A Gilbert dog lover plans to chain herself to a tree on Saturday — and she’s doing so to raise money to buy air conditioned dog houses for hot pooches at the Friends for Life Animal Rescue Shelter.Yes, they really make air-conditioned dog houses.Erica Wellman, the shelter’s manager, tells New…
There were two murder/suicides in the city of Phoenix last night, which is way too many murder/suicides for one night.According to the Phoenix Police Department, one of the shootings occurred in the 3100 block of West Maldonado Road about 8:30 p.m.The victim, a 29-year-old Hispanic woman, arrived at her home…
Today is Friday — a day that ends with the word “day,” which, sadly, seems to mean one thing here in the Valley: someone was arrested for beating up a kid.The latest contestants for Parents of the Year are 22-year-old Melissa Chambers and her 26-year-old boyfriend, Travis Darrah.Chandler Detective Seth…
Of all the things you don’t want to crash your car into while cruising around shitfaced, a cop car is pretty high on the list.This morning, Dylan Fann, 29, of San Tan, did exactly that.According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, about 1:30 a.m., a PCSO deputy was stopped in…
We can think of a lot of instances when it’s probably not the most ideal time to take a nap — topping the list, however, would definitely be shortly after putting an 11-month-old baby in a running bathtub, which is exactly what police say a Tempe couple did earlier this…
Fry’s Electronics employees discovered child porn on a computer brought to the store for repair last April, leading to the arrest yesterday of a Phoenix man.James Long, 57, reportedly admitted he found the pictures of little kids engaged in sex acts “visually stunning” and that he downloaded them for his…
To the right is the first photo released by authorities of accused murderer Braden Rockriver, the 16-year-old accused of murdering his girlfriend’s mother on Monday.Rockriver is being held on a $1 million bond after the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office decided yesterday to try the teen as an adult for the…
A Phoenix mom who put her newborn baby in a trash can last year — killing the baby — has been found guilty of second-degree murder, court officials tell New Times.In January 2010, Brittany Williams delivered a baby in her family’s Phoenix home. According to authorities, none of her family members…
Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesman Jerry Cobb tells New Times that the Mesa 16-year-old accused of murdering his girlfriend’s mother will be charged as an adult.The boy, identified as Braden Matthew Rockriver, will be charged with first-degree murder, a class 1 dangerous felony; and first-degree burglary, a class two dangerous…
A 16-year-old Mesa boy who admitted to fatally shooting his girlfriend’s 42-year-old mother yesterday afternoon told police that he stole the gun used in the attack from his father. He also told investigators that the girl’s mother wasn’t his intended target — he says he planned to kill his girlfriend…
If you thought you’d heard the last of 33-year-old Eugene Gimzelberg, the Gilbert man who spent 36 hours in a sewer while naked and tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms and PCP, guess again — in addition to his sewer shenanigans, Gimzelberg’s apparently a fairly well-known (by police) graffiti artist.Gilbert Sergeant Bill…
The Phoenix Police Department needs the public’s help in tracking down a missing old guy. Chamel Cabrera, 73, could be in a bit of trouble — he’s visiting from Mexico and is unfamiliar with the area. He also has Alzheimer’s Disease and high blood pressure and needs daily medication. He…
Mesa police say a teen walked into the open garage at the home of his ex-girlfriend, went into the laundry room, and fatally shot the girl’s mother yesterday afternoon.The woman’s husband was home at the time of the shooting, which happened in a neighborhood near Baseline and Sossaman Roads about…
Phoenix police are looking for two thugs who forced a 70-year-old Phoenix woman into her apartment where one of the men sexually assaulted her early yesterday morning.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the woman was walking back to her apartment about 12:45 a.m. when she was approached by the two…
Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke can’t find any chargeable offenses after a review of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s questionable travel habits and mismanagement of an inmate trust fund.Because the U.S. Attorney is still investigating Arpaio in connection with abuse-of-power allegations, and the sheriff’s office still faces a civil-rights probe,…
A suspected drunk driver speeding north on the Loop 101 slammed his Hyundai into the back of an SUV early Saturday morning, killing the three people inside.Authorities still aren’t sure whether the victims in the SUV died from the impact or resulting explosion and fire Their bodies were severely burned, says…
In an apparent parking-lot-rage incident, a taxi driver and his passenger are accused by police of beating a man to death as the victim’s horrified wife watched.The act of impulsive violence erupted about 5:15 p.m. on Saturday at 1459 North Dysart Road, as the AAA Taxi pulled out of a…
A beer-theft suspect whose attempted escape from police last year resulted in a crash that killed a pharmacy student will spend at least 25 years in prison.Berry Williams, 49, stole several 30-packs of beer from a west-side Circle K back on February 1, 2010, then sped from police who tried…
Police report this morning that 6-year-old Jacob Gibson died on Sunday, not quite a week after the horrific beating he received at the hands of his parents.Benny Gibson, 49, and his wife, Jennifer Edna Paul, 37, remain in jail — now suspected of killing, as opposed to merely brutalizing, their…
Police arrested a 36-year-old man yesterday after receiving new evidence in the case of a 14-year-old raped two years ago at a Buckeye park.Phonesavanh Nakhokkong of Buckeye was taken to jail after voluntarily driving to the Buckeye Police Department to discuss the allegation. Officer J. Kirby wrote in court records…
This is one of the upsides to mobile phones:An astute witness’ prompt call to 911 early yesterday morning after seeing some punks breaking into a car resulted in the arrest of three teenagers.The caller told police that the men had broken out the window of a parked car in the…
Three hoodlums whose SUV ran out of gas during a June robbery forced one of their victims at gunpoint to use his car to push the vehicle to a gas station, police say. Cops released surveillance photos today of one of the robbers with the hope of developing some leads in what a Phoenix police…
