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Arizona State Hospital

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Jan Brewer Investigated by Feds Over Criminally Insane Son's Social Security Benefits

    Governor Jan Brewer​Federal authorities spent more than a year investigating Governor Jan Brewer's role in collecting Social Security benefits intended for her mentally ill son, Ronald, who currently is in a state hospital after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1990 on kidnapping an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Convicted Pervert Thomas Reischmann's Wife Charged for Aiding in Weekend Escape Attempt

    Bonnie Reischmann.​The wife of a convicted sex offender who escaped custody -- and was promptly caught -- over the weekend has been charged with helping her hubby run from authorities.Thomas Reischmann, 54, served prison time for rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Following his release in 2008, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Jan Brewer Can Solve Mental-Health Crisis By Looking to Bedlam

    So, a new batch of thousands of mentally ill Arizonans are going to lose most, if not all of their current benefits (counseling, transportation, etc.), ostensibly because of the state's ongoing fiscal crisis.   ​We wrote about the dire situation a few weeks ago in "Hindsight," and w ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Jan Brewer's Response to Jared Loughner? Slash Services from an Already Beleaguered Mental-Health System

    So, a new batch of thousands of mentally ill Arizonans are going to lose most, if not all of their current benefits (counseling, transportation, etc.), ostensibly because of the state's ongoing fiscal crisis.   ​We wrote about the dire situation a few weeks ago in "Hindsight," and w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Walter McCarthy Found Guilty but Insane of Killing Girlfriend's Dad in North Scottsdale

    Walter McCarthy was found guilty but insane today of stabbing his girlfriend's father to death in north Scottsdale​Laurinda Cumming is terrified.She says her ex-boyfriend has pulled a fast one on the legal system, and now there's a chance he'll be released from custody even though he stabbed her f ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 18, 2010

    What Will Become of Van Buren Street's Mahoney Building?

    Walter McCarthy was found guilty but insane today of stabbing his girlfriend's father to death in north Scottsdale​Laurinda Cumming is terrified.She says her ex-boyfriend has pulled a fast one on the legal system, and now there's a chance he'll be released from custody even though he stabbed her f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2010

    Jan Brewer's Criminally Insane Son and His Mysteriously Sealed File

    ​It's no secret -- not really -- that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has a son who is seriously mentally ill. During her years in the state legislature and as a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, she mentioned it often in passing, and earned a reputation as a big-hearted advoc ... More >>

  • News

    March 11, 2010

    Shoot to Kill: An Antique Dealer Has One Last Chance at Freedom After Gunning Down an Unarmed Homeless Trespasser

    ​It's no secret -- not really -- that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has a son who is seriously mentally ill. During her years in the state legislature and as a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, she mentioned it often in passing, and earned a reputation as a big-hearted advoc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2010

    Hearing Tomorrow At State Mental Hospital For Infamous `Blood On Their Hands' Killer

    We got an incredible E-mail a few hours ago from Alan Hedges, a Texas man whose 7-year-old granddaughter Alexia and her grandmother Mauricia Aviles (in the photo) were bludgeoned to death in 1999 by seriously mentally ill family member Rodney Aviles.​The brutal murders occurred in Mrs. Aviles' hom ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    Suicidal Tendencies: The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections Is a Bloody Mess

    We got an incredible E-mail a few hours ago from Alan Hedges, a Texas man whose 7-year-old granddaughter Alexia and her grandmother Mauricia Aviles (in the photo) were bludgeoned to death in 1999 by seriously mentally ill family member Rodney Aviles.​The brutal murders occurred in Mrs. Aviles' hom ... More >>

  • News

    November 5, 2009

    Does U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke Have the Stones to Take on Sheriff Joe?

    We got an incredible E-mail a few hours ago from Alan Hedges, a Texas man whose 7-year-old granddaughter Alexia and her grandmother Mauricia Aviles (in the photo) were bludgeoned to death in 1999 by seriously mentally ill family member Rodney Aviles.​The brutal murders occurred in Mrs. Aviles' hom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Hot Links: Inmate Escapes, Food Stamps, and Teen Pimps

    ​An inmate escaped from the State Prison Complex in Florence Sunday morning, after cutting a hole in a fence. Police are still searching for the escapee, Yelson Moreno, 20, a Mexican national who was serving a 30-month sentence for theft...Transportation officials at the Maricopa Association of Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Investors Foaming at the Mouth to Buy State Buildings; Arizona Capitol on the Block

    After digging itself into a $3.5 billion hole, who would actually want the state government as a tenant?​The state's having a bit of a yard sale right now, and what's on the lawn? How about a hospital, a state park, and, oh yeah, the state capitol.We reported on this a few weeks ago, and belie ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Are Your Papers in Order?

    After digging itself into a $3.5 billion hole, who would actually want the state government as a tenant?​The state's having a bit of a yard sale right now, and what's on the lawn? How about a hospital, a state park, and, oh yeah, the state capitol.We reported on this a few weeks ago, and belie ... More >>

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    Are Your Papers in Order?

    The Sanchezes are American citizens who've been in this country longer than Joe Arpaio's family. The Sanchezes are criminally brown.

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2008

    Assault Charges Dismissed Against Fixed-Gear Bicyclist; Phoenix Prosecutors Could Re-File

    The Sanchezes are American citizens who've been in this country longer than Joe Arpaio's family. The Sanchezes are criminally brown.

  • News

    July 24, 2008

    Fixed-gear fanaticism rolls into the PHX

    The Sanchezes are American citizens who've been in this country longer than Joe Arpaio's family. The Sanchezes are criminally brown.

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    Scene of the Crime

    Take a tour of the scene of Phoenix's most famous murder

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Winnie Ruth Judd: A Tour

    Take a tour of the scene of Phoenix's most famous murder

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 20, 2005

    Take a tour of the scene of Phoenix's most famous murder

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Crying Shame

    Carl Gholson was a gifted sax player. He was also a paranoid schizophrenic. He became another victim of Phoenix’s scorching heat

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Blood on their hands

    Six hours after County mental health officials sent a psychotic man back home, he killed his mother and young niece.

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    He'll Be Missed

    A mental-health advocate succumbs to a brain tumor

  • News

    October 17, 2002

    A is for Artist (A is also for Arsonist)

    From brilliance to madness and beyond, Jacob Martinez's artistic and personal journey has taken him further than he'd ever dreamed. The fire inside now quelled by medication, the nightmare of his mental illness is over. But at what price?

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    Mental Giant

    One of the Valley's most revered mental-health advocates struggles with cancer

  • News

    March 28, 2002

    Caught Off Guard

    Councilman's company sends unlicensed guards to Sky Harbor, DPS records show

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    A Mother's Torch

    'Insane' mom sentenced in 1998 burning death of two kids

  • News

    May 24, 2001

    AIDS and Abetting

    Danielle Adair is a mentally ill, AIDS-carrying prostitute. But officials release her to the streets over and over and over again.

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    Janet Clams Up

    AG Napolitano turns down her 60 Minutes of fame

  • News

    June 15, 2000

    Checks & Imbalances

    How the state's leading private fiduciary helped herself to the funds of the helpless

  • News

    March 23, 2000

    "Danger to Children"

    Why did Kelly Blake douse her kids with gas and set them on fire? She's seriously mentally ill -- and she was deserted by the system charged with protecting her and her family.

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Flashes 01-27-2000

    Why did Kelly Blake douse her kids with gas and set them on fire? She's seriously mentally ill -- and she was deserted by the system charged with protecting her and her family.

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    License to Stalk

    A judge said Lucia Diaz should be force-medicated to control her psychosis. Instead, she was turned loose to terrorize.

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    Flashes

    A judge said Lucia Diaz should be force-medicated to control her psychosis. Instead, she was turned loose to terrorize.

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Letters

    A judge said Lucia Diaz should be force-medicated to control her psychosis. Instead, she was turned loose to terrorize.

  • News

    November 20, 1997

    Indecent Exposure

    They spent months covered in the dust and dirt of a prison renovation. Now, dozens of officers and inmates say the state risked their lives by making them work with asbestos.

  • News

    October 2, 1997

    Deaf and Damned

    If Artie Martinez weren't deaf, he might have talked his way out of the Arizona State Hospital. Instead, he was locked up there for nearly 40 years.

  • Dining

    October 2, 1997

    Could You Become Another Artie Marinez Case?

    If Artie Martinez weren't deaf, he might have talked his way out of the Arizona State Hospital. Instead, he was locked up there for nearly 40 years.

  • News

    December 19, 1996

    ComCare Didn't Care

    State probe finds that agency's "failure to comply" with regulations contributed to veteran's death

  • News

    November 21, 1996

    Letters

    State probe finds that agency's "failure to comply" with regulations contributed to veteran's death

  • News

    October 24, 1996

    A System Gone Mad

    Two agencies were supposed to be taking care of Donald Ellison. Instead, they were missing in action--and the mentally ill Vietnam veteran was left to die on the street.

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Serial Talker

    The nation's premier medical criminologist imparts his profundity--and profanity

  • News

    April 11, 1996

    Can Arizona Throw Away the Key?

    Washington state official foresees difficult days for Arizona's new "sexual predators" law

  • News

    November 23, 1995

    Mental Health MASQUERADE

    Litigation over care fo rArizona's mentally ill ended four years ago. Sowhy have private attorneys racked up more than $1 million in fees since then?

  • News

    August 24, 1995

    THE UNTOUCHABLE

    EVERYONE AGREES JOHN SAHHAR DOESN'T BELONG ON THE STREET, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

  • News

    July 13, 1995

    MEETING ON THE MIND

    EVERYONE AGREES JOHN SAHHAR DOESN'T BELONG ON THE STREET, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

  • News

    May 4, 1994

    MARRIED PRIESTS DO IT DIVINELYRENT A PRIEST USES CLERICS WHO WEAR WEDDING RINGS--AND COLLARS

    EVERYONE AGREES JOHN SAHHAR DOESN'T BELONG ON THE STREET, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

  • News

    April 28, 1993

    CRUSADER OF THE LOSTATTORNEY CHICK ARNOLD'S CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF THE MENTALLY ILL IS ALL UPHILL

    EVERYONE AGREES JOHN SAHHAR DOESN'T BELONG ON THE STREET, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.

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