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Phoenix Police Department Justin James PareA Phoenix man had the tables turned on him Friday night after the people he was trying to rob took a baseball bat to his face.
www.fugly.comA Phoenix man was arrested Monday night after two children under his care got burned while playing with a fire in the man's backyard.The Phoenix Fire Department was called to a house near 83rd Avenue and west Buckeye Road, where there were reports of a burn victim.When fire uni ... More >>
Despite being millions of dollars in debt, Valley governments are giving some employees hefty bonuses. At least three Valley cities -- Mesa, Phoenix, and Glendale -- will pay out more than $18 million in combined bonuses, despite expectations that there will be more layoff ... More >>
David Barnes, a onetime homicide detective with the Phoenix Police Department who is now under criminal indictment on perjury charges, was fired this afternoon. Sergeant Trent Crump, a spokesperson for the city agency, said Barnes (in the photo) learned of his termination from a ... More >>
www.phoenix.gov Phoenix City Councilman Michael JohnsonAn unnamed Phoenix police officer may have messed with the wrong bull. The Phoenix City Council will hold an executive session on Monday to try to get to the bottom of an incident this morning, where one of its members was handcuffed a ... More >>
Phoenix police officer Brian Authement. Sweet hoops, dudePhoenix police have finally identified the officer who allegedly roughed up Phoenix City Councilman Michael Johnson early this morning and police officials say he will remain on duty -- for now, anyways.Brian Authement, 27, is the officer b ... More >>
James KingPhoenix attorney Danny Ortega and other Hispanic leaders have called for an investigation into the Phoenix Police Department over abuse of power complaintsWith members of the Phoenix Police Department looking on, members of Phoenix's Hispanic community gathered in Caesar Chavez Plaza in ... More >>
We just got word from the Phoenix Police Department that it's arrested one of its own. We don't have too many of the details at the moment but PPD spokesman Trent Crump says he plans to address the media within the hour.
Phoenix Police DepartmentDr. Galen Johnson is the second Valley doctor in less than a week to be accused of sexually abusing one of his patients.For the second time in less than a week, a Valley doctor has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing one of his patients.While it's not the same do ... More >>
Valley canal paths have become a fairly popular venue for doom and gloom as of late, with a Tempe man found either murdered or a suicide victim a few weeks ago and the stabbing and robbery of a Phoenix man yesterday morning.Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times that about 10 a.m ... More >>
Phoenix PD Daniel Garcia was last seen on May 6, 2005. Today, his wife admitted to playing a role in his murderPhoenix police arrested a woman today who they say is responsible for the 2005 murder of her then-79-year-old husband -- a veteran of both the Army and Navy and father of what pol ... More >>
MCSO Larisa GarciaWe got some new details about the Phoenix woman who was arrested yesterday for the 2005 murder of her husband -- a veteran of both the Army and Navy and father of what police estimate to be about 30 children -- and she claims she murdered the man because "she w ... More >>
Karla Gabriela Lizzaraga-SanchezPhoenix isn't the kidnapping capital of the United States for nothing. We get that wrap because...well...a lot of kidnappings happen in the Valley -- as pointed out in the New Times feature "Seized." Check it out here.A Phoenix teen is the latest victim of this cit ... More >>
www.flickr.comA hiker found a dead body on Camelback Mountain on Sunday, which is where it remained until this morning -- even though police were called to the scene yesterday afternoon.Phoenix Police Department spokesman Trent Crump tells New Times the body was left on the mountain overnight bec ... More >>
Billy Shields and his daughter, Mindy. UPDATE: Billy Shields tells New Times that he's "stunned and saddened" as Phoenix police investigate allegations that his daughter, Mindy, embezzled money from a campaign account belonging to Greg Stanton.New Times posted the story earlier today about ... More >>
Christopher SmithChristopher Smith, the former chief of staff for the state Senate found shot to death Saturday, had a history of drug use and other "bizarre" and "erratic" behavior , court records show.We hate to say it, but we called this one -- which is why on Monday we asked Phoenix Police Se ... More >>
Sergeant Sean DrenthMore than a month after more than two dozen Phoenix cops were ordered to turn their DNA over to investigators so it could be compared to DNA recovered at the scene of the death of Sergeant Sean Drenth, there are still no definitive answers -- and none are expected for several ... More >>
Phoenix PoliceSeen these guys? Give Phoenix PD a jingle.Phoenix police are searching for three men who robbed a CVS Pharmacy of more than 5,000 prescription pills early Thursday morning. Police say most of the approximately 5,200 pills taken from the pharmacy were OxyContin, a powerful painki ... More >>
Melissa Pacheco faces 69 counts of abusing vulnerable adults.UPDATED: The Arizona Department of Health Services got back to us. Click here for update.Three assisted living facilities in Phoenix have been shut down -- and the owner of the facilities has been arrested -- after cops noticed they mor ... More >>
A man killed during a shootout at a Phoenix bar early yesterday morning has been identified as 27-year-old Pedro Sanchez Galvan. The man who shot him, however, remains on the loose.Phoenix police spokesman Sergeant Trent Crump says the investigation into the shooting is ongoing, but, at the momen ... More >>
Alexcia Salsberry was fatally shot while driving with a friend early Sunday morning.Since our prior post on the bizarre murder of a Phoenix woman over the weekend, the Phoenix Police Department has identified the make of a vehicle believed to have been used in the shooting.According to Phoenix po ... More >>
Alexander's bad day doesn't compare to the day 29-year-old Michael Trevino had yesterday.If a day that includes getting charged with the murder of one of your buddies after he was shot by police during a botched home invasion, getting attacked by a police dog, and getting shot by cops, isn' ... More >>
Phoenix Police Department If you know someone who looks like this and may have been driving a Ford Expedition in late February, call police.The Phoenix Police Department has released a sketch of the man cops believe is responsible for the bizarre February murder of a Phoenix woman.About 2 ... More >>
www.funnybabytshirts.comIf the Super Bowl comes to Arizona in 2015, you won't have any trouble finding beer. Hookers might be a little tougher to come by.The National Football League announced today that Arizona is one of two finalist cities to host the 2015 Super Bowl, which means one thing: tho ... More >>
Officer Sean DrenthThe Phoenix Police Department is holding a press conference this afternoon to give some context to the "massive amount of information" they plan to release in the next few days regarding the death of Officer Sean Drenth.According to the department, "There are no new case ... More >>
Lincoln Knight (left), Jeremy Parker (center), and Simone Parker (right) faked an armed robbery that would have netted about $37,000 -- if Knight had stuck to the plan.First rule of staging an armed robbery: don't tell police it's fake. Second rule of staging an armed robbery: DON'T TELL POLICE I ... More >>
Phoenix PDJohn and Samantha Allen (left) have each been charged with first-degree murder for the death of Samantha Allen's cousin, 10-year-old Ame Deal. Judith Deal and Cynthia Stolzmann (right), Deal's grandmother and aunt, have been charged with kidnapping and child abuse.We got our hands on th ... More >>
www.funnybabytshirts.comNational Football League officials will receive Arizona's official bid to host the 2015 Super Bowl today, which -- as we noted in April -- means one thing: thousands and thousands of underage hookers will invade the state to cash in on the testosterone of Super Bowl weeke ... More >>
A demolition crew tearing down the old Jockey Club building at 2200 East Highland Avenue found human skeletal remains this morning.This is the third skeleton found in Phoenix since March, when two sets of human bones were found in Phoenix in less than 24 hours.According to Phoenix police, a crane ... More >>
Phoenix police say a homeless man was found dead in a vacant Maryvale home last night, and it's unclear how he died.Phoenix Sergeant Trent Crump says the body of the transient man was found last night in a vacant home in the 1900 block of 69th Avenue.
MCSOJeffrey Hendershott, son of ousted former MCSO Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott, stopped for DUI...again.Phoenix police confirm to New Times that for the second time in two weeks, Jeffrey Hendershott, the son of ousted former MCSO Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott, was arrested for DUI.The kicker: t ... More >>
MCSOJeffrey Hendershott, son of ousted former MCSO Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott, stopped for DUI...again.As you may have heard, the son of Dave Hendershott, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's shamed former chief deputy, was stopped over the weekend for his second (alleged) DUI in two weeks.T ... More >>
Phoenix police are looking for two thugs who forced a 70-year-old Phoenix woman into her apartment where one of the men sexually assaulted her early yesterday morning.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the woman was walking back to her apartment about 12:45 a.m. when she was approached b ... More >>
www.craigslist.comIf you're in need of the skull of a human child, you're in luck; one is currently for sale on Craigslist.According to the Craigslist post, the skull is "missin' most teeth," and likely is that of a 12 to 14-year-old child.
www.craigslist.comThe skull of a human child that, until yesterday, was for sale on Craigslist has been turned over to authorities, Phoenix police confirm to New Times.Phoenix Sergeant Trent Crump told New Times yesterday that there is nothing illegal about possessing a human skull "unless you&nb ... More >>
www.quickmeme.com Contrary to the rhetoric of the religious right, they're not at the Super Bowl.The 2015 Super Bowl is coming to Phoenix, and if you believe the rhetoric from the self-righteous religious-advocacy groups, so are swarms of underage hookers looking to cash in on the testoste ... More >>
James KingPiggy: now an adjective.The "Occupy Phoenix" protest against corporate greed, the Fed, the government, the banks, politicians, lobbyists, "the corporations" (etc., etc., etc.), has come to an end.(Ahem) Shockingly, nothing's really changed -- the Fed still exists, lobbyists are still lo ... More >>
Part one of Gilman's report from the front lines of Occupy PhoenixMy focus is, and must remain, through November 8, the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce in Legislative District 18. That means there's a lot going on that I won't be able to cover till after the recall election, includi ... More >>
www.carlolfe.comTucson's "occupiers" can straight-up occupy.According to the Tucson Police Department, 20 arrests were made yesterday during the "Occupy Tucson" demonstrations at two different parks in the city.The 20 arrests made yesterday make a grand total of 351 arrests since the "Occupy Tucs ... More >>
James King City taxpayers have shelled out over $200,000 so this chick can walk carry a sign calling Jan Brewer a "lying whore."The occupation of downtown Phoenix may not have shut down Wall Street (shocking, we know), but it's definitely putting a burden on city resources -- to the tune o ... More >>
Phoenix police were forced to use pepper-spray on a group of demonstrators protesting the American Legislative Exchange Council at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa in northeast Phoenix this afternoon when the activists raised a little hell in front of the resort.In at least one instance, a prot ... More >>
Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth committed suicide -- according to the Medical Examiner, that is.Tomorrow, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office officially will rule that the bizarre shooting death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth was a suicide -- more than a year after Drenth' ... More >>
The County Medical Examiner determined that Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth committed suicide. Phoenix police aren't as convinced.The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office today will issue its official ruling in the October 2010 shooting death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth.As we reported last ... More >>
Also known as El Mirage, Arizona.In the wake of the national media attention his office has received over hundreds of botched sex-crime investigations, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has made no secret that there are "other local agencies" who absolutely suck at investigating sex crimes, too. ... More >>
Phoenix Officer Armando RamirezPhoenix police confirmed this afternoon that one of its own is facing felony domestic violence charges stemming from an incident at his Casa Grande home over the weekend.In addition to being a Phoenix police officer, Armando Ramirez is a reserve in the United States ... More >>
FacebookAmanda Rinaldi (right).An officer with the Arizona Department of Corrections turned himself into authorities last night and confessed to murdering his wife at the Phoenix home the couple shared.The officer's two young children were in the home at the time of the shooting.Phoenix police sa ... More >>
James KingWhat are you hassling me for? Phoenix cops suck at investigating sex crimes, too!As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pointed out when a story about his office's bungling of hundreds of sex-crime investigations resurfaced late last year, other Valley law enforcement agencies had "way w ... More >>
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