It’s been more than three weeks since 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley was reported missing, and her case has finally begun to get the attention of the national media — the same national media the girl’s grandmother claimed was ignoring the case because Shockley is black.Glendale Sergeant Brent Coombs tells New Times…
When Mario Powers went to the apartment of his baby-mama last month, he saw her talking with other guys. So, he beat her up as she was holding the couple’s 6-month-old daughter — but that was only before throwing the infant at the woman.According to court records obtained by New…
Regardless of your opinion of the death penalty, it exists because of guys like convicted Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau.Goudeau was convicted yesterday of 67 serious felonies — nine of which were murder raps — stemming from a year-long crime spree in 2005 and 2006.Tomorrow, Goudeau’s trial will enter the sentencing…
A children’s Tae Kwon Do instructor in Gilbert was arrested Thursday after police say he sent several pictures of his penis to a 12-year-old female student of his. At the time of his arrest, 24-year-old Jonathan Knight was standing in front of the girl’s house.According to court documents obtained by…
When burglary suspect Marshawn Floyd Phillips broke into the home of a Phoenix woman demanding “pussy” early Wednesday morning, he probably didn’t expect to get beaten with a prosthetic leg — but that’s exactly what happened.According to court records obtained by New Times, Phillips broke into the victim’s 24th Street…
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Hegarty has been replaced as Highway Patrol chief for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, in part due to concerns about his perceived effect on employee morale.The new boss of the DPS’ Highway Patrol division is Major James McGuffin, says DPS spokesman Bart Graves.Hegarty, as we reported…
The Arizona State Bar’s independent counsel team rested its case today in the disciplinary proceeding against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and two of his former employees. The Bar’s lawyers announced their decision after Thomas gave his second day of testimony in the case that could cost him his…
When 23-year-old Michael King Jr. robbed a Phoenix bank yesterday morning, police already were actively looking for him in a sexual assault/robbery that happened at a Phoenix porn shop nine days earlier.When King ultimately was arrested, he went out in a hail of cash — stolen cash — that he tossed…
New setting, same old story.Under oath while on the stand this morning in the his disciplinary “trial,” former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas claimed that a TV reporter gave his office a great tip in its quest to investigate county “corruption.”The former Channel 15 (KNXV-TV) reporter, Josh Bernstein, did an…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is back on the stand this morning in the State Bar’s disciplinary proceeding against him.Here’s the link to the state Supreme Court’s Web page on the hearings. Click there, then click on the live proceeding. Don’t forget — later you can access Thomas’ testimony…
Shamed former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will again today take the stand in the state Bar ethics hearing that could potentially conclude with Thomas saying “buh-bye” to his license to practice law.Thomas spent the majority of the day yesterday on the stand trying to explain why he charged numerous…
We’re biased on this one.Gotta admit it.We watched hours and hours of testimony by former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas today, and the guy definitely seemed to have an answer for everything — but only in the way our mother used that phrase on us in our most smart-alecky moments. Thomas…
Andrew Thomas certainly seems to believe his own theories as he defends himself today against a State Bar complaint that could cost him his law license.In the former Maricopa County Attorney’s world, County Supervisor Don Stapley is “corrupt,” whose motive to commit crimes was the money he was being paid…
Part Two of the morning testimony by former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas brought out even more of Thomas’ apparently hypocritical thought processes.We say hypocritical because it’s difficult for us to believe that Thomas believes the words coming out of his mouth.As we noted in our last post about today’s…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said in a disciplinary hearing against him today that he doesn’t know why a judge he thought was “biased” made a major ruling in Thomas’ favor.Thomas has maintained throughout his fight with county officials that retired Judge Kenneth Fields, who was assigned to cover…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is taking stand this morning in a disciplinary proceeding that could result in his disbarment.Click here to access the state Supreme Court’s Web site, then click on today’s live proceeding.Thomas was elected in 2004 on a platform of illegal immigration reform, then re-elected in…
Lisa Aubuchon lives in an alternative universe.True, we may have watched too many Star Trek episodes as a kid, but after watching the former deputy county attorney’s performance on the stand in the State Bar’s disciplinary hearings yesterday, we could come to no other conclusion. From the way she connected…
No matter what a stripper tells you when you’re shaking a handful of dollar bills at her, chances are she doesn’t want you to force oral sex on her. We’d venture further and assume a stripper really doesn’t want you to force oral sex on her while she has her…
A cat had 22-year-old Freyando Bizardie so “depressed” Sunday afternoon that he tried to choke it to death. He also tried to stab it with a pen before he bit two of his sisters.According to court documents obtained by New Times, police were dispatched to Bizardie’s Phoenix home Sunday afternoon…
To hear Barnett Lotstein tell it, ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Peyton Thomas was willing to sacrifice his political career in order to do the right thing by going after alleged “corruption” in county government Lotstein spun, um, testified this morning at the ongoing disciplinary hearings regarding his former boss, Thomas,…
When a baby’s teeth are coming in, parents will often rub a little rum on the baby’s gums to dull the pain. A Phoenix mom is suspected of opting for a different remedy — police suspect she gave her 2-year-old baby methadone to treat a toothache.Phoenix police haven’t revealed the…
The Glendale Police Department tells New Times its investigation into the disappearance of 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley is its “number one priority.” But that’s not enough for the girl’s mother, Jerice Hunter, who continues to publicly bash the police, claiming they’re not doing enough to find her daughter.Hunter and other members…
