Daniel Gukeisen, a former attorney convicted of fatally stabbing Arizona State University student Garrett Hohn, was sentenced to five years in prison this morning after he was found guilty of manslaughter last month.He actually showed up for court this time.When the verdict was read last month, Gukeisen wasn’t present. Apparently anticipating a…
There’s a new member of the Arizona House of Representatives: attorney Justin Pierce was appointed today to serve the remainder of former Speaker Kirk Adams’ term.The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors announced Pierce’s appointment this morning.Pierce, an employment lawyer with the firm Jackson Lewis, will serve the remainder of Adams’ term,…
A challenger has emerged to run against America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” in the 2012 election.Mike Stauffer, a lieutenant in the Scottsdale Police Department, announced over the weekend that he will take on Maricopa County’s corrupt top cop, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, because he’s fed up with Arpaio’s “shamelessly and recklessly thumbing his nose…
Rumors that Sarah Palin is planning a Senate run in Arizona seem a little more credible now that it seems the former Alaska governor has purchased a house in Scottsdale.Rumors have been swirling for months that Palin was either looking to purchase a home in Scottsdale, or already had purchased one, and…
Phoenix police rescued a 21-year-old man yesterday who was run off the road while driving his car in Tucson, kidnapped at gunpoint, bound, driven to Phoenix, and held for ransom.The Phoenix Police Department was alerted by a local media outlet that a woman called to report that her brother was…
A new report released by the Chandler Police Department shows that detectives investigating two bishops in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recommended that the two men be charged with crimes for failing to report the sexual abuse of a teenage boy at the hands of Susan Brock,…
It may come as a shock to a Mesa woman, but grenades are not welcome at Dairy Queen.Mesa police say 30-year-old Renee Deshaies walked into a Dairy Queen in the 600 block of East Main Street in Mesa to get some ice cream last night. After getting the ice cream,…
Valley sports reporter Bruce Cooper isn’t buying the account of a fatal 2009 boating accident that took the life of his son as it’s told by the lone survivor of the mishap.Cooper’s son, Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, and three friends went on a fishing trip along the Florida coast in…
An outbreak of horse herpes has forced the closure of a Queen Creek Park.Horseshoe Park & Equestrian Centre will be closed through at least June 2 to prevent the spread of the horse herpes, which is currently spreading throughout the Southwest…
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms intercepted a 50-caliber cannon they say was headed to a drug cartel in Mexico.ATF Supervisory Special Agent Peter Forcelli tells New Times that agents got information from the Mexican government that the unidentified suspect planned to buy the gun and deliver…
The Pinal County Attorney’s Office announced that two bishops in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will not be charged with crimes, despite knowing Susan Brock had a sexual relationship with a teenage boy and not calling police.Rather than call police, the boy’s parents — and Brock’s…
The Scottsdale Police Department posted a video on YouTube today, and if you like watching a woman and her 4-year-old kid get hit by a car, it’s right up your alley.The video shows a woman pushing her child in a stroller and then basically running in front of an SUV…
Despite never going to police after they were told that a teenage boy was being sexually abused by Susan Brock, two bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will not be charged with crimes, the Pinal County Attorney’s Office says.Get all the details about the sex scandal…
There’s still no date set for a hearing regarding ethics complaints filed against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and two of his former deputies, but the judge presiding over the case says it probably will take place this fall.Meanwhile, Thomas hasn’t wasted any time blowing through the $100,000 in taxpayer money…
Immigrants will do just about whatever it takes to obtain a better life in the United States — which apparently includes being crammed into two tractor-trailers with more than 500 other people.Mexican authorities on Tuesday stopped the two trucks, and inside were 513 illegal aliens.The immigrants, according to the Chiapas,…
If you drove to work this morning thinking the Valley looks hazier than usual, you’re right — and Canada’s to blame.Mark Shaffer, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, tells New Times the haze isn’t the usual smog that often blocks the mountainous scenery during the morning commute, it’s…
An unidentified man threatened a 12-year-old girl with a knife last month, and if you know who he is, you could get a thousand bucks.The suspect is described only as a Hispanic male, 25-40 years old, about 5-foot-5 or 5-foot-6, and 160-180 pounds.On April 13, at about 6 p.m., police…
Like many states, Oklahoma makes the transition from prisoner to politician pretty difficult, and a person convicted of a felony is not permitted to hold public office — but that’s not stopping Pawnee, Oklahoma’s Mayor-elect Chris Linder.Linder was sworn in yesterday, despite the felonious blemish on his criminal record. He…
Former Phoenix police Chief Jack Harris was forced out of office because of allegations that his department inflated kidnapping statistics to obtain extra federal bucks. However, a panel reviewing the Phoenix’s kidnapping numbers found that no fraud was committed and the numbers weren’t inflated.In fact, the panel found there were…
When a Mexico City man living in Mesa was first questioned by police about the death of his fiancee’s 4-year-old daughter, he told them she hit her head when she fell down at a pool in their apartment complex. Turns out, the girl was probably never at the pool, and…
Cody Beck is a 19-year-old college student from Prescott whom we wrote about last year in regard to his sexual attraction to horses — and he better start wrappin’ it up; horse herpes has hit Arizona.The Arizona Department of Health Services just announced that an Arizona horse has tested positive for…
Convicted serial rapist Timothy Boles thought petitioning authorities to test his DNA would clear him of one of the four sexual assaults of which he’s been convicted. Not only didn’t the testing clear Boles’ name, his DNA linked him to yet another rape.Oops.Boles was convicted in 1993 of multiple charges…
