An Anthem doctor was arrested yesterday after he admitted to Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies that he had naked tickle parties with a 9-year-old boy. The parties entailed a lot more than naked tickling. According to court documents obtained by New Times, the boy’s mother contacted authorities last month saying her…
To the right is what 85 pounds of cocaine looks like. This pile of coke, as well as about $28,000 in cash, was found in a Peoria home yesterday by officers from the Department of Public Safety. The home, at 8014 W. Yucca Road in Peoria, was the target of…
A Pinal County man is down one leg and is in extremely critical condition after being run over by a cotton picking machine being pulled by the tractor he was driving.The mishap occurred just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies got a call that a man had…
An arrest has been made in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa, and the Monday morning quarterbacking of how the Tempe Police Department handled the investigation has commenced.First up: KPHO.About a week after Sousa was murdered in Tempe, the Tempe Police Department released a sketch of…
A Phoenix teen convicted of murdering a hooker after she called him a “wetback” has been sentenced to some lengthy prison time after being convicted of murder, kidnapping, and sexual abuse in September.That teen, 16 at the the time of the 2008 murder, is Jose Quintero — and he better…
On December 15, 2009, then-52-year-old Kenneth Jackson drove from his home in San Diego to Phoenix Police Headquarters to confess to a 1988 murder. Yesterday, he learned his fate.Jackson was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of 78-year-old Marlin Darton in November of 1988.Police weren’t closing in…
Eight members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested yesterday in a massive roundup of alleged motorcycle gangsters — dubbed “Operation Sand Castle” — believed to be involved in a July brawl at Rio Lomas Beach in Bullhead City.On July 18, police received reports of…
The suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa is being held on $1 million bond, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Superior Court announced this morning.Joseluis Marquez was arrested Tuesday night at the home of a friend in Phoenix.Police say Marquez is responsible for the…
The suspect in the murder of Kyleigh Sousa, the 21-year-old Arizona State University student killed outside of a Tempe IHOP restaurant in May, has been identified as 20-year-old Joseluis Marquez.Sousa was killed on May 26, when police say Marquez approached her and a friend outside of the IHOP. Marquez, police…
“My life has been a disaster.”That’s what 37-year-old Michelle Bennett, who was kidnapped, shot, and left for dead in the desert near Apache Junction in January of 1999 told reporters at a press conference at Phoenix Police Headquarters this afternoon.As we reported earlier, the man police believe attacked Bennett was…
The man police say is responsible for the 1999 sexual assault, kidnapping, and attempted murder of a Valley woman is currently in an Arizona state prison serving a life sentence for crimes very similar to the ones with which he’s now accused — and he’s been there since 2003.Clayton Roinuse…
The Tempe Police Department announced minutes ago that an arrest has been made in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University senior Kyleigh Sousa.No details were announced — further information is being held until a 3 p.m. press conference this afternoon.Sousa was murdered on May 26. Tempe police responded to…
The Phoenix Police Department announced last night that an arrest has been made in a sexual assault/ kidnapping that happened in 1999.The Phoenix P.D. says DNA evidence retrieved at the scene of the alleged crimes match the DNA of Clayton Roinuse, who was arrested yesterday.According to police, on January 6,…
A Chandler man accused of a vampire-related aggravated assault pleaded not guilty in a Maricopa County Superior Court yesterday.Buckle up — this is a weird one.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the alleged “vamp,” 24-year-old Aaron Homer, and his 21-year-old “vamp” girlfriend, Amanda Williamson, are “into vampire stuff”…
Last month, following the New Times article linked here, the Tempe Police Department reportedly had a canal — in which the body of 47-year-old Jeff Ahlers was discovered shot to death in June — drained so they could look for evidence. They didn’t find anything, but a Tempe man walking…
[jump] As you may have heard, Elizabeth Edwards, estranged wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, sadly lost her battle with cancer today. That said, this is what appeared as back-to-back stories on the homepage of the KPHO website this afternoon — notice the time stamps on each…
We’ll spare you the obligatory “nine lives” lede and just hit you with it straight up: a cat in Tucson is lucky to be alive after jumping off a 30-foot-tall utility pole.The cat, “Kim,” climbed up the pole and stayed there for two days before taking the plunge as rescuers…
It’s not quite official, but it seems we can finally say buh-bye to Arizona Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson — this week, anyway.Anderson’s still on the team, but chances of him making the start against the Broncos on Sunday seem slim-to-none — the team announced today that Max Hall has been…
The Peoria Police Department has a message for residents: don’t kill yourself.In a 24-hour period starting at about 5 p.m. last Friday, three people in Peoria committed suicide. That, the Peoria PD says, is a lot. “This is a time of the year where we see depression rise and this…
The Maricopa County detention officer seen beating two inmates in the psych ward at one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails has not been charged with a crime — yet, the Maricopa County Superior Court announced this morning.”Charges against MCSO Detention Officer Kevin Gerster were not filed by County…
Even after benching him in the Arizona Cardinals’ pitiful loss to the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, Coach Ken Whisenhunt seems to still be toying with the idea of starting quarterback Derek Anderson against the Denver Broncos on Sunday.Anderson, as has been well-documented by New Times, sucks. He’s sucked all…
Huffing Co2 gets you high — and guess where you can find more Co2 canisters than you could “huff” in a lifetime? Wal-Mart — which is apparently where a Maricopa teen went to get his fix before passing out while still in the store.Police in Maricopa say the unidentified teen…
