The death of Dale Hausner — one of the two serial shooters who combined to kill six people in the Valley between 2005 and 2006 — has been ruled a suicide.According to the Pinal County Medical Examiner, Hausner’s cause of death is “amitriptyline intoxication,” meaning he overdosed on antidepressants…
Former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is bailing out of the Obama administration.Napolitano announced today that she’s stepping down as Homeland Security secretary and will move on to a new job — president of the University of California…
Police arrested Angel Ortiz on Thursday for allegedly stealing about 45 spare tires from the backs of cars in Chandler, Mesa, and Gilbert. Ortiz, 39, is accused of driving to shopping centers and parking lots with a tire iron, police say, looking for cars with a mounted spare on the…
David Trevino, a 23-year-old Phoenix resident, brushed off a woman’s allegation that he “raped” a girl because she was 17 years old when they had sex, and responded that she might as well tell police that he raped the woman’s 8-year-old daughter.The woman did relay that comment to police, and…
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, several of our alleged offenders might…
In case you missed it Thursday, another person has been arrested for an alleged “death threat” against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.A Peoria man made a comment online about taking a $2 million bounty from Mexican drug cartels for Arpaio’s head — a bounty that doesn’t exist, to the public’s knowledge…
If you need to travel westbound through the Interstate 10 tunnel in Phoenix, bad news: There are a ton of watermelons all over the place.If you need a watermelon, good news: There are a ton of watermelons all over the place inside the I-10 westbound tunnel…
At his Wednesday press conference where he doubled-down on his support of deceitful ex-Phoenix detective Armando Saldate, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery insisted that Debra Milke, the person Saldate put on death row, would remain nonbondable pending trial. “I want to underscore, she’s not entitled to bail under the Arizona…
The definition of “death threat” continues to grow for Sheriff Joe Arpaio.The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Peoria man for making a “death threat” against Arpaio, by making a comment online about taking a $2 million bounty from Mexican drug cartels for Arpaio’s head. The main problem, of course,…
Almost two weeks after lightning sparked a fire that eventually burned through more than 8,400 acres, and killed 19 firefighters in the process, the Yarnell Hill Fire is 100 percent contained, according to fire officials.People with homes in Yarnell and Peeples Valley already returned to their homes earlier this week…
The man who vomited on a dog before shooting the dog’s owner and two children at a Phoenix apartment complex, was caught Wednesday night.Phoenix Police Officer James Holmes says in an e-mail that 22-year-old Anthony Jamar Houston is suspected of committing the “barbaric act of violence.”…
A DUI suspect who passed out in the middle of a Phoenix street while behind the wheel of his SUV was apparently sleeping for so long that he ran out of gas.Jason Taylor, 22, was found shortly after 5 a.m. by a newspaper deliveryman. Taylor was slumped over the steering…
Today in Found at the Border: Phoenix resident Dora Gutierrez’s butt is not that big.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, almost three pounds of cocaine were taped to Gutierrez’s booty when she tried to come into the United States through the port of entry in Nogales on Monday…
While Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu claimed this week that he’s not running for Congress in 2014, there’s another politician who likes to take photos of himself without clothing who is running for office — Anthony Weiner.Weiner is running for Mayor of New York City, just a couple years after…
I live in La Habra, and I’ve noticed that the local Mexicans have a real affinity for palm trees — the more, the better. Some houses have more than 50 planted in a 10-by-20 frontyard, so many you can’t see the house. What’s up with this? Is this some kind…
Solar’s a no-brainer to Joelyn Higgins, spokeswoman and marketing director for Recreation Centers of Sun City Incorporated. The nonprofit company, which manages bowling alleys and seven recreation centers in the politically powerful Phoenix-area retirement community, has a large solar-panel project going up at its facilities. In the Lakeview Recreation Center…
Please see updates below re: Milke’s being denied bail. Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery should consider chucking the prosecutor gig, and starting a new career as a defense attorney. Already, he makes a fine mouthpiece for Armando Saldate, the ethically-challenged former Phoenix cop, whose questionable testimony put Debra Milke on…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is seeking murder charges against two Phoenix residents accused of smuggling immigrants in a U-Haul truck in which the temperature reached nearly 180 degrees, resulting in the death of one person and the hospitalization of many others. Deputies arrested Nathan Lamb, 25, and his girlfriend,…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul “studboi1” Babeu claims he’s not running for Congress in 2014, despite a political consultant’s poll reportedly showing that the embattled sheriff is the top Republican candidate in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.”I want to make it clear to everyone that I have made a commitment . …
Two memorials for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire have been set up, including a flagpole erected at the “deployment site” — where the firefighters tried to use their fire shelters to protect themselves from the blaze.For today only, shuttles will take people to an…
Federal officials arrested Richelle Elexsis Pallanes and Hector Machuca in El Mirage for their alleged role in smuggling nearly 26 kilos of cocaine from Mexico into the Valley, according to a criminal complaint filed in Arizona’s federal district court. On July 2, federal agents served a search warrant at 12903…
Police are searching for a man who shot three people, including two children, at a Phoenix apartment complex Tuesday night.A 41-year-old man was walking his dog at the complex, near 32nd Street and Thomas Road, around 10 p.m. Tuesday when a man on a second-story balcony vomited on the dog,…
