Glendale police announced Friday that the search for the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley has entered its “final stages.”Jhessye’s mother, Jerice Hunter, was arrested for child abuse in November, but was released after charges weren’t filed.Police have said they believe Jhessye’s dead, and her mother’s the only suspect…
Glendale police say today that the search for the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley has entered its “final stages.””As of today, there has been no significant discovery of evidence directly connected to Jhessye’s death,” police say in a statement.Police believe Shockley’s body was placed in a trash bin some time…
Thanks to the advice of someone claiming to be “therapist” Paul Fischer’s ex-wife, asking that we “get to the bottom” of Fischer’s alleged assault against a woman, we checked out some more material in the case.Fischer, who does work as a “family and marriage counselor” in Phoenix, was arrested in…
A City of Yuma employee was crushed by a 16-foot saguaro cactus this week, according to city officials.William Mason, a water-distribution technician with the city’s utilities department, has been in the intensive-care unit at a hospital since Tuesday.According to the city, Mason was checking out a water leak in the…
James Peters, the Scottsdale police officer who made headlines in February for shooting and killing the sixth person of his 12-year stint with the department, is set for retirement.Scottsdale’s police board for the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System approved Peters’ “accidental disability retirement application” yesterday.Peters’ most recent shooting was on…
Congressman Ben Quayle denies changing his stance on immigration policy, contrary to what Congressman David Schweikert and a few others have suggested.The Schweikert campaign’s response to that: you’re going to trust Brock Landers?Yes, Quayle’s past contributions to TheDirty.com — then known as DirtyScottsdale.com — are back like it’s 2010, when…
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sued the neighboring towns of Colorado City and Hildale yesterday, as the DoJ apparently thought it was inappropriate to have a child rapist running the show.The DoJ filed suit alleging religious and housing discrimination, with much of the lawsuit bringing claims against the “Marshal’s…
Believe it or not, an elected official in Arizona is pleased with something the federal government did.Attorney General Tom Horne handed out his thoughts on the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division suing Colorado City — the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used to call home…
As we told you at the beginning of the week, Congressman Ben Quayle didn’t seem incredibly upset about creating a way for many people who were brought to the United States illegally to be able to stay here, without a path to citizenship.In fact, he went on 12News to explain…
Colorado City — the town on the Utah/Arizona border that child rapist Warren Jeffs used to call home — is being sued by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division for religious and housing discrimination.The feds say the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and Jeffs are still…
If the description of a shooting suspect includes the New York Yankees logo tattooed to his forehead, it really cuts down on the guesswork.That’s how 21-year-old Carlos Benito Sturgus got caught making another awful life decision last week in Mesa, as police say he shot an innocent bystander while he…
Paradise Valley Town Councilman Vernon Parker is leading the Republican field in the state’s Ninth Congressional District, according to a poll commissioned by Vernon Parker.It’s pretty much impossible to tell how legitimate the poll is, as one anonymous person on the Internet says it sounded a lot like a “push…
Yesterday, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors came to a vote on whether to let the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office repay the taxpayer money Sheriff Arpaio wasted to send a deputy to Hawaii.Supervisor Fulton Brock didn’t show up, so by a vote of 2-2, the supervisors voted to not allow…
Maria Rivera made her initial appearance before a judge today after being arrested for allegedly shaking her 11-month-old daughter, Stormi Rivera, who’s not expected to survive her injuries.Defendants are most often silent during these appearances, listening to the judge explain what their charges are and the conditions of their release…
Welcome to justice in America, where it doesn’t even seem odd that you can admit to police that you committed a crime, then admit it on television, then go before a judge and say, wasn’t me.That’s the route 32-year-old Kristopher Harvey took today, pleading not guilty today to charges related…
Maria Rivera’s 11-month-old daughter, Stormi Rivera, is not expected to survive injuries sustained while with her mother yesterday, which Rivera claims were caused by the girl falling down the stairs.Detectives say hospital staff informed them “the only way to sustain these types of injuries [is] by severely shaking the baby.”That…
Charges were dismissed against seven members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who were accused of being involved in a 2010 shootout with Vagos, a rival gang.The two clubs shot it off in Chino Valley, north of Prescott, in August 2010, as at least 50 shots were fired, although no…
Unlike some people, Ramon Carrillo remembered to put his kids inside his car.The problem is, cops say he passed out drunk in the driver’s seat, leaving his kids — ages 1 and 2 — with nothing but 120-degree heat, a handgun, and a passed-out dad.According to court documents obtained by…
Yesterday, former Chandler City Councilman Martin Sepulveda announced he has the endorsement of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock in his bid for Congress.Brock has been known in more recent days for his family’s sex scandal, as his wife and adult daughter were both convicted of sexually abusing the same kid.Brock…
Martin Sepulveda — one of seven Republican candidates running to represent Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District — claims he’s “honored” to have the endorsement of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock.Brock’s probably best known for his supporting role in his family’s sex scandal, which included his now-estranged wife, Susan Brock, repeatedly sexually…
Another example of how not to be a parent was in a Maricopa County courtroom this morning, as 19-year-old Catalina Clouser pleaded not guilty to driving about 12 miles before realizing she had left her baby on the roof of her car.That incident, which occurred on June 1, came a…
As the Tempe Police Department got verification earlier this month that the five burned bodies found in an SUV in the Vekol Valley were identified as James and Yafit Butwin and their three children, another group of five people was still apparently missing.Pinal County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tim Gaffney tells…
