Kevin Skinner’s mom told her son she was leaving his apartment on Saturday night.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Skinner’s response was to murder his mother by suffocating her with a grocery bag.After going outside and laying on the grass for a while, Skinner decided to call 9-1-1…
Forcibly medicating Tucson mass-shooting suspect Jared Loughner got the approval from an appeals court yesterday, as two of the three judges on the panel approved of continuing Loughner’s drug regimen.This issue has been in the courts for a while, as doctors are trying to “restore his competency” to stand trial…
Three members of an Iraqi family living in Phoenix pleaded not guilty today to assault charges, stemming from allegedly beating another family member for reasons such as refusing an arranged marriage, or because she was talking to a boy.Yusra Farhan, 50, and Mohammed Altameemi, 45, both pleaded not guilty to…
About a month ago, police arrested a sixth suspect in connection with the murders of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet, and with those arrests came a heavily redacted police report.Now, Jerry Cobb, spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, tells New…
According to a Glendale police officer, he found 10 grams of meth in a car being driven by the gentleman to our right.In court documents obtained by New Times, the officer says he was driving the opposite direction of a car on 59th Avenue being driven by 31-year-old Moses Ulloa.Police…
Sex offender Devon Anderson allegedly told police he “fights the urge” to molest kids by meditation.He apparently forgets to meditate quite often, as Phoenix police say he molested two 4-year-old girls at a public library — his third and fourth alleged molestation victims.According to court documents obtained by New Times,…
Robert Moorman, who sat on Arizona’s death row for nearly three decades, was executed yesterday for chopping up his adoptive mother.Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne responded by saying there was “no rational reason” for it to take that long.”We have been working hard to help reform a system in which…
Eleven members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested today by an Arizona Department of Public Safety gang task force in connection with several violent crimes around Bullhead City.Six of the 11 arrested during “Operation Catch 22” are repeat customers to the DPS task force,…
Phoenix cops have been working since Saturday to find Juan Garcia — who’s accused of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son late Friday night — and police say the leads have been scarce as of yet.”We’re going to track him down — it’s just a matter of when,” Phoenix Sergeant Trent…
Attorney General Tom Horne acknowledges “[j]ustice was carried out” today against Brian Moorman, who was executed this morning for chopping up his adoptive mother.He’s also wondering why exactly it took until 2012 to execute a guy who hacked up mom in 1984.As we’ve previously noted, Arizona spent an estimated $586,000…
Robert Moorman, who sat on Arizona’s death row for nearly three decades, was executed today at the state prison in Florence.Moorman, 63, was originally in prison for a kidnapping conviction out of Coconino County in 1972.During that prison stint, Moorman was granted a 72-hour “compassionate furlough” from the prison so…
A ruling on potential punishment for former Maricopa Attorney Andrew Thomas may be put off until April 2.Citing the extensive filings and thousands of pages of exhibits in the ethics case, Arizona State Bar Disciplinary Judge William O’Neil decided to extend the time to make the ruling by 30 days. O’Neil…
The decision between not wearing clothes or hitting a woman and a cop must be a difficult one, because cops say 21-year-old Kyle Seaman went with both.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Chandler police got a call Saturday night from Seaman’s neighbors about the gentleman wandering around the…
Two San Diego police officers are lying to cover up evidence of last summer’s illegal “attitude arrest” of former Mesa Police Association president Fabian Cota.At least, that’s what Cota claims. The officers, on the other hand, say they detained Cota because he was yelling at them drunkenly from a pedicab…
A Gilbert homeowner followed three burglary suspects in his car to a park yesterday afternoon, watching as they chucked his snowboard from their vehicle’s window.The excitement began at about 12:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of East Battale Avenue, when a woman noticed some dudes who had pulled in a…
Maricopa County Manager David Smith announced today that he’ll retire on April 27 after 17 years on the job. Smith, 65, was at the helm during countless storms, guiding the county through severe fiscal crises and years of emotional legal battles with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew…
Henry Eric Young — who beat an 81-year-old man into critical condition in Mesa last year — was sentenced to 21 years in prison.Young, now 42, beat 81-year-old Gene Fitzsimmons so badly that he could only respond with moans to police when they found him bruised and bloodied in his…
See the latest update on the police hunt for Juan Garcia. Phoenix police are looking for 18-year-old Juan Garcia, who allegedly went over to his girlfriend’s house on Friday night, beat her 2-year-old son to death, and left.The boy’s 18-year-old mother, Wendy Rogel-Pagas, was jailed on Saturday, after telling police…
Michael Crane — who’s facing first-degree murder charges for the deaths of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet — made it to his arraignment today without causing a scene.Crane was scheduled to be in court on Tuesday his arraignment, but court officials…
A bank-robbery suspect the FBI’s calling the “Bearded Bandit” has struck again, as has the FBI’s bank-robber-naming department.The “Bearded Bandit” may have robbed five Valley banks, but whether he actually has a beard is up for debate.According to the FBI — and the pictures it has provided — there’s definitely…
Ammandea Stoltzmann, a cousin of Ame Deal — the 10-year-old girl who died after her family members admittedly stuffed the girl in a footlocker for taking a Popsicle — has now become the fifth member of the family arrested for horrifically abusing the girl before her death.Read the tragic detail’s…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), but a Valley teacher is accused with having sex with a student.In fact, with 23-year-old Andrew Islas — a Tempe High School assistant band director — being arrested yesterday after admitting to sexing…
