Email Author James King

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Valley Fever

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published September 8, 2011

  "Brocked Up"

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2010 Stories by James King

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  Naked Phoenix Man to Cops: "Come and Suck it" (Said While Masturbating Behind Motel)

  published Dec 30, 2010

  A Phoenix drug addict was arrested yesterday morning after telling cops to "come and suck it" as he was found naked and masturbating behind a Phoenix motel.About 4:30 a.m. yesterday, cops were called ... More >>

• Attention Phoenicians: Tomorrow's New Year's Eve, but That Doesn't Mean You Need to Randomly Fire Bullets into the Air

  published Dec 30, 2010

  rThe Phoenix Police Department is reminding city residents that just because we are about to embark on a new year, it doesn't mean people need to fire bullets into the air to celebrate. Not only... More >>

• Arizona Prison Escapees Could Get Date With Death. New Mexico Seeks Death Penalty for Murder of Oklahoma Couple

  published Dec 30, 2010

  It seemed only a matter of time, but federal prosecutors in New Mexico have laid the groundwork to seek the death penalty for two Arizona prison escapees, and their female accomplice, for the murder o... More >>

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  Rachel Brock Sex Case: All the Perv-tastic Details, and a Statement from Her Pops, Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock

  published Dec 30, 2010

  rWe're not sure which is more gag-worthy -- competing with your own mother for (among other things) a dude's heart or going down on a 13-year-old boy. Rachel Brock, the 21-year-old daughter of M... More >>

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  Rachel Brock, Daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, Arrested for Sex Acts With Same Child Mother's Accused of Molesting. WTFr *UPDATED*

  published Dec 30, 2010

  UPDATED: Click here for update.Like mother, like daughter... Rachel Brock, the 21-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and his wife, Susan, who is currently in jail on multipl... More >>

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  Don't Drive Drunk -- Especially in the East Valley

  published Dec 30, 2010

  If you're gonna be a dumbass and drive drunk on New Years Eve, Governor Jan "drive hammered, get nailed" Brewer's Office of Highway Safety suggests you don't do it in the East Valley -- it's gonna be ... More >>

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  Susan Brock Told to Stay Away From Alleged Victim's School Before Molestation Charges

  published Dec 30, 2010

  rGood parents might think a grown woman repeatedly bringing their teenage son lunch at school and frequently picking him up might be a bit of a red flag -- as did the parents of the alleged vict... More >>

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  Daniel Perez Blunder: MCSO Off Hook for Accidental Inmate Release -- For Now. Still Unclear Who Dropped Ball

  published Dec 29, 2010

  rWe've spent the better part of today -- and last night -- trying to figure out who's responsible for the accidental release of a would-be cop-killer freed on $320 bond by a Pinal County justice... More >>

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  Susan Brock Child Molestation Case: Friend Arrested for Tampering With Evidence

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Honestly, we didn't think it was possible for a story about a Maricopa County Supervisor's wife allegedly carrying out a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy to get any more strange. But today i... More >>

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  Arizona Sex Offender Brain Dead After Hanging Himself in Montana Jail

  published Dec 29, 2010

  A career scumbag believed to be responsible for multiple sexual assaults and kidnappings is brain dead after trying to hang himself in a Montana jail on Monday.Phillip Humeyumptewa was found dangling ... More >>

• A Drop in the Bucket: Border Agents Find Nearly 300 Pounds of Weed in Truck at Highway Checkpoint

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Another day, another several-hundred pounds of weed discovered near the U.S./ Mexico border.Border agents near Tucson stopped a truck at a checkpoint on Arizona Highway 86 earlier this week and found ... More >>

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  Phoenix Man Busted With Kiddy-Porn. He's 44-Years-Old and Lives With His Parents

  published Dec 29, 2010

  A 44-year-old Phoenix man who lives with his parents was arrested yesterday after cops discovered he'd been downloading kiddy-porn to the computer at his parents' house.Earlier this month, cops access... More >>

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  Daniel Perez Mistakenly Released From Custody -- the Blame Game and Why it Took Authorities Nearly a Week to Tell the Public a Would-Be Cop-Killer's on the Streets

  published Dec 29, 2010

  The blame game is on between three Arizona police forces following the accidental release of Daniel Perez, a would-be cop-killer accused of shooting at a Department of Public Safety officer earl... More >>

• Snow -- Lots of it -- Headed For Flagstaff. Some Helpful Info For the Valley's Infamously Awful Drivers, Compliments of the DPS

  published Dec 28, 2010

  If you're a Valley motorist and think you know how to drive in the snow, you're wrong -- you can't...not even a little bit...at all.The majority of the folks who get behind the wheel here in the Valle... More >>

• "Path of Destruction" Leads Avondale Police to Hit and Run Suspect -- Dude Hit Five Cars and a Fire Hydrant Before Parking in His Own Garage

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Five cars, a fire hydrant, and three landscaped yards. That's what an Avondale motorist hit on what police describe as a "path of destruction" Friday afternoon.When he was done wreaking havoc on Avond... More >>

• Bristol Palin at ASU: Rumors of Her Attending Cronkite School (the School's Potential Demise) Greatly Exaggerated, Dean Says

  published Dec 28, 2010

  Did you hear Bristol Palin, daughter of one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is moving to the Grand Canyon State to attend the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication ... More >>

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  Great Alaskan Bush Company Strip Club Shooting: Suspect Planned Rampage

  published Dec 28, 2010

  The shooting at the Great Alaskan Bush Company strip club on Sunday -- one of two strip club shootings over the Christmas weekend -- wasn't the spontaneous work of an angry patron dissatisfied with hi... More >>

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  Merry Christmas: Alleged Perv Cites "Head Injury" as Reason for Molesting Girlfriend's 9-Year-Old Daughter -- Next to a Christmas Tree

  published Dec 28, 2010

  An alleged Phoenix pervert is behind bars on suspicion of spreading some unwanted Christmas (ahem) cheer -- cops say he molested his girlfriend's 9-year-old daughter as she was lying down next to a Ch... More >>

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  Sean Drenth Death: Don't Expect DNA Results for Several Months, Cops Say

  published Dec 28, 2010

  More than a month after more than two dozen Phoenix cops were ordered to turn their DNA over to investigators so it could be compared to DNA recovered at the scene of the death of Sergeant Sean Drenth... More >>

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  Tucson Man Steps in Front of Train. Cops Think Suicide

  published Dec 28, 2010

  An unidentified Tucson man stepped in front of a train yesterday afternoon and that's where he stayed until it ran him over. He died and cops suspect it wasn't an accident.About 1:30 p.m. yesterday, t... More >>

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  Christopher Smith's Family Hopes Death Has "Lasting Worthwhile Impact" for Others Struggling With Addiction

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Following our earlier post about Christopher Smith, the former chief of staff for the state Senate found shot to death Saturday, his family contacted New Times and asks that we share with our readers ... More >>

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  Phoenix Man Suffers Burns While Setting Sex Offender Brother's House on Fire

  published Dec 22, 2010

  A pair of Phoenix brothers are feelin' the heat after the two burned a house owned by one of the men to the ground.Rodger Moffett, a convicted sex offender who's been off the state's radar for nearly ... More >>

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  *UPDATED* Missing Old Person Alert: 87-Year-Old Jesus Licon

  published Dec 22, 2010

  UPDATE: Call off the dogs -- the Phoenix Police Department says Jesus Licon turned up at Valley hospital and is in good physical condition. The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public's he... More >>

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  Christopher Smith, Influential Arizona Politico Found Shot to Death, Had History With Drugs

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Christopher Smith, the former chief of staff for the state Senate found shot to death Saturday, had a history of drug use and other "bizarre" and "erratic" behavior , court records show.We hate to say... More >>

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  Dominic Chagolla, Accused of Stabbing Own Mother in Eyes, a Bit of a Mama's Boy, Court Records Show

  published Dec 22, 2010

  As we reported earlier, yesterday, the son of a Peoria woman found dead in her car over the weekend was arrested for his mother's murder. We've received some new details about the murder, and the susp... More >>