Seven people associated with a motorcycle gang have been arrested for allegedly beating a man and his girlfriend outside a Phoenix bar in March.Police say the seven people are involved with a motorcycle gang called Latin Riderz, and face charges including aggravated assault, kidnapping, and assisting a criminal street gang.Phoenix…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we’ve found that it can always…
Police and the victim of a Tempe hit-and-run crash this week made a public appeal on Thursday for information and witnesses in the case. Justin DeValk, 21, a Mesa Community College student, appeared before reporters and TV cameras near the crash site on Broadway Road near College Avenue, his head…
Jarrett Maupin, an Arizona Congressional candidate, reverend and community advocate, is taking some of the credit for Shanesha Taylor’s money-for-freedom deal with prosecutors. A controversial figure, Maupin — president of the Phoenix-based Progressive Christian Coalition — nevertheless was seen to be working closely in the highly publicized criminal case of…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we’ve got a real cast of…
A college student working in a job-placement program at a Phoenix elementary school was arrested on child-porn charges.Travis Kinkaid-Mata, 27, worked in the library at Phoenix’s Longview Elementary School, near 12th Street and Indian School Road, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
Someone has planted foot-long pieces of rebar fashioned into spikes in the Coconino National Forest.Forest Service officials say five of these spikes have been discovered near the Happy Jack area…
Ed Moriarity, the Montana lawyer who worked for Lisa Aubuchon, David Hendershott and Joel Fox, has been disbarred in Arizona. A complaint by the State Bar of Arizona, followed by the July 15 disbarment order, explains that Moriarity knew claims by former Maricopa County officials Aubuchon and Hendershott were false,…
A year and a half after a 2-year-old girl was killed at an unlicensed Phoenix babysitting business, two people have been charged in the girl’s death.Allison Clement and Ryan Reed, the couple who ran the babysitting service, had previously been charged in Savannah Cross’ death, but those charges were dropped…
An army veteran was shot and killed by a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy yesterday in Fountain Hills, the Sheriff’s Office says. David Brandstetter, 26, was walking naked in traffic at around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, prompting two calls to 911 as drivers swerved to avoid striking him, MCSO reports…
An elderly woman was attacked by five dogs at Phoenix’s Barrios Unidos Park park early yesterday morning, police say. The woman remains in extremely critical condition at a nearby hospital…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we introduce the goon squad. Enjoy…
Disgraced legal professionals Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander hope to avoid paying the cost of their disciplinary proceedings with a fresh lawsuit they filed last week. The civil complaint filed on July 2 is yet another piece of fallout from the “unholy collaboration” of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and…
The man accused of fatally stabbing former ASU wide receiver Tyrice Thompson outside a Scottsdale bar last year has been arrested again, this time for another allegedly violent incident.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Ian MacDonald — who had been released from jail on the murder charge last…
A family get-together at Tempe’s Kiwanis Park on the Fourth of July ended with a man murdering his step-brother, police say.According to police, 37-year-old Thomas Woods shot his step-brother, 33-year-old Martin Woods, as a result of an escalating fight between the two at the park, near Mill Avenue and Baseline…
DUI task forces around the state arrested 389 people on DUI charges over Independence Day weekend.That’s pretty much on-par with the DUI enforcement over the same weekend last year, when 361 people were arrested on DUI charges, according to the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety…
Hundreds of our fellow Arizonans will get DUIs in the next few days. A multi-pronged Fourth of July enforcement effort is set to ensnare drunk or drugged drivers. Driving under the influence endangers you and others, and a DUI citation can be expensive and problematic. So do what you can…
Under pressure from supporters of professor Ersula Ore, Arizona State University announced on Wednesday that the officer who arrested her in May has been put on leave. The power of a viral video seems to be at work here, since ASU had previously ruled that the actions of ASU police…
A Navajo woman was sentenced to about 14 years in prison on Tuesday for a horrific attack committed against a child she reportedly believed was “evil.” Shonya Tanya Sam and her brother, both of Many Farms, put the 7-year-old girl through a bizarre, hellish experience for several days in early…
A 6-year-old Phoenix boy was molested last week after his meth-using mom left him alone in a house with other drug users. Police arrested Dale Brian Simmons, 50, of Phoenix, on Friday , the day after the boy reported to his mother that the man had assaulted him. He’s been…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we take a look at the…
Shanesha Taylor, the Valley mother who achieved fame by leaving her kids in a hot car, sheds tears and blames the economy in an exclusive interview the New York Times published Sunday. Taylor’s facing felony prosecution for her decision to leave her 2-year-old and 6-month-old kids in a car for…
