A lawyer for Maricopa County Supervisor Andy Kunasek chides a sheriff’s official to put up or shut up on a new, vague accusation of wrongdoing made last week. The letter by attorney David Derickson also suggests that the allegation by Chief Deputy David Hendershott of a theft of public funds…
The story about the Glendale man who apparently dug a tunnel leading to a secret, underground room in his backyard just got even creepier.The guy, 45-year-old William Willis, apparently is a cross-dresser with a porn addiction, too.So, of course, we cued up the infamous Buffalo Bill dance scene from Silence of…
A New Mexico man seems to have thought to himself “hmm, how can I make my meth lab even more dangerous than it already is.” That might be why police say he packed it into a stolen pickup truck and took his meth-making show on the road. Police in Kingman stopped a Ford…
Are the Hells Angels still scary?Sure, there’s the occasional murder or bar fight — and once in a while you’ll find a few slangin’ meth to hillbillies — but it seems the Sonny Barger/ Altamont days of busting up bars and running amok wherever they see fit have come to an…
Well, the sun came up yesterday, which seems to mean one thing lately here in Sand Land: somebody robbed a bank — or at least tried to. For those in the news biz, you’ve probably noticed lately that about once a day a cop from some Valley city wants your help in finding someone…
There’s a bank robber on the loose, and unlike the vast majority of bank robbery suspects, this one’s a chick.Phoenix police Detective Mike Fischer tells New Times that the robbery occurred yesterday at the Chase Bank at 6000 North 19th Avenue in Phoenix around 2:30 p.m.Fischer says the suspect (that’s…
County officials say they aren’t sure what the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is talking about when it comes to yesterday’s serious, but vague, allegation against a County Supervisor. But Jim Bloom, executive assistant for Supervisor Andrew Kunasek, says he “categorically denies” the allegation that Kunasek swiped $15,000 in public funds…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is demanding that county risk managers review “evidence” of criminal acts by county officials before settling any claims by those officials. The demand comes in a strongly worded news release and letter by Chief Deputy David Hendershott that accuses County Supervisor Andrew Kunasek of stealing $15,000…
If you’re smooth enough to leave your stash of kiddy-porn in a photo kiosk at the pharmacy where you work, chances are you’re gonna get in some trouble. That seems to be the case for a Phoenix man who prosecutors say did exactly that late last month.The Maricopa County Attorney’s…
Phoenix prosecutor Will Gonzalez says he’s “fascinated” by the case of Marcos Mejia, the 42-year-old graffiti vandal who recently received a one-year jail sentence for tagging. Not only is that the toughest punishment ever given to someone in the city’s history for a graffiti crime, Gonzalez says, but it’s plain “odd” to…
We’ve got some new details about the Phoenix woman who was arrested yesterday for the 2005 murder of her husband — a veteran of both the Army and Navy and father of what police estimate to be about 30 children — and she claims she murdered the man because “she was angry…
A judge last month sentenced a Maryvale graffiti tagger to one year behind bars, the harshest sentence in the city’s history for a graffiti crime. Marcos Domingo Mejia, 42, who police described as a longtime gang member, was charged with dozens of counts of vandalizing after his arrest in January of 2009. Though…
One of the Arizona Department of Corrections’ repeat customers apparently found himself on the wrong end of a shank over the weekend. He died last night from what DOC officials are calling “puncture wounds.”DOC spokesman Barrett Marson tells New Times 26-year-old Dana Seawright was found in his cell at the…
Phoenix police arrested a woman today who they say is responsible for the 2005 murder of her then-79-year-old husband — a veteran of both the Army and Navy and father of what police estimate to be about 30 children.Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times 43-year-old Larisa Garcia was…
Police are asking the public’s help in tracking down a man who robbed a bank in Mesa on Friday. In a press release from the Phoenix Police Department, (we’re not sure why it didn’t come from the Mesa Police Department, and calls to Phoenix PD Detective Mike Fischer weren’t immediately returned), officers say…
A day after the federal government announced that it will sue the state of Arizona over the state’s controversial, new immigration law, Weekly World News announced the Obama administration’s other, secret plan to get Arizona to repeal the law: Chupacabras.Of course, chupacabras don’t actually exist, and like everything in the…
A Yavapai County man was arrested last week after police say he’s been producing, distributing, and possibly starring in kiddy-porn films recorded at his Rimrock home for the last nine years.Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn tells New Times 29-year-old David Antonio Rodriguez was taken into custody last week…
A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 25-count indictment yesterday against a man dubbed “The Hothead Bandit” by the FBI’s over-worked bandit-naming department.Timothy John Kestle, 55, of Litchfield Park, has been charged with 13 counts of armed bank robbery and 12 counts of possessing or using a firearm during…
If Elena Kagan wants to be the next justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, she’s gonna have to do it without the support of “The Maverick.”Arizona Senator John McCain will not support Kagan’s rise to the country’s highest bench and he explains why in an op-ed piece he…
The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public’s help in finding the person (or persons) responsible for murdering a 57-year-old Phoenix woman who was found dead in her home last night. Phoenix police Sergeant Tommy Thompson tells New Times that at about 9:30 p.m. yesterday, Phyllis Mizioch was found murdered…
In what might be deemed the least-cool police chase in recent memory, a 33-year-old Bagdad man was arrested after leading police on a 40-mile chase while driving his Ford Aerostar mini-van.The suspect, Steven Cox, who police say didn’t appear to be drunk and had no warrants for his arrest, was…
A former teacher at a Mesa high school admitted to police today that he’s been having sex with a student for nearly a month.Ray Hutson, a 36-year-old former teacher at Mountain View High School in Mesa, was arrested this morning after the 16-year-old victim told her parents the two had…
