Kelly Wasko, one of several Valley women recently arrested for a cancer-faking scheme, will be spending some time in prison.Wasko, a 41-year-old Gilbert resident, was sentenced this morning to 18 months in prison for collecting donations through Facebook to treat her fake cancer.See also:-Kelly Wasko, Gilbert Woman Who Faked Cancer…
The jury in the Jodi Arias murder trial huddled at 9 a.m. this morning on its big decision following about an hour of deliberations on Friday. The panel’s decision will be announced about an hour or less after it’s made, court staff tells us this morning. Whether individual jury members…
A 24-year-old Phoenix man beat his 2-year-old son to death with a belt while the child’s mother failed to act before her child’s death, police say.Darnell Alvarez, and Davieanna Blake, the child’s parents, left their child to die instead of getting medical attention, fearing that Child Protective Services would be…
A Mesa man is accused in a series of drive-by masturbations, in which police say he’d pull over his truck, open the doors, and masturbate in front of children, before speeding away.Police arrested 28-year-old Brett Saltus after detectives followed his truck, and caught him in the act, according to court…
The man accused of shooting and killing two Phoenix bail bondsmen, as well as the man accused of suggesting that he shoot them, have pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them.Police said Anthony Giunta got a little scraped up when he was picked up by a pair of…
Here’s just what society needs — a video of frat boys in a big fight at a Tempe apartment complex.Police said the fight, which occurred early Sunday morning and involved the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, led to five Arizona State University students being hospitalized.See also:-Frat Party Gone Awry: Five Arrested…
The Phoenix mom who spent Christmas ’11 choking one of her kids — and threatening both of her kids with a butcher knife — was sentenced today to one year in jail.Jutrina Tillman, who was 32 at the time, had been drinking that Christmas and was mad at her 5-year-old…
The Peoria Police Department will host a meeting Wednesday between Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ruben Garcia — who was shot in the face in January while responding to a call — and the two Peoria cops credited with saving his life.One of those Peoria cops is Ryan Bakke, and…
The alleged killers of 10-year-old Ame Deal are the last to face charges in the 2011 case, as three family members now have pleaded guilty to abuse charges and charges were dropped against another.First-degree murder charges are still pending against Sammantha Allen, Ame’s cousin, and Allen’s husband, John.See also:-Ame’s Dad…
Peter Spaw, the negligent deputy county attorney who helped harass innocent officials with a merit-less racketeering lawsuit, will have his law license put on probation for two years, the state’s Disciplinary Judge has ruled. Spaw, who still has his high-level job as the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Asset Recovery Bureau…
Gerald Culverson of Chandler walked out of jail without charges earlier this month after being accused of killing his girlfriend, but ended up in a hospital one week later following a hit-and-run collision. No apparent connection exists between the collision and the earlier arrest of Culverson, Chandler police say. Regardless,…
The Phoenix mother who police say admitted to killing her 6-day-old baby girl was the “greatest mother,” according to her husband.Bradley Koistinen maintained that his wife, Nina Koistinen, did not kill their 6-day-old daughter Maya — their eighth child — as he described his wife’s history of mental illness at…
Andrew Thomas followed up on last year’s rumor that he might run for governor with an official announcement today. Knowing that anything’s possible in Arizona, the so-called meth lab of democracy, we thought we’d put out this helpful voting guide. So, without further ado, we offer you our best eight…
Most suspected cyber-pervs give up quietly when authorities come knocking, judging from the many arrest reports we’ve read. Teddy Jay Blair, 53, of Phoenix, put up some resistance during a Wednesday raid, records show, refusing to drop a knife and trying to run from agents. An FBI agent discovered in…
A Phoenix mother admitted to killing her 6-day-old baby girl because she “had too many kids already,” police say.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the woman, 36-year-old Nina Koistinen, has prior run-ins with Child Protective Services and previously had said she wanted her children “to go to heaven…
Developer Conley Wolfswinkel, his family and company will received $1.4 million in the largest Maricopa County payout yet to victims of the legal abuses of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas. As the county just confirmed, the Wolfswinkels are getting more in this settlement than the $1.27…
The costs keep climbing for the corrupt acts of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Late last month, the Board of Supervisors agreed to pay $1.27 million to a former judge smeared with bogus criminal charges, plus another $250,000 to former county Schools Superintendent Sandra…
The price of having sex with a 17-year-old student is a 3 1/2-year prison sentence for former Paradise Valley High School teacher Jordan Doneskey.As part of a plea agreement, Doneskey will spend the rest of his life on probation, will have to register as a sex offender, and agreed to…
The Arizona State University student found dead in a Tempe apartment is identified in court paperwork as 19-year-old Rebecca “Becky” Kasper.Court documents describe a written note left near Kasper’s body that police believe was written by Kasper’s boyfriend, 22-year-old Luis Soltero, admitting to killing her. That note wasn’t found far…
The outcomes are now known for charges against three of six family members accused of harming 10-year-old Ame Deal, who was murdered in Phoenix almost two years ago.Ame’s father, David Deal, pleaded guilty this morning to attempted child abuse and possession of marijuana, while the girl’s aunt previously pleaded guilty…
A 19-year-old Arizona State University sophomore was found dead in her Tempe apartment yesterday, according to police.The student’s name hasn’t been released at this point, but police believe 22-year-old Luis Soltero, the woman’s boyfriend, murdered her…
Dejuan Donaldson, the man accused of raping three girls between the ages of 10 and 17 who were walking to schools in south Phoenix neighborhoods in 2010 and 2011, will be going to prison for a long time.For the sexual assaults, Donaldson earned himself 51 1/2 years in prison –…
