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Joe Arpaio Foes George Gascon, Rebecca Jimenez, and More at CBA Forum

Here's one place you can be certain not to run into Sheriff Joe Arpaio this Thursday night: At a forum on his multifarious abuses of power, sponsored by Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group responsible for making the recall of disgraced, ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce a reality.The las ... More >>

Angelica Jimenez, Woman Who Allowed Boyfriend to Use 4-Month-Old as Ashtray, Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse Charge

​We're not sure what's more disturbing: the fact that Anjelica Jimenez allowed her boyfriend to use a 4-month-old as an ashtray, or the fact that the baby was placed in Jimenez's care by Child Protective Services.Regardless, Jimenez, 25, was in a Maricopa County court this morning where she pleade ... More >>

Richardo Moreno Second Valley Teacher Accused of Feelin' Up Students This Month

Chandler Police DepartmentRichardo Moreno​For the second time this month, a Valley teacher is accused of feeling up a student. The latest: Richardo Moreno, a teacher at Basha High School in Chandler.According to Chandler police, a 16-year-old female student told school administrators that Moreno, ... More >>

Facebook Status Leads to Arrest of Fugitive Matthew Ledbetter

Chandler Police DepartmentAccording to fugitive Matthew Ledbetter's Facbook page, he was at the Chandler Fashion Square at about noon on Friday -- so his ex-wife called the cops.​If you're running from the law, posting your exact location on Facebook probably isn't the best idea -- just ask 36-yea ... More >>

Two More Children Nearly Abducted in Chandler. Time to Freak Out

Chandler Police DepartmentHide yo' kids -- a guy who looks like the above illustration is trying to abduct children in Chandler. ​Hey, Chandler parents, it's time to freak out...Yesterday morning, a kid was nearly abducted in Chandler -- and two others were nearly scooped up by a couple of creeps ... More >>

Citizen Calls 911, Helps Catch Three Suspected Car Burglars in Chandler

Leo Macias, 19, was booked on suspicion of burglary after a fast-thinking witness called police.​This is one of the upsides to mobile phones:An astute witness' prompt call to 911 early yesterday morning after seeing some punks breaking into a car resulted in the arrest of three teenagers.The calle ... More >>

Susan Brock Sex Scandal: Chandler Police Recommended LDS Bishops be Charged Crimes for Failing to Report

This apparently applies to alerting authorities that a 49-year-old woman is sexually abusing a teenage boy.​A new report released by the Chandler Police Department shows that detectives investigating two bishops in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recommended that the two men ... More >>

Tempe Minister Shoots Self Rather Than Face Allegations He Tried to Lure 14-Year-Old Girl for Sex

www.trinitybaptistfellowshipchurch.orgMinister Nick Minerva (middle, red tie) killed himself yesterday rather than face allegations he tried to lure a 14-year-old girl for sex.​The Chandler Police Department executed a search warrant at a Valley church yesterday in search of evidence that the chur ... More >>

Missing Chandler Woman Tells Cops She's "Not in any Danger"

Chandler Police DepartmentTrinity Olsen-Galeai is safe and sound.​A Chandler woman who's been missing since Friday has been located and is apparently OK.According to the Chandler Police Department, 18-year-old Trinity Olsen-Galeai called police this morning to report that she was not in any danger ... More >>

Chandler Police Looking For Missing 18-Year-Old

Chandler Police Department If you've seen Trinity Olsen-Galeai, call the cops.​An 18-year-old Chandler woman is missing and police need your help tracking her down.Trinity Olsen-Galeai was last seen about 9:30 Friday night. According to the Chandler Police Department, she has missed several ... More >>

Chandler Police and the Drug Enforcement Agency Want You to Fork Over Your Old Prescription Pills

ladybunny.netIf this is what your martinis look like, you may want to make a trip to the Chandler Police Department on April 30.​Instead of getting high off those expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs you have at home, give them to the Chandler Police Department and the Drug Enforcem ... More >>

Chandler Police Looking for Missing Man With Autism

Chandler Police DepartmentSteven DeMarlie was last seen yesterday morning.​The Chandler Police Department is asking the public's help in tracking down a man with autism last seen yesterday morning.Steven Michael DeMarlie, 44, was last seen about 11:30 a.m. yesterday by his family. He told them he ... More >>

Ex-Boyfriend Charged With Murder of Missing Chandler Woman. Body Never Recovered

Chandler PD Jamie Laiaddee was last seen in March of last year. Her ex-boyfriend has been charged with her murder.​Police have yet to recover the body of a Chandler woman who's been missing since last March, but authorities feel they have enough evidence to charge her ex-boyfriend with ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Quest to Find Headless Cartel-Linked Bodies in Desert Finally Yields Fruit...in a Chandler Home

www.allhiphopsports.com​Remember last year when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer crowed about all the headless bodies littering the Arizona desert?"Law enforcement agencies have found bodies in the desert either buried or just lying out there that have been beheaded," the gaffe-prone governor squawked. ... More >>

Chandler Gang Shooting Leaves 18-Year-Old Alleged Gangster Wounded; Suspect on the Loose

www.douglasdiaries.com​A couple of Chandler gangsters kept things extra gangsta this morning, when police say one thug shot another.Chandler Detective Frank Mendoza tells New Times that about 10:20 a.m. today, an 18-year-old male was shot at a home at 449 West Ray Road in Chandler. He took bullets ... More >>

DNA Match From 2004 Chandler Rape Nets Orange County Transient, Santos Basilio O'Dell

​ A California man forced to give up some DNA after violating a protective order last year revealed a dark secret, prosecutors say: He's responsible for a 2004 rape and robbery in Chandler. Santos Basilio O'Dell, 32, was ordered to stop harassing his wife in 2009, and he violated that order i ... More >>

Weed Stench Leads Cops to Forest of Marijuana Inside Chandler Home

Chandler Police DepartmentSir Jorien Dwayne Marcette Jackson's house reeks of weed.​If you were to grow more than 300 weed plants inside your house, here's a bit of information that might come in handy next time you're in the Febreeze aisle at Walmart: it's gonna stink. A Chandler man's indoor wee ... More >>

Weed Stench Leads Cops to Forest of Marijuana Inside Chandler Home

Chandler Police DepartmentSir Jorien Dwayne Marcette Jackson's house reeks of weed.​If you were to grow more than 300 weed plants inside your house, here's a bit of information that might come in handy next time you're in the Febreeze aisle at Walmart: it's gonna stink. A Chandler man's indoor wee ... More >>

Fulton Brock Says Wife Lied to Him About Relationship With Teen -- Despite Learning of Allegations a Year Before Her Arrest

Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock says he had no knowledge of his wife's sexual flings with a teenage boy. ​Following the Chandler Police Department's release this morning of details of the relationship between Susan Brock, estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fu ... More >>

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

MCSOHaha -- who knew getting arrested for having sexual conduct with a minor could be so funny? Apparently Rachel Brock.​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 curre ... More >>

Chandler Home Invasion Causes School Lockdowns. Suspect Stole Weapons From 72-Year-Old Man

​The Chandler schools were put in lockdown this morning after an unknown suspect assaulted a 72-year-old man in his home and then fled on a bicycle.The three schools -- Chandler High School, Galveston Elementary School, and St. Mary-Basha Elementary School -- are no longer in lockdown, but the sus ... More >>

Additional Arrests Made in 2006 Drive-By Shooting of Lindsay Key

Chandler Police DepartmentLindsay Key was gunned down in Chandler in December of 2006.​The Chandler Police Department has arrested two additional suspects in a 2006 drive-by shooting that left a 19-year-old mother dead.Lindsay Key was gunned down outside of a house party in Chandler in December of ... More >>

A Girl From Chandler is Missing and Cops Want Your Help Finding Her

Chandler PDGabriel Lacy. If you've seen her call police.​A 14-year-old Chandler girl's been missing since Monday and the Chandler Police Department wants you to help find her.Gabrielle Lacy was last seen on Monday afternoon in the 600 block of West Oakland Street in Chandler.Lacy also goes by the ... More >>

Chandler Police Looking for Two More Suspects in Decapitation Murder

www.allhiphopsports.com​In case you hadn't heard, an unidentified Hispanic man had his head cut off over the weekend and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer said "see! Told ya so!" OK, so the part about Brewer's not true but a guy really was decapitated and police need the public's help in finding some ad ... More >>

Morning Poll: Should County Attorney Seek Death Penalty in Murder of Chandler Cop?

John Webber, one of five men charged in the murder of Chandler Officer Carlos Ledesma​Five men were indicted yesterday in the murder of Chandler Police Officer Carlos Ledesma.The suspects, Thadika Singleton, 38, John Webber, 37, Doarnell Jackson, 35, Jerry Wayne Cockhearn, 25, and Eldridge Gitte ... More >>

Chandler Officer Killed During Undercover Drug Investigation Identified; Drug at Center of Investigation: Weed

​The officer killed during an undercover drug investigation last night has been identified by the Chandler Police Department as 34-year-old Officer Carlos L. Ledesma.Ledesma, a father of two, was part of an operation in which undercover officers tried to buy bails of weed from suspects arreste ... More >>

Tapes Released of 9-1-1 Call from Mother of 3-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in Car

Three-year-old Jayden Carpenter was found dead in his mother's car yesterday.​There's speculation that the 3-year-old boy who was found dead in his family's car yesterday was left in the car by his mother, which goes against her claim that she took her eye off of him for a few minutes and he wande ... More >>

Chandler Woman Missing for 10 Weeks After Breaking Up With Boyfriend

Chandler Police Department Police believe Jamie Jean Laiaddee has been missing since March 18.​The Chandler Police Department is looking for a Chandler woman who they believe has been missing for more than two months. On Friday, the estranged father of 32-year-old Jamie Jean Laiaddee, ... More >>

Chandler Police Looking for Missing Girl Believed to be on the Run With Suspected Murder

Chandler Police Department19-year-old Pedro Gaeta, who is wanted for murder, is believed to be with missing 16-year-old Mixarai Zumaia.​The Chandler Police Department is asking the public's help in finding a missing 16-year-old girl who they fear is currently on the run with a man who's wanted for ... More >>

Chandler Man Shot While Driving; Suspects Still at Large

MCSOJose Lopez is charged with attempted first-degree murder -- among other charges -- after allegedly shooting at a Chandler motorist.​The Chandler Police Department is asking the public's help in locating two men believed to be involved in the shooting of a Chandler man early yesterday morning.C ... More >>

Cross-Dressing Bank Robber Hits Chandler Bank

www.ourbarbie.com​A bank robbery suspect turned a Chandler bank into a drag show yesterday, when he dressed like a woman while committing his heist. According to witnesses, the suspect -- wearing a black cotton knee-length summer dress with a purple shirt underneath and ... More >>

Hot Links: Arizona State Parks, Shawn Hawkins, and AZ Rattlers

​The Arizona State Parks Board voted to close 13 parks last month, but cost estimates show that closing the parks might be more expensive than keeping them open. Closing Fort Verde Historic State Park, for example, will cost taxpayers $141,000 -- about $46,000 more than it would cost to keep t ... More >>

"Blue Basket Bandit" Strikes Again! Makeup Thief Resurfaces to Loot Chandler Drug Store

This man is suspected of stealing more than $10,000 worth of cosmetics from Valley Walgreens drug stores.​He's baaack!The Chandler makeup thief known to Chandler cops as "the blue basket bandit" has struck again, after being dormant for nearly six months.For the last 2 1/2 years, an unknown ... More >>

Hot Links: Floods, Runaway Stagecoaches, and Boiling Lobsters

​A water-main broke on Sunday and flooded several central Phoenix businesses and homes with thousands of gallons of water. The owner of one of the damaged buildings, Phoenix Rising Now photography studio, says the water filled his basement from floor to ceiling. Crews were working on repairing the ... More >>

Strip Searches at Maricopa County Jails Are Under Fire, As Is PMT Ambulance; But Phil Gordon's Romance Is in the Clear

Hot Links: Craig's List Scam, I-10 Restrictions, and Rabies

​A man from Phoenix was arrested by detectives from the Department of Public Safety, after a two-month investigation into an alleged scam. The man is accused of stealing invalid amusement park passes from Valley retailers and then selling them for hundreds of dollars on web site Craig's List. Auth ... More >>

Chandler Police Seek Hit-and-Run Driver

​The Chandler Police Department is looking for a guy who sped off after hitting a man with his car early this morning -- an alarming trend here in the Valley of the Sun.

Chandler Police Get $30,000 to Hand Out Seat-Belt Tickets; Aren't They Doing That Already?!

krmg.com​Remember the gimmicky "Click it or ticket" program, compliments of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration? Apparently there wasn't enough clicking, or police departments across the country needed a reason to ask for more money, because the program is now new an ... More >>

Sept. 18 In Blogs: Arpaio, Noah Wylie, Pink Pony, and Chandler Police

​​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio's Deputies Harass Activists with Cameras, but Arpaio Acknowledged Observers' Ri ... More >>

Chandler Police Arrest Youth Minister For Sexual Conduct With Minor

Chandler Police Department Police say that 25-year-old Josh O'Bannion had sex with a 14-year-old member of the youth congregation he served for six months.​It's a sad day when a minister getting arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor is no longer shocking.Chandler Police a ... More >>

Hot Links: Cops on Buses, Graffiti on Cars, and Simpson's Plea

​Chandler Police are going back to school this fall, as officers plan to ride school buses to ensure drivers obey the laws around school buses, and stop when buses activate their "stop" signs. The penalty for a first-time violation is a fine of $250...A Mesa-based company called Dixon Golf has cre ... More >>

Couple Arrested for the Beating Death of a Three-Year-Old

Police say Susan Witbracht, and her boyfriend, Dauntorian Sanders, murdered her three-year-old daughter by beating her with a belt​Chandler Police arrested two people in connection with the beating death of a 3-year-old child Monday.Police say that the child's mother, 26-year-old Susan Witbr ... More >>

Chandler Police Searching for Man Believed to Have Stolen More Than $10k Worth of Cosmetics

Chandler police believe this is the man who has stolen more than $10,000 worth of makeup from local cosmetics stores.​Chandler is facing a few problems right now. First: Someone is going around stealing makeup from local cosmetics stores. Second: Police suspect it's a middle-aged man. Chandler ... More >>

Rear-Ended: Woman Stuck Out Butt to Let Car Hit Her, Chandler Cops Say

This is a report we would have run through snopes.com but for the source: A woman allowed a car to hit her in a parking lot by sticking out her butt as it backed up, then claimed she was injured, Chandler cops say. The entire incident was captured on a surveillance camera. The June 20 "accident" ... More >>

"Heroin Ring" Stretched from Chandler to Show Low, Says DPS

On the heels of recent articles across the United States that claim heroin use is surging, the Arizona Department of Public Safety says it recently broke up a major heroin ring based in Chandler. Detectives worked for seven months on the case with members of a northern Arizona anti-drug task f ... More >>

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