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,…
There are cat people and there are dog people — then there are cat collectors, like a Yavapai County woman who apparently has been hoarding felines at her Cottonwood home. Nearly 100 cats have been removed from the home of the elderly animal hoarder, and all of them, authorities say,…
Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons’ elephant “snuff film” has earned him the first-ever “Scummiest CEO of the Year Award” from the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — an honor with which he’s obviously not thrilled.PETA sent Parsons a letter in response to a video he made…
Ladies, if you think your boyfriend sucks, we assure it could be worse — he could be 31-year-old Christopher Botti, who not only allegedly cheated on his now-former-flame but ran her over with his car after she found out about it.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Botti and the…
Earlier this month, Scottsdale-based Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons made a video of himself shooting an elephant in Zimbabwe. As villagers butcher the animal (many whom were wearing orange Go Daddy hats) the video has AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells” playing in the background (see video below). As expected, animal rights activists…
If there’s one good thing about getting executed, it’s the food.Eric John King was put to death this morning for the 1989 murders of two men at a Phoenix convenience store — but he didn’t die hungry.According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, King chowed down on catfish, corn bread, and…
On Saturday afternoon, a drunk Phoenix man thought going into his house to urinate would cut into his busy schedule of doing yard work and drinking beer — so he pissed on his lawn and now is charged with three felonies.According to court records obtained by New Times, 59-year-old Timothy George Evans…
A Pinal County man really didn’t want to drive the man who’d just kidnapped him from Eloy to Phoenix early yesterday morning, which prompted him to jump from his own moving vehicle to get away from the gun-wielding suspect.According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, the 41-year-old victim was at…
The state finally has put convicted murderer Eric John King to death after sitting on death row for nearly 20 years for the 1989 murders of two men during a convenience store robbery that netted about $72.The Arizona Republic gives the following report: When the curtain opened into the death chamber at…
If you’re reading this after 10 a.m., there’s a pretty good chance that convicted murderer Eric John King will be dead.The United States Supreme Court this morning denied a stay of execution filed by King’s attorneys that would have delayed his execution until the state switches to a one-drug execution…
