A teacher at a Surprise high school was arrested earlier today for allegedly sexually abusing his 13-year-old niece.Marcos Cantu, 39, a teacher at Valley Vista High School is Surprise, has been charged with one count of sexual abuse for allegedly groping his niece as he drove her home from school.The…
Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner was in a Phoenix federal courtroom this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to kill Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides.Outside the courthouse, dozens of local and national media outlets awaited information on his plea from court officials…
Tilmon Strickland wants answers.His daughter, Melissa Strickland, was murdered in Phoenix in March 1997. She was bludgeoned to death, and her body was dumped in broad daylight near 21st Street and Corona Avenue. She was 24 years old. “It seems I’ve had to fight every step of the way just to…
The man pictured above is wanted by the Scottsdale Police Department for allegedly smashing a bottle over a guy’s face at a bar on New Year’s Day.According to the SPD, the above-pictured man was at the Devil’s Martini bar in Scottsdale to ring in the new year, and he did…
Sometimes you just don’t have time to call AAA — for example, if you’re in the process of burglarizing a house, someone sees you, and your getaway car won’t start — which is exactly what happened to a pair of thieves in Mesa yesterday morning.According to the Mesa Police Department, two…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords left the University Medical Center in Tucson this morning en route to a hospital in Houston to begin rehab after she was shot “through the brain” less than two weeks ago.Giffords, recovering in Tucson since the January 8 shooting, left for Houston about 9:20 a.m. today. She is traveling with…
The father of a 24-year-old man last seen at a party in Tempe early Saturday morning says there’s “no way” his son willingly went off the radar from his friends and family. Emmanuel Jigba, a Sierra Leone native now living in the San Jose, California, area, was in Tempe Thursday…
A North Carolina mayor is catching hell for writing on his Facebook page something that millions probably would love to tell Jared Lee Loughner to his face. News that Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others, including a little girl, had been shot by a gun-wielding madman last week brought feelings of sorrow and…
Apache Superior Court Judge Donna Grimsley dropped murder charges against an eastern Arizona man because, she says, the accused’s rights were violated when he was interviewed by investigators without a lawyer.Joseph Roberts is believed to have murdered 72-year-old William “Stoney” McCarragher in April of 2007. Authorities allege he also helped…
There isn’t much difference between a fully automatic M-16 machine gun and the semi-automatic AR-15 rifle, both of which are readily available for sale in Arizona. Both shoot the same, high-powered .223-caliber ammo and can be loaded with large-capacity magazines of 30 rounds or more. Except for different internal workings…
A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday against Jared Lee Loughner for the attempted murders of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aids,Ron Barber and Pamela Simon.”Today, the Grand Jury returned an initial three-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner in the Tucson shooting case. We are in the…
The same day it was announced that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords would be moved to a hospital in Houston to begin rehab as early as Friday, the hospital announced another milestone in her recovery: she stood up.The hospital announced yesterday that Giffords — with the help of medical staff — stood…
About 60 percent of Americans believe police presence should be mandatory when members of Congress hold Town Hall-type events, a new poll shows. The poll, commissioned by The Hill, a Washington D.C. newspaper, also found that 91 percent of Americans want to keep seeing meet-and-greets with members of Congress like the one Gabrielle Giffords was at on January 8…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be moved to a hospital in Houston as early as Friday to begin rehabilitation after being shot through the brain 11 days ago. “The congresswoman’s family wants to ensure she receives the best rehabilitative care possible for her type of serious, penetrating brain injury,” Dr. Michael…
Jared Lee Loughner is just one of many mass shooters in recent history who worried more about damaging his hearing than slaughtering innocent people. Video surveillance footage reportedly shows that Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner had inserted ear plugs before opening fire with his Glock and shooting 20 people…
A drunk Coolidge man (and apparently his rifle, too) had a wild ride through a Pinal County trailer park Sunday night, and he had a whole lot to say to the sheriff’s deputies who arrested him, including telling cops the reason for his drunken joyride was because he “just went…
When Douglas Police Chief Alberto Melis got word in August of 2009 that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords planned an event at a local Safeway, his thoughts immediately turned to security.Giffords’ press secretary, CJ Karamargin, sent an e-mail to several city officials to notify them about the “Congress on Your Corner” event…
Mary Rose Wilcox, one of five members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, didn’t disclose her business interests to the public like she should have, that much is clear. But multiple felonies? No way, says Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores. “With the utter lack of motive or evidence of…
A Chandler woman, now-infamous for occupying one of the meth-ier apartments on record — in which her methed-up husband put their 7-month-old baby in the freezer — copped a plea deal this morning that will keep her out of the clink.Leann Kracke pled guilty this morning to two counts of…
Daniel Wayne Cook, a death row inmate awaiting his court-imposed date with death for the last 24 years — in an Arizona prison on the taxpayer’s dime — is one step closer to being strapped to the executioner’s table.This morning, the United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Cook…
Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox won’t face any criminal charges in the crappy case against her put together by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas.Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores rejected the idea of charging Wilcox, one of five members of the Maricopa County Board…
The Tempe Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a man missing since Saturday.Willie Jigba, 24, was last seen at a party in the 600 block of East Weber Drive in Tempe. Jigba left the party alone and hasn’t been heard from since.Jigba was supposed to start…
