Question: What’s the best way to get home from the police station after being arrested?Cesar Garcia’s alleged answer: Steal the ambulance from the police department parking lot, of course…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s armed citizen patrols of schools is continuing for another school year.Arpaio’s NRA-approved posse patrols went without any serious incidents last year, when Arpaio instituted the program in response to the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school shooting…
A Phoenix man stabbed his roommate after hearing that his roommate was the one who recently sexually assaulted one of his relatives, police say.Unfortunately, 50-year-old Thomas Hults was acting on inaccurate information and stabbed his innocent roommate, according to police…
They’re not big-time bad guys, but according to Peoria officials, arrest warrants have been issued for these individuals since they allegedly skipped out on court appearance — failure to appear — for offenses such as driving under the influence of alcohol (or some other mind-altering ish) and shoplifting. Most Wanted…
In Arizona, Republican citizens are more than just Obama-hating, gun-toting, free Americans.Although a lot of people are only Republicans for one day every couple of years (on Election Day), some are much more dedicated to the party than others. Check out our field guide to 10 types of Republicans you’ll…
Barry Jordan, the accused pervert whose red-light-running spree in 2011 resulted in a crash that killed an 11-year-old girl, has been found guilty but insane. The decision by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dawn Bergin means that Jordan will be incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison for a term yet…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office made another one of its signature worksite raids late last week, busting four big, bad cleaning-ladies in the process.Their crime, MCSO alleges, is “identity theft” — although many of these cases don’t involve the theft of someone’s identity…
How do you submit a My Turn column or letter to the editor to the Arizona Republic’s community opinion pages? Trick question. Don’t bother to submit anything. As of this week, the Republic’s community opinion sections no longer exist…
One week away from a major filing in the ACLU civil rights case Melendres v. Arpaio, the MCSO performed its 74th worksite immigration raid on the Phoenix commercial cleaning service Pro-Serv, arresting four female employees Thursday evening. MCSO spokesman Chris Hegstrom issued the following statement in response to repeated requests…
The “bloody diarrhea outbreak” that county officials linked to E. coli at a Federico’s Mexican Food location has sickened 52 people, according to the county health department.According to the Maricopa County Public Health, 18 of those 52 people have been hospitalized…
Lyndon Rive, CEO of SolarCity, apologized to the Arizona Corporation Commission this week after one of his employees spread misinformation to customers. The flap began about 11 p.m. on July 31, records show, when SolarCity sales consultant Doyle Dreesen sent a breathless email to an unknown number of customers that…
A detention officer for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was shot and killed outside his home early Thursday morning.Phoenix police are investigating the murder of the eight-year MCSO veteran, Jorge Vargas, who was gunned down in the driveway of his home near 91st Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road…
Police say the man who was grabbing butts in East Valley grocery stores has been arrested.According to the Tempe PD, 21-year-old Jesse Jimenez was arrested inside his home, and he admitted to committing the assaults…
Phoenix police have caught a guy who walked into a convenience store, grabbed some 30-packs of beer, and bailed out of there “at least 36 times.”Police say 43-year-old Felix Castillo sometimes grabbed as many as three 30-packs at a time, so this guy may have stolen more than 3,000 beers…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, the “Rock Burglar” gets prison time, a terrorist hoax earns one man a stint in jail, another man is found guilty in a meth-fueled ambulance theft, and more:…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, all of our alleged offenders are…
It appears that a couple of the Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman spent some time this week giving haircuts to the rookies,and they all look terrible (as they’re supposed to).Darnell Dockett appears to have spent most of the time shaving his number, 90, into the side of the rookies’ heads, but…
Due to prison overcrowding in California, state officials there are planning to release about a thousand inmates and relocate thousands more, according to recent media reports.The plan, according to the Los Angeles Times, is that “low-level criminals, as well as seriously ill and elderly inmates, could be released.”That’s not sitting…
A 78-year-old man who lives in the retirement community of Sun City is accused of fatally shooting his wife Wednesday morning.Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies initially proposed that it could have been a “mercy killing” of a terminally ill spouse, which would be the second one in Sun City in the…
If you had to describe the State of Arizona with just one photo, this might just be that photo.There’s a certain brand of hippie-hating jackassery around here, and many just settle for the “Obama’s a socialist” bumper-sticker. Not this guy, whom we spotted on State Route 51 Wednesday. His hatred…
Much to the dismay of many Moon Valley residents, it looks like a Goodwill store is going to open in their neighborhood.A couple of months ago, New Times obtained several e-mail chains among residents of the North Phoenix country-club community, including former Republican U.S. Congressman John Shadegg, rallying others to…
A Mesa man who was found completely naked and covered in both Off! insect-repellent and Raid insecticide told police he was just trying to throw the police dog off his scent.Have we mentioned yet that there was no police dog?…
