Being a police officer is a hard, thankless job, and the vast majority of cops are good people. Then there’s Phoenix police Officer Patrick Larrison, who ruins the public perception of police officers when he essentially body-slams an unarmed, non-threatening 15-year-old girl into the side of a building.It was all caught on film,…
Kid-killing rapist Donald Beaty is scheduled to be put to death on May 25 at the state prison in Florence for the 1984 murder and rape of 13-year-old Christy Ann Fornoff. Let the last-minute appeals commence.Beaty’s attorneys filed a motion yesterday to have his death sentence overturned, claiming his trial…
The nice part about “holidays” like St. Patrick’s Day, New Year’s Eve, and Cinco De Mayo is that police literally tell you they are going out of their way to arrest drunk drivers. They tell you when, for the most part where, and advise that, to avoid getting a DUI,…
The Avondale Police Department wants to remind Valley residents that an infant taken from a swap meet in 2001 is still missing, in the hope that some new ink about the girl’s abduction could create some new leads.Ten years ago Friday, 4-month-old Jacqueline Vasquez was with her mother and 2-year-old…
Clifton Wilkinson had two plans yesterday after getting caught in the act of allegedly sexually assaulting his estranged wife: Plan A was to convince her that it wasn’t rape. Plan B was to hang himself. He failed miserably at both. According to documents obtained by New Times, Wilkinson’s estranged wife…
The second officer shot during the execution-style murder of a Buckeye police officer over the weekend is expected to recover, the Phoenix Police Department announced today. Additionally, a third suspect in the case was located, questioned, and released, Phoenix Sergeant Tommy Thompson tells New Times.A second suspect in the case…
A Pinal County woman was arrested last week on charges that she assaulted her husband as the two were driving near Casa Grande — which wouldn’t be much of a news story if the woman arrested weren’t Pinal County Family Court Commissioner Theresa Ratliff.Ratliff and her husband were driving to…
Arizona’s liquor laws dictate that people within the state’s borders can’t purchase alcohol between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. But they can still steal it — or at least try to — which is apparently the route a San Tan Valley man took on his quest to get sent back to…
A wanna-be “Fight Club” member was bested and a guy’s girlfriend’s sister took revenge in two separate stabbing incidents over the weekend in Mesa. The knifings were just two of the noteworthy crime stories passed along this morning by our flyboy buddy over at Mesa PD, helicopter pilot…
For the past several weeks, the Tempe Police Department has been investigating a string of incidents where a man would expose himself and masturbate in front of young women at apartment complex pools, and over the weekend, they arrested a guy doing exactly that.Matthew Marvin Flentge, 43, was busted Saturday…
Tempe PD Know this guy? Call the cops. Do you know a dude with a ponytail who just happened to get a lot richer in the past few days? Because the Tempe Police Department is looking for a bank robber just like that. About 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, the guy pictured…
Some people just don’t know when to give up — like the three men arrested in Phoenix today after the cops say they committed an armed robbery at a pawn shop, then proceeded to lead police on a car chase, break into a house, kidnap a woman and her 5-year-old…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio can be deposed in a lawsuit against him by Chandler police officer Thomas Lovejoy, an ex-K9 cop who let his dog die in a hot car. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled this week in a dispute over the demand by Lovejoy’s attorney, Mike Manning, that Arpaio be interviewed. In Thursday’s order,…
Mesa woman was asleep in her bed when she heard some rocks being thrown at her window. Curious, she went outside to see what was going on — and that’s when her ex-boyfriend — accompanied by his new girlfriend — started shooting at her.According to the Mesa Police Department, 18-year-old…
A Scottsdale man was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating the crap out of a 62-year-old man after hitting on the guy’s fiancee at a Phoenix restaurant earlier this month.Jason Peter Bonal, 36, got pinched yesterday afternoon for the violent attack on the man after witnesses identified him as the attacker.According…
The Tempe Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a guy authorities say has been exposing himself — and masturbating in front of — sun-bathing female 20-somethings as they lounge around pools at area apartment complexes.In the latest incident, which happened this afternoon, the unknown suspect was…
A man convicted of fatally running down a Mesa bicyclist in Tempe last summer has been sentenced to a year in jail, and three years probation, after pleading guilty to charges that he left the scene of a fatal accident.Cody Ryan Davis, 23, was arrested last July at his home…
A Mohave County man was arrested last week after two kids saw him pissing on the side of a building — and he may have to register as a sex offender as a result.Mohave County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Trish Carter tells New Times 38-year-old Norman James Havatone was spotted at…
Since our earlier post about a Pinal County jail inmate who beat up a detention officer so he could remain in custody and hopefully avoid a “hit” put out on him by a Mexican drug cartel, we got our hands on some video of the attack. It’s pretty wild.Last week,…
Forde was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison for each of the counts, all but one to be run consecutively.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s son, police Officer Jeff Gordon, has been on paid administrative leave since January as police officials conduct an internal investigation over allegations of “inappropriate contact.”The Phoenix Police Department won’t say much more than that, but apparently Jeff’ Gordan has been using his paid time off to…
Christopher Benitez’s second chance at trying to prove he wasn’t responsible for the 2001 death of a Phoenix firefighter didn’t work out well. The Phoenix man — a solider sent home Iraq two years ago to face trial in the crime — was found guilty today of negligent homicide and two counts of arson Now…
