Despite earlier reports from the Tempe Police Department that the men involved in yesterday morning’s shooting weren’t students at the nearby Arizona State University, it turns out the alleged shooter actually is.Kyle Levitt, the 25-year-old Tempe resident who police say fatally shot 20-year-old Gabriel Batten, is an undergraduate student at…
Also read: Tempe PD: Man Shot, Killed After Argument Over Playing Loud Music at Apartment PoolTempe police have arrested a 25-year-old man on a murder charge in the shooting death of a man at an apartment complex pool yesterday.Police say Tempe resident Kyle Levitt shot 20-year-old Gabriel Batten after an…
Yesterday, we brought you the video of Yavapai College left fielder Austin O’Such heading full-speed over to a scuffle between his team and Scottsdale Community College’s squad, and making a pit stop to blindside SCC’s Jake Bamrick, who’s hanging out on second base watching the action. The video from the…
Congratulations to the New Times reader known as Eleanor Holguin, you’ve won this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rounding up the “birther” brigade at church for another explanation of…
Two illegal immigrants were shot and killed last night near Eloy after being “ambushed” by an unknown number of people in camouflage getup, police say.According to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, the call came into the Eloy Police Department around 10:30 p.m. yesterday about shots being fired at an “illegal…
Update: Kyle Levitt Arrested in Murder of man Shot at Tempe Apartment Complex PoolA 20-year-old man was shot and killed this morning after an argument over loud music at a pool inside a Tempe apartment complex, police say.Two people are currently being held for questioning in the shooting death.Tempe Police…
Last week, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery shipped off a letter to the Justice Department, demanding the department’s evidence of botched sex crimes by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.Montgomery wrote that withholding that evidence “may needlessly jeopardize prosecutions,” and also asked for any evidence of racial profiling by the MCSO.The…
The video above is probably the only community-college baseball highlight that’s going to be news outside the state of Arizona this year.That’s Yavapai College left fielder Austin O’Such that’s heading full-speed over to a scuffle between his team and Scottsdale Community College’s squad, and makes a pit stop to blindside…
The Phoenix Suns won one and lost one this weekend, with a six-point loss to the Denver Nuggets in Colorado on Friday, and a 20-point whooping of the Kobe Bryant-less Los Angeles Lakers in the desert Saturday night.Friday’s game was a gradual loss for the Suns after finishing the first…
On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rounding up the “birther” brigade at church for another explanation of why he believes President Obama is from Africa.That expedition took the sheriff’s “Cold Case Posse” to a church in Sun…
According to voters for a TIME magazine poll, Shakira and Lady Gaga are more influential than Governor Jan Brewer.Brewer, or more likely, her flak, even took to social media today asking people to vote for her as one of the world’s most influential people, saying “liberal websites, media and bloggers…
Cab driver Joseph Goldmeer was sentenced to five years in prison today for a June incident in which Goldmeer ended an argument at a Phoenix gas station by running a guy over with his cab.Goldmeer was convicted by a jury in February of three counts of aggravated assault, and received…
Representatives of the “meth lab of democracy” are apparently comedy gold for The Daily Show, as U.S. Senator John McCain was featured in one of the show’s segments earlier this week.McCain’s appearance was actually in the same episode as Michael Hicks, a Tucson Unified School District governing board member, who…
El Mirage police were informed yesterday that Albert Arias stabbed his father, possibly to death, after Arias allegedly came into the police station and told them about it.Pete Arias, 76, was pronounced dead at a hospital, and his son is in jail for his murder.According to court documents obtained by…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is still trying to battle the feds, but in his free time over the weekend, the sheriff rounded up the “birther” brigade for another explanation of why he believes President Obama is from Africa.This weekend’s expedition took the sheriff’s “Cold Case Posse” to a church…
It’s officially baseball season for the Arizona Diamondbacks starting at 4 p.m. today, as the Snakes start a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at Chase Field.The D’Backs won the National League West division title last year, but lost in five games against the Milwaukee Brewers in the National…
Julian Titcomb, a former volunteer basketball coach at a Valley elementary school, was sentenced today to six months in jail for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.Titcomb, 22, was booked into jail on eight counts of sexual conduct with a minor in March 2011, but pleaded guilty in February to three…
Police say 21-year-old Martin Garcia crashed into one officer’s motorcycle, another officer’s car, got shot at by police, then managed to crash his car into a guardrail, leaving it hanging over the edge about 15 feet above a highway and running away.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Garcia…
Sometimes it’s hard for people to realize the potential effects of all the anti-abortion bills that are always being tossed around at the Capitol until after they’re passed into law.That’s why a Nebraska woman has written a letter to Governor Jan Brewer, imploring her to veto House Bill 2036 if…
“Chasing girls” is supposed to be a colloquialism, not an actual game plan to pull off at a Tempe park.Curtis Earl Mann apparently missed that memo, as Tempe police say the 19-year-old was literally chasing a pair of 13-year-old girls through Harelson Park on Monday.According to police, Mann approached the…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery stepped up for Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday, saying the Justice Department was “reckless” to assert county residents are being negatively affected by the sheriff’s office unless Montgomery gets the evidence.Montgomery sent a second request to the Justice Department for more information, and said it was…
Joe Sauceda Gallegos, who beat two young Phoenix boys to death with a baseball bat a few days before Christmas in 2008, is finally going to prison.Gallegos was found incompetent to stand trial in 2010, and was sent to a mental health facility.After some meds and time in the nuthouse,…
