Admitted pederast Luis Mejia Ortiz was in Maricopa County Superior Court today, where he was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he molested his girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter on several occasions.In all, Ortiz pleaded guilty to one count of child molestation and three counts of…
A Phoenix woman was arrested yesterday after police determined that she knew her husband was abusing her 3-year-old daughter and did nothing to stop it.The baby, Dani Mayo, died from her injuries after suffering months of abuse at the hands of her step-father, 22-year-old Corey Daniels. Daniels is married to…
A Scottsdale man who once was a volunteer with a Valley Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested/urinated on a 6-year-old boy.Read our initial post on Ali Chitsaz here — pretty sick…
Steven Davis, 28, apparently is a car thief, which a 15-year veteran of the Tucson Police Department learned fairly quickly when Davis stole his police cruiser over the weekend and led cops on a 50-mile chase. That, however, was only after ditching a vehicle he’d (allegedly) previously stolen in the…
The latest addition to New Times’ ongoing series on naked meth-heads is 39-year-old Mark Brian Lockhead, who was found naked — and, of course, hopped up on meth — outside a Phoenix motel Friday night.About 9 p.m. Friday, Phoenix police were called to the Paradise Motel at 2433 East Van…
Gaylord Sports Management — a Scottsdale-based talent agency for professional athletes — has a little work to do on the PR front; in addition to once employing a guy who’s currently accused of trying to have a threesome with two underage girls, a porn star is now claiming she was…
A Phoenix woman is heading to the big house after pleading guilty to charges that she killed her 79-year-old husband — before dumping his body on an Indian reservation and setting it on fire — back in 2005. Larissa Garcia’s late husband, Daniel Garcia, was the father of at least…
The jury has reached a verdict in the “aggravation phase” of Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau’s trial, finding that aggravating factors in the case were proven — which means the man who terrorized the streets of Phoenix for nearly a year could face the death penalty.The trial now heads to the penalty phase,…
Desaraye Barragan told police she was “stupid and hungry” when she was driving her car 105 miles per hour on Interstate 10 earlier this week, which tends to happen when you smoke a joint while driving a car. From a legal perspective, having weed, ecstasy, and three minors in the car at…
The public can be forgiven for not fully understanding the ongoing mess of Maricopa County politics, and why a former county attorney stands to lose his law license. But, dang it, people who publish articles on the subject ought to come close to showing they understand it — or at…
ABC News has released a preview of Diane Sawyer’s interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and it remains unclear whether the congresswoman — who was shot “through the brain” during Jared Loughner’s January 8 Tucson shooting rampage — will speak on camera.When the interview was announced in September, Giffords’ spokesman Mark…
Two dead bodies were found in a Phoenix trailer home last night, and the cops suspect it to be a murder/suicide.Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos says police were called to a trailer in the 2600 block of East Morrow Drive about about 7 p.m. after an elderly man found the body…
Three people have been charged with crimes after a 2-year-old boy was found to have methadone in his system after he was rushed to a Valley hospital last week while unresponsive and not breathing.’We reported on the methadone-filled baby last week, but now we’ve got the details — and they…
The Arizona State Bar’s disciplinary proceeding against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and two of his former employees wrapped up today. The three-man panel that oversaw the case is expected to make a decision on their findings — and the punishment, if any — by March. Thomas and former deputy…
Carl Mosher, a former physical education teacher St. Gregory’s Catholic school in Phoenix, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to charges that he had sex with one of his 14-year-old students…in his office…at the school. Mosher initially was charged with four counts of sexual…
An Arizona man was sentenced to prison time this morning after pleading guilty to charges that he posed as a fertility doctor in order to molest grown men.Jeffrey Graybill, who used the name “Doctor Richardson” to practice faux-medicine, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court to two nine-year prison sentences…
It’s been more than three weeks since 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley was reported missing, and her case has finally begun to get the attention of the national media — the same national media the girl’s grandmother claimed was ignoring the case because Shockley is black.Glendale Sergeant Brent Coombs tells New Times…
When Mario Powers went to the apartment of his baby-mama last month, he saw her talking with other guys. So, he beat her up as she was holding the couple’s 6-month-old daughter — but that was only before throwing the infant at the woman.According to court records obtained by New…
Regardless of your opinion of the death penalty, it exists because of guys like convicted Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau.Goudeau was convicted yesterday of 67 serious felonies — nine of which were murder raps — stemming from a year-long crime spree in 2005 and 2006.Tomorrow, Goudeau’s trial will enter the sentencing…
A children’s Tae Kwon Do instructor in Gilbert was arrested Thursday after police say he sent several pictures of his penis to a 12-year-old female student of his. At the time of his arrest, 24-year-old Jonathan Knight was standing in front of the girl’s house.According to court documents obtained by…
When burglary suspect Marshawn Floyd Phillips broke into the home of a Phoenix woman demanding “pussy” early Wednesday morning, he probably didn’t expect to get beaten with a prosthetic leg — but that’s exactly what happened.According to court records obtained by New Times, Phillips broke into the victim’s 24th Street…
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Hegarty has been replaced as Highway Patrol chief for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, in part due to concerns about his perceived effect on employee morale.The new boss of the DPS’ Highway Patrol division is Major James McGuffin, says DPS spokesman Bart Graves.Hegarty, as we reported…
