A mentally ill Mesa man allegedly stabbed his stepfather 50 times with a Swiss Army Knife earlier this week. The reason: He was “mean.” The victim’s alive — for now — much to the dismay of the suspect who promised to “finish the job” if he was released from police…
You might think anyone who could kill his own infant child is a monster, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re nuts.Enter 27-year-old Brian Hopf, accused of murdering his 3-week-old daughter in September 2009 and now officially competent to stand trial for first-degree murder.A court-ordered competency hearing for Hopf concluded that the alleged…
Jason Bush, the kid-killing accomplice of Minutewoman Shawna Forde, will join his murderous cohort on death row, a Tucson jury decided today.Bush was found guilty last monthd in the murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter in May 2009.In addition to the two first-degree murder convictions for the murders…
A teenage Virginia murderer was sentenced today for his role in the brutal beating death of an 81-year-old Tempe man last year. However, because the boy is a teen, the “rotten little bastard” will only do about seven years behind bars.After pleading guilty last month to first-degree murder in the…
Glendale police have arrested two men in connection with the death of a high school sophomore who police say was either pushed from or dragged by a moving car during a robbery attempt last week.Lino Chavez and Jose Solis Apodaca, both 18, were arrested for the murder of 16-year-old Anita…
MCSO John Stephen Beaupied: Sotally tober Some people believe in the “use of alternative fuel.” Apparently John Stephen Beaupied believes in the alternative use of fuel, which allegedly includes huffing gasoline and scaring the hell out of people at a Phoenix gas station. According to documents obtained by New Times,…
The Glendale mom who police say intentionally hit her daughter with a car had the recommended aggravated-assault charge against her thrown out by a Maricopa County Superior Court commissioner — but not because there’s no case. Rather, there was an error in how the woman was charged.If you’re unfamiliar with…
Police have yet to recover the body of a Chandler woman who’s been missing since last March, but authorities feel they have enough evidence to charge her ex-boyfriend with murder.The Chandler Police Department announced today that Rick Valentini — a.k.a. Bryan Stewart — has been charged with second-degree murder in the…
A Glendale mom was arrested last week after coming up with a pretty convincing way to win an argument with her 17-year-old daughter: hitting her with a car.Sylvia Aranda, 37, was arrested Friday after witnesses say they watched her hit her daughter with her car near Grand Avenue and Greenway…
Convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook was scheduled to be put to death this morning for the brutal 1987 murders of two men in Lake Havasu City. However, the United States Supreme Court granted Cook a last-minute stay delaying — or potentially reversing — his death sentence.During the murders of his…
Since our previous post about a search warrant conducted by Chandler police to obtain a handwriting sample from Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, the county supervisor’s spokesman sent New Times a statement from Brock, in which he denies he ever helped his wife conspire to have sex with a teenage…
Once again, just when we though the uber-bizarre sex scandal involving both the wife and daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and a teenage boy couldn’t possibly get any more bizarre, it did.The Chandler Police Department confirms to New Times that it has conducted a search warrant to obtain…
On Sunday, Gary Maitha found himself in a nightmare situation for any married man: he lost his wedding ring. Luckily, the ring was found by 41-year-old Gary Barnett, who offered to return it to Maitha — as long as he agreed to pay a $100 “finder’s fee,” which aside from…
Three teens were injured last night after one of them crashed the stolen car he was driving into a pole.The wreck happened about midnight near the intersection of 16th Street and Earl Drive, according to the Phoenix Police Department…
tcritic.com As we learned last month, Craigslist is a terrible place to go if you want to have sex with dogs. Now we’re learning Craigslist is also a terrible place to sell stuff you steal from people in Mesa. On Wednesday, a Mesa woman was perusing Craigslist when she found…
We’re sad to report that there were 24 bovine casualties as a result of this morning’s wreck of a truck carrying 37 head of cattle. Several of the beefs that didn’t make it were shot by police to prevent the animals from suffering — which is refreshingly a-okay with People for the…
PETA’s now in the business of handing out “awards,” and we’ve got a candidate for “Worst Truck Driver of the Year”: the guy who flipped a tractor-trailer carrying nearly 40 cows this morning.Authorities say 38 cows are in need of rescue following an early-morning tractor-trailer wreck on Interstate 17, just north…
The Glendale Police Department wants the public’s help in tracking down the person they say either threw or pushed a 16-year-old girl from a car Wednesday night.The girl, Anita Munoz, a sophomore at Independence High School in Glendale, was thrown from a car about 7 p.m. Wednesday near 6700 West Ocotillo…
Just when you thought kiddy porn was about as sick as it gets, a Valley man raised the bar — he’s into “infant” porn.Aside from his alleged attraction to children who aren’t even old enough to speak, 41-year-old Thomas Christopher Adolf loves kids so much that he married one whom…
If you think the restroom at a Phoenix dollar store is an inappropriate place to strip down for an impromptu naked picnic featuring items you stole from the store, you’re right. However, if you just got out of jail and have been doing meth for four days, it might not seem…
As convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook’s date with death inches closer, a state clemency board has denied his request for mercy.Cook’s lawyers claim he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and brain damage that wasn’t diagnosed at the time of his sentencing. His attorneys claim that because of his mental condition,…
When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn’t do it alone, authorities say — he had help from a Mesa man.Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Power and Brown roads in Mesa,…
