Marion Patterson III, one of two men charged with murdering Arizona State University student Zachary Marco in October 2010, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, according to a Maricopa County court spokesperson.Marco was 21 years old when he was gunned down after refusing to give up his belongings in a…
According to Thomas Warner, he’s been an elementary school teacher in the Paradise Valley School District for 11 years.According to the Phoenix Police Department, he’s also a kiddie-porn collector.Warner, 54, was arrested this morning after Phoenix cops from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant…
There’s good news and bad news regarding Andre, a dog whose eyes were gouged out by some savage before he was stuffed in a bag and thrown into an empty lot in west Phoenix last month.The good news: Andre has found a loving home and is adjusting to life without…
Jerry Brice of Phoenix has spent half of his life in prison.Lately, he hasn’t been trying too hard to stay out.The ex-con was found last week in a Phoenix apartment complex parking lot allegedly threatening someone with a semi-automatic he shouldn’t have had.After a 1993 conviction for attempted murder, Brice…
Julian Titcomb, 21, a one-time volunteer basketball coach at a Valley elementary school, had plans of joining the military — but that’s probably out of the question now that he’s been convicted of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl.Back in March, Titcomb was booked into jail on eight counts of sexual…
The arrest reports for the six people allegedly connected to the brutal murders of a Paradise Valley couple last month were unsealed this afternoon, but offer little new information about the murders — it’s so heavily redacted that one of the pages is completely blacked out, with the exception of…
Dead puppies are no fun — just ask 21-year-old Sadie Elizabeth Madrid, who was apparently so bored with her dead dogs that she left them to rot in her apartment for nearly two months.Madrid’s two dogs got sick in early December — they were throwing up, losing weight, etc. Rather…
Yusra Farhan’s daughter recently started talking with a boy. So, Farhan beat her with a shoe and tied her to a bed because her “Iraqi culture states that a female is not allowed to be having contact with males because females are not allowed to have boyfriends,” she later told…
A teen-touching former teacher at a Valley high school was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor with sexual motivation.Additionally, Otis Magee will have to register as a…
The Glendale Police Department has arrested two people they believe are responsible for the death of a person found burned in the desert near the White Tanks Mountains early this morning.The body has not yet been identified.Glendale police were contacted yesterday by the Phoenix Police Department about a possible homicide…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced this afternoon that a sixth suspect has been arrested in connection to the murders of a Paradise Valley couple found bound and burned in their home last week.Additionally, Montgomery defends releasing Michael Crane from custody after he’d been arrested for unrelated crimes just weeks…
Ron Barber, a former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, announced this morning that he’ll run in the special election to finish the remainder of Giffords’ term.Giffords resigned from Congress last month so she can focus on her recovery after getting shot in the head during last year’s shooting rampage…
Phoenix police said yesterday that the woman to the right could potentially be the mother of a newborn who was dumped in front of a Phoenix home on Tuesday. They’ve since contacted the woman, and it turns out she is NOT the mother of “Baby Kathleen.” “The woman pictured in…
A Goodyear teen who brought a gun to school to kill his math teacher last year pleaded guilty this afternoon to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and possession of a firearm.Izrahias Morales was only 15 when he brought the gun to school last February, but was charged as…
A scholarship has been set up to honor the memory of slain Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Coleman, who was murdered last month while responding to a burglary call at a medical facility in Anthem.The Rotary Club of Anthem is the group behind the scholarship honoring the slain deputy.The scholarship…
If you happened to have had a baby yesterday, and then dumped it in front of a home in north Phoenix, police would like to have a word with you — and make sure you’re not bleeding out after giving birth.Oh…and don’t worry about naming your newborn, the cops did…
The Paradise Valley Police Department confirmed today that five people have been arrested in connection with the murders of Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, whose bodies were found bound and burned inside their Paradise Valley home last week.Police say the five arrested are the “major suspects” in the case, but that…
Peoria police are filing animal cruelty charges against a Peoria woman who allowed her pit bull to walk around on a bloody stump for about a year without treating its injuries. Cops contacted Michelle Busse, 22, on January 7, after someone complained that she had not gotten medical treatment for…
If only 57-year-old Larry Walters had heeded the advice explained in the above clip from A Bronx Tale, 51-year-old Lonnie Raines might still be alive.But he didn’t, and now Walters is accused of murdering Raines — over 20 bucks…
A story we wrote a few years ago about a Bullhead City couple accused of killing their newborn baby during what’s described by authorities as a “brutal” sexual attack has been getting a lot of attention as of late — and we have no idea why.Regardless, we figured we’d provide…
Authorities have reportedly made an arrest in the murders of a Paradise Valley couple found bound in their burning home earlier this week.The Paradise Valley Police Department did not immediately return our call for confirmation, and authorities have refused to confirm the rumor to other publications, but KPHO is reporting…
Tyson Langley, the 15-year-old accused of murdering two people at a Peoria smoke shop last month, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder.Despite his young age, Langley’s being charged as an adult.Langley’s accused of murdering Melinda Bowen, 38,…
