A suspected illegal immigrant who was just recently released on bond from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody was arrested yesterday in the fatal stabbing of his wife.Maria Gonzalez was stabbed to death on Friday, although her husband, Salvador Garcia-Sanchez, was just arrested yesterday since he remained hospitalized after accidentally stabbing…
In a column today in the East Valley Tribune, former police officer Bill Richardson takes the Arizona Department of Public Safety to task for a baseball-ticket scandal and other possible signs of a failed agency. New Times broke the story last December of the investigation into the DPS’ former No…
Tempe resident Michael Tolley loves purses so much that he allegedly broke into 17 houses in his own neighborhood to steal them.Maybe its not the actual purses he loves, but the meth- and heroin-money he got from his alleged purse-stealing spree…
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 Fourth Avenue visitors are sending mixed messages, and it’s…
Believe it or not, the man pictured to our right is accused of committing a crime.Specifically, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office says Dylan Escalanti allegedly beat a woman with a frying pan…
Manuel Antonio Gonzalez called 9-1-1 in Phoenix on Friday to report that his 22-month-old nephew had apparently drowned and was unresponsive.That boy was pronounced dead shortly after that, and police say not only was there no water for the boy to drown in where he was, but the boy’s other…
The Hells Angels seem like the kind of guys who would be absolutely allergic to anyone wearing a suit — unless their somewhat infamous lawyer Fritz Clapp wears a suit.Clapp and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club have teamed up for the badass biker move of the week, which involves filing…
A jury found Joseluis Marquez guilty of first-degree murder and robbery in the 2010 death of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa.Sousa was dragged by a car in an attempted robbery of her purse in an IHOP parking lot just south of the University’s Tempe campus on May 26,…
Following in the footsteps of our sister papers of South Florida, Miami New Times and Broward-Palm Beach New Times, we bring you the weekly roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail.This week, most of our alleged cons each have their own unique way of expressing themselves. Enjoy…
Pedro Lopez-Marroquin isn’t exactly a pickup artist — according to police, he was just walking around a Phoenix apartment complex with $100 in his hand, trying to get kids to have sex with him.Believe it or not, nobody took him up on his offer…
The Tempe men who were arrested after driving around completely naked together after allegedly breaking into a man’s car couldn’t seem to get their stories straight when talking to police Monday morning.While Anthony Gammon told a story consistent with Tempe PD’s recollection, his partner Alberto Rosciano told police he really…
Jesse Miller’s 1-year-old daughter was taken to Phoenix Children’s Hospital yesterday, as Miller explained to a nurse that he “just beat the shit out of [his] baby.”According to court documents obtained by New Times, Miller’s explanation was that he smoked the synthetic chemicals known as “spice,” which caused his soul…
Don Kenney, the former “quarter” back of one of Arizona’s worst corruption scandals, AzScam, was sentenced on Monday to 240 hours of community service for stealing his son’s identity. Kenney was convicted in 1991 of taking a $55,000 bribe, one of several lawmakers caught in a police sting for selling…
Both men charged in the 2010 murder of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco have now pleaded guilty, after Louis Eugene Harper pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder and armed robbery.Marco was 21 years old when he was gunned down after refusing to give up his belongings in a robbery…
Mesa resident Nicholas Linsk is accused of driving his truck away from the scene of his fatal collision with a bicyclist in Fountain Hills, which was reported by a man driving in the lane next to him at the time.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the initial story…
Naz Derboghossian, a key player in an alleged “crime ring” that owned Valley nightclubs and exotic car dealerships, has been sentenced to probation and a year in jail. We covered this complex and fascinating case in a July 12 feature article. Derboghossian, a smooth-talking car expert and scamster who ran…
David Walker flew into town from Chicago early yesterday morning, and was in Phoenix for about an hour before he beat his ex-wife’s boyfriend to death with a baseball bat, according to police.Phoenix police say Walker, 29, got in around 12:30 a.m., and went straight to his ex-wife’s house, near…
Following in the footsteps of our sister papers of South Florida, Miami New Times and Broward-Palm Beach New Times, we bring you the weekly roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail.Between being passed out, dressed up, inked up, or just plain messy, our alleged law-violators this week…
Karl “Jack” Frost pleaded no contest to a charge of disorderly conduct today stemming from his May 17 “citizen’s arrest” of a man jogging in a bicycle lane. The 47-year-old former British cop had been out for a morning bike ride in Gilbert that day when he became enraged at…
Chandler couple Vu Tran and Siobhan Grogan told police they often kept their 8-year-old son — who has mental and physical disabilities — locked in a bathroom. According to Tran, it’s because they “have a life too.”Tran and Groghan only ended up talking to police on Tuesday because while they…
A Flagstaff woman’s puppy was killed this weekend, which she discovered after she returned home and saw the pup hanging from a noose in her backyard.Flagstaff police Sergeant James Jackson tells New Times that the 4-month-old puppy was found hanging from a rafter in a shed that was being used…
Judge Warren Granville has ruled that Michael Lee Crane cannot represent himself in his murder trial.Crane’s accused of killing three people — Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as businessman Bruce Gaudet — and while Granville found Crane competent to represent himself, it’s Crane’s goofy behavior in…
