At 11 p.m. Wednesday night, bleeding out behind a gas station is probably not what Timothy Simpson thought he'd find himself doing when earlier he visited a woman he'd been sleeping with behind her boyfriend's back. Mesa Police found Simpson with several stab wounds in his stomach, saying he'd bee ... More >>
Here's your lesson of the day, folks: if you're going out to picket your local police department on a street corner, consider using something other than a loaded shotgun as a signpost.We give that seemingly appropriate advice only because Mesa police say that's what 37-year-old Jeremy Wiseman did ye ... More >>
Mesa police have released an audio recording from yesterday's arrest of 37-year-old Jeremy Wiseman, who decided to picket the Mesa Police Department with a shotgun at 3 a.m.Really, the audio sounds like the situation just as police described it, except for the exclusion of the officer's sigh of reli ... More >>
Lord of the Flies, maybe. But the King of Comedy, he ain'tWill I miss having state Senate President Russell Pearce to kick around once he's been recalled, his career ended in disgrace?Yes and no. Of course, I want to see this menace to humanity flattened (metaphorically) like a Looney Toons characte ... More >>
Mesa Police DepartmentHenry Eric Young, accused of beating an 81-year-old man into critical conditionAfter being offered a place to live by an elderly Mesa man, 41-year-old Henry Eric Young decided to show his gratitude by allegedly beating the man into critical condition. Police say they found ... More >>
www.boingboing.netIn our ongoing series about overzealous Valley cops with anger issues, a Mesa police officer has been charged with assault after allegedly slamming two female officers' heads together at a bar in Scottsdale.One of the female officers is reportedly one of Officer Steven Miller's ... More >>
The Capitol Christmas tree is on its way to the nation's capitol, after being cut down in a ceremony in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona. The tree is the first from Arizona to be honored in Washington, D.C. during the holiday season...Queen Creek is taking applications for a seat on the ... More >>
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 >>
Image: Mesa PoliceJose Gonzalez It's another boring day working at Fiesta Mall. What to do for excitement? If you're Jose Gonzalez, a mall employee who's in a peck of trouble right now, you write a scary threat on a bathroom wall: A bomb will go off at 7:34 p.m. The time sounds too precise to be f ... More >>
I just received the witness list for Thursday's 287(g) hearing from New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler's office. At this point, it's highly unlikely that the Republicans will try to call Sheriff Joe Arpaio because the Dems are running the show, and Arpaio would be walking into a hostile environment ... More >>
With big dollars at stake, rival newspapers duke it out to capture Valley's rapidly growing Hispanic market
