Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s son, a Phoenix police officer, has been placed on paid administrative leave from the department.Jeff Gordon, a department spokesman told the Arizona Republic yesterday, was placed on leave pending an internal investigation that “involves an allegation of inappropriate contact.”…
A drunk Coolidge man (and apparently his rifle, too) had a wild ride through a Pinal County trailer park Sunday night, and he had a whole lot to say to the sheriff’s deputies who arrested him, including telling cops the reason for his drunken joyride was because he “just went…
The Yavapai County Superior Court judge overseeing the manslaughter trial of snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray ruled today that some important pieces of evidence may not be used by prosecutors during trial — most notably, information about Ray’s financial situation.Ray’s probably lovin’ Judge Warren Darrow’s ruling — you know, considering…
Newly sworn in Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that he’s planning to do something his predecessor, Terry Goddard, refused to do: throw the Arizona Attorney General’s Office into the multi-state crusade against President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.In May, Governor Jan Brewer attached Arizona to a lawsuit filed…
A Chandler woman, now-infamous for occupying one of the meth-ier apartments on record — in which her methed-up husband put their 7-month-old baby in the freezer — copped a plea deal this morning that will keep her out of the clink.Leann Kracke pled guilty this morning to two counts of…
Daniel Wayne Cook, a death row inmate awaiting his court-imposed date with death for the last 24 years — in an Arizona prison on the taxpayer’s dime — is one step closer to being strapped to the executioner’s table.This morning, the United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Cook…
Imagine sitting on your couch, relaxing, and having a truck full of weed come crashing through the wall like the Kool-Aid guy. It may sound too good to be true, but that was what happened to an Arizona City resident on Sunday night.Pinal County sheriff’s deputies received several calls about…
The Tempe Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a man missing since Saturday.Willie Jigba, 24, was last seen at a party in the 600 block of East Weber Drive in Tempe. Jigba left the party alone and hasn’t been heard from since.Jigba was supposed to start…
On Friday, one of three inmates who escaped from a Kingman Prison last summer entered guilty pleas for several crimes related to the escape.Tracy Province, who along with John McCluskey and Daniel Renwick, escaped from the prison on July 30, of last year, faced eight charges in Arizona after sneaking…
A Mesa man who was shot by police after he pointed an AK-47 at a Maricopa County sheriff’s deputy on Friday has died, the Sheriff’s Office announced this afternoon.Felipe Ramirez Castellanos, 47, was shot by the deputy about 10:30 p.m. on Friday, after deputies responded to a shots fired call…
Federal law enforcement sources told the Washington Post last night that they plan to move the trial of Jared Loughner — the madman believed to be responsible for the January 8 shooting rampage in Tucson — out of Arizona because of the extensive pretrial publicity the case has received.Loughner, 22,…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords told reporters this morning that her condition continues to improve after she was shot through the brain on January 8. However, “graduation Day,” they say, will be the day Giffords leaves the hospital and begins rehabilitation.Doctor Michael Lemole told reporters that bone fragments were pushing down on…
The now-infamous sinister smirk by Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner — in a photo taken by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department after the January 8 shooting rampage that left six people dead and 13 others wounded — reportedly hasn’t changed since he’s been in federal custody.During his time in federal stir, Loughner’s eyes…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced last night that the congresswoman’s condition has been updated from critical to serious following a procedure Saturday morning.According to an update from the University Medical Center, where Giffords is being treated, doctors performed a procedure that removed the breathing tube from the congresswoman and…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords following last weekend’s shooting rampage in Tucson announced today that the congresswoman is no longer on a ventilator.According to an update from the University Medical Center, where Giffords is being treated, doctors performed a procedure this morning that removed the breathing tube from the congresswoman…
Pima Community College released a video shot by Jared Loughner in the months before last Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson. In the video, Loughner walks around the school’s campus and rambles on about many of the same bizarre conspiracy theories he wrote of in other bizarre Youtube videos he’s believed…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to be miraculous after being shot through the brain one week ago today, and doctors treating the congresswoman say her breathing tube could be removed as early as today.”We couldn’t have hoped for any better improvement than we are seeing now given the severity of her…
Just when we thought the tragic story of Jared Loughner couldn’t possibly get any more bizarre, it’s now being reported that he took photos of himself in a G-string while holding a gun the day before the incident.As we reported earlier, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released a timeline of…
A timeline of Jared Loughner’s activities the morning he allegedly went on a shooting rampage at a Tucson grocery store show that he checked into a hotel hours before the shooting occurred — but it appears he never actually slept.According to the timeline, provided by the Pima County Sheriff’s Department,…
It seems that even if Jared Loughner didn’t own a gun, his murderous plan to attack Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords would have been carried out anyway.The Pima County Sheriff’s Office says, in addition to the semi-automatic Glock handgun Loughner used to shoot 19 people, killing six, he also carried with him…
Moments ago, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department released the names of everyone who was wounded during Saturday’s tragedy outside of a Tucson grocery store.The department already had released the names of the six people killed in the attack, which includes federal Judge John Roll, 9-year-old Christina Green, 30-year-old Gabe Zimmerman, 76-year-old Dorothy…
