Probation and House Arrest

Chandler Dad Who Burned "Possessed" Son For Touching Bible Gets Probation

MCSOJohnny Salazar​A Chandler dad who burned his 5-year-old son with a cigarette lighter because he thought the boy was possessed was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to child abuse last month.In addition to the 15 years probati ... More >>

James Ray Vows No More Sweat Lodge Events. Umm...Good Call

James Ray faces up to nine years in prison when he's sentenced next month.​Oprah-approved snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray says he won't be hosting sweat lodge events anymore, which is a great decision considering the last time he did, three people died and dozens were injured.Ray is currently ... More >>

Photos of Karate Kid Jaden Smith Leads to Arrest of Phoenix Sex Offender

www.teenidols4you.com If you're an adult and look at this and think "hawt," that's a problem. ​Normally, possessing photos of Jaden Smith, the star of the most recent Karate Kid movie/son of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, won't land you in prison.However, if you're a convicted sex offender cu ... More >>

"Buffalo" William Willis' Wife Charged With Escape for Helping Alleged Kiddy-Porn Connoisseur Hubby Flee House Arrest. Tells Cops, "I Love My Husband"

MCSO Jamie Willis loves her husband -- despite the fact he seems to be building a sex dungeon in the couple's backyard.​When we first learned of William Willis, an alleged cross-dressing kiddy-porn connoisseur who dug a tunnel in his house leading to a secret, underground room beneath his b ... More >>

"Buffalo" William Willis, Alleged Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy-Porn Connoisseur, Busted by U.S. Marshals

"Buffalo" William Willis​Call off the dogs...Glendale's infamous/alleged Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy-Porn Connoisseur, "Buffalo" William Willis, has been located and taken into custody.Willis' ankle monitor, which he was ordered to wear as his kiddy-porn case works its way through the cour ... More >>

Avondale Man Who Traded Tattoo For Sex With Teen Gets More Than Seven Years in Joint

Juan Lara's tattoo parlor will be moving from his Avondale trailer to an Arizona state prison.​An amateur Avondale tattoo artist who traded a tattoo for sex with a teenage girl was sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted child prostitution and two counts of unlaw ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Son Joshua Out of Stir, Josh's Wife Files for Divorce

Joshua Pearce, freed this week after two months in custodyTo read recent accounts of state Senate President Russell Pearce's lawbreaking son Joshua Pearce, you'd think he'd only caught six days in stir for violating terms of his probation on a 2007 aggravated DUI conviction.In reality, Pearce the Yo ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Son Joshua Arrested, in MCSO Custody

Josh, son of Russell, back in stirState Senate President Russell Pearce's son Joshua Trent Pearce was arrested February 9 by the Mesa Police Department on outstanding warrants issued by the Maricopa County Superior Court. Currently he's cooling his heels in Durango Jail.The thirty year-old unemploye ... More >>

Mohave County Probation Officer Fired for Supporting Marijuana Legalization

Image: Huffington PostJoe Miller, former Mohave County probation officer, was fired for publicly supporting marijuana legalization.​Right to free speech: Canceled.At least, it is for Joe Miller, a former Mohave County probation officer who believes that marijuana should be legalized.As the Huffing ... More >>

Can DMX Ever Stay Out of Trouble Long Enough to Top the Charts Again?

DMX Pleads Guilty to Probation Violation; Judge Sentences Him to A Year in Jail

Rapper DMX: Back to jail.​Rapper DMX pleaded guilty this morning to a felony probation violation, and Judge Christine Mulleneaux sentenced him to a year in jail. DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) had been on probation since July, after serving four months in Maricopa County jails for a previous probat ... More >>

DMX Granted Continuance at Hearing; New Court Date Set for December 16

One of rapper DMX's many mug shots​Embattled rapper DMX was granted a continuance at his probation revocation hearing this morning at Maricopa County Superior Court. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was on probation following his release from jail this past July. He was arrested at his home i ... More >>

Mesa Student Tries to Steal Laptop From School -- Not to Mention, He's on Probation, Has Outstanding Warrants, and Was Found With Weed Pipe

www.loaz.com​A Mesa high school could have been short one laptop after it was discovered a student at the school tried to steal it right out of a classroom -- in the middle of the school day.Currently on probation, 19-year-old Ismael Pesqueira was arrested yesterday after school officials at Caree ... More >>

Nov. 24 In Blogs: Santa Claus, Michael Jackson, Cornish Pasty, and DMX

​​​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:

DMX Blames Probation Violation on a "Sip" of Booze. Court Records Claim it Was a Little More Than That

MCSODMX says he violated his probation by taking a "sip" of alcohol.​As we reported last week, legally challenged rapper DMX is back behind bars in Maricopa County, this time for violating the terms of his probation. He's now saying the reason for his violation was a sip of alcohol at a performanc ... More >>

DMX Probation Violation: Compliments of Cocaine and Oxycontin

DMX apparently has a thing for cocaine.​Since our earlier post about the arrest of DMX -- a.k.a. Earl Simmons -- we obtained some court documents that tell the real story of what the rapper allegedly did to violate his probation.Initial reports -- ours included -- were that X violated his pr ... More >>

Fugitive, Wanted for 30 Years, Back in Arizona. Guy Was Arrested 14 Times While on Run

John Whiting was a busy man in his 30 years on the run -- criminally speaking, that is.​An Ohio man convicted of beating his landlord to death in Phoenix in 1978 is back in Arizona today after leaving the state in violation of his probation more than 30 years ago.John Whitting, living i ... More >>

El Mirage Man Arrested for Taking Nudey Photos of Neighbor

Kerby Young​Having pictures of your nude, female neighbor isn't the strangest thing in the world -- assuming she gave them to you. However, when you get the images by sneakin' around outside her bathroom window with a camera -- without her knowing -- not only is it super-creepy, it's also super-il ... More >>

Morning Poll: Did Mesa's Python-Feeding Cat-Killer Get Off Easy?

Jeremy Tuffly was sentenced to three years probation for killing a cat after a python wouldn't.​We got word on Friday that a Mesa man who killed a kitten after trying to feed it to a python was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of animal cruelty. In one of the more despicable cri ... More >>

Arpaio's Office Blows Its Smear of Judge Gary Donahoe; Analysis of Sentencings Flawed

Judge Gary Donahoe, chief of the Maricopa County Superior Court's criminal section, routinely lets criminals off without prison time, yet jailed a detention officer doing his job. ​ That's the gist of a December 4 news release by the Sheriff's Office which cites six supposed examples of ... More >>

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 mi ... More >>

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 poi ... More >>

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 rele ... More >>

Indian Takers

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

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

Amaré's Burden

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

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

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.

Eyes Wide Shut

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

Local Hero

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

Speedball

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

Helping Lucia

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

Kid Row

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

Nite Court

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

Con Err

"The Big Eagle" preys again on unsuspecting investors.

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.

Mystery Science 2000

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

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

License to Stalk

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

Doc Tales

Rx for Arson?

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

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.

One Relieved Judge

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

Who Sprung Alleged Shooter?

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

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...

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.

RED-LIGHT SPECIALCHRONIC SHOPLIFTER ORDERED TO INFORM MERCHANTS OF HABIT

DYING TO BE FREE

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

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

DIE LIKE A MAN

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