Gilbert Police Department

Gilbert 5-Year-Old Finds Some Guns, Fires One in the Street

As if there was a need for more reasons for Arizona to be stereotyped as a state full of gun nuts, get a load of this one from the town of Gilbert -- a 5-year-old went shooting this weekend.This wasn't a supervised shooting expedition, either. Police say the 5-year-old took a pair of guns while he w ... More >>

Gilbert Police Find Tortoise Walking Down Sidewalk, Discover Multiple People Have Lost Their Tortoises

If your tortoise went missing in Gilbert, you are not alone. Gilbert Police spotted one of these speedy creatures making its way along a sidewalk in the Power Ranch subdivision on Thursday. An officer contacted members of the surrounding neighborhood to find out who had lost the 25-pound African T ... More >>

J.T. Ready Brags About Hunting "Two-Legged Varmints" in Police Report

According to one Gilbert neighbor, neo-Nazi baby-killer and anti-immigrant vigilante J.T. Ready boasted of hunting "two-legged varmints" just days before a massacre in which Gilbert police believe he murdered four, including a 16-month-old girl, and then committed suicide.In a police report released ... More >>

Gilbert Massacre: Police Continue to Investigate Killing Spree that Claimed Five, Including Toddler

Five people -- two men, two women, and a 2-year-old girl -- were killed in a shooting rampage in a quiet Gilbert neighborhood this afternoon. The shooter has been identified by sources as prominent neo-Nazi, and candidate for Pinal County Sheriff, J.T. Ready. Police had not identified the victims o ... More >>

Gilbert Man Who Spent 36 Hours in Sewer Naked While Tripping on Mushrooms and PCP Linked to 16 Graffiti Cases

Gilbert Police Department Eugene Gimzelberg​If you thought you'd heard the last of 33-year-old Eugene Gimzelberg, the Gilbert man who spent 36 hours in a sewer while naked and tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms and PCP, guess again -- in addition to his sewer shenanigans, Gimzelberg's app ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Opponent Mike Stauffer and the (Possible) End of the Reality-Show Sheriff's Office

Mike Stauffer on what's wrong with Joe Arpaio: "where do I start?"​We had a chance this morning to grab a cup of coffee with Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, who is currently campaigning to unseat Joe Arpaio as the Republican nominee in next year's race for Maricopa County Sheriff.In short, wh ... More >>

Jeffery Hendershott, Son of Former MCSO Chief Deputy David Hendershott, Arrested on Suspicion of DUI and Hit-and-Run

Image: MCSOJeffery Hendershott, 29, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run. He's the son of David Hendershott, the disgraced former chief deputy under Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was fired in May.​Jeffery Hendershott, son of former Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy David ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Is Under Attack in Arizona Again -- But This Time, Voters and Patients Hold the High Ground

DPS Chief's Son, Also Named Robert Halliday, in Child Support Squabble; Arrest Warrant Quashed This Week

Robert Halliday, director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, might have seen his own son's name on a list of bench warrants in the past week.​The son of the director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety avoided being arrested this week by making a child support payment. Cour ... More >>

Morning Poll: Have Gilbert Police Gone Rogue With Medical Weed Arrests?

Gilbert PDGilbert police Chief Tim Dorn is a law enforcement official who doesn't seem to recognize Arizona's voter-approved medical marijuana law. ​In the past week, Gilbert police -- under the leadership of Chief Tim Dorn -- have raided the home of a qualifying medical marijuana patient, arreste ... More >>

Gilbert Police Chief Tim Dorn Won't Explain Harsh Stance on Medical Pot Law

Image: Gilbert PD Web site Gilbert Police Chief Tim Dorn takes a harsher stance on medical marijuana than other Valley police authorities. He won't say why.​Gilbert police are taking a harsher stance on the new medical marijuana law than other Valley police agencies, but Police Chief Tim D ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Patient: Gilbert Police Took Me to Jail

  ​In the latest sign that Gilbert police have gone rogue, a medical marijuana patient tells New Times that he was taken to jail two nights ago for possessing a half-ounce of weed. This is the third case we've heard about in the past week in which Gilbert officers allegedly told patie ... More >>

June 21 In Blogs: John McCain, Red Hot Robot, Clarence Clemons, Cork, and Medical Marijuana

​​​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:

Gilbert Police Storm Home, Seize Two Ounces of Marijuana From Card-Holding Medical Pot Patient

Image: azcannabiscenters.comThe owner of Cannabis Patient Screening Centers, Ross Taylor, had his Gilbert home raided last week by police looking for an ounce of marijuana.​ Twenty Gilbert police officers, some in masks and riot gear, stormed a home last week after receiving a tip that the own ... More >>

Gilbert Man Sets Car on Fire With Firework. Bad Move -- Car Actually Police "Bait Car"

​When the Gilbert Police Department parked a "bait car" near 950 North Gilbert Road Sunday night, they probably thought they'd nab someone trying to steal a stereo, or maybe even the car itself. But 18-year-old Anthony Rubio upped the ante: he burned the car to a crisp.According to court records, ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Problem with the Rule of Law; and Andrei Cherny Contends for Democratic Party Chair

Sept. 2 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, Brent Green, Bob Dylan, Sashimi, and Gilbert 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:

Guy Robs Booze From Another Guy -- So He Shot and Killed Him

Stefan Selvy​Some would argue that one of the great things about Arizona's fairly lax gun laws is that it makes criminals think twice before committing a crime. The thinking is that if a criminal thinks their victim -- or anyone close by -- has a gun, they'll reconsider whatever they're about to d ... More >>

Tire Rims Lead Gilbert Police to DUI Suspect

​Gilbert police arrested a man on Tuesday after they were led to the suspect by the rims on his car. The "dubs" the suspect, 38-year-old John McCombs Wilcox (pictured), was rollin' on probably won't find their way into a Dr. Dre video anytime soon, though. The rims that led police to the ... More >>

Gilbert Man Arrested After Trying to Trade Weed for iPad on Craigslist

Jacob Walker allegedly tried to trade weed for an iPad on Craigslist.​A Gilbert man was arrested Wednesday after police say he and a friend posted an ad on Craigslist hoping to trade an iPod Touch and some weed for an iPad. Based on what we've heard about the iPad, 20-year-old Jacob Walker ... More >>

Father's Day Horror: Man Kills Himself and Daughter in Apparent Murder Suicide

It's been a particularly bloody few days for Valley children. Loggan Lampert, 14, is bludgeoned to death by his uncle. A 2-year-old beaten with a belt buckle, allegedly by her mom's boyfriend, dies. Another 2-year-old dies after being hit by a car in his trailer park. And now this: A Valley father ... More >>

Charles Barkley Sweats DUI Arrest in Unflattering Mug Shot

Few people look good in a police mug shot, but this must be one of the worst sides of Sir Charles Barkley ever seen.In a story covered extensively today by the national media, Barkley was arrested last night in Old Town Scottsdale on suspicion of DUI after he allegedly ran a stop sign in his 2005 ... More >>

A Gilbert Detective Crossed the Line to Turn Doug Grant’s Wife’s Bathtub Drowning Into a Murder Case

Mormon Widower Doug Grant Wasn’t Counting on a Murder Rap When He Followed His Late Wife’s Instruction to Marry His Ex-Lover

Gilbert's One-Man War on Crime

Mel's Angels

Powerhouse attorney Mel McDonald needed help to keep a relative from being charged with child molesting. The Phoenix and Gilbert police departments were only too happy to accommodate him.