[jump] When police got to the scene, they found Peralta lying face down and completely naked in the empty field. He told cops he wanted his pants, which were in a nearby pile of clothing. The officers were happy to get Peralta his pants, and when they did, they found a…
In February, possessing “Spice,” a synthetic form of marijuana, became illegal in Arizona — and some cops apparently are actually enforcing the new law. Just ask Glendale’s Matthew Keller, 27, who was hit with a felony after admitting to cops he had some of the fake weed in his car.Keller…
In a text message he showed police after getting arrested for having a weekend full of sex with a 15-year-old girl, 23-year-old Christopher Bochenek told his victim, “I hope I don’t go to jail.” Good luck, bub.Bochenek was arrested last Friday after the girl told her parents that she’d spent the…
We’re thrilled sad to report that Deb Moyer, a Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy who starred (abused power) in the TLC network reality TV show Police Women of Maricopa County is in some trouble. Moyer was arrested over the weekend in connection with a domestic-violence incident with her husband Peoria police…
Governor Jan Brewer announced yesterday that she and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne plan to ask the Supreme Court to lift an injunction that has prevented several parts of Senate Bill 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law, from taking effect.Last month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reverse a federal…
As he was holding his neighbor hostage following a drunken fight with his fiancee, 35-year-old Chad Wisneiwski had an idiotic request: He wanted to have a “fire fight” with the Pinal County sheriff’s deputies who’d surrounded his home and were negotiating with him to come out. It never happened,…
ost people, when they get mad, take a deep breath, count to 10, or even punch the occasional wall. Not 33-year-old Anthony Gray — he sets things on fire.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Gray’s been charged with five counts of arson for a series of dumpster fires in…
Governor Jan Brewer announced this morning that she and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne plan to ask the Supreme Court to lift an injunction that has prevented several parts of Senate Bill 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law, from taking effect — and that’s just fine with Arizona’s Democratic Party.”We agree…
The Phoenix Business Journal recently released its coveted “40 Under 40” list. To quote Clark W. Griswold, we could wake up tomorrow with our heads sewn to the carpet and we wouldn’t be more surprised than we were when we saw the name of Arizona Republican Party Executive Director Brett…
Good news, fatsos: you may now be able to blame your flab on your friends.According to a recent study by researchers at Arizona State University, obesity is socially contagious…
Two girls at a Valley high school went a few rounds recently, and made the, um, brilliant decision to post video of the fight on Youtube.It’s a pretty brutal fight (as far as girl fights go) — complete with a lot of hair pulling and off-balance punches.So far, the video…
Last week, the Phoenix Police Department updated the media on the investigation into the shooting death of Sergeant Sean Drenth. As we noted, the update raised a lot of questions but no answers as to who killed the sergeant — and it’s still unclear whether he was murdered or committed…
The Phoenix Police Department held a press conference this afternoon to discuss the findings of the soon-to-be-released report on the investigation into the death of Sergeant Sean Drenth, who was found shot to death near the State Capitol last October.The report, as Phoenix police officials explain, offers a lot of…
The 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 developments at this point, and…
hen 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 backyard, we thought there could be no way a guy building a sex dungeon in his house is married. But he is, and his…
Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy, 51, was scheduled to jump out of a helicopter near Eagle Point and, using his homemade jet-propelled wingsuit, fly west along the rim of the Grand Canyon this morning. He pimped the event for weeks. People headed to the Canyon to watch. He even got the FAA…
Former Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley was a hell of a basketball player. That said, he’s the shittiest golfer we’ve ever (ever) seen. Despite his world-renowned awfulness on the links, Barkley is often asked to play in celebrity golf tournaments and put his atrocious swing on display for other…
“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 was arrested at an apartment complex near 48th Street and…
For the first time since his wife’s arrest for having a three-year sexual relationship with a teenage boy, Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock made a public appearance yesterday. It didn’t go well for the county supervisor.Following a speech with his pal, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, to recovering drug addicts…
A month before claiming to be “flabbergasted” by the news that his wife was having a sexual relationship with a teenage boy, Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock met with former interim County Attorney Rick Romley and asked whether he knew of any good defense lawyers that specialize in cases of…
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 courts, stopped transmitting a signal about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Probation officers went to his…
Major League Baseball umpire Jim Joyce, by all accounts, is a phenomenal umpire. However, he made one of the worst calls in baseball history, which cost then-Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game last season. Galarraga is now an Arizona Diamondback, and Joyce has been banned from officiating any…
