Crime & Police

Patricia Hipshire is missing, and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office needs your help finding her.Hipshire, 57, was last seen on Monday August 22, at the Apache Junction Library…

If you think you recognize the face pictured above, call police — a guy who looks a lot like the above illustration apparently tried to abduct a 13-year-old girl in Chandler yesterday.According to the Chandler Police Department, the 13-year-old girl was nearly abducted by an unknown suspect in her neighborhood…

Adrenaline can make a person do lots of things; finish a marathon, lift heavy items, etc. Or, in the case of Roger Nelson, adrenaline can make a person crash his car into a mall, run inside to rob some shoes, and then pull a semi-automatic handgun on a police officer.That’s…

What do you get when you combine 42-year-old Adeena Oswald, booze, a broomstick, and her autistic 12-year-old son? Another tragic case of child abuse for Child Protective Services to (attempt) to deal with.Oswald has a bit of a drinking problem. In fact, her 10-year-old daughter says it’s not uncommon for…

If $45 for sex with a Texas hooker seems like a deal that’s too good to be true, that’s because it probably is — she could turn out to be a cop. Just ask Phoenix police officer Sheldon Czegledi, who got popped in El Paso last week for trying to…

The Tempe man who left his 11-month-old baby in a running bathtub while he and his baby-mama took a nap earlier this month was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to one count of child abuse.The baby’s mother, who is also charged with…

Aside from calling a Hispanic guy a “nigga” at a performance in Phoenix last week, comedian Katt Williams also invited him to “go the fuck back” to Mexico.If it was a joke, it sucked.Williams, of Money Mike (um) fame, then led the crowd in a Rosanne Barr-esque rendition of the…

Two of the three people fatally shot in front of a Phoenix apartment complex yesterday morning have been identified. The people who shot them, however, remain on the loose.The Phoenix Police Department has identified two of the victims as 26-year-old Nathaniel Holmes, and 35-year-old Carmela Jackson. The third victim hasn’t…

According to the Department of Homeland Security, a 67-year-old man tried to bring 51 pounds of crystal meth across the U.S./Mexico border yesterday.Easy, border hawks — he’s a United States citizen.DHS says the suspect, who the agency hasn’t identified, was stopped at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry near Nogales…

A Canadian man was only supposed to be in the Valley for a “short visit.” He was supposed to head back to Canada on Monday, but he apparently didn’t — and now he’s missing.David James McMillan, 35, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was staying with friends in the 3500 block of…

Three people are dead and two were injured during an early-morning shooting at a Phoenix apartment complex.The shooting was reported just before 4 a.m. today at the Canterbury apartment complex near 23rd and Campbell avenues.Two men, ages 20 and 26, were pronounced dead at the scene. A woman, age 35,…

Eric Fiegel, 22, had the bright idea to steal a few rare snakes. He did so by stuffing them in his shorts — and it was caught on video.Fiegel, of Mesa, waltzed into the Predator’s Reptile Center pet store last month, stuffed a few baby snakes — including one rare…

When Child Protective Services placed a 4-month-old baby in the care of 25-year-old Angelica Jimenez, she didn’t bother to tell the CPS caseworker that her convicted felon boyfriend was living with her. In fact, she told CPS he doesn’t live with her.But 30-year-old Steven Saldana, who police say has a…

The Phoenix Police Department’s got a brand new who done it on its hands.Two Phoenix cops patrolling an area near the 3100 block of West Van Buren Street early Sunday morning, about 1:45, saw a woman lying near the sidewalk on the north side of the street.The two officers stopped…

In what has recently been a seemingly endless pattern of horrific child abuse here in the Valley, a Phoenix man has been charged with murder in the shaking death of his 5-month-old daughter.Phoenix police were called the the Phoenix Children’s Hospital on July 22, in response to a report of…

A Gilbert dog lover plans to chain herself to a tree on Saturday — and she’s doing so to raise money to buy air conditioned dog houses for hot pooches at the Friends for Life Animal Rescue Shelter.Yes, they really make air-conditioned dog houses.Erica Wellman, the shelter’s manager, tells New…

There were two murder/suicides in the city of Phoenix last night, which is way too many murder/suicides for one night.According to the Phoenix Police Department, one of the shootings occurred in the 3100 block of West Maldonado Road about 8:30 p.m.The victim, a 29-year-old Hispanic woman, arrived at her home…

Today is Friday — a day that ends with the word “day,” which, sadly, seems to mean one thing here in the Valley: someone was arrested for beating up a kid.The latest contestants for Parents of the Year are 22-year-old Melissa Chambers and her 26-year-old boyfriend, Travis Darrah.Chandler Detective Seth…

Of all the things you don’t want to crash your car into while cruising around shitfaced, a cop car is pretty high on the list.This morning, Dylan Fann, 29, of San Tan, did exactly that.According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, about 1:30 a.m., a PCSO deputy was stopped in…

We can think of a lot of instances when it’s probably not the most ideal time to take a nap — topping the list, however, would definitely be shortly after putting an 11-month-old baby in a running bathtub, which is exactly what police say a Tempe couple did earlier this…

Fry’s Electronics employees discovered child porn on a computer brought to the store for repair last April, leading to the arrest yesterday of a Phoenix man.James Long, 57, reportedly admitted he found the pictures of little kids engaged in sex acts “visually stunning” and that he downloaded them for his…

To the right is the first photo released by authorities of accused murderer Braden Rockriver, the 16-year-old accused of murdering his girlfriend’s mother on Monday.Rockriver is being held on a $1 million bond after the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office decided yesterday to try the teen as an adult for the…