Karl “Jack” Frost pleaded no contest to a charge of disorderly conduct today stemming from his May 17 “citizen’s arrest” of a man jogging in a bicycle lane. The 47-year-old former British cop had been out for a morning bike ride in Gilbert that day when he became enraged at…
Chandler couple Vu Tran and Siobhan Grogan told police they often kept their 8-year-old son — who has mental and physical disabilities — locked in a bathroom. According to Tran, it’s because they “have a life too.”Tran and Groghan only ended up talking to police on Tuesday because while they…
A Flagstaff woman’s puppy was killed this weekend, which she discovered after she returned home and saw the pup hanging from a noose in her backyard.Flagstaff police Sergeant James Jackson tells New Times that the 4-month-old puppy was found hanging from a rafter in a shed that was being used…
Judge Warren Granville has ruled that Michael Lee Crane cannot represent himself in his murder trial.Crane’s accused of killing three people — Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as businessman Bruce Gaudet — and while Granville found Crane competent to represent himself, it’s Crane’s goofy behavior in…
About four years ago, Todd Fries, the owner of Burns Power Washing, was shorted $200 for a power-washing job because his customers didn’t think Fries’ employees did such a great job.Fries responded to this lack of payment by spreading things outside the customers’ home including (but not limited to) motor…
If you know the savage who punched a guy about 25 times in an elevator at the W6 apartment building in Tempe early Thursday morning, Silent Witness is offering a reward for that information.The W6, or West 6th Tempe, opened a little more than a year ago, and the apartment…
Three members of an Iraqi family living in Phoenix pleaded guilty to various charges related to the alleged abuse of a fellow family member for refusing an arranged marriage.Yusra Farhan, 50, pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment, and Mohammed Altameemi, 45, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for alleged attacks against…
Following in the footsteps of our sister papers of South Florida, Miami New Times and Broward-Palm Beach New Times, we bring you the weekly roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail.This week, the jail saw some happy campers and not-so-happy campers, so this week’s collection of mugshots…
Mark Bosworth, a former Valley real-estate maverick who once boasted he owned $50 million in property, claims he was conned into trying to cash a bogus, $4,500 check. The felony forgery charge he’s fighting could result in jail time. It’s an ignominious — though somewhat expected — turn of events…
In May, a 13-year-old girl told her friend that her father’s girlfriend had smacked her in the face with a spatula.Police in Surprise got word of this and investigated it as a child-abuse case, but eventually found out that the girl and her sister were victims of horrific alleged molestations,…
Qui Tu Truong got fired from a market in Phoenix last year.For this, he did what any rational person would not do — attack his former colleagues with a meat cleaver…
When Jeffrey Salter’s girlfriend and her daughter moved into his studio apartment in Phoenix, Salter warned his girlfriend that he “has a history of molesting young girls.”Believe it or not, police are accusing Salter of molesting his girlfriend’s daughter “at least” 45 times in a little more than two months…
Jodon Frank Romero, the man whose suicide was shown live on national television thanks to Fox News, was out of prison for almost four whole months before shooting himself in the head Friday.Phoenix police released some additional details about the events leading up to the suicide, as well as the…
The Tempe Police Department has solved a murder that occurred 12 years ago, and police didn’t have to search too hard to find the guy — he’s been on death row for more than nine years.Alfred Carreon is charged in the murder of 20-year-old Jose “Joey” Gonzalez, who was last…
A guy in Kearny couldn’t fill his prescription for Oxycontin and Xanax at the local pharmacy, cops say, so he called a couple of buddies to work out a deal: They drive him to a Mesa drugstore, he gives them some of the pills, they give him $20 and some…
A Mesa man allegedly broke into a Chinese restaurant through a glass door, hopped over the counter, and stole…ice cream.According to information from Mesa police, a witness saw the break-in happen, and an officer arrived at the Big Bowl Chinese restaurant as Anthony James Lee Richards was on his way…
The Mesa Police Department has explained why the cat-mutilation case involving Scott Graham — who was previously accused of killing at least one cat in his neighborhood — devolved into a case of cat theft.Mesa police Sergeant Tony Landato tells New Times investigators discovered that the cat stolen from outside…
UPDATE: The case fell apart after it was discovered the stolen cat and the dead cat were different cats. Mesa police have again confirmed that Scott Graham — who was previously accused of killing at least one cat in his neighborhood — will be charged with theft, and is not…
Scottsdale police officers have had quite a few questionable shootings in recent history that have been determined by the department to be justified.That — along with Officer James Peters’ involvement in a sixth fatal shooting — is why representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona announced that they’ve filed…
UPDATE: Mesa police confirm the theft charge is the only charge against Graham. Despite Scott Graham telling Mesa cops that he “played” with 30 to 40 cats he stole — three of which were found dead an mutilated — he may not be charged with animal abuse.Instead, it seems pretty…
A Tempe missing-person case has turned into a homicide case, as the co-owner of an auto-body repair shop is accused of killing his business partner, although the man’s body has not been found.Chad Norris, 33, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge in the presumed death of 45-year-old Jason Johnson,…
A man described as a bush-league version of the “Rock Burglar” is probably responsible for “at least” 42 burglaries that occurred in the Valley this summer, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.Kilian Hale — a 50-year-old guy who lives with his mommy in Sun Lakes — is accused of…
