Several New Times staffers were stunned this week when they received Facebook friend requests from Joe Watson, a former New Times staff writer who decided to take his writing career in a (ahem) different direction — he’s now a poet (sort of).Watson, you see, is also known as the “Salon…
The Pinal County man who police say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl on Monday has been arrested.The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office announced today that 25-year-old Juan Carlos Cuadros-Ortiz was taken into custody thanks to an anonymous tip from a citizen.Ortiz was located near Highway 84 and Burris Road in Casa…
A Mesa pervert who convinced his girlfriend to help him drug and then molest her own daughter has been sentenced to a fairly lengthy prison sentence.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Paul McMurdie this morning sentenced William Lewis Riedel to 20 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, and…
The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down the person who murdered a Phoenix woman in her home yesterday. The suspect, police say, may be driving around in the victim’s car.About 4 p.m. yesterday, Phoenix police were called to a house in the 28600 blockof North…
When Sheila Polk, Yavapai County Attorney, considered what former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio were doing back in 2009, Nazi Germany came to mind. At least, that’s the implication in an article in this month’s American Bar Association magazine. Polk’s now-famous letter in December of 2009 publicly condemning…
A woman who was dragged into a Chandler construction site by a stranger and raped in 2004 is “elated” that her attacker has finally been captured, Chandler police say. As we reported earlier today, the arrest of California transient Santos Basilio O’Dell, 32, came about after his DNA was matched…
A California man forced to give up some DNA after violating a protective order last year revealed a dark secret, prosecutors say: He’s responsible for a 2004 rape and robbery in Chandler. Santos Basilio O’Dell, 32, was ordered to stop harassing his wife in 2009, and he violated that order…
Remember that kinda bro-ish guy who smashed a beer bottle over another guy’s face at a Scottsdale bar last month? Well he got busted thanks to your tips.On Monday, Scottsdale police arrested 31-year-old Bryan Holsapple, of Laveen, for the New Year’s Day attack. The cops credit tips from the public,…
The next time 33-year-old Tanya Leathers, a.k.a. Tanya Nareau, is rummaging around her house looking for something of value to trade for a gun, she may want to consider something other than her 2-year-old daughter.Leathers was sentenced today in Maricopa County Superior Court to two concurrent 1.5-year prison sentences after…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in tracking down an alleged pervert, who authorities say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl.PCSO deputies got a call Monday afternoon saying the 13-year-old victim was sexually assaulted by 25-year-old Juan Carlos Cuadros-Ortiz…
The jurors in the murder trial of Gary Thomas Kelly, the Phoenix man who killed his Hispanic neighbor after apparently getting drunk and spouting off some racial slurs, couldn’t reach a verdict, Maricopa Superior Court officials announced this morning. In May of last year, Kelly allegedly shot his neighbor, Juan…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords wanted toast for breakfast this morning, and that’s reportedly what she verbally told those caring for her at a Houston hospital this morning.CBS’ The Early Show, and Politico have both confirmed that Giffords is speaking again as she continues to make a miraculous recovery after being shot…
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has nearly become a household name across the country following his emotional, public statements that talk radio and “vitriol” spurred the January 8 Tucson massacre. Right-wingers were driven to a frenzy by the implication that their side’s rhetoric somehow caused Jared Loughner to shoot 20 people. A campaign to…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in tracking down a missing Cave Creek man.Henry Morello, 84, was last seen in the Cave Creek area. He drives a pale green 2007 Lexus SUV with Arizona license plate 207-YXG…
Andrew Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, aspires to be one of the wealthiest ex-politicians in the United States, it would seem by his latest legal claim.The Arizona Republic reports that Thomas has filed a $23.5 million claim against the state, on top of the $23.5 million claim he already filed…
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled this afternoon that the execution of a convicted murderer — who’s been sitting on death row for nearly 24 years — can finally go forward.The court approved the death warrant for Daniel Wayne Cook, who was convicted of the 1987 murders of two men in…
A Glendale man who was shot in front of his home last night has died from his injuries, the Glendale Police Department announced this afternoon.The man’s family has not yet been notified, so the Glendale PD hasn’t released his identity but say they are treating the shooting as a homicide.About…
A Chandler meth head who put his 7-month-old baby in his freezer last year was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning, where Judge Robert Gottsfield sentenced him to 10 years in prison and lifetime probation. Chance Kracke pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse following an August…
The Glendale Police Department is actively searching for the person responsible for shooting a man in front of his house last night.About 8 p.m. yesterday, 9-1-1 dispatchers received several calls reporting gunshots were fired near 53rd Avenue and Greenway Road…
Since our previous post about Carl Mosher, a gym teacher at a Catholic school in Phoenix who is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student, we’ve come across new information that shows Mosher admitted the sexual relationship to the girl’s mother during a confrontation call.According to court records obtained…
A teacher at a Catholic school in Phoenix was arrested over the weekend for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a now-14-year-old female student.Carl Mosher, 32, a physical education teacher at St. Gregory’s Catholic School, was arrested Saturday morning after the parents of a 14-year-old student at the school called…
A Phoenix man who brought his dead wife’s body to the police station last year was sentenced in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Dwight Wesley, 58, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last October, and this afternoon Judge Glenn Davis sentenced him to 22 years in prison for murdering his…
