At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we’ve got a bit of…
Robert Ramirez carried a sign that said: “Hands Up Don’t Shoot.” He was among a throng of protesters gathered in Eastlake Park in Phoenix as part of the Nationwide Day of Rage, a nationally coordinated effort to protest the shooting death of Michael Brown and subsequent turmoil between police and…
A Glendale man has been arrested after yelling racial slurs and hitting a man over the head with a beer bottle. Joseph David Burgoyne, 28, was at Denim and Diamonds Bar in Mesa when he allegedly yelled “white power” and “nigger” at the victim. When the victim confronted Burgoyne, Burgoyne…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, you’ll see a lot of…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we find some inmates in…
Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox came to Phoenix to speak on behalf of Monica Jones, a transgender Phoenix student convicted on charges of manifesting prostitution in April. Cox, Jones, and Jones’ attorneys all claim that the Phoenix city ordinance under which Jones was arrested is unconstitutional and discriminatory. Jones’ attorneys filed…
A Mesa police officer has been indicted on three felony sex-crime offenses, all of which allegedly occurred while he was on duty. Justin Cherry, 34, is charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of sexual molestation of a child…
Phoenix police arrested twin brothers on Wednesday in connection with a series of Valley bank robberies, including one committed under police surveillance. The arrest appears to solve the case of the so-called “High-Jump Bandit,” whose prolific robberies prompted authorities to seek help from the media in late July. Alan Michael…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, prepare for weirdness. Enjoy…
Seven people associated with a motorcycle gang have been arrested for allegedly beating a man and his girlfriend outside a Phoenix bar in March.Police say the seven people are involved with a motorcycle gang called Latin Riderz, and face charges including aggravated assault, kidnapping, and assisting a criminal street gang.Phoenix…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we’ve found that it can always…
Police and the victim of a Tempe hit-and-run crash this week made a public appeal on Thursday for information and witnesses in the case. Justin DeValk, 21, a Mesa Community College student, appeared before reporters and TV cameras near the crash site on Broadway Road near College Avenue, his head…
Jarrett Maupin, an Arizona Congressional candidate, reverend and community advocate, is taking some of the credit for Shanesha Taylor’s money-for-freedom deal with prosecutors. A controversial figure, Maupin — president of the Phoenix-based Progressive Christian Coalition — nevertheless was seen to be working closely in the highly publicized criminal case of…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we’ve got a real cast of…
A college student working in a job-placement program at a Phoenix elementary school was arrested on child-porn charges.Travis Kinkaid-Mata, 27, worked in the library at Phoenix’s Longview Elementary School, near 12th Street and Indian School Road, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
Someone has planted foot-long pieces of rebar fashioned into spikes in the Coconino National Forest.Forest Service officials say five of these spikes have been discovered near the Happy Jack area…
Ed Moriarity, the Montana lawyer who worked for Lisa Aubuchon, David Hendershott and Joel Fox, has been disbarred in Arizona. A complaint by the State Bar of Arizona, followed by the July 15 disbarment order, explains that Moriarity knew claims by former Maricopa County officials Aubuchon and Hendershott were false,…
A year and a half after a 2-year-old girl was killed at an unlicensed Phoenix babysitting business, two people have been charged in the girl’s death.Allison Clement and Ryan Reed, the couple who ran the babysitting service, had previously been charged in Savannah Cross’ death, but those charges were dropped…
An army veteran was shot and killed by a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy yesterday in Fountain Hills, the Sheriff’s Office says. David Brandstetter, 26, was walking naked in traffic at around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, prompting two calls to 911 as drivers swerved to avoid striking him, MCSO reports…
An elderly woman was attacked by five dogs at Phoenix’s Barrios Unidos Park park early yesterday morning, police say. The woman remains in extremely critical condition at a nearby hospital…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we introduce the goon squad. Enjoy…
Disgraced legal professionals Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander hope to avoid paying the cost of their disciplinary proceedings with a fresh lawsuit they filed last week. The civil complaint filed on July 2 is yet another piece of fallout from the “unholy collaboration” of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and…
