Phoenix police are searching for a man who doused his girlfriend in gasoline and set her on fire this weekend.Police Sergeant Trent Crump says the woman, who was heard “screaming for help,” was burned over 30 percent of her body…
At what point do you just toss your keys to the cops after getting pulled over for DUI?Apparently when it’s the seventh time you’ve been pulled over for DUI, and the third time this year…
Whatever religion calls for letting malnourished babies die instead of bringing them to a doctor, that’s the religion that Phoenix parents Ernest Ingram and Denise Snow-Ingram apparently follow.Police say the couple cited “religious beliefs” as their 15-month-old baby died on Wednesday, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces — about a pound…
David Trevino, a 23-year-old Phoenix resident, brushed off a woman’s allegation that he “raped” a girl because she was 17 years old when they had sex, and responded that she might as well tell police that he raped the woman’s 8-year-old daughter.The woman did relay that comment to police, and…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, several of our alleged offenders might…
A DUI suspect who passed out in the middle of a Phoenix street while behind the wheel of his SUV was apparently sleeping for so long that he ran out of gas.Jason Taylor, 22, was found shortly after 5 a.m. by a newspaper deliveryman. Taylor was slumped over the steering…
Police are searching for a man who shot three people, including two children, at a Phoenix apartment complex Tuesday night.A 41-year-old man was walking his dog at the complex, near 32nd Street and Thomas Road, around 10 p.m. Tuesday when a man on a second-story balcony vomited on the dog,…
Russell McKinney almost lost his life because he threatened Phoenix police with an AK-47 — even though the weapon turned out to be a toy airsoft gun, police say. Just after 6 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a call because someone allegedly had broken the window of a home near…
It looks like folks just aren’t getting behind the wheel plastered on Independence Day like they used to.Stats from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety show the fewest DUI arrests, 367, over the lengthy Independence Day weekend since 2009…
After police departments ran DUI-enforcement campaigns across the Valley for Independence Day, there are still going to be quite a few areas the cops will be looking for drunk drivers this weekend.In fact, there appears to be more police departments working DUI patrols this weekend than there were last night,…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, all of our alleged offenders have…
Don’t drink and drive.With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley for the Fourth of July, looking for impaired drivers :…
Meth-heads and other drug addicts are notorious for not showing up to court dates.Bucking that trend is 27-year-old Fredrick Perez, who actually showed up to the Agua Fria Justice Court in Tolleson to take care of a warrant out for his arrest. Problem is, Perez showed up to court with…
A 73-year-old Ahwatukee resident might know just about every female jogger in the neighborhood — because police say he groped a dozen of them.The females — 11 of whom are under age of 18 — were running on Chandler Boulevard, down the street from Desert Vista High School, where they…
Sigh. The sociopaths from the Westboro Baptist “Church” claim they’re picketing the funerals of the firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire.The closeted homosexuals delusional “church” members claim God sent the fire because gay folks exist, or something like that…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us.Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From a mom shooting up her toddler with meth, to another woman trying to hide…
Drunk driving is bad.With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend and early next week:…
Sometimes the “don’t do meth” advertisements seem to go a little overboard, but the alleged actions of Glendale resident Yousif Benyamin go to show that meth helps make a lot of things possible.Benyamin, 29, beats his pregnant girlfriend, her 5-year-old kid, and her cats, when things don’t go his way…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, all of our alleged offenders would…
A Phoenix man who went for a jog around a neighborhood completely naked last week tossed shards of glass at people, police say.The nude jog for 22-year-old Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Caro came to an end after he tossed a river rock “wider than his head” at a police car, which led…
Bank robberies seem so blasé these days — the creepy man walking into the bank, handing a note to a teller demanding money, and taking off before cops arrive.But so much more goes into it: what to wear, how to conceal your face, and how to haul away your loot…
An officer-involved shooting Thursday evening in Glendale left bullets in a police officer, his police dog, and the man they were tracking down.Police spokesmen say they won’t be releasing the identities of anyone involved until later today, but the dog and suspect both died, and the cop is in stable…
