If any good came from the shooting rampage in Tucson last month, it’s an institution opening today at the University of Arizona with the goal of getting politicos to tone down the rhetoric.The National Institute for Civil Discourse opens today in Tucson. The organization is described as a “center for…
A couple of Chandler gangsters kept things extra gangsta this morning, when police say one thug shot another.Chandler Detective Frank Mendoza tells New Times that about 10:20 a.m. today, an 18-year-old male was shot at a home at 449 West Ray Road in Chandler. He took bullets to both his…
Authorities continue to search for a U.S. Marine reported missing on Monday.Military officials initially thought 22-year-old Jonathan Kyle Ferguson’s disappearance was an unauthorized absence, but now believe it’s a missing person case.Ferguson was last seen at an IHOP restaurant in Yuma about 3:30 a.m. Monday…
A Loop 101 collision in December that killed a Glendale mom and her 6-year-old son “appeared to be a suicide,” according to one witness. The witness statement and other clues that support the idea of a suicide appear in a state Department of Public Safety report reviewed today by New Times. The report details…
From the wide world of tot-tickling and kiddy-cuddling, police accused a 62-year-old man of molesting his 8-year-old granddaughter. Police arrested Arthur Romero, 62, Tuesday after his granddaughter told her parents she had been molested by the man at his Buckeye home. The girl told the cops she has been sexually…
As if having a laptop full of kiddy porn wasn’t enough, cops say a man was sharing his cruel collection of exploited children with the rest of the Internet from his Laveen home. Police say they arrested 22-year-old Jeffrey Eberlein about 3 p.m. Wednesday, after an undercover investigation revealed he…
While most of us were at work yesterday afternoon — presumably not shit-faced — a drunk Phoenix lawyer was driving his brand new BMW through downtown Phoenix. Sadly, he drove it into a couple walking near the light rail tracks, leaving a woman clinging to life. Just before 2 p.m.,…
While cruising around drunk, the last thing you want to crash your car into is a police cruiser. Enter 69-year-old Barry Lee Smith, who did precisely that while driving around Scottsdale drunk last night.A 13-year veteran of the Scottsdale Police Department was on routine patrol just before 7 p.m. last…
Frequent New Times readers know that we’ve spent a good part of the last eight months covering the mysterious death of Jeff Ahlers, a Tempe man whose bullet-riddled body was pulled from a canal last June.It turns out, the death has now been ruled a suicide, according to the Tempe…
A father of a student at St. Gregory’s Catholic school in Phoenix says that aside from being a pederast, Carl Mosher, a gym teacher at the school accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student, has not only devastated the school, but he was a flat-out shitty teacher, as well…
Several of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ friends in Congress will be holding a fundraiser to raise money for the wounded U.S. representative’s 2012 campaign, fueling speculation that if she’s able, she’ll run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Representative Adam Smith…
As Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues her recovery in a Houston hospital after being shot through the brain during the January 8, shooting rampage in Tucson, she still hasn’t been told about the extent of the attack and, presumably, the deaths of six people killed during the rampage.One of Giffords’ aides,…
Finding naked pictures of yourself on another person’s MP3 player would probably be a little frightening. When that person’s your step-dad, you might also throw up in your mouth a little bit.Paul Osvaldo Ortiz-Fuentes, an illegal immigrant living in Phoenix, was arrested yesterday after his own 13-year-old step-daughter found naked…
A drunk Phoenix man, and his equally drunk buddy, were denied service at a Phoenix bar because they were too drunk. Their response: try to burn the bar to the ground.About 8:30 p.m. Friday, Alejandro Emetrio Rodriguez, and his friend Delfino Mendez, went to the Funny Farm Bar at 4274…
A serial drunk driver prosecutors refer to as “one of the greatest threats to public safety in Maricopa County,” has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to his two latest counts of driving under the influence, which is a shitload of time for someone who never…
Seriously? Seriously? Even after the Chris Hanson To Catch a Predator series, there still are perverts out there who seem to think the “kid” they’re chatting with online isn’t a cop — which is almost always the case, and is exactly what happened to a Lake Montezuma man last month.According to the…
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in finding a 10-year-old Kingman girl reported missing on Saturday.Trinity Gilbert was last seen in the 2200 block of East John L. Avenue about 1 p.m. Saturday.Gilbert was last seen in her home by her father, who reported her missing…
Shawna Forde, a founder of the anti-immigration group Minutemen American Defense Corps., has been convicted of murder in the 2009 slayings of an Arivaca man and his nine year-old daughter.The Pima County jury now must decide whether Forde, 43, should face the death penalty.Jurors reportedly deliberated for five hours on…
The ex-boyfriend of a woman murdered in Phoenix last week was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday morning while driving the victim’s car.Wade Ridely, 53, was originally considered an “investigative lead” in the murder of 62-year-old Anne Marie Simenson, his ex-girlfriend. Now, the Phoenix Police Department says, he’s a suspect –…
Henry Morello, the 84-year-old man reported missing last week, was found alive and well over the weekend, and he apparently survived nearly a week in the desert by drinking diluted windshield washer fluid.Morello was last seen Monday in the Cave Creek area driving his pale green 2007 Lexus SUV with…
The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a man it’s referring to as an “investigative lead” in the murder of a Phoenix woman yesterday.Investigators are looking for 53-year-old Wade Ridley, the ex-boyfriend of 62-year-old Anne Marie Simenson, who was found murdered in her Phoenix home…
The domestic violence suspect shot and killed by Phoenix police Officer Richard Chrisman was apparently high on crystal meth when the Phoenix Police Department’s Killer Cop gunned down him and his dog in a trailer in south Phoenix last year.A toxicology report released today shows that suspect Daniel Rodriquez had…
