Not that we have any experience in the matter, but it seems a robbery suspect in Mesa broke one of the cardinal rules of robbing someone at gunpoint — after stealing some of the victim’s stuff, he left his gun behind as he made his getaway.This morning, 29-year-old Ruben Tellez…
The Department of Public Safety, and the Phoenix Police Department, needs the public’s help in tracking down an 84-year-old man who’s been missing since yesterday afternoon.Edward Reed, who served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, left his house in Phoenix yesterday around 3 p.m. He left in his…
In honor of Thanksgiving, officers from the Phoenix Police Department’s most scandalous precinct will be giving away Turkeys to some needy families tonight, and they really (really) want you to know about it. The South Mountain Precinct has been home to some of the worst cops the city has to…
The Phoenix woman accused of murdering a cab driving on Friday morning hid evidence — including the alleged murder weapon and a plastic bag full of underwear — in a dishwasher in her apartment, court documents obtained by New Times show.Corletha Sherie Davis, 33, told officers she had nothing to…
A former Phoenix police officer accused of shakin’ down drug dealers pled guilty to theft charges in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Former Officer James Wren pled guilty to solicitation to commit theft, which is a hell of a deal considering the crimes with which he’d initially been charged.Initially,…
If you noticed a section of 27th Avenue was shut down this morning, not to worry — it was just the Phoenix Police Department’s SWAT team trying to find a woman who may have shot and killed a cab driver. Around 6 a.m. today, Phoenix police got a call that…
The cases against seven men with connections to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club — stemming from an August shootout with rival biker gang the Vagos — were sent back to a grand jury on Monday. And, in an effort to have one of the biker’s trial moved to another venue,…
A Surprise woman, who punched her 11-year-old son in the stomach in front of police — all while telling the boy how she didn’t want him anymore — was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Christina Muniz, 29, was sentenced to three years probation and 30 days in jail…
The wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock was in court this morning, where she pled not guilty to charges that she had an inappropriate, sexual relationship with a teenage boy.Susan Brock’s court appearance comes less than a week after her husband of 28 years filed for divorce — obviously,…
A convicted felon in Pinal County hit the trifecta in terms of shit you shouldn’t have in your pickup truck — cops found weed, a sawed-off shotgun, and crystal meth after he wrecked his truck near Arizona City yesterday.Cops responded to the accident and found 35-year-old Casey Amos, as well…
We can’t help but feel bad for Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock. Sure, his religious family-man persona can be obnoxious at times, but nobody should have to deal with the fact that their wife of 28 years allegedly had sex with a teenager. But Brock is dealing with it, and…
When we first heard there was a guy found sitting in an orange grove next to a Mesa airport, huffing paint, and throwing oranges at planes, we thought, “We gotta see what this guy looks like.”Sadly, at the time we published our story yesterday afternoon, which you can see here,…
What’s the big deal?That’s what a man cops found huffin’ spray paint in an orange grove next to the Falcon Field Municipal Airport in Mesa asked police when they politely told him he needed to stop throwing oranges at the airplanes.According to the Mesa Police Department, 33-year-old Brian Henio was…
The unsatisfactory conditions of the road leading into a remote town in Yavapai County caused a Phoenix man to leave some constructive criticism stuck to roadsigns in the area. The suggestions weren’t well received by local law enforcement, though, and the man was arrested for vandalism.According to the Yavapai County…
One man is dead and another is injured after a shootout in west Phoenix last night.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the double shooting happened around 7 p.m. yesterday, when two men exchanged gunfire in the area of 71st Avenue and Thomas Road in Phoenix…
The Phoenix Police Department has identified the boy found shot to death on a Phoenix sidewalk yesterday morning.The victim is 13-year-old Jonathan Garcia-Valladares. His body was found just blocks from the Phoenix home where he lives with his parents.According to police, Garcia-Valladares was jogging near 28th Street and Thomas Road…
Picture your morning routine. Now picture it with a naked meth-head yelling and banging on the front door of your house. That’s what some people in a Surprise neighborhood woke up to last week, and, needless to say, the man was arrested.Surprise police got a call just before 8 a.m…
Super glue isn’t just for dangling from things by your head anymore. Aside from being used as eye-drops — as a Valley woman learned the hard way is a bad idea — it’s also being used to attempt to keep the man from finding out a person’s true identity. A…
Trying to steal a stop sign is a good way to find yourself in a world of somewhat-serious legal shit, but a Prescott man didn’t stop there. While trying to steal a stop sign, 19-year-old Christopher McCollom managed to hit the trifecta in terms of criminal stupidity.Ya see, not only…
Things just when from really (really) bad to even worse for the wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, who is currently in jail after being charged with molesting a boy when he was as young as 14-years-old.In addition to the original two counts of child molestation and two counts…
A Phoenix man is behind bars after police say he murdered the 2-year-old son of his girlfriend by beating him — and biting him — repeatedly over the weekend.The kid was so badly beaten, police say, he had bruises covering 80 percent of his body.According to court documents obtained by…
A hiker found a dead body on Camelback Mountain on Sunday, which is where it remained until this morning — even though police were called to the scene yesterday afternoon.Phoenix Police Department spokesman Trent Crump tells New Times the body was left on the mountain overnight because it became too…
