The woman who told police she was so “dazed” that she drank nail polish before fatally running over an 18-year-old Peoria high school student in 2010 was sentenced today to six years in prison.Joey Romero was walking home from his job at the 99 Cent Store near 83rd Avenue and…
A 26-year-old Tempe man has been arrested in the murder of former ASU football player Tyrice Thompson.Ian MacDonald, an apparent Navy veteran, is accused of stabbing Thompson five times on January 27 while Thompson was working as a bouncer at the Martini Ranch bar in Scottsdale. Thompson died from his…
A Phoenix man who let his 5-year-old niece starve to death in his apartment — then did nothing as her body was decomposing in the apartment — will be going to prison.Leonard Orta Jr., 49, was sentenced to 18 years in prison, as part of a plea agreement, in which…
Just about every 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, our alleged criminals are breaking all the rules…
Attorney Mark Hummels was taken off life support last night, and he became the second person to be killed as a result of Wednesday’s office-building shooting in Phoenix.The attorney for the Osborn Maledon law firm and businessman Steve Singer were shot by 70-year-old Arthur Harmon, after they were all involved…
Mark Hummels, an attorney who was shot yesterday in the Phoenix office-building shooting, “will not survive,” according to his law firm.”Our friend and partner, Mark Hummels, was severely injured in yesterday’s senseless shooting,” a statement from the Osborn Maledon law firm says. “We have been informed that Mark will not…
Former Arizona Diamondbacks first-baseman and color-commentator Mark Grace was sentenced this morning to four months in jail.According to a Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman, Grace was granted work release, and will also serve two years on probation.See also:-Mark Grace and Daron Sutton Being Replaced by Bob Brenly and ESPN’s Steve…
Arthur Harmon, the man police say shot three people yesterday at a Phoenix office building, was found dead in the parking lot of the Bass Pro Shops store in Mesa.Police believe he committed suicide by shooting himself.See also:- Attorney Mark Hummels “Will Not Survive” Shooting, According to Law Firm-Phoenix Shooting:…
Just about every 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, our alleged criminals brought some questionable material along…
As Jennifer Campos correctly stated in November, 2011, giving her 2-year-old son methadone to treat a toothache was probably a “bad idea.”Campos was sentenced today to 10 years of prison and a lifetime of probation for charges related to that incident.See also:-Jennifer Campos: Giving 2-Year-Old Methadone For Toothache a “Bad…
A 10-year-old 5th-grader at Guadalupe’s Frank Elementary learned a valuable lesson about “snitches” on Tuesday.See, the boy had enlisted help in stabbing one of his classmates for “snitching,” but the classmates ended up ratting him out to the teacher, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. He also learned how…
The Tucson Police Department says a 22-year-old high school teacher’s aide was involved in a sexual “incident” involving six male students.We’d love to tell you exactly what happened, but the cops were first to discover the video of the incident, filmed by one of the six students involved…
Three people have been arrested — two of them on murder charges — in the death of a Phoenix man whose body was found in December, just a couple miles from Phoenix International Raceway. Hector Sanchez Duque, 43, had “no known ties” to the Tolleson farm near where he was…
Just about every 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, our alleged criminals look like they deserve awards…
After waiting around in prison for nine years, death-row inmate Richard Glassel died from “apparent natural causes” at the age of 74, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections.Glassel killed two people and injured three when he opened fire at a board of directors meeting for a retirement community in…
Another day, another six-digit award by Maricopa County to a victim of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. This time it’s the chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Andy Kunasek, who was framed for a crime he didn’t commit as part of an apparent plan to…
If you have four warrants for your arrest, and you’re in a stolen car, we suppose carrying around a box labeled “Meth Time” isn’t outside the realm of possibility.According to information provided by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, the man doing the aforementioned things was 20-year-old Richard Prunty, a Kingman…
The court process for Jerice Hunter — the woman accused of murdering her 5-year-old daughter, Jhessye Shockley, before tossing her body in the garbage — may take a bit longer now, since Hunter is short an attorney.The public-information office at the Maricopa County Superior Court says Hunter’s case has been…
A man with five felony convictions already on his record is facing 17 new felony charges, after police found out how he stole four cars in a little more than a month.Phoenix police say 45-year-old Richard Barker would follow men into the locker room at their gyms, wait until they…
A 43-year-old man was shot and killed in Phoenix last night by an Arizona Department of Transportation employee in an apparent self-defense shooting.This apparent self-defense shooting doesn’t seem to be nearly as questionable as those featured often in national news coverage, as police say Quentine Barksdale was wearing a ski…
A Phoenix teenager is dead and his two brothers are in jail, after they allegedly went after their neighbor — who had a gun — with knives and large rocks.Phoenix police Sergeant Steve Martos says the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Theodore Curley on Saturday night was questioned and released…
Albert Arias has pleaded guilty to the murder of his 76-year-old father, more than nine months after Arias walked into the El Mirage police station, and told employees that he did just that.Arias pleaded guilty late last week to a charge of second-degree murder for stabbing Pete Arias to death…
