Miranda Rights

Doing Drugs at Coachella? Here's How to Avoid Trouble With the Police

Hate to say it, but some of you at Coachella are going to be approached by police officers assuming you have drugs. Well, you just may, but guess what? You still have rights, man. See also: Everything You Need to Know About Coachella Cameron Bowman is here to help! As a music festival lover and at ... More >>

Ripoff Crew Dressed Like SWAT Team Steals $60K From Kidnapped Would-Be Pot Sellers; One Victim Leaps from Trunk on Way to Desert

A group of men dressed up like a SWAT team and armed with assault rifles robbed and kidnapped three people connected to a pot-selling scheme last month in Litchfield Park. One of the terrified victims jumped from the trunk of a Jaguar going 60 mph while being taken to a desert location. The victim ... More >>

Michael Cohn Tells Scottsdale Cops He Strangled His Wife of 26 Years

Michael Cohn, a 61-year-old Scottsdale resident, called the Scottsdale Police Department Wednesday morning to alert them authorities that he had just killed his wife of more than 26 years, Linda.The way events are described in court documents obtained by New Times, Cohn sounds like one of the most n ... More >>

Debra Milke's Overturned Conviction for Killing Son in '89 to be Appealed by AZ Attorney General Tom Horne

Debra Milke, on Death Row since her 1990 conviction for conspiring to have her 4-year-old son killed in 1989, won't be released from prison anytime soon. The federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Milke's conviction yesterday, raising the possibility that she could be set free in 30 days ... More >>

Debra Milke's Convictions Overturned in Son's Murder, After Two Decades on Death Row

The convictions and death sentence of Debbie Milke -- who's been on death row in Arizona for more than two decades in her son's murder -- have been overturned by a federal appeals court.Milke's 4-year-old son Christopher went "missing" in December 1989, after a friend and a roommate took the boy "to ... More >>

Phoenix PD to Recognize 50th Anniversary of Arresting Ernesto Miranda, of "Miranda Warning" Fame

In a couple of weeks, the Phoenix Police Department will recognize the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous arrests in the department's history -- that of Ernesto Miranda.You probably recognize Miranda's name by the "warning" named after him that lets an arrestee know he has the right to remai ... More >>

Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate

Meet Brandi Farnberg -- the Hottest Alleged Car Thief in the Valley *UPDATED*

MCSOBrandi Farnberg's not a bad lookin' woman. She's also an alleged car thief.​Sorry, gentlemen, according to her Facebook page, Brandi Farnberg, 23, is in a relationship. According to police, she's also an alleged car thief with aliases like "Sabrina Angelo," "Brandy Torres," and "Kacey Whitmore ... More >>

Jose Olmos Breaks Into Apartment Office to Steal Drill and Look at Porn

Jose Jesse Olmos​Here's what we know: 38-year-old Jose Jesse Olmos broke into an office at the Mesa apartment complex where he lives, stole a power drill, and looked at porn on a computer in the office -- as captured on the office's surveillance camera.What we -- and, more importantly, people who ... More >>

Beach Boys' Smile Finally Released; Looking Back to 1966

​It's been a long time since the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson first began orchestrating one of rock's most anticipated albums. Finally, after nearly four and a half decades of half-releases and bootlegs, Capitol Records is issuing the official release of the Beach Boys' long lost album Smile. ... More >>

Gary Whalen Is the Second Would-Be Candidate to Withdraw from the Phoenix City Council Race This Year

Gary Bahns Tells Cops He Planned to Sell Stolen Van to "a Mexican" So He Could Buy Meth

MCSO Gary Bahns​Gary Allen Bahns told Mesa police yesterday that he planned to sell the stolen van in which he was found sleeping and use the proceeds to buy crystal meth.You might be thinking "it's 2011 -- who would buy a minivan?" If you ask Bahns, the answer's "a Mexican," that's who.Bah ... More >>

Scottsdale Charter School Teacher Accused of Bashing Face of Boyfriend's 6-Year-Old; Girl Woke Up Suspect From His Nap

Image: Maricopa County Sheriff's OfficeQikai "Ben" Chen, a math teacher at Basis Charter School in Scottsdale, admitted to police that he bashed his boyfriend's daughter's face into a wall, court records state.​ A Scottsdale charter school teacher was arrested on Tuesday and accused of bashing ... More >>

"Honest" Meth Head Busted for Presenting Bogus Prescription at Walgreens with Ex-Girlfriend's ID

Maricopa County Sheriff's OfficeWho keeps their ex-girlfriend's ID? Methheads.​According to a Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy, Isabel Beltran is one of the more-honest meth heads in the valley -- even though she was using an ex-girlfriend's ID and a forged prescription to buy drugs for a mysterio ... More >>

Woman to Cops After Trying to Run Them Over With Truck: "I Freaked Out"

Police suspect Rebekah Corwin might be mentally ill.​The Maricopa woman who police say used her truck to try and run down several officers -- with three young children in the vehicle -- offered cops the following explanation for her strange behavior: "I freaked out."Since our post this morning abo ... More >>

Mr. Miranda Records Song for Rick James Tribute Album

​Local rapper Mr. Miranda -- yes, he's related to the Miranda Warning guy -- is putting together a Rick James tribute record. The Super Freak Tape: A Tribute to Rick James won't be out immediately but since tomorrow would have been the late singer's birthday Miranda is putting it out now. The son ... More >>

Phoenix Man Busted With Kiddy-Porn. He's 44-Years-Old and Lives With His Parents

Kurtis Bruce​A 44-year-old Phoenix man who lives with his parents was arrested yesterday after cops discovered he'd been downloading kiddy-porn to the computer at his parents' house.Earlier this month, cops accessed the IP address for the computer at the home of Kurtis Bruce's parents and were abl ... More >>

Local Rapper Mr. Miranda Exercises His Right to Remain Old School

Miranda Rights and Raps: Phoenix Rapper Mr. Miranda Talks About His Late Uncle Ernesto

"Uncle Ernie" -- Ernesto Miranda -- is pictured to the left in this famous police lineup picture.​You know that part on cop shows when they read people their rights? You can remain silent, says Jerry Orbach, and if you don't the cops can use what you said against you. If you can't afford a lawyer ... More >>

Hot Mess at the DPS: A Party-Loving DPS Pilot Was Fired After His Bitter Ex-Lover Complains to Her Daddy — Now the Agency's Director

Federal Hearing On "Death Row Debbie" Milke's Big Appeal Postponed

We've been getting a bunch of emails from folks inquiring about the status of the Deborah Milke murder case. ​When we last wrote about the infamous case involving the mom convicted of orchestrating the murder of her 4-year-old son (she supposedly sent him "off to see Santa Claus"), we noted t ... More >>

MCSO Detectives Question Former State Bar chief counsel Bob Van Wyck, Alleging He “Intimidated” Ernie Calderon, Who Backed Andrew Thomas in a Bar Probe

Belle of the Ball Gag

Straight out of Tent City, Mistress Seven wants to hurt -- and be hurt

The Case of the Two Abigails

One infant dies with her head in a noose, another dies inside a toy chest. Each was in a father's care, and homicide cops want answers

A Killer Sleep Disorder

Scott Falater, a mild-mannered Mormon family man, inexplicably stabbed his wife 44 times, then drowned her in the family pool while a neighbor watched. His defense? He was sleepwalking.