The bodies of the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who were killed a week ago while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire were transported back to Prescott.The scene was quite a bit different from last week, when their bodies were brought to the medical examiner’s office in Phoenix in a stream of…
If you’ve read mainstream media accounts of the moments leading up to the death of 19 firefighters in Yarnell, then you’ve been led to believe that a “sudden” thunderstorm is what sent the Granite Mountain Hotshots into harm’s way.That’s not the case, former New Times reporter John Dougherty has discovered…
After police departments ran DUI-enforcement campaigns across the Valley for Independence Day, there are still going to be quite a few areas the cops will be looking for drunk drivers this weekend.In fact, there appears to be more police departments working DUI patrols this weekend than there were last night,…
The Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 firefighters almost a week ago is now 80 percent contained.That last 20 percent of containment isn’t expected to be easy, though, as the estimated date of containment is a week from now, on July 12…
The owner of a Phoenix sushi restaurant was stabbed by her son inside the establishment while people were eating there, police say.Michael Lee Hansen, 35, told police that he was trying to cut off his mother’s head inside Sakura Sushi and Steakhouse earlier this week, according to court documents obtained…
Today in Found at the Border: No, the southern Arizona teenager recently arrested at the border has not been working out — it was just a bunch of heroin duct-taped to his legs.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the 17-year-old teenager pictured above, from the border town of San…
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 have…
Above is a photo of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and a 100-year-old member of Arpaio’s volunteer “posse.”According to a community newspaper, the man, Neal Coffman, “still performs radar duty, checking on vehicles, and reporting speeders to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies, who have the authority to issue tickets and warnings. He…
A Scottsdale man arrested on a DUI charge told police he was just trying to get home from a party when he was pulled over on Scottsdale Road around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.That happens just about every day in Scottsdale, but police say 33-year-old Derek Jackson was driving a forklift that…
If you just can’t manage to drive on Loop 202 like a normal human being while a fireworks display is taking place over Tempe Town Lake, the cops have an issue with that.The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced that cops will be on the 202 tonight, looking for people…
Don’t drink and drive.With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley for the Fourth of July, looking for impaired drivers :…
It looks like the Phoenix Coyotes are here to stay (for at least five more years, anyway) after the Glendale City Council approved an arena-management deal with the team’s buyers.Although that was a huge deal, there’s still a significant rift between people who want them to stay, and people who…
His ears were a good conversation starter. Misshapen, the cartilage calcified by years spent scraping against sweat-soaked wrestling mats, they looked alien, possibly malignant. Ask about them and he’d tell you: two-time freestyle All-American from Salina, Oklahoma. Runner-up in the nationals. It was one of the few stories of his…
She was identified on the coroner’s slab by the tattoos: the wind-up angel on her shoulder, a woman resting on a flower across her abdomen, some Japanese kanji across her wrist. A purple tank top and jeans were mostly intact, reeking of petroleum. Her aunt gazed at the body covered…
My columna a couple of weeks ago about whether Aztec savagery influences violence in Mexico today drew muchos responses, both bueno and malo. Here are two: I enjoy reading all your replies and was thinking about the last reply you wrote about the violence/Aztec blood question posed to you. I…
Chris Simcox, the erstwhile face of the minuteman movement, was not playing to the cameras Wednesday morning in Maricopa County Superior Court, as he stood before Judge Casey Newcomb and pleaded not guilty to six felony counts related to child molestation. Rather, the one-time leader of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps…
Brendan McDonough, the sole survivor of a fire disaster that killed 19 Arizona firefighters, had sincere remorse in a 2010 vehicle-burglary case, according to a probation officer’s report. The pre-sentence report depicts a motivated, young father-to-be who deserved a second chance after a crucial lapse in judgment and who fretted…
Allegations of campaign-finance violations involving Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and his outreach director, Kathleen Winn, are now in the hands of Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk after being referred to Polk’s office by state Solicitor General Robert Ellman. Last week, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett sent a letter…
A federal jury found a Mesa father and son guilty of operating a $100 million Ponzi scheme that swindled members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Guy Williams, 42, and Brent Williams, 66, were convicted on 38 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. The…
The Phoenix Coyotes (soon to be the Arizona Coyotes) are staying in Glendale.As has been the case every time it’s been said over the past few years that the Coyotes are staying, there are a few caveats…
Meth-heads and other drug addicts are notorious for not showing up to court dates.Bucking that trend is 27-year-old Fredrick Perez, who actually showed up to the Agua Fria Justice Court in Tolleson to take care of a warrant out for his arrest. Problem is, Perez showed up to court with…
With nearly 600 firefighters battling the Yarnell Hill Fire, authorities announced Tuesday night that the blaze was 8 percent contained.Meanwhile, in Prescott, a vigil was held for the 19 firefighters killed in the fire, and despite the threat, the delusional members of the Westboro Baptist “Church” didn’t show…
