A Phoenix mom who put her newborn baby in a trash can last year — killing the baby — has been found guilty of second-degree murder, court officials tell New Times.In January 2010, Brittany Williams delivered a baby in her family’s Phoenix home. According to authorities, none of her family members…
Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesman Jerry Cobb tells New Times that the Mesa 16-year-old accused of murdering his girlfriend’s mother will be charged as an adult.The boy, identified as Braden Matthew Rockriver, will be charged with first-degree murder, a class 1 dangerous felony; and first-degree burglary, a class two dangerous…
A 16-year-old Mesa boy who admitted to fatally shooting his girlfriend’s 42-year-old mother yesterday afternoon told police that he stole the gun used in the attack from his father. He also told investigators that the girl’s mother wasn’t his intended target — he says he planned to kill his girlfriend…
If you thought you’d heard the last of 33-year-old Eugene Gimzelberg, the Gilbert man who spent 36 hours in a sewer while naked and tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms and PCP, guess again — in addition to his sewer shenanigans, Gimzelberg’s apparently a fairly well-known (by police) graffiti artist.Gilbert Sergeant Bill…
The Phoenix Police Department needs the public’s help in tracking down a missing old guy. Chamel Cabrera, 73, could be in a bit of trouble — he’s visiting from Mexico and is unfamiliar with the area. He also has Alzheimer’s Disease and high blood pressure and needs daily medication. He…
Mesa police say a teen walked into the open garage at the home of his ex-girlfriend, went into the laundry room, and fatally shot the girl’s mother yesterday afternoon.The woman’s husband was home at the time of the shooting, which happened in a neighborhood near Baseline and Sossaman Roads about…
Phoenix police are looking for two thugs who forced a 70-year-old Phoenix woman into her apartment where one of the men sexually assaulted her early yesterday morning.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the woman was walking back to her apartment about 12:45 a.m. when she was approached by the two…
Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke can’t find any chargeable offenses after a review of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s questionable travel habits and mismanagement of an inmate trust fund.Because the U.S. Attorney is still investigating Arpaio in connection with abuse-of-power allegations, and the sheriff’s office still faces a civil-rights probe,…
A suspected drunk driver speeding north on the Loop 101 slammed his Hyundai into the back of an SUV early Saturday morning, killing the three people inside.Authorities still aren’t sure whether the victims in the SUV died from the impact or resulting explosion and fire Their bodies were severely burned, says…
In an apparent parking-lot-rage incident, a taxi driver and his passenger are accused by police of beating a man to death as the victim’s horrified wife watched.The act of impulsive violence erupted about 5:15 p.m. on Saturday at 1459 North Dysart Road, as the AAA Taxi pulled out of a…
A beer-theft suspect whose attempted escape from police last year resulted in a crash that killed a pharmacy student will spend at least 25 years in prison.Berry Williams, 49, stole several 30-packs of beer from a west-side Circle K back on February 1, 2010, then sped from police who tried…
Police report this morning that 6-year-old Jacob Gibson died on Sunday, not quite a week after the horrific beating he received at the hands of his parents.Benny Gibson, 49, and his wife, Jennifer Edna Paul, 37, remain in jail — now suspected of killing, as opposed to merely brutalizing, their…
Police arrested a 36-year-old man yesterday after receiving new evidence in the case of a 14-year-old raped two years ago at a Buckeye park.Phonesavanh Nakhokkong of Buckeye was taken to jail after voluntarily driving to the Buckeye Police Department to discuss the allegation. Officer J. Kirby wrote in court records…
This is one of the upsides to mobile phones:An astute witness’ prompt call to 911 early yesterday morning after seeing some punks breaking into a car resulted in the arrest of three teenagers.The caller told police that the men had broken out the window of a parked car in the…
Three hoodlums whose SUV ran out of gas during a June robbery forced one of their victims at gunpoint to use his car to push the vehicle to a gas station, police say. Cops released surveillance photos today of one of the robbers with the hope of developing some leads in what a Phoenix police…
Another day, another 6-year-old Valley kid beaten by a parent with a belt.On Sunday, the day before the horrific incident we reported earlier involving a 6-year-old and a belt, Scottsdale mom Gabriela Barraza, 23, left “numerous” bruises on her 6-year-old son’s butt and thighs by beating him with a belt.The…
A 6-year-old boy is on the verge of death after a severe beating by his parents, Phoenix police say. The parents, Benny Gibson, 49 and Jennifer Paul, 37, were arrested in connection with possible child abuse charges. Police and paramedics raced to the home near 7100 North 19th Avenue just…
The two people who admitted to locking 10-year-old Ame Deal in a tiny footlocker — where she ultimately died last month — have been formally indicted on first-degree murder charges.In addition to the murder charges, Sammantha Allen — Ame’s cousin — and her husband, John Allen have been indicted on…
Rick Valentini — a.k.a. Bryan Stewart was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this afternoon, where he was found guilty of 29 counts of forgery, four counts of identity theft, four counts of misconduct involving a weapon, two counts of money laundering, and one count of posession of a forged…
Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was in a Texas courtroom today, where he was sentenced to life in prison today for sexually assaulting two underage followers of his breakaway sect of the Mormon Church.See former New Times staffer John Dougherty’s…
The man police say fatally stabbed Tempe resident Fred U. Bustamante was arrested yesterday in Mesa, the Tempe Police Department announced last night.The suspect, 60-year-old Gordon Benson, was arrested in Mesa about 6:15 p.m. yesterday, Tempe Sergeant Steve Carbajal says. …
Phoenix police say a homeless man was found dead in a vacant Maryvale home last night, and it’s unclear how he died.Phoenix Sergeant Trent Crump says the body of the transient man was found last night in a vacant home in the 1900 block of 69th Avenue…
