Subject: Criminal Assault

• The Brains Behind the Operation

  April 3, 2007

• Man Who Ordered Rottweiler to Sic Officer to Get Stiff Prison Sentence

  July 25, 2008

• Hot Links: ICE to Audit Arpaio, Lovejoy Sues Sheriff, McCain and Obama Honor 9/11, and Chihuahua Punching 101.

  September 11, 2008

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

  September 24, 2008

• WHO DID ANN ROPER STAB?

  HER HUSBAND HAD 18 PERSONALITIES. SHE SAYS SHE WAS PROTECTING HERSELF AGAINST ONE THAT ATTACKED HER.

  September 2, 1992

• BEATING A WIFE-BEATER

  AFTER THE COURT FOUND HER HUSBAND INNOCENT OF ATTACKING HER, SHE SUED HIM-AND WON

  November 24, 1993

• Killing Time at Shadow Mountain High

  When bad things happen to good neighbors

  March 14, 1996

• Crime Victims Who Kill?

  Prosecutors press gun charge despite thin evidence; now the accused is dead, allegedly at the hand of his "victims"

  March 28, 1996

• Bad Blood

  A Glendale gang has it in for the son of a Hispanic police sergeant. Unfortunately, the gang consists of police officers.

  May 2, 1996

• Who Sprung Alleged Shooter?

  Judge, prosecutors, pretrial-services officers point fingers in the troubling release of a shooting suspect

  May 9, 1996

• Prosecutors Change Their Minds

  County attorney decides to charge man who allegedly attacked Scottsdale woman

  May 8, 1997

• Personal Justice

  Nineteen months after she was allegedly attacked in her Scottsdale home, Kim Boyden faces her accused assailant in court

  February 26, 1998

• Under the Knife

  Even legislation can't end violence in Valley hospitals

  March 12, 1998

• Logan's Shun

  Attacker gets probation, counseling in assault case

  April 2, 1998

• Inmate Killed at Florence Prison, Investigation Ongoing

  October 27, 2008

• Doc Tales

  February 11, 1999

• Shadow of a Doubt

  A lawyer suggests racism, a victim's mother begs leniency for PV Mall stabber

  March 11, 1999

• DJ Micky Finn

  May 1, 2008

• South Mountain High School Site of "Small-Scale Riot," Says Police

  A fight turned into a "small-scale riot" involving 200 to 300 people just outside South Mountain High School on Wednesday, police say.Though a spokesman quoted in the Arizona Republic today says only about 40 or 50 people were involved and that it "probably looked even worse than it was," a police news release put out this morning says the violent crowd was up to 300 strong.At least two police officers were assaulted, and about 40 officers were called in as back-up. When all was said and done,

  February 5, 2009

• Chris Brown Ditches All-Star Weekend Following His Recent Arrest (With Updates)

  Maybe the "v" stands for "villain"? Can't say we didn't see this coming. E! Online is reporting that Chris Brown has canceled his participation in a few of this weekend's festivities surrounding the NBA All-Star Game. The 19-year-old R&B artist was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with an alleged assault of his main squeeze, pop vocalist Rihanna. In addition to appearing at this Sunday's All-Star Game at US Airways Center, Brown was also scheduled to participate in the NBA's C

  February 9, 2009

• The ICE Docs That Cost a Mother of Three a Broken Arm and a Beat-Down

  Garcia-Martinez, upon her release from ICE custody March 12. I've obtained the documents the MCSO was so hot to have Maria del Carmen Garcia-Martinez mark with her fingerprint. You can see them for yourself, here. Initially, I believed that there was just one page, but now I see there are four pages that the MCSO had Garcia-Martinez put her fingerprint on. Garcia-Martinez, who cannot read or speak English, believed the paperwork was a voluntary removal form to send her back to Me

  March 18, 2009

• Drunk Dump Truck Driver Causes Chain-Reaction Accident on Loop 202 Off-Ramp in Mesa, says DPS

  The only thing more dangerous than a drunk driver is a drunk driver behind the wheel of a massive dump truck.But that's who's responsible for a chain-reaction collision on the westbound off-ramp of the Loop 202 at Country Club Drive in Mesa today, says the Arizona Department of Public Safety.Michael R. Fisher, 51, of Mesa, (pictured), was impaired by alcohol as he drove a full-sized Kenworth dump truck on the off-ramp, says DPS, apparently too blind to see the vehicles in front of him stopped fo

  March 26, 2009

• Fixed-gear fanaticism rolls into the PHX

  July 24, 2008

• He wasn’t driving drunk, he didn’t hit anyone, but he might still go to jail

  July 10, 2008

• will.i.am

  Songs About Girls
  (Interscope)

  October 11, 2007

• Thunder Road

  Luciano Arriaga Jr. was born defiant. Falsely arrested by a nerve-frayed cop, he'd sooner take a chance on resuming his 10-year prison sentence than accept a plea bargain
  Commentary

  June 16, 2005

• Hella

  Shamanistic skronk

  March 10, 2005

• California Roll Nets 10 Years

  The justice system teaches an uppity Mexican a lesson he will never forget

  March 13, 2003

• He's Bat Man

  When you're drinking with Doug Click, "the bat man vigilante," there's more than one kind of chaser at the bar.

  June 20, 2002

• Council Fires

  More battles with the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council

  February 1, 2001

• SIEGE, SIEGE, SENOR

  REMOTE BORDER AREA IS TERRORIZED BY ROBBIN' HOODS

  May 12, 1993

• THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOR

  January 22, 1992

• Cooking School Secrets: A Few More Changes

  Life's full of changes. I get that, but this class seems to be morphing at warp speed. And I'm talking major life changes. One of my classmates took a several month leave of absence to have back surgery. We lost one to excessive absence. Another asked me to recommend a lawyer. While he was out to dinner the week before last, he was approached by police and charged with felony assault -- the unexpected result of a bar fight he had several months ago. He didn't seem particularly rattled; after

  April 30, 2009

• Rapper DMX Released From Jail After Serving 90 Days; Still Faces Another Charge

    Earl Simmons, better known as Rapper DMX, left the Maricopa County Jail after serving 90 days on theft and animal cruelty charges. He could be back soon. While in jail, DMX allegedly assaulted a guard, resulting in another criminal charge. Though the sentence on those charges has been fulfilled, DMX still had to post a $10,000 bond for the alleged assault. He's scheduled for a May 19 pre-trial hearing on that charge, court records show. DMX supposedly wants to start a Chris

  May 14, 2009

• Ahwatukee Gangbangers Busted; Cops Continue Policy of Not Releasing Gang Names

  Travis AnhaltPhoenix police arrested three members of an Ahwatukee street gang in connection with an aggravated assault that left a man with a ruptured ear drum. Cops believe the gangbangers have committed armed robberies and other crimes. Miles Castle What's the name of this suburban gang, which -- judging by the suspect pictures -- is an equal opportunity employer? Police won't say. At the end of his news release, (below), Sergeant Andy Hill, police spokesman, says police don't give out that i

  May 22, 2009

• Hot Links: Suns Draft, 'Joe Sucks,' and Cheeto Violence

  At least four students were arrested Wednesday at Canyon State Academy, a charter school in Queen Creek. According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office report, 11 students were arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault after a fight broke out between students and faculty...The Phoenix Suns selected Louisville forward Earl Clark in the NBA draft last night, and a trade is rumored to be in the works that would send Amar'e Stoudemire to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Stephen Curry,

  June 26, 2009

• Tempe Woman Allegedly Pepper-Sprays Her Two Young Daughters

  Michelle Antone allegedly pepper-sprayed her two young daughters after they refused to help her drive drunk.​ Picture young girls who just watched their mother slob around drunk for a day. Now, imagine them getting screamed at for not giving the drunken mom her car keys so she can go careening around the streets of Tempe smashed. After a few minutes of yelling, mom then pepper-sprays them. This was reality for two Tempe girls Saturday night, police say.

  August 4, 2009

• Customer Allegedly Bumps KFC Employee With Car After Condiments Dispute

  ​When an employee at a drive-through fast-food restaurant forgets to include the appropriate condiments in your go bag, you're irked. If you're a jerk, you ask to speak to the manager. But you'd have to have a screw loose to try to hit an employee with your car, which is what police say happened last night in Surprise.Monique Aguet, 26, zipped through the drive-through at a Kentucky Fried Chicken near Bell and Reems roads about 7 p.m., Surprise police say. When she d

  August 6, 2009

• "Domestic Arsenal"

  September 10, 2009

• Scottsdale Hospital Accused of Covering Up Employee Rape of Patient, Victim Says; Hospital Denies Allegations

  ​This is not a good week for Arizona hospitals. New Times reported yesterday about a nurse allegedly defecating in a Glendale operating room, and of a dead baby found in the same hospital's bathroom.   Well, here's more trouble to add to the list. A former Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn patient filed a lawsuit against the hospital last week. The 22-year old partially paralyzed stroke victim says she was raped by a Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn employee in in 2007 -- and

  October 2, 2009

• Hot Links: Standoffs, Ripoffs, and Blackouts

  ​A Yuma man is in custody after an almost nine-hour standoff with police. Michael McCormick was wanted in connection with several vehicle thefts and burglaries. When police tracked him to a motel, he fled and broke into a trailer home, where the standoff ensued. He eventually surrendered and was taken into custody about 4 p.m...A Tempe woman is accused of stealing more than $1 million from her employer over the course of eight years. Lorena Laverne Fortuna worked as a Human Resources Manager f

  October 7, 2009

• Lawsuit by Ex-Phoenix Cop Whose Case Became Cause Celebre For Police Union Shot Down in Court

  In September, 2007, former Phoenix police Officer Mark Wilcox and his wife sued the department and Sergeant Kathy Johnson. Among other things, the couple claimed that his own department, especially Sergeant Johnson, had violated his civil rights and defamed him  in the aftermath of an October 2004 incident involving a juvenile suspect.  After the suit was filed, Mark Spencer (the Phoenix cop pictured at left) who heads the Phoenix Law Enforcemen

  October 27, 2009