dude with a ponytail who just happened to get a lot richer in the past few days? Because the Tempe Police Department is looking for a bank robber just like that. About 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, the guy pictured…
Some people just don’t know when to give up — like the three men arrested in Phoenix today after the cops say they committed an armed robbery at a pawn shop, then proceeded to lead police on a car chase, break into a house, kidnap a woman and her 5-year-old…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio can be deposed in a lawsuit against him by Chandler police officer Thomas Lovejoy, an ex-K9 cop who let his dog die in a hot car. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled this week in a dispute over the demand by Lovejoy’s attorney, Mike Manning, that Arpaio be interviewed. In Thursday’s order,…
Mesa woman was asleep in her bed when she heard some rocks being thrown at her window. Curious, she went outside to see what was going on — and that’s when her ex-boyfriend — accompanied by his new girlfriend — started shooting at her.According to the Mesa Police Department, 18-year-old…
A Scottsdale man was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating the crap out of a 62-year-old man after hitting on the guy’s fiancee at a Phoenix restaurant earlier this month.Jason Peter Bonal, 36, got pinched yesterday afternoon for the violent attack on the man after witnesses identified him as the attacker.According…
The Tempe Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a guy authorities say has been exposing himself — and masturbating in front of — sun-bathing female 20-somethings as they lounge around pools at area apartment complexes.In the latest incident, which happened this afternoon, the unknown suspect was…
A man convicted of fatally running down a Mesa bicyclist in Tempe last summer has been sentenced to a year in jail, and three years probation, after pleading guilty to charges that he left the scene of a fatal accident.Cody Ryan Davis, 23, was arrested last July at his home…
A Mohave County man was arrested last week after two kids saw him pissing on the side of a building — and he may have to register as a sex offender as a result.Mohave County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Trish Carter tells New Times 38-year-old Norman James Havatone was spotted at…
Since our earlier post about a Pinal County jail inmate who beat up a detention officer so he could remain in custody and hopefully avoid a “hit” put out on him by a Mexican drug cartel, we got our hands on some video of the attack. It’s pretty wild.Last week,…
Forde was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison for each of the counts, all but one to be run consecutively.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s son, police Officer Jeff Gordon, has been on paid administrative leave since January as police officials conduct an internal investigation over allegations of “inappropriate contact.”The Phoenix Police Department won’t say much more than that, but apparently Jeff’ Gordan has been using his paid time off to…
Christopher Benitez’s second chance at trying to prove he wasn’t responsible for the 2001 death of a Phoenix firefighter didn’t work out well. The Phoenix man — a solider sent home Iraq two years ago to face trial in the crime — was found guilty today of negligent homicide and two counts of arson Now…
A Phoenix man who claims he learned to kill while a member of the Cuban military was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to charges that he fatally snapped his girlfriend’s neck during an argument. Hermenegildo Cardenes Morffah agreed to a second-degree murder charge today for…
On his Facebook page, 54-year-old Lonnie Hendricks lists his employment as “house dad.” According to Hendricks, he “could not ask for a more rewarding position” — which might have something to do with some of the duties that apparently come with the gig, notably kissing the breasts of his 13-year-old step-daughter.But…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was cleared over the weekend to leave rehab in Texas and fly to Florida to watch her astronaut husband Mark Kelly’s shuttle launch less than four months after getting shot “through the brain” during the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage.Coincidentally, Arizona has a Senate seat opening up with the retirement…
Leroy Smalley was down on his luck in 2003. He’d just been convicted in a child-molestation case, and his release required him to register as a sex offender and check in with a probation officer regularly for the rest of his life. When his wife divorced him while he was…
The Arizona Herpetological Society has some suggestions on how to host the lamest Easter egg hunt ever: don’t “hide” the eggs where kids can’t see them.The problem: rattlesnakes.The AHS is warning Valley residents about the dangers of Easter egg hunts in a region infested with slithering monsters…
Delarndrus Nashid Shabazz lives casual, clothing-optional, which gets him into trouble at the Valle Escondido Condominiums as he allegedly walks around his girlfriend’s condominium exposing himself to teenagers and middle aged women alike. According to court records obtained by New Times, Shabazz is an employee of Fox Sports Arizona, the…
The Statute of Liberty inspires people to think about freedom. That sure seems to be the case with 42-year-old Kevin Theriault, who felt free enough to whip out his johnson in front of a woman who was dressed as Lady Liberty, all while standing in a Tempe parking lot, say Tempe police. Police say Theriault had masturbated in…
A Scottsdale charter school teacher was arrested on Tuesday and accused of bashing the face of his boyfriend’s 6-year-old daughter because she woke him up from a nap. Chandler police arrested Qikai “Ben” Chen, 27, at Basis Charter School, where he works as a math teacher. Records show that Chen admitted…
