U.S. Marshals Service

U.S. Marshals and Tempe PD Nab Second Ketamine Raper in Atlanta

U.S. Marshals working with Tempe PD arrested Mazen Diamond in Atlanta Monday, after the fugitive had been on the lam for more than 10 years for drugging, raping and videotaping Tempe women he and his cousin met at local bars.  Authorities found Mazen living with his girlfriend and two young chi ... More >>

U.S. Marshals and Tempe PD Catch Fugitive Ketamine Raper in Miami

Authorities in Miami working with Tempe PD finally nabbed Antonio Julio Sanchez, a fugitive who has been on the run for 10 years, convicted of slipping Ketamine into women's drinks and then raping them while filming it. U.S. Marshals working with Tempe PD caught Sanchez Wednesday in Miami, who ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Thanks Mexican Authorities for Helping Returning His Escaped Inmate

There's something that's just so priceless about Sheriff Joe Arpaio having to thank the Mexican authorities for helping return an inmate who escaped from one of his jails months ago.From his general immigration-enforcement policies and the multiple racial-profiling lawsuits against him, to specific ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Escapee Rocky Marquez Arrested in Mexico, After Second Jail Escape

The man who escaped from one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails in May was captured again.The U.S. Marshals Service says Rocky Marquez was arrested in Mexico -- which is the second time Marquez had to be tracked down. Soon after the Marshals Service found Marquez in the Detroit area a few months ago, he ... More >>

Christopher Dorner "Manhunt" in Phoenix Doesn't Exist, According to Authorities

Despite what you may have heard, cops in the Phoenix area aren't on an active "manhunt" for former Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner.Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times that police have received a couple calls over the past few days, but nothing "anywhere near credible."

Joe Arpaio Escapee Rocky Marquez Was Caught, but He Walked Out of Another Jail Last Week

Rocky Marquez escaped one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails in May by essentially walking out the front door, but he was caught in Michigan just a couple weeks ago by the U.S. Marshals Service.And you'll never guess who escaped a jail in Detroit last week by essentially walking out the front door.See al ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Fugitive Nabbed by U.S. Marshals

Talk about a broken record. The U.S. Marshals Service has once more done Sheriff Joe Arpaio's job for him, this time by nabbing an escapee from Joe's jails, who basically exchanged identities with another inmate, and walked out. See also: -Joe Arpaio Won't Do His Job, So Marshal David Gonzales Does ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Won't Do His Job, So Marshal David Gonzales Does It for Him

What would it be like, I wonder, if Maricopa County had a sheriff who just kept his head down and did his job, rather than what we currently have, a corrupt gasbag who only cares about getting his corpse-like mug on the boob tube? See also: -Joe Arpaio's Lawyers Fail to Get Sheriff Off the Hook in ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Spokesman Elias Johnson Resigns, Faces Allegations of Unauthorized Participation in a U.S. Marshals Service Bust

Pinal County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Elias Johnson resigned Friday after an investigation into allegations that he, although not a sworn deputy, participated in a U.S. Marshals Service bust in his Gilbert neighborhood, according to the Casa Grande Dispatch. Johnson apparently vi ... More >>

Elias Johnson, former PCSO Spokesman, Accused of Meddling in SWAT Operation (With UPDATE)

Elias Johnson wasn't a sworn officer --- but he apparently played one while off duty. Johnson was a mouthpiece for Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. New Times has learned details about the July incident that led to Johnson's resignation on Friday. Sources tells us that Johnson, who is a former tele ... More >>

Jennelle Long Curtis, Casa Grande Mom of Four, Embezzled $780,000 From Pinal County Federal Credit Union, Feds Allege

Jennelle Long Curtis, a Casa Grande mother of four young kids, embezzled $780,000 in a three-year-period from the Pinal County Federal Credit Union, court records say. Curtis, whose 23-year-old husband was shot and killed at a truck stop in March, worked as an accounting assistant at the credit uni ... More >>

Were Eight Law Enforcement Agencies Necessary for Recovering Old Book of Mormon?

Yesterday, we informed you that it took eight law enforcement agencies to track down a guy who stole a first-edition book of Mormon.Jay Linford's been pegged by Mesa police as the guy who lifted the 182-year-old Book of Mormon from the Rare and Out of Print Books and Art store, and he was arrested ... More >>

First-Edition Book of Mormon Recovered With Help From Eight Law Enforcement Agencies

The theft of a first-edition Book of Mormon, we have discovered, is some serious shit.At least, it was to the eight law enforcement agencies investigating the matter.Jay Linford's been pegged by Mesa police as the guy who lifted the 182-year-old Book of Mormon from the Rare and Out of Print Books an ... More >>

First Edition Book of Mormon Stolen From Mesa Store Recovered in Washington D.C.; Jay Linford Pegged as Book's Thief

It took help from the United States Marshals Service and the FBI, but a first-edition Book of Mormon stolen from a Mesa bookstore has been located in Washington D.C.The theft of the book did not make the Mormon community happy, as folks used to stop by Mesa's Rare and Out of Print Books and Art stor ... More >>

Glen Leo Gagnon, Carnival Worker, Busted in Texas in Connection With Tucson Rape

A rodeo carnival worker was arrested on Sunday in Texas by the U.S. Marshals Service in connection with a January 7 abduction and rape of his Tucson girlfriend.Glen Leo Gagnon, 52, was taken into custody without a fuss at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo carnival on Sunday. Gagnon's now being hel ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and MCSO Had Literally Nothing to Do With Arrest of Escaped Jail Inmate Jairo Contreras

​Remember yesterday when the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office put out a press release saying how it used its "cell phone technology" to track down an inmate who escaped from an MCSO jail? Well, that was bullshit.We spoke to U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales this morning, and he tells us the ... More >>

"Buffalo" William Willis, Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy Porn Connoisseur, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

"Buffalo" William Willis​Remember last year when a guy was arrested after Glendale police found what appeared to be the beginning stages of an underground, Silence of the Lambs-esque sex-dungeon being built in his back yard? Well, he's going to prison...for a long time.William Willis, 46, pleaded ... More >>

Feds: Alleged Doctor Feel-Good Used Fraudulent AHCCCS Cash to Buy Arabian Horse

WikipediaThe feds say Dr. Angelo Chirban and his ex-wife used money they scammed from the state health care program to buy an Arabian horse like the one pictured above.​A federal grand jury returned an indictment this morning alleging that a Queen Creek pain management doctor billed the state heal ... More >>

Hells Angels Crony Robert Tutokey Gets Prison Time For Helping Alleged Murderous Biker/Former Stock Broker Flee Country

​A Hells Angels hanger-on who helped alleged murderous biker Paul Eischeid flee the country in 2004 has been sentenced to prison time for supplying Eischeid with a false passport before he skipped town.Eischeid -- a former Charles Schwab stockbroker with a "relatively clean criminal record" -- is ... More >>

Could Jameson Johnson Be a Real-Life Jason Bourne?

Two Victims of Apache Junction Murder Identified, Police Charge Three in the Drug-Related Shootout

Apache Junction PoliceSuspect Nikki Combs Small​Police have identified the two men who were found dead in an Apache Junction trailer park over the weekend, and now have three people in custody for the drug-related double murder.Edward L. Reagan Jr, 40, of Apache Junction and 22-year-old Jamie G. M ... More >>

"Buffalo" William Willis, Alleged Tunnel-Digging/Cross-Dressing Kiddy-Porn Connoisseur, Flips His Wig When Busted by Marshals

It puts the lotion on its skin​"Buffalo" William Willis, the alleged cross-dressing kiddy-porn connoisseur who removed his court ordered ankle monitor earlier this week, was not only busted by U.S. Marshals yesterday, he was busted wearing a wig -- which is both fitting and terrifying.When Willis ... More >>

Arizona Cops Spend the Day Learning How to Combat Voodoo Used by Mexican Drug Cartels

catalog.com​In case you're wondering what 350 Arizona police officers were up to today, they were learning how to deal with any voodoo, witchcraft, or demonic possession that Mexican drug cartels might try to cast on law enforcement. According to the East Valley Tribune, Robert Almonte, the U.S. ... More >>

Mesa Man Helped Murderous Hells Angel Flee Country, Authorities Say

Paul Merle Eischeid​When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn't do it alone, authorities say -- he had help from a Mesa man.Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Powe ... More >>

Wanted California Parolee Arrested in Armed Robbery of ASU Student

MCSO Shelven Jason Gasaway ​Arizona State University police and a task force from the U.S. Marshals Service arrested a wanted California parolee  for allegedly robbing an ASU student at gunpoint last week. Police say Shelven Jason Gasaway Jr., 26, held an ASU student at gunpoint in the ... More >>

Jared Loughner's Less-Crazy Looking Mugshot Released by U.S. Marshals

​The U.S. Marshals Service released today another mugshot of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner. In it, as you can see below, he looks far-less maniacal than he does in the now-infamous photo taken by the Pima County sheriff's deputies shortly after the shooting.Loughner's attorneys had fought ... More >>

Hells Angel Accused of 2001 Murder Arrested in Argentina After Nearly Four Years on U.S. Marshals' Most Wanted List

KPHOPaul Eischeid and his Angel ink.​A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who authorities believe is responsible for "one of the most grisly" murders in recent American criminal history, has been captured in Argentina, the U.S. Marshals Service announced today. Paul Merle Eischeid, one o ... More >>

U.S. Marshals Arrest California Man in Connection to 2001 Phoenix Stabbing Death. Too Much Meth in Victim's System Derailed Original Investigation

​The U.S. Marshals have arrested a man wanted in connection to a 2001 stabbing murder of a 40-year-old Phoenix resident. The Phoenix Police Department announced today the arrest of Marc Salinas, 38, for allegedly stabbing Rishard LaPointe to death in his Phoenix apartment near the intersection of ... More >>

Chandler Mall Shooting: Suspect in Custody is NOT Fugitive Daniel Perez

​Since our earlier post about the shooting and hostage situation that occurred earlier today near the Chandler Fashion Center Mall, one suspect has been arrested, Chandler police confirm to New Times. Cops say they're still ironing out the details, but that any confusion that the suspect might ... More >>

U.S. Marshals: Two More Suspects Nabbed in Connection with Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's Death

Brian Terry was shot and killed on December 14.​A total of six people are in custody in connection with last month's fatal shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, but none have been charged with Terry's death, according to local media reports.The Arizona Daily Star reported that Ray Kondo, as ... More >>

Hiding In Plain Sight: Cops Finally Apprehend a Killer, Now 82 and Ailing, Who'd Been on the Lam for 22 Years

Wanted Sex Offender Arrested at Phoenix Park -- Right Across the Street From an Elementary School

www.colfunnyshirts.com​A wanted sex offender was arrested last week doing exactly what you might expect a wanted sex offender to be doing: hangin' out near an elementary school.The U.S. Marshal's Office got a tip last week that Michael Jack Owl, a 37-year-old fugitive, who failed to register as a ... More >>

Morning Poll: Do You Trust the Fed's "Audit" of Joe Arpaio's Jails?

Sheriff Joe Arpaio​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio spent a large portion of last week touting how his jails received high marks after a federal "audit.""The information they got ... they should turn this over to DOJ. They would say, 'Boy, this is pretty good, you did all the work for us,'" Ar ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Jails Not Audited, Despite What Arizona Republic Claims

Joe's jails get thumbs up from the feds? When javelinas fly... If you read today's Arizona Republic or watched Fox News last night, you might be under the mistaken impression that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's vast incarceration complex has undergone an audit from the U.S. Marshals Service and ear ... More >>

Fugitives Busted; Casslyn Welch and Would-Be Cous-band John McCluskey Arrested in Northern Arizona

U.S. Marshals ServiceEscapee John McCluskey being taken into custody last night.​Any plans for a West-Virginia-style wedding for escaped Arizona prison inmate John McCluskey and his cousin/ fiancee, Casslyn Welch, will have to be put on hold. As you probably know, the two were busted at a campsite ... More >>

Escaped Inmate and Incestuous Fiancee/ Cousin May be in Arkansas. How Fitting?

John McCluskey and his fiancee/ cousin Casslyn Welch.​An escaped Arizona prison inmate and his fiancee have reportedly compared themselves to Bonny and Clyde, and they seem to be living up to the comparison. We'd argue a better comparison would be to the Hapsburgs -- because the two are cousins... ... More >>

Phoenix Turns Into a Hurricane of Civil Disobedience After SB 1070 Smack-Down, and the MCSO's Police State Tactics on Parade

Two More Law Enforcement Agencies Announce Arrests From Protest; Total: 71

www.viralpolitics.comThis sign is NOT from yesterday's rally.​Since our earlier post about the number of arrests made during yesterday's SB 1070 protests in downtown Phoenix, other law enforcement agencies that were slappin' cuffs on protesters checked in and bumped up the total number of arrests ... More >>

America's Most Wanted Fugitive Nabbed by Arizona-Based Task Force

www.amw.comJose Luis Covarrubias​The Arizona-based WANTED task force, a unit within the U.S. Marshal's Office, working in collaboration with Mexican authorities, announced today that it's arrested one of Texas' most wanted fugitives. Jose Luis Covarrubias, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen , was arrested ... More >>

Gilbert Rabbi Arrested in Decade-Old Rape Case of 7-Year-Old Girl

U.S. Marshals Services Rabbi Bryan Bramley was arrested today on first degree rape charges.​A Gilbert Rabbi was arrested today in the 2000 rape of a 7-year-old girl in New York City.The U.S. Marshals Service tells New Times that its Child Predator Apprehension Team and detectives with the N ... More >>

Hot Links: Adrian Cruz, Landfill Closings, and Chemical Spills

​Adrian Cruz, the convicted child rapist who escaped from the Maricopa County Courthouse last year, was captured yesterday afternoon in Mexico. Mexican authorities contacted the U.S. Marshals Service to say they had Cruz in custody. Now, a Mexican judge must decide whether to deport Cruz back to A ... More >>

Death Valley: Cops Bust Elderly Man in Connection With 1987 Murder

  ​The Phoenix police cold case squad, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Office, arrested an elderly man at a long-term care facility in connection with a 1987 murder. Cops say that on October 20, 1987, Roger Cook (pictured) pointed a .357 Magnum at two young men ... More >>

Mesa and Detroit Police Team Up to Nab Suspected Killer

Edward WinstonDetroit homicide detectives worked alongside Mesa police last week, with some help from the U.S. Marshal's Office, in capturing a fugitive who allegedly gunned down four people.In September of 2007, Edward Winston and another man, Mark DeKhaira Moore, charged out of a vacant field in M ... More >>

Prostitutes From 18 to 54 Caught in One-Day Dragnet, Says Tempe PD; Felony Warrants Served, Too

Tempe Police Patricia Scala Tempe police teamed up with the U.S. Marshal's Office for a one-day dragnet for prostitutes and fugitives yesterday, aided by information from north Tempe neighbors. The results: Nine people were arrested on a total of 17 warrants for kidnapping, child abuse, arme ... More >>

Arrested Development

Heard about the 29-year-old sex offender who posed as a seventh-grader? Here's how the sordid case was broken

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From the week of March 22, 2001