A domestic violence suspect in Gilbert was arrested yesterday — after police had to call the fire department to pry him out of the ceiling where he got stuck while trying to flee police.About 1:30 a.m. yesterday, Gilbert police responded to a domestic violence call in the 500 block of…
A Gilbert man was arrested Friday after police say he not only beat up his 12-year-old step son, but he forced his own 9-year-old son to join in on the beating.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the 9-year-old son of 42-year-old Dhafer Abdulkadhim Al-Terboshi came home from school…
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, brother of former President George W. Bush and a possible GOP presidential candidate himself, doesn’t like Arizona’s controversial new immigration law because, he says, his children might look suspicious if seen walking on the streets of Phoenix.Bush is a staunch conservative — speaking out against…
A Mesa man’s been charged with murder in the beating death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son.According to the Mesa Police Department, 23-year-old Jorge Busso was watching the boy Friday afternoon while the mother was at work.By 4 p.m. that same afternoon, the kid was being airlifted from Banner Baywood hospital…
The Arizona Diamondbacks are getting some help where they desperately need it — and it’s costing third baseman Mark Reynolds his job.According to Arizona Republic sports reporter Nick Piecoro, the D-Backs have agreed to trade Reynolds to the Baltimore Orioles for two young relief pitchers, David Hernandez and Kam Mickolio…
A date has been set for a pretrial conference in the case of a Phoenix police officer accused of gunning down an unarmed domestic violence suspect — and his dog — earlier this year.The conference for Officer Richard Chrisman, 36, has been scheduled for January 14.Chrisman was indicted for second-degree…
Tired of watching the Arizona Cardinals embarrass themselves, Valley sports fans? There’s an alternative: the Phoenix Coyotes.After a sluggish start, yesterday’s 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks helped the Coyotes remain in fourth place in the Western Conference. You can thank Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov.Bryzgalov was flawless. His 39 saves…
Following yesterday’s 19-6 loss to the St. Louis Rams, every game for the remainder of the Arizona Cardinals’ dismal season should be seen as nothing more than practice for next year.In other words, bye-bye Derek Anderson…
With just five catches in Sunday’s upcoming loss to the St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald could surpass Anquan Boldin to become the franchise’s all-time leader in receptions.Boldin, now with the Baltimore Ravens, leads Cardinals’ receivers all-time with 586 career grabs while on the team. Fitzgerald, with 582,…
At a sentencing hearing this morning, a federal judge in Phoenix told a convicted serial bank robber that he “is a poster child of why Congress enacted” the Three Strikes law. Then he sentenced him to life in prison plus seven years…
The Phoenix Police Department has identified two individuals arrested after cops busted up a Phoenix drop house where authorities found nine children being held captive.Jaime Cruz-Gutierrez, 44, and Olga Marinos Fuentes, 41, were seen leaving the house just before it was raided by police last night. They were taken into…
September 22, was apparently “bring a kid to work day” for a Mesa woman, which is never a good idea considering her job is allegedly selling crystal meth.Lori Hammar, 38, was arrested on Tuesday after she brought a 5-year-old child with her as she allegedly sold crystal meth to an…
It turns out airport security checkpoints aren’t the only places Tammy Banovac likes to strip down — it’s now come out that she posed for Playboy in the 1990s.Probably could’ve called that one.Banovac, 52, as you may recall, stripped down to her skivvies before going through a TSA security checkpoint…
Phoenix police have arrested three people — and rescued 11 children — after raiding a drop house last night.Cops were tipped off about the house by a woman from El Salvador who reported to the FBI that her three daughters had been kidnapped and were being held in Phoenix.Turns out,…
A detention officer in one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails has resigned after being charged with assault for beating up two jail inmates.Officer Kevin Gerster, the Sheriff’s Office confirms to New Times, has resigned after being charged with assault earlier this week.Gerster, as you may recall, starred in…
Anyone who’s been Rick-Rolled, or I’m-Watching-Gay-Porn-ed, knows it’s easy — if not for just a split-second — to be tricked into feeling like a homosexual while watching something on the Internet (not that there’s anything wrong with that).You think you’re watching an innocent, heterosexual clip, then it happens: The clip…
The Phoenix woman featured in a now-viral YouTube video, in which she goes through airport security in nothing but her bra and panties, says she’ll continue to go through security checkpoints in her undies to prevent TSA inspectors from putting their hands “up there.”In fact, 52-year-old Tammi Banovac, a retired…
The numbers have been tallied. If county officials get their way, lawsuits filed against Maricopa County over alleged wrongdoing by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas will cost taxpayers more than $13 million.Three of the lawsuits were filed in Maricopa County Superior Court on Tuesday — two…
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson made a public apology yesterday for the highly publicized tirade he went on following his atrocious performance on Monday Night Football this week.In case you missed it, Anderson flipped out on Arizona Republic sports writer Kent Somers following his latest awful showing on the gridiron…
A Tempe church has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, and after speaking with the church’s pastor this morning, we have a pretty good idea why.Pastor Steven Anderson, the leader of the Faithful Word Baptist Church, is no stranger to controversy. He recently made headlines…
A Mesa couple was arrested yesterday for allegedly pointing a loaded gun at a school bus full of students with special needs.The bus was taking the students home from Palm Lane Elementary School about 2:45 p.m. yesterday when it approached three people — two women and a man.Inexplicably, one of…
A Mesa high school could have been short one laptop after it was discovered a student at the school tried to steal it right out of a classroom — in the middle of the school day.Currently on probation, 19-year-old Ismael Pesqueira was arrested yesterday after school officials at Career High…
