Julian Titcomb, 21, a volunteer basketball coach at a Valley elementary school, plans to join the Army this May — but that’s probably not going to happen now that he’s been charged eight counts of sexual conduct with a minor for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl.Titcomb was the…
If you’re a female teacher’s aide at a middle school and you send naked pictures of yourself to male, teenage students, there’s a good chance everyone at the school is going to see them. Just ask Gabriela Compton, a teacher’s aide at a Valley middle school, whose ta-tas were seen…
The Phoenix Police Department announced that following an investigation, it’s been determined that state Senator Scott Bundgaard should be charged with assault for the February 25, freeway fracas with his now-ex-girlfriend Aubry Ballard.Ballard, on the other hand, was taken into custody the night of the incident, but released with the assault…
It’s not everyday that we get two separate e-mails from the Phoenix Police Department with the subject “skeletal remains found.” Today is not like every other day.For the second time in less than 24 hours, a skeleton has been found in the city of Phoenix.According to Phoenix police, the latest bones…
A Desert Hills couple has been charged with murder after the dead body of a 51-year-old relative was found emaciated in their backyard last summer.John and Tara Chesser were arrested Monday after a grand jury indictment was returned charging the couple with the murder of 51-year-old James Chesser — the…
If you happen to have a problem with a Sasquatch trampling your lawn or unicorns eating your shrubs or a leprechaun’s running amok in your garage, just call state Representative Steve Montenegro or state Senator Nancy Barto — they seem to have a knack for solving problems that don’t actually exist…on…
When 29-year-old Eric Matthew Papanek allegedly walked defiantly out of a Peoria Circle K holding a 12-pack of Heineken — and the knife he had just used to stab a man — over his head last week, he probably didn’t anticipate hiding in a closet like a coward when police…
The Phoenix Police Department has completed its investigation into the February freeway fracas between Senator Scott Bundgaard and his then-gal-pal Aubry “Heavyweight Champion of the Highway” Ballard and concluded that Bundgaard should be charged with assault.Ballard was initially charged with assault following the fight, but that charge was dropped after…
Arizona Department of Transportation crews checking a drain near a Valley freeway yesterday afternoon made a pretty gruesome discovery: human skeletal remains.According to the Phoenix Police Department, about 2 p.m. yesterday, ADOT crews were checking a storm drain near the on-ramp to the I-!0 and the Loop-202 just north of…
Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake announced earlier this week that he’s changing his stance on comprehensive immigration reform in order to focus on securing the border. Flake, a one-time rare-for-Arizona Republican advocate of a guest-worker program and a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, now says he’s only focused on securing…
A Utah woman nearly became a movie star earlier this month — the only problem with that is she didn’t know she was being recorded, the movie was being filmed in a shopping mall dressing room, and the (ahem) director was a convicted sex offender from Arizona.On March 9, a…
The execution of convicted murder Daniel Wayne Cook, who has been sitting on death row for more than two decades, will go forward after a last-ditch petition filed by his lawyer was denied by the state Supreme Court yesterday.Earlier this month, Cook’s attorneys filed a petition to review his death…
Yavapai County sheriff’s deputies found the unidentified body of a man floating in the Verde River Saturday night, and they’re hoping tattoos (pictured) on the man’s body will help investigators figure out who he is.About 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Yavapai County sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of a man’s body…
As other news outlets are reporting on dogs biting people this morning (yawn), New Times found a story about a guy who fought back against the ferocious fangs of a police pooch by biting back (yes, an actual man bites dog story, as cliche as it may sound) and now…
A track coach at a Chino Valley high school was arrested yesterday after a cop caught him having sex with a teenage student in his car as it sat parked at a local park.According to Prescott police, an officer on routine patrol saw a car parked at Heritage Park in…
Well that didn’t take long.Just over a month after announcing his candidacy for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, Congressman Jeff Flake has gone the route of Senator John McCain and caved to Arizona’s culture of Conservative kookdom by abandoning his support of comprehensive immigration reform.Flake, a…
Republican Congressman Trent Franks continues to hint that he plans to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, and last week, announced that the decision would be made by god and his constituents.”I truly don’t know what God wants me to do and what is right…
The Peoria Police Department says it has identified the man responsible for last week’s Heineken heist, during which the suspect stabbed a good samaritan who tried to stop him. Unfortunately, the alleged thug’s still on the loose.Police say the Heineken thief is 29-year-old Eric Matthew Papanek, of Glendale. Turns out,…
Unlike the rest of us, Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle can rest easy — Texas tough guy Chuck Norris doesn’t want to kick his ass. In fact, the played-out punchline of endless jokes is diggin’ him some Ben Quayle.The man who will “never have a heart attack because his heart isn’t…
An alleged meth head was arrested on Friday after trying to sell some weed to a group of kids at the Pinal County Fair. The suspect didn’t actually have any weed, but he did have a pocket full of crystal meth, an assault rifle, and a shotgun.About 10 p.m. Friday,…
Republican Arizona Congressman Trent Franks’ decision on whether to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl will apparently not be made by Franks — rather, it will be made by god and his constituents, the Congressman told GOPers.Franks spoke to a group of Sun City Republicans…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try (and try) again — no matter how absurd what you’re trying to accomplish may be.A little over a month after the “Birther Bill” failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee, GOP legislators are pushing to send the proposal back to both houses for…
