Subject: Probation and House Arrest

• Justice After Hours

  January 17, 1990

• WHEN GUNPLAY BACKFIRESHE USED A TOY PISTOL IN A "JOKE" ROBBERY, BUT THE AUTHORITIES WEREN'T LAUGHING

  October 21, 1992

• JAIL TIME A LONG TIME COMINGFIVE YEARS AFTER ADMITTIG GUILT, A MOLESTER IS CONVICTED

  January 27, 1993

• POTTER'S FIELDWHERE THE POOR AND THE ABANDONED OF MARICOPA COUNTY ARE PUT TO REST

  March 24, 1993

• DYING TO BE FREE

  PERRY STUART FINALLY BROKE OUT OF JAIL FOR GOOD, UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD TO DIE FIRST.

  September 15, 1993

• RED-LIGHT SPECIALCHRONIC SHOPLIFTER ORDERED TO INFORM MERCHANTS OF HABIT

  September 22, 1993

• Who Sprung Alleged Shooter?

  Judge, prosecutors, pretrial-services officers point fingers in the troubling release of a shooting suspect

  May 9, 1996

• One Relieved Judge

  Judge who released an accused gunman loses his spot on initial-appearance bench

  May 16, 1996

• Writing a Sentence

  Fife Symington must live with six felony convictions; where he will live with them is still up in the air

  January 29, 1998

• The BOMEX Files

  The Arizona State Board of Medical Examiners is failing to protect the public from potentially dangerous doctors

  May 7, 1998

• Shooting Star

  Three years ago, at the pinnacle of their 15-year career, local rock heroes the Meat Puppets vanished from view, after bass player Cris Kirkwood became addicted to cocaine and heroin. The story only gets worse from there.

  November 12, 1998

• Rx for Arson?

  A doctor suspected of torching his own house is arrested at license hearing

  January 28, 1999

• Doc Tales

  February 11, 1999

• Uneven Stephen

  The return of "Con Err"

  September 28, 2000

• Shape Up or Sharpe Out

  Trouble-plagued NFL vet faces stint in Valley rehab

  May 3, 2001

• Rapper DMX Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail; Can't Own Animals or Firearms for 18 Months

  Earl Simmons, better known as the rapper DMX, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for abusing his dogs and theft-related charges. He's scheduled to be released on April 30.DMX also received 18 months of supervised probation, during which time he can't own firearms or animals, according to a news release from Maricopa County Andrew Thomas' office.It'll be tough for the scofflaw rapper to stick to those requirements and other terms of his probation, we imagine -- he proved what he thinks of the le

  January 30, 2009

• DMX Assaults Prison Guard Over Bad Food, Jail Staff Says; Probation Status Now in Doubt

  Rapper DMX, who's serving 90 days in jail for animal abuse and theft, faces an assault charge following a tiff with a jail guard -- a legal problem that could send him to prison. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was first put in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Tent City jail after his January sentencing. Staff recently moved him to "lockdown" at the Towers jail in downtown Phoenix because he wouldn't stop swearing at guards, says Lisa Allen, spokeswoman for the sheriff's offi

  February 25, 2009

• He wasn’t driving drunk, he didn’t hit anyone, but he might still go to jail

  July 10, 2008

• Prosecutors suggest charges for other driver in the Bryant Wilkerson case

  May 1, 2008

• Indian Takers

  A war for custody of 4-year-old Raven Laws includes a spurious Alabama tribe

  March 22, 2007

• Doubting Thomas

  County prosecutors charged a teenager with looking at kiddy porn. Turns out they hadn't done their homework

  January 25, 2007

• Yo Mama

  Amaré Stoudemire's troubled mother walks out of a rehab center again. A judge allows her to return again, but she faces probable prison time

  April 6, 2006

• Amaré's Burden

  The Phoenix Suns superstar has more to worry about than his ailing knees

  March 30, 2006

• What Would Jesus Do?

  The winged wonder speaks for Jesus when it says: Keep Father Dale on his "electronic" leash! Plus, inside local Hollyweird casting calls

  February 2, 2006

• Take Two Bottles of These. Call Me When You're Dead

  Dr. Willard Hunter's repeated misprescription of dangerous drugs has contributed to two deaths. But the state medical board doesn't see any reason to revoke his doctor's license.

  February 15, 1996

• THE SPAN OF AN INJUSTICE

  FEDERAL MARSHALS MANHANDLED TWO MEMEBERS OF AN INDUSTRIOUS PHOENIX FAMILY. DARLENE AND JERRY SPAN HAVE BEEN ROUGHED UP BY THE COURT SYSTEM EVER SINCE.

  March 16, 1994

• Catch Him If You Can

  August 12, 2004

• False Positive

  Is Joe Arpaio up to his same old dirty tricks? This time, a man's life may be at stake.

  February 19, 2004

• Clink!

  Arizona's prisons are packed. Building more would cost millions. Governor Janet Napolitano wants to lockup even more people. But others say it may be time to let a few out.

  October 23, 2003

• Eyes Wide Shut

  From Governor Janet Napolitano down, Arizona authorities have protected polygamous sexual predators with their indifference

  August 7, 2003

• Local Hero

  Josh Fiedler likes to think he'll bring violent Valley skinheads a better image

  June 19, 2003

• Speedball

  The story you never read on the back of a baseball card

  November 7, 2002

• Helping Lucia

  'Intensive probation' wasn't enough to keep mentally ill woman on her meds

  December 20, 2001

• Kid Row

  Isolated, abused and lacking mental health care, do juvenile offenders leave state custody in worse shape than when they went in?

  July 5, 2001

• Nite Court

  Can the Phoenix Suns' experimental basketball program really turn cons into straight shooters?

  April 5, 2001

• Glad-Hander No More

  Hot-headed PR flack cools off in a jail cell, again

  April 5, 2001

• Con Err

  "The Big Eagle" preys again on unsuspecting investors.

  September 14, 2000

• Tales Out of School

  It's tough to be a teen. But what happens when your friends and family are all in gangs? Five students talk about growing up in the Valley's roughest neighborhoods.

  December 30, 1999

• Mystery Science 2000

  Mesa is home to a multimillion-dollar quest to quantify gang-intervention techniques

  December 16, 1999

• Drum & Drummer

  November 25, 1999

• Mean Season

  A once-powerful Arizona Boys Ranch football team struggles to find its way into the end zone

  October 28, 1999

• The Gang's All Fear

  The Crips who raped a retarded girl sprang from a 'hood where too many kids aspire to the thug life

  September 30, 1999

• License to Stalk

  A judge said Lucia Diaz should be force-medicated to control her psychosis. Instead, she was turned loose to terrorize.

  July 29, 1999

• The Pro Con Man

  For a decade, Stephen C. Peterson has been the Energizer bunny of white-collar scamsters. And he's still going and going...

  March 21, 1996

• THE FAMILY TRAP

  UNDER ITS "REUNIFICATION-FIRST" POSICY, THE STATE OF ARIZONA ROUTINELY FORCES CHILDREN TO LIVE WITH PARENTS WHO ARE UNFIT GUARDIANS BY ANY DEFINITION

  May 11, 1994

• DIE LIKE A MAN

  A BIASED SYSTEM OF JUVENILE JUSTICE LEFT THAT AS HENRY CRUZ'S ONLY CHOICE

  August 26, 1992

• Where's the Other Driver in the Bryant Wilkerson Case? Not in Jail...

  July 2, 2009

• Rapper DMX: "Stay the (Bleep) Out of Arizona" and "(Bleep) Sheriff Joe

  ​ Rapper DMX has some choice words of advice for his fans: "Stay the f- out of Arizona." He also appears to harbor a grudge against the sheriff of Maricopa County: "For the record, f- Sheriff Joe." The video aired by gossip Web site TMZ.com has all the cuss words bleeped out, but DMX's points aren't lost. The rap star, who last year became a fugitive from Arizona justice for a short time, was apparently chatting about Arizona to a fan (or paparazzi) following a recent restaurant outing

  August 27, 2009

• Tyson's Latest Scuffle in L.A. Could Land Him in Prison in Arizona

  Tyson's mug after being booked into Maricopa County Jail​One thing we failed to point out in our prior post about Mike Tyson's latest brush with the law is the fact that the former heavyweight champ is currently on probation here in Arizona.In case you forgot, in 2007 Iron Mike was convicted of misdemeanor DUI and felony cocaine possession.

  November 12, 2009

• Paparazzo Claims He Never Touched Mike Tyson

  www.njit.edu​The photog who went a round with Mike Tyson at LAX on Wednesday says he never touched the former heavyweight champ. Tony Echevarria claims he was merely asking Tyson questions, when Iron Mike snapped and started beating him, breaking his camera and ultimately sending him to the hospital.

  November 13, 2009