Mesa woman was asleep in her bed when she heard some rocks being thrown at her window. Curious, she went outside to see what was going on — and that’s when her ex-boyfriend — accompanied by his new girlfriend — started shooting at her.According to the Mesa Police Department, 18-year-old…
A Scottsdale man was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating the crap out of a 62-year-old man after hitting on the guy’s fiancee at a Phoenix restaurant earlier this month.Jason Peter Bonal, 36, got pinched yesterday afternoon for the violent attack on the man after witnesses identified him as the attacker.According…
The Tempe Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a guy authorities say has been exposing himself — and masturbating in front of — sun-bathing female 20-somethings as they lounge around pools at area apartment complexes.In the latest incident, which happened this afternoon, the unknown suspect was…
A man convicted of fatally running down a Mesa bicyclist in Tempe last summer has been sentenced to a year in jail, and three years probation, after pleading guilty to charges that he left the scene of a fatal accident.Cody Ryan Davis, 23, was arrested last July at his home…
A Mohave County man was arrested last week after two kids saw him pissing on the side of a building — and he may have to register as a sex offender as a result.Mohave County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Trish Carter tells New Times 38-year-old Norman James Havatone was spotted at…
Since our earlier post about a Pinal County jail inmate who beat up a detention officer so he could remain in custody and hopefully avoid a “hit” put out on him by a Mexican drug cartel, we got our hands on some video of the attack. It’s pretty wild.Last week,…
Forde was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison for each of the counts, all but one to be run consecutively.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s son, police Officer Jeff Gordon, has been on paid administrative leave since January as police officials conduct an internal investigation over allegations of “inappropriate contact.”The Phoenix Police Department won’t say much more than that, but apparently Jeff’ Gordan has been using his paid time off to…
Christopher Benitez’s second chance at trying to prove he wasn’t responsible for the 2001 death of a Phoenix firefighter didn’t work out well. The Phoenix man — a solider sent home Iraq two years ago to face trial in the crime — was found guilty today of negligent homicide and two counts of arson Now…
A Phoenix man who claims he learned to kill while a member of the Cuban military was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to charges that he fatally snapped his girlfriend’s neck during an argument. Hermenegildo Cardenes Morffah agreed to a second-degree murder charge today for…
On his Facebook page, 54-year-old Lonnie Hendricks lists his employment as “house dad.” According to Hendricks, he “could not ask for a more rewarding position” — which might have something to do with some of the duties that apparently come with the gig, notably kissing the breasts of his 13-year-old step-daughter.But…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was cleared over the weekend to leave rehab in Texas and fly to Florida to watch her astronaut husband Mark Kelly’s shuttle launch less than four months after getting shot “through the brain” during the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage.Coincidentally, Arizona has a Senate seat opening up with the retirement…
Leroy Smalley was down on his luck in 2003. He’d just been convicted in a child-molestation case, and his release required him to register as a sex offender and check in with a probation officer regularly for the rest of his life. When his wife divorced him while he was…
The Arizona Herpetological Society has some suggestions on how to host the lamest Easter egg hunt ever: don’t “hide” the eggs where kids can’t see them.The problem: rattlesnakes.The AHS is warning Valley residents about the dangers of Easter egg hunts in a region infested with slithering monsters…
Delarndrus Nashid Shabazz lives casual, clothing-optional, which gets him into trouble at the Valle Escondido Condominiums as he allegedly walks around his girlfriend’s condominium exposing himself to teenagers and middle aged women alike. According to court records obtained by New Times, Shabazz is an employee of Fox Sports Arizona, the…
The Statute of Liberty inspires people to think about freedom. That sure seems to be the case with 42-year-old Kevin Theriault, who felt free enough to whip out his johnson in front of a woman who was dressed as Lady Liberty, all while standing in a Tempe parking lot, say Tempe police. Police say Theriault had masturbated in…
A Scottsdale charter school teacher was arrested on Tuesday and accused of bashing the face of his boyfriend’s 6-year-old daughter because she woke him up from a nap. Chandler police arrested Qikai “Ben” Chen, 27, at Basis Charter School, where he works as a math teacher. Records show that Chen admitted…
Alan John Shepard was minding his own business Monday morning when his meddling neighbors decided to call the police accusing him of peddling meth. Phoenix police officers showed up at his place, near 4th Avenue and Vineyard, with a search warrant in hand, and tagged him for dangerous drug transportation…
MCSO Family values Some apples don’t fall far from the tree, and some don’t fall at all. Christian Alexander Bullis, 20, also known as Farva Bullis, was arrested with his mother, Marie Ranay Bullis, yesterday afternoon, after they were busted shoplifting at an ACE Hardware Store on 31st Street and Indian…
An execution date finally has been set for an Arizona killer convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl as she collected money for her paper route at a Tempe apartment complex in 1984.After nearly 26 years on Death Row — on the taxpayer dime — 56-year-old Donald Edward Beaty will be put to death…
An amateur Avondale tattoo artist who traded a tattoo for sex with a teenage girl was sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted child prostitution and two counts of unlawful tattooing for the April 2010 incident.Juan Lara, 38, was in a Maricopa County Superior Court…
A Chandler woman who’s been missing since Friday has been located and is apparently OK.According to the Chandler Police Department, 18-year-old Trinity Olsen-Galeai called police this morning to report that she was not in any danger…
