Criminal Assault

Ian MacDonald Arrested in Scottsdale Murder of Former ASU Football Player Tyrice Thompson

A 26-year-old Tempe man has been arrested in the murderer of former ASU football player Tyrice Thompson.Ian MacDonald, an apparent Navy veteran, is accused of stabbing Thompson five times on January 27, while Thompson was working as a bouncer at the Martini Ranch bar in Scottsdale. Thompson died fro ... More >>

Maricopa County Mugshots of the Week: Breaking All the Rules

Just about every week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert's own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we'll take care of the rest.This week, our alleged criminals are breaking all the rules -- at least, the u ... More >>

Actor Jason London Took a Dump Inside a Scottsdale Cop Car, Said He's "Happy as Sh*t"

Actor Jason London best known -- and perhaps only known -- for his role as Randall 'Pink' Floyd in the movie Dazed and Confused, took a shit in a Scottsdale police car Sunday night.According to a Scottsdale Police Department report, this was only after London sneezed in a man's face at the Martini R ... More >>

Man Run Over by Wife for Not Voting Against Obama May Be Permanently Disfigured

The Gilbert man run over by his wife this weekend -- as she allegedly blamed him for President Obama's re-election -- may have "permanent disfigurement" as a result, according to court documents obtained by New Times.Daniel Solomon, who was in critical condition yesterday in the trauma center at Sco ... More >>

Chaparral High School Student Accused of Being Scottsdale Rapist

A 16-year-old Chaparral High School student has been arrested in a bizarre case involving two rapes in Scottsdale.Danny Jackson's the one accused of the rapes, and was arrested Friday -- about a week after another man turned himself over to police in the case.

Josiah "Baby Jo" Weisman's Not-So-Gangsta Day Allegedly Included Buying Weed With Mom, Pointing a Gun at a Woman

Alleged "South Side Chandler" gangster Josiah Weisman, apparently known on the streets as "Baby Jo," did not have an incredibly gangsta day on Friday.Police say Weisman went with his mother to buy weed, and ended up pulling a gun on a woman during an argument, all while tossing up his gang signs.

David Aranda Tried to Jump a 6-Foot Block Wall -- You Think He Made It?

David Aranda got a bit rowdy at a Phoenix bar Saturday night, based on what the cops say -- he got kicked out for being disorderly, then came back to threaten people with a screwdriver.According to court documents obtained by New Times, employees at the MVP Sports Bar said Aranda came back with a kn ... More >>

Qui Truong Pleads Guilty in Meat Cleaver Attack on Former Colleagues

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.

Latina Carr's Boyfriend Got a Call From Another Woman -- an Allegedly Stab-Worthy Offense

If your new girlfriend's name is Latina Carr, you may want to take our advice and not give your phone number to another woman.That's because her last boyfriend was hiding in a bathroom at 6 a.m. yesterday, telling police Carr just stabbed her for allegedly getting a call from another woman.

Jaccob Billiter Allegedly Whipped 6-Year-Old With a Hose, Dropped Him on His Head for the Crime of Drinking From a Sprinkler

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office says a 6-year-old was whipped with a hose and dropped on his head by his father, who then tried to hide to hide from the cops.The 6-year-old's crime that earned an alleged beating from his father: drinking from an irrigation system.YCSO says deputies got the call, ... More >>

"Obamacare" Allegedly Provoked Amber Gardner to Attack a Woman and Destroy a Deli With a Stone Hammer

People around the country reacted differently to last week's Supreme Court decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare."Amber Leah Gardner sure had a unique reaction.Gardner's apparent response was to go to a Mesa deli with a stone hammer, rant about O ... More >>

Sharon Holmes, State GOP Delegate, Accused of Pulling Gun on Repo Man and Leading Police on Car Chase

Sharon Holmes was picked by the Mohave County Republican Party to head to the state GOP convention last month for a shot at becoming a delegate for the Republican Party National Convention.She didn't win that spot, nor did she win a car chase with Kingman police Sunday evening.According to an accoun ... More >>

Noelle Clough's Husband Was So Upset About a Cosmo Magazine Quiz That He Asked Her to Stab Him. She Did

Have you ever been so upset about a quiz in Cosmo magazine that you just wanted someone to stab you?We're not sure what the answer to that is, but police say that's what Noelle Clough's husband did on Sunday.Sure enough, Clough, 22, complied with her husband's request and stabbed him, according to c ... More >>

Juan Garcia, Alleged Kid-Killer, Back in Maricopa County After Turning Himself in

Juan Garcia -- who's accused of killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in February -- is back in Maricopa County, winning a trip to the 4th Avenue Jail for a fresh mugshot.Garcia, 18, turned himself in to immigration-enforcement authorities near the border crossing in Lukeville on Friday, and was b ... More >>

Juan Garcia, Alleged Kid-Killer, Turns Himself In to Authorities Near the Border

Juan Garcia -- who's accused of killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in February -- turned himself in to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents near the border crossing in Lukeville on Friday, the Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed.Garcia, 18, has been wanted by Phoenix police since g ... More >>

Richard Hess Says God Told Him to Kill "Terrorist" Neighbors. Believe it or Not, the Cops Didn't Buy That One

Sometimes God allegedly tells people to run for public office, and sometimes He'll allegedly tell a Mesa man that his neighbors are "terrorists" trying to murder him with chemical weapons, so it's probably best to kill them first.For some reason, the cops weren't buying the terrorist-neighbor story ... More >>

"Camp Titties and Beer," a Country Thunder Campground Occupied by Tucson Police Officers is the Site Where a DPS Office Was Attacked, a PCSO Deputy Injured Last April

With his office already under fire over allegations that it improperly deleted e-mails, it appears that a member of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's command staff also asked that county's deputy attorney to scrub an arrest record from a DPS database. The arrest record belongs to Ronald Keys, a 26- ... More >>

Kyle Seaman Allegedly Punched A Female Neighbor And A Cop in The Middle of The Street... Naked

​The decision between not wearing clothes or hitting a woman and a cop must be a difficult one, because cops say 21-year-old Kyle Seaman went with both.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Chandler police got a call Saturday night from Seaman's neighbors about the gentleman wanderin ... More >>

Therapist Paul Fischer's Counseling Session Allegedly Included Slapping A Woman And Stuffing His Fingers Down Her Throat

​Paul Fischer is a "family and marriage counselor" in Downtown Phoenix.What allegedly assaulting a woman during a counseling session had to do with therapy is anyone's guess.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the woman told the cops about the incident that occurred on February 3 a ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Latest Victim Rushed to Hospital (w/Updates, Including Victim's Name and Mugshot)

More bad news for Arpaio, coming at the most inopportune time...Note: For Updates, including the name and mugshot of the victim, see below.Following on the heels of a report by the U.S. Department of Justice condemning the MCSO for engaging in "discriminatory policing" and blasting its treatment of ... More >>

Take a Chilling Look Inside the Baseline Killer Case

A Cat Made Freyondo Bizardie So "Depressed" That He Tried to Choke it To Death and Throw it in a Dumpster

MCSOFreyando Bizardie​A cat had 22-year-old Freyando Bizardie so "depressed" Sunday afternoon that he tried to choke it to death. He also tried to stab it with a pen before he bit two of his sisters.According to court documents obtained by New Times, police were dispatched to Bizardie's Phoenix ho ... More >>

What Really Happened to Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman's Son on "A" Mountain Last Night?

What really happened to Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman's son on "A" Mountain last night?​As you may have heard, Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman's son was injured on "A" Mountain last night -- and that's about all anyone knows for sure.Eli Hallman, 18, suffered head injuries and a broken jaw. He claims he was a ... More >>

Drunk Mesa Maniac Spits Blood in Cop's Mouth After Assaulting In-Laws

Alana Artega​A drunk Mesa woman was arrested yesterday after assaulting both her mother-in-law and father-in-law -- but that's not the gross part; as police tried to subdue her, she spit blood at the arresting officers, landing some in one officer's mouth.According to Mesa police, about 6 p.m. yes ... More >>

Scottsdale Man Hits On 62-Year-Old Man's Wife -- Then Beats Him Up, Police Say

Jason Bonal​A Scottsdale man was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating the crap out of a 62-year-old man after hitting on the guy's fiancee at a Phoenix restaurant earlier this month.Jason Peter Bonal, 36, got pinched yesterday afternoon for the violent attack on the man after witnesses identif ... More >>

Kid Killer Jason Bush to Join Accomplice Shawna Forde on Death Row for Deadly 2009 Attack on Arivaca Family

Clear a spot on death row for kid killer Jason Bush.​Jason Bush, the kid-killing accomplice of Minutewoman Shawna Forde, will join his murderous cohort on death row, a Tucson jury decided today.Bush was found guilty last monthd in the murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter in May 2009.In ... More >>

Kid-Killing Minutewoman Shawna Forde's Accomplice Guilty on All Counts in Murders of Man and Child

Jason Eugene Bush​Kid-killing Minutewoman Shawna Forde's co-defendant, Jason Eugene Bush, was found guilty this morning in a Pima County Superior Court for the murders of an Arivaca man and his daughter in May 2009.In addition to the two first-degree murder convictions for the murders of Rau ... More >>

Glendale Man Allegedly Punches Mom and Girlfriend, Tries to Hide from Cops Under Sink

​Putting your hands on a woman is never a good idea (just ask that guy who socked "Snooki" in the face, or state Senator Scott Bundgaard), but Michael Pollard allegedly didn't get that memo.According to court documents obtained by New Times, earlier this week, Pollard punched his own mother in the ... More >>

Minnesota Man Breaks into Mormon Church to Piss on Floor and Have a Smoke

Scottsdale PDJudging from those eyes, Jacob Jeffrey Shwartz's alleged "drug impairment" may be from some Mary J. Wanna.​When you have the urge to break things, urinate, and smoke cigarettes, where better to do it than a Mormon church, right? Wrong -- just ask Minnesota native Jacob Jeffrey Schwart ... More >>

Phoenix P.D.'s Cold Case Suspect -- and His DNA -- Have Been in an Arizona Prison Since 2003

Clayton Roinuse​The man police say is responsible for the 1999 sexual assault, kidnapping, and attempted murder of a Valley woman is currently in an Arizona state prison serving a life sentence for crimes very similar to the ones with which he's now accused -- and he's been there since 2003.Clayto ... More >>

Woman Shot in Mesa; Suspect Found Swimming in Nearby Canal

www.techknowledge.co.uk...that the police don't find you.​A woman was shot in front of an apartment complex in Mesa last night and one of the two suspects police say was involved was found swimming in a nearby canal shortly after.Around 8:30 last night, police got a call that there were shots fire ... More >>

Northern Arizona Man Hits Dad's Girlfriend in Head With Axe Because She Was Yelling at Him

Guy Neal O'Connor Jr.​It's hard for any kid to warm up to a parent's love interest when that person isn't the child's mother or father. The resentment tends to fade by the time you're 42 years old, though. Unless you're name is Guy Neal O'Connor, Jr. O'Connor was arrested over the weekend after po ... More >>

Alleged Cop Killer/ Burrito Thief Indicted For Murder

Scott Curley​The suspect in the murder of a Utah sheriff's deputy was indicted today on several charges including premeditated first-degree murder.A Coconino County grand jury indicted 23-year-old Scott Curley on five counts including premeditated first degree murder, aggravated assault on a poli ... More >>

Maricopa Man Hosts Party -- Hits Guest in Head With Baseball Bat, Cops Say

Chad George​It was Chad George's party and he'll cry hit you in the head with a bat if he wants to.The 22-year-old George hosted a party at his Maricopa home over the weekend that ended when police say he hit one of his guests in the head with an aluminum baseball bat.Cops responded to reports of ... More >>

Phoenix Women Charged With Murder for Loaning Car to Suspected Shooters in 2009 Slaying

MCSOStephanie Ramirez​A Phoenix women is behind bars after she was arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting death of Michael Medina, a Phoenix resident shot in his yard during a burglary last year. According to court documents obtained by New Times, 30-year-old Stephanie Ramirez didn't p ... More >>

Wig Bandit Leader Sentenced to More Than a Century in Prison

​The leader of a group of Valley bank robbers, who wore wigs during the majority of their heists, was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today.Julio Cesar Feliciano, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 106 years in federal prison this morning for his role in ... More >>

Phoenix Meth-Head Viciously Beats His 85-year-old Mom

A Phoenix meth addict woke up from his pipe dream early Sunday morning and began viciously attacking his 85-year-old mother, thinking his house was under attack by an intruder. The woman, Eva Fitzgerald, called 911 just after 2:30 a.m. and told police that her son was hitting her. Operators could he ... More >>

Hot Links: Arizona Lottery, USS Arizona, and Kevin Whaley

​A man is in custody after leading police on a chase and then crashing a truck into a Tempe building. The accident happened shortly after 6 a.m. at 48th street and Southern Avenue. Police received reports that a man saw someone drive off in his truck, and tried to pull the truck over. After plowin ... More >>

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 t ... More >>

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 poli ... More >>

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 careen ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 ... More >>

Council Fires

More battles with the San Carlos Apache Tribal Council

Shadow of a Doubt

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

Killing Time at Shadow Mountain High

When bad things happen to good neighbors

BEATING A WIFE-BEATER

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

SIEGE, SIEGE, SENOR

REMOTE BORDER AREA IS TERRORIZED BY ROBBIN' HOODS