Phoenix police report that a homicide investigation has begun after a body was found on Thanksgiving Day with obvious “trauma.” The body was found “in the area of 4015 East Madison” in Phoenix, writes Phoenix Officer James Holmes in an e-mail when asked about recent death investigations. “We have not…
It’s not immediately clear what’s worse — 23-year-old Daniel Hall’s taste in face art, or his alleged burglary attempts on Tempe’s Mill Avenue this weekend.Hall allegedly had a “jimmy tool” to pry open doors, but apparently didn’t quite know how to use it, as people watched him fail to break…
Note to brothers Dylan and Joshua Wroe: allegedly robbing a 99 Cents Only store was a bad idea.First, did either of you consider that filling shopping bags full of the store’s merchandise might not be the most valuable heist? Let’s say, approximately 99 cents per item? Second, for Dylan Wroe,…
Phoenix police have arrested a man who’s been on the run for more than a month, who allegedly shot at a police officer 37 times, and missed each of those 37 times.Cops have been looking for 35-year-old Angel Padilla since October 13, after police say he kidnapping his wife, and…
Koko Anderson took her 2-month-old son on a drive last night, on a stretch of straight and even concrete.What we’re saying is, Anderson drove into the airfield at Sky Harbor airport, and started driving on a runway…
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, most of our Fourth Avenue visitors have some pretty evident…
Lucy Parra was released from the Tent City jail Tuesday morning, and by Tuesday night, she was back in the slammer.The reason for her second trip to jail: allegedly sending her 6-year-old kid inside a McDonald’s, then driving away…
Andrew Thomas, the former Maricopa County Attorney whose abuse of power got him disbarred this year, is considering a run for governor, according to a county GOP site. “The Word Is Out That Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is considering running for Governor. He can be reached at (602)…
Police say the assault of Phoenix DJ, activist, and former New Times clubs editor Austin Head and a friend — which was detailed this morning on our music blog, Up on the Sun — was an anti-gay hate crime.Phoenix police Sergeant Steve Martos says the case has been designated as…
Pictures taken last week of a Navajo man’s penis and “stumpy” thumbs reportedly link him to the photographed sexual assault of a toddler. Carl Carlson of the Navajo Nation committed aggravated sexual assault of a child, sexual exploitation of a child and possessed child pornography, according to a complaint filed…
Today, we can all say we learned that attacking your co-workers with a meat cleaver could land you in prison for a very long time.For Qui Tu Truong, a former employee of a Phoenix market, that means consecutive prison sentences of 21 years and 15 years.See also:-Meat Cleaver Maniac Made…
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, all but one of our Fourth Avenue visitors are perfect…
A Phoenix teenager has been arrested in the 2011 death of an 84-year-old man, in which the teenager allegedly beat the elderly man for taking aluminum cans from his backyard.Charles Williams, 19, allegedly punched Da Nguyen several times in the face during this, and although Nguyen died several weeks later,…
It’s official: Jared Lee Loughner will die in prison.Loughner, who turned 24 in September, was the lone shooter in last year’s Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords…
Louis Eugene Harper was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for the 2010 robbery and murder of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco.Harper, 21, will be eligible for parole after 25 years, but Harper also earned an extra 15 years in prison for armed robbery, and those sentences will run…
David Hendershott, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s former trusted chief deputy, and Lisa Aubuchon, the stooge of disbarred former County Attorney Andy Thomas, probably will pay a steep price for doing the bidding of their bosses. A judge has ordered Hendershott, Aubuchon, her husband, their lawyer Ed Moriarity and his…
A 27-year-old Gilbert DJ who runs a capital investment company out of Scottsdale has been jailed in Arkansas after being indicted in a fraud scheme. Michael Brace Columbia, when not entertaining local nightclub goers, is the CEO of an investment company called StoneRock Capital Group LLC. His wife, Joanna Columbia,…
Dave Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon, and their lawyer, Ed Moriarity, face about $210,000 in sanctions and fees stemming from a failed lawsuit related to their long fight with the county. Hendershott and Aubuchon were key players in the fight against the county launched by their bosses, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former…
Three members of an Iraqi family living in Phoenix have been sentenced to probation for their various roles in the abuse of a fellow family member who refused an arranged marriage.Yusra Farhan, 50, pleaded guilty last month to unlawful imprisonment, and Mohammed Altameemi, 45, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for…
A 16-year-old Chaparral High School student has been arrested in a bizarre case involving two rapes in Scottsdale.Danny Jackson’s the one accused of the rapes, and was arrested Friday — about a week after another man turned himself over to police in the case…
Driving under the influence: not very funny. Republican state Representative David Burnell Smith’s arrest for alleged DUI: hilarious.Smith pulled the alleged DUI trifecta in his encounter with Scottsdale police: as an attorney who claims he “fights for those who have been arrested and/or charged with a DUI,” he reportedly tried…
Half of a Sun City couple that allegedly ran a meth lab in their garage pleaded guilty this morning to child abuse.Brenda Lipe initially faced five felony charges after she and her husband, Lancelot Lipe, were arrested in April after Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies found out Lancelot had allegedly started…
