When Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner appears before a judge on March 9, he will do so in a federal courtroom in Tucson, the judge handling Loughner’s case ruled this morning.Loughner appeared in a Phoenix federal court last week where a plea of not-guilty was entered on his behalf for…
One of the three inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison last summer has been extradited to New Mexico where he will face murder charges in the deaths of a husband and wife from Oklahoma.Tracy Province, who along with John McCluskey and Daniel Renwick escaped from the Kingman prison in…
The American Kennel Club released its list of “the most popular dogs in the U.S.A.,” and Valley residents, it turns out, have a thing for Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, and Golden Retrievers. Those are just the most popular dogs registered with the AKC — in other words, Pit-Bull eating out…
A Phoenix man convicted of murdering his wife because he believed she was trying to poison him was sentenced in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Judge Karen O’Conner sentenced 46-year-old Primitivo Almonte to 16 years in prison for the 2009 murder of his wife…
The Tempe Police Department just announced that divers searching Tempe Town Lake have recovered a body. Whether the body is that of missing Tempe man Willie Jigba is unclear.The Tempe Fire Department’s Search and Rescue divers have been combing the lake since Wednesday after a search dog picked up the…
Any faith we had in the creativity of sex offenders is now gone thanks to a Mesa perv who’s still using the promise of puppies to lure children into cars. The scary part is that it actually worked.Jeffrey Van Wagoner — a convicted sex offender who’s already served 13 years…
Authorities are asking the public’s help in tracking down the person responsible for the deaths of two Glendale women whose decomposing bodies were found near Cordes Junction nearly 15 years ago.The two women, 19-year-old Jennifer Lueth and 20-year-old Diana Shawcroft, were last seen leaving a mini-mart near the intersection of…
Most people don’t do meth. Most people don’t let their 9-month-old kid die from a meth overdose. Most people don’t then give birth to another child with a circulatory system full of meth. By those standards, Veronica Marie Linares allegedly doesn’t qualify as “most people.” Glendale police say Linares, 23,…
Here’s a tip: If you’re trying to fly to Mexico to evade a felony warrant, you may want to pony up the extra couple of bucks for a direct flight. Apparently, 37-year-old Norma Vera-Nolasko didn’t heed that advice, as Phoenix police arrested her at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport around…
Tucson shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner has a fan — he’s a thoughtless, 40-year-old GED student in Nevada who threatened to shoot up his classroom “like that guy in Arizona.”Ismael Segura-Hernandez was arrested yesterday afternoon after disrupting his GED class at Western Nevada College by continuously “blurting out” during the…
The search for a missing Tempe man resumed this morning at Tempe Town Lake after dogs searching the lake picked up a scent indicating a human body could be under the water.Rescue teams suspended the search last night after finding nothing in the water related to Willie Jigba, who was…
Divers from the Tempe Fire Department are currently searching Tempe Town Lake for Willie Jigba, the 24-year-old Tempe man reported missing nearly two weeks ago.Tempe police tell New Times that police dogs got a “hit” while scouring the lake in search of Jigba. The “hit,” police say, is not specific…
“Spiritual Warrior”/snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray — accused of manslaughter in the deaths of three participants in a 2009 sweat-lodge ceremony in Sedona — doesn’t want the jury in his upcoming trial to hear what two experts on cult behavior have to say about his “self-help” retreats.Attorneys for the “self-help guru”…
the Chandler Police Department’s release this morning of details of the relationship between Susan Brock, estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, and a teenage boy, the supervisor tells New Times he knew nothing of the sexual encounters before his wife’s arrest in November. “My wife was untruthful to me. She was untruthful to…
Turns out that she, her county supervisor husband, Fulton Brock, and the parents of the victim of her bizarre sexual trysts met with leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in October 2009 to discuss “frustration with Mrs. Brock’s interference in [their] son’s life.” The report goes on…
Doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Houston have upgraded the congresswoman’s condition to good, another milestone in her miraculous recovery after being shot “through the brain” less than three weeks ago. Giffords was moved from the Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Hospital — where she’s been in intensive care since…
Alleged Tucson shooter Jared Loughner’s next court appearance will be in a Phoenix courtroom, not in Tucson, as prosecutors handling the case had requested.Loughner appeared in a Phoenix federal court yesterday where a plea of not-guilty was entered on his behalf for the attempted murders of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and…
As we reported yesterday, Phoenix police still have no suspects in a triple homicide in the west Valley earlier this month, but they have some new leads, including images of two vehicles seen following the Jeep driven by the victims the day police suspect they were murdered.Newly released video recorded…
When we arrived, the memorial was intact: hundreds of bouquets, cards, candles, posters marking the January 8 tragedy, remembering the victims. But not for long. It was Wednesday, January 19. And apparently, it was time for business to go on. The Safeway had opened a few days earlier, but the…
The Surprise teacher arrested yesterday for allegedly grabbing the breast of his 13-year-old niece tried to explain away the alleged boob grab by telling the girl it was just a “wrestling move” he took “too far,” according to court documents obtained by New Times. He also sent the girl text…
Susan Brock, the estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock who entered a guilty plea yesterday to charges that she attempted to have sexual relations with a minor, faces a minimum of seven years in prison, court documents obtained by New Times show.”The prison sentence could be as low…
Unreal. The same people responsible for tens of millions in claims being filed against Maricopa County are now drooling after their own pot of gold. Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and David Hendershott, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s former right-hand man have filed a notice of claim along with Thomas’ former lackey, Lisa Aubuchon, for a combined…
