Two days after airing a phone conversation between Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, and the boy’s father — in which Johnson says she suffocated Gabriel and threw him into a dumpster (a claim she later denied) — KPHO aired another tape last night that makes the…
A Chandler woman had a pretty tough choice to make last month: either ignore the fact that her 8-year-old son was being molested, or turn in the person she caught doing it — her 67-year-old father.She chose the latter — this time.When the mother found naked pictures of the boy’s…
A Glendale woman was arrested early yesterday morning for allegedly murdering a woman with whom her boyfriend believes she was having an affair.About 2 a.m. yesterday, Anastasia Baker, her boyfriend, and the victim, Cynthia LoStracco, were hanging out in the Phoenix home of Baker’s grandmother, Shirly Drummy, at 1609 West…
In the latest twist in the saga that is the investigation into the disappearance of Gabriel Johnson, the Tempe toddler who was reported missing by his father almost a year ago, the baby’s mother, Elizabeth Johnson, admits to killing the child in a phone call to the baby’s father.Johnson’s a…
“I hit her really, really hard.”That’s what a Chandler dad told police about his 7-month-old daughter, who died at an area hospital this morning after suffering a skull fracture likely caused by her father, 21-year-old Sergio Thomas.According to court documents obtained by New Times, about 8 a.m. yesterday, Chandler police…
Turns out, he never tried to abduct the girl, he just gave her a hug, which she initiated, before he was assaulted by the girl’s grandfather.The way much of the media described the (ahem) heroic tale yesterday is as follows: …
What did you do this weekend? Go to the park? Go hiking? A little golf? Whatever you did, it was probably vastly different from what people on the East Coast had going on.As a lot of the country was snowed in for much of the weekend, to the point that…
An illegal immigrant currently living in Mesa was indicted for first-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son earlier this month.Because of his immigration status, Jorge Busso, 23, is being held without bail. However, Busso seems to think his less-than-legal status should be cleared up soon…
The same week the Peoria Police Department issued a friendly reminder that residents shouldn’t kill themselves, it turns out a woman, who told police she was shot by an unidentified white male, actually shot herself.”[Her story] was so vague we knew it wasn’t true right away,” Mike Tellef, spokesman for…
A Phoenix woman accused of murdering a cab driver last month was in court today, where she pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.Corletha Davis, 33, told officers she had nothing to do with the November 22, murder of 37-year-old Brian Mann, a driver for Discount Cab. Some of the stuff…
A recently released report from the Centers for Disease Control finds that of all the national parks in the United States, the Grand Canyon is the second most-popular spot to kill yourself.
The Mesa Police Department is looking for a man it says held a family hostage for about an hour and a half this morning before sneaking away from the scene as police closed in.The suspect, a black guy with dreadlocks, was stopped by police prior to the hostage situation while…
Pinal County sheriff’s deputies say a “rip crew” used a car made to look like a police cruiser to make a traffic stop on another vehicle, in which there just happened to be about 320 pounds of weed.According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy patrolling Interstate 8 on…
If there was a contest for drunkest driver, a Prescott man would be in contention to take the gold.According to Prescott police, 41-year-old Lloyd Kennie was found passed out in his running car at a school bus stop Thursday afternoon. His blood alcohol content was bordering on the ridiculous…
The Arizona Cardinals won a football game!That’s the good news. The bad news: who cares?The Cards bested the Denver Broncos in a 43-13 blowout in Glendale on Sunday, and C-squad quarterback John Skelton was spectacularly average.Skelton, who replaced Derek Anderson, who replaced Max Hall, who replaced Anderson, who replaced Matt…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced today that Kevin Gerster, the former Maricopa County detention officer seen on security video punching two restrained inmates, has been charged with several crimes for his alleged misdoings while a member of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.In total, Gerster faces five counts of aggravated…
Responding to serious problems and mismanagement first investigated by New Times and subsequently confirmed in a blistering audit by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is poised to again take over the Housing Authority of Maricopa County. The Board is scheduled to…
Kumari Fulbright, the former “beauty queen” and law student, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping after the bizarre kidnapping and torture of her ex-boyfriend two years ago, was sentenced to two years in prison and six months probation by a Pima County Superior Court judge this morning.The charges…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office confirms to New Times that detectives have recovered a video at the home of Dr. Don Underwood — the Anthem naturopathic doctor (N.D.) accused of molesting a 9-year-old boy — that shows a man and a boy taking a shower together.The man, MCSO Lieutenant Brian…
When 47-year-old Michael Thornborrow watched from his backyard as the SWAT team from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office surrounded his trailer yesterday afternoon, his first thought, apparently, was to run into the trailer, fire up a butane lighter, and smoke a little meth.Bad idea — in the process, he set…
Yesterday was officially “Dave Talley Day” in Tempe, as declared by Mayor Hugh Hallman.Talley, you may recall, returned a bag he found at Light Rail station to its proper owner, an ASU student.The story wouldn’t be nearly as captivating if Talley weren’t homeless and the bag wasn’t full of cash…
If you plan on killing a blue heron with a golf club, don’t do it in front of “bird lovers.” That’s some advice from a 78-year-old Bullhead City man who was cited last week by the Arizona Game and Fish Department for doing exactly that…
