Kidnapping

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Eddie Farnsworth Blocked Hearing for Anti-Child-Sex-Trafficking Bill, Time Running Out for Striker

Pimps selling child prostitutes and the johns that buy them can rest easy knowing that Republican Eddie Farnsworth is chair of the state House Judiciary Committee. See also: -Why Eddie "Little Lord" Farnsworth and Fellow GOPers Need to Suppress the Latino Vote Despite the broad support of both Rep ... More >>

Arpaio Snuggles Up to an Ex-Inmate in His Cynical Bid for a Sixth Term

Medical Marijuana Grower Shot and Stabbed During Apparent Robbery

A medical marijuana grower was shot and stabbed inside his Surprise home yesterday in an apparent robbery.Martin Ridgway is in critical condition after being shot once in the abdomen and stabbed multiple times by one of the three men who came to Ridgway's home posing as medical marijuana patients, p ... More >>

Justin McMahan Arrested in Murder of Phoenix College Football Coach

Justin McMahan was arrested yesterday for the murder of former Phoenix College head football coach Land Jacobsen. Jacobson 59, died Tuesday, several days after he was shot in the abdomen at his Peoria home in the early morning hours of July 17. Documents obtained by New Times reveal that Jacobsen ... More >>

Christopher Shahin Gets Probation, Deferred Jail Time for Picking Up His "Baby Mama" -- Also Known as a 14-Year-Old

When a pair of women found Christopher Shahin in the backseat of his car with a girl last year, Shahin let the women that the girl was his "baby mama" and that "she fine."The girl was not Shahin's "baby mama," nor was "fine" -- she was a 14-year-old girl Shahin plucked from the grocery store.Thanks ... More >>

Friends Rob Friends, Then Post Facebook Update of Whereabouts

A woman accused of burglary and kidnapping was arrested Sunday after one of her victims saw on a Facebook update that the suspect would be at a Phoenix restaurant. Brandi Lynn Rogers, 37, was arrested Sunday and charged with armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping. One of her accomplices led police ... More >>

Lee Lubonne, Self-Described "Sex Pig," Arrested in Two Sexual Assaults; Detectives Thinking There May Be More

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested Lee Charles Lubonne after two alleged sexual-assault suspects described his house, vehicle, and identified him from a photo lineup.Judging from what sex-crime detectives found in his house, the Sheriff's Office is thinking there's a "possibility" there m ... More >>

Shapiro/Gaudet Murders: Michael Crane's Girlfriend Maricela Sanchez Arrested

​Police have arrested the seventh person in connection with the murders of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro or Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet.Maricela Sanchez has been arrested on a warrant for Gaudet's murder -- and related robbery and kidnapping charges -- Maricopa County Attorney's ... More >>

Michael Crane Indicted in Murders of Paradise Valley Couple And Bruce Gadet

​A grand jury indicted the six suspects arrested in connection with both the murder of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as Bruce Gaudet's murder in Phoenix last month.Michael Crane was charged with the first-degree murder of the Schapiros, as well as Gaudet.That grand ju ... More >>

Royal Icing

Jahessye Shockley, Missing Glendale 5-Year-Old, Still Missing -- 40 Hours Later

Glendale Police Department Jahessye Shockley, 5, has been missing for nearly 40 hours.​Jahessye Shockley, the missing 5-year-old Glendale girl, has now been missing for roughly 40 hours, and investigators continue to search for the young girl. Authorities have expanded the search for Shock ... More >>

Kidnapping Case Involving Apache Junction Girl and Alleged Alabama `Indian Tribe' Ongoing After Four Years

More than four years ago, we wrote about the quirky kidnapping case involving (then) 4-year-old Raven Laws, some local Native-Americans and a quasi-Indian tribe based in Alabama.Raven Laws is only about 5 percent Native-American--but that apparently mattered in this case​   The name of the st ... More >>

Hilyard Scott Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping in Attack on State Rep. Frank Pratt (After Bragging to Police About the Beating)

Hilyard Scott​The man who attacked state Representative Frank Pratt earlier this year -- and then bragged about the beating to police -- pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of kidnapping.Hillyard Scott, 34, initially was charged with one count each of aggravated assault, kidnapping, robbery, bur ... More >>

Elizabeth Smart Kidnapper Brian Mitchell Brought to Tucson Prison

www.onlinenewswebsite.comBrian Mitchell was moved to an Arizona prison on Wednesday.​Brian David Mitchell, the Utah street preacher convicted of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, has begun serving his life sentence in an Arizona prison.Mitchell, who kidnapped Smart -- who was then 14 -- from her bedroom ... More >>

Should Hooker-Murdering Rapist Trent Benson Get the Death Penalty?

Trent Benson faces the death penalty after getting convicted of murdering two women and attacking two others.​Hooker-murdering rapist Trent Benson was found guilty Monday of two counts of first-degree murder, four counts of kidnapping, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of attempted se ... More >>

Ame Deal's Father Trying to Bail Monsters Who Murdered His Daughter Out of Jail

Ame Deal, 10, was tortured and murdered by her own family. Now her father wants to bail the monsters out of jail.​The father of a 10-year-old Phoenix girl who was tortured and murdered by members of her own family earlier this month is trying to raise money to bail his daughter's killers out of ja ... More >>

KPHO: Child Abducted Seven Years Ago Turns Up in Chandler -- Which is Kinda True

​If you checked the KPHO website this afternoon, you might be thinking a child who mysteriously vanished from Canada seven years ago turned up over the weekend with a strange woman at a laundromat in Chandler.Here's a link (although, the story has since been changed from its original version). ... More >>

Under Mark Spencer's Leadership, the Phoenix Police Union Has Become an Anti-Immigrant Juggernaut, to the Detriment of Its Members

Baby Gabriel Mom Elizabeth Johnson Skips Court Again. Must be Present at Next Court Appearance -- Game On, Joe Arpaio

Elizabeth Johnson skipped court today...again.​Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, has a choice to make: actually show up in court for her next hearing under her own free will, or allow Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jailhouse goon squad to use "any means necessary ... More >>

Mesa Man Helped Murderous Hells Angel Flee Country, Authorities Say

Paul Merle Eischeid​When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn't do it alone, authorities say -- he had help from a Mesa man.Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Powe ... More >>

Elizabeth Johnson, Baby Gabriel Mom, Refuses to Go to Court...Again

Elizabeth Johnson and her missing son, Gabriel.​Elizabeth Johnson, the kinda-hot/borderline-nuts-o mother of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, was supposed to be in court this morning to attend a hearing regarding the kidnapping charges she faces stemming from her son's disappearance in December of 20 ... More >>

Morning Poll: Should Phoenix "Public Safety Manager" (Police Chief) Jack Harris be Permanently Reassigned?

Phoenix "Public Safety Manager" Jack Harris.​In response to allegations that his department inflated border-related kidnapping statistics to secure federal grants, Phoenix Public Safety Manager (a.k.a. double-dipping police chief) Jack Harris on Wednesday said the following: "Anyone that wan ... More >>

Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris Probably Will Be Reassigned to Fire Admin Building; City Manager Will Discuss Future of PD Later Today

Phoenix City Manager David Cavazos to discuss future of police department.​A press conference regarding the flawed kidnapping statistics published by the Phoenix Police Department has been bumped from Friday to 2:30 p.m. today at City Hall.(Read the in-depth analysis published on February 7 ... More >>

Jack Harris No Longer Overseeing Phoenix PD; Acting Police Chief Joe Yahner Taking Over Day-to-Day Operations in Wake of Kidnapping-Stats Scandal (Updated)

Public Safety Manager Jack Harris (left) stripped of his police chief duties, with Assistant City Manager Ed Zuercher.​Public Safety Manager Jack Harris  retains some of his duties as police chief, but Executive Assistant Police Chief Joe Yahner becomes Acting Police Chief in ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Fails to Grasp the Gravity of Scandal Involving Flawed Kidnapping Statistics

Public Safety Manager Jack Harris (left) with Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon​Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon tweets this from his iPhone: "The truth about the kidnapping stats? There was no fraud. I'm confident the audit will show that." And, Gordon, who has thrown his confidence and support behind Phoen ... 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 >>

Pinal County Man Charged With Murder in Drowning Death of Cousin

PCSOHumberto Hernandez-Hernandez admitted to police that he murdered his cousin, 21-year-old Mauricio Gonzalez.​A Pinal County man has been charged with murder after police say he kidnapped and then drown his own cousin.Humberto Hernandez-Hernandez, 18, was arrested last week for the drowning murd ... More >>

Hells Angel Accused of 2001 Murder Arrested in Argentina After Nearly Four Years on U.S. Marshals' Most Wanted List

KPHOPaul Eischeid and his Angel ink.​A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who authorities believe is responsible for "one of the most grisly" murders in recent American criminal history, has been captured in Argentina, the U.S. Marshals Service announced today. Paul Merle Eischeid, one o ... More >>

Attack on Frank Pratt: Suspect in Assault of State Representative Indicted for Kidnapping and Aggravated Assault

Hilyard Scott bragged to police about the attack on state Representative Frank Pratt.​The man believed responsible for the Christmas Day assault on state Representative Frank Pratt has been indicted by a Pinal County Grand Jury on various charges, including kidnapping and aggravated ass ... More >>

Christopher Licon Charged With Murder and Kidnapping in Deaths of Brother and Nephew

Phoenix Police DepartmentChristopher Licon is accused of murdering his own brother and 6-year-old nephew.​It seemed only a matter of time, but the uncle of a 6-year-old boy found shot to death in a Phoenix alley last month has been charged with murder and kidnapping for the death of the boy and hi ... More >>

Jonathan Burns, Convicted of Murdering Gilbert Teen on Couple's "First Date," Eligible for Death Penalty

Jonathan Burns could face the death penalty.​A Mesa man convicted of the 2007 murder of 19-year-old Gilbert woman is eligible for a date with the needle, a jury decided yesterday.It was determined that the crimes committed by Jonathan Burns -- who was found guilty last week for the murder of Jacki ... More >>

Mug Shot Pirate/ Rapist Extraordinaire Found Guilty of Sexual Assault and Kidnapping

Yarrr!​A convicted rapist, who has already served a prison sentence for sexual assault, is headed back to the big house after being found guilty of sexual assault (again) and kidnapping yesterday.At the very least, 34-year-old Jacob Israel Randles is looking at a minimum sentence of 94 years in pr ... More >>

Phoenix P.D. Solves 11-Year-Old Cold Case. Suspect Left Victim for Dead in Desert, Police Say

MCSOClayton Roinuse​The Phoenix Police Department announced last night that an arrest has been made in a sexual assault/ kidnapping that happened in 1999.The Phoenix P.D. says DNA evidence retrieved at the scene of the alleged crimes match the DNA of Clayton Roinuse, who was arrested yesterday.Acc ... 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 >>

Cops Find 11 Kids in Phoenix Drop House. Three Alleged "Coyotes" Arrested

​Phoenix police have arrested three people -- and rescued 11 children -- after raiding a drop house last night.Cops were tipped off about the house by a woman from El Salvador who reported to the FBI that her three daughters had been kidnapped and were being held in Phoenix.Turns out, the woman pa ... More >>

Tempe Girl Escapes Would-Be Abduction; Cops Need Help Finding Suspect

​The Tempe Police Department is looking for a guy who tried to kidnap an 11-year-old girl this morning. He failed, and now police need your help finding him.Police say the girl was riding her bike to Fees Middle School near Baseline Road and Lakeshore Drive just before 7 a.m. today, when she was a ... More >>

Hit Man Trained by Mexican Cartels

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Baby Gabriel Mom Pleads Fifth When Asked About Baby's Location; Awarded No Custody

Elizabeth Johnson and her missing son, Gabriel.​ The parents of missing baby Gabriel Johnson were in Maricopa County Family Court this morning for a custody hearing unrelated to the criminal charges against the baby's mother, Elizabeth Johnson.Logan McQueary, the baby's father, was awarded ... More >>

Girl Kidnapped and Molested in Phoenix; Cops Release Sketch of Suspect

Image: Phoenix policePolice released this sketch of the suspect in the kidnapping and molesting of a 4-year-old girl.​ Police today released the sketch of a man sought in connection with the kidnapping and molestation of a 4-year-old girl in Phoenix on Saturday. The case sounds like the ster ... More >>

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Convicted Killer Charged in 1973 Murder of FBI Agent's Daughter; 22-year-Old's Body Found at Fort Huachuca

Image: Wisconsin Department of Corrections​ A convicted killer serving a life sentence in Wisconsin for a 1978 double-murder has been charged in the 1973 murder of 22-year-old Leesa Jo Shaner. According to an article last year in the Wisconsin's Journal-Sentinel, Shaner was on her way to pic ... More >>

Hot Links: Shootings, Ransom Raids, and Tasers in the U.K.

​The mother of the two children who were kidnapped yesterday morning has been arrested. Marisa Sandoval, 20, was taken into custody after officers served a search warrant at her home and found methamphetamine. The children, who had been returned to Sandoval yesterday, are now with CPS...Salt River ... More >>

Janet Napolitano Meets with Congressional Hispanic Caucus Thursday: Let's Hope They Grill Her Fat Ass

photo courtesy of Eduardo Barraza at Barriozona.comThe Congressional Hispanic Caucus needs to turn her fanny into virtual ground round till Nappy yanks Arpaio's 287(g).The congressional daily The Hill is reporting that Department of Homeland Security czar Janet Napolitano will be meeting privately f ... More >>

Cockfighting, Home-Invading, Kidnapping and Robbery Charges Still Pending in Phoenix Tire Store Case, Police Say

This tire shop at 10th Street and Broadway Road still appeared to be open for business when we drove by a couple of weeks ago, despite the heavy criminal charges police say are still pending against the owner, Manuel Torres. We wrote previously about meeting several employees at the shop the day af ... More >>

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