Kevin Ryan Upshaw Jr. of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation has been charged with manslaughter following a Monday crash that killed a 5-year-old girl on a bike. Upshaw Jr., who manages or owns a rodeo-security business on the rural reservation north of Tucson, was drunk when his full-size 4×4…
Joseph Nicholas Aguilera told police he did not remember punching an elderly homeless man to death in Phoenix on July 11.Aguilera, a 30-year-old Army veteran, did not deny being the man captured on surveillance footage at a nearby gas station but told police he “did not remember assaulting anyone at…
A New York man who apparently is obsessed with Jodi Arias was arrested by Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies for allegedly threatening two nationally known TV anchors over the Internet.David Lee Simpson, 48 — who used multiple Twitter handles, including “DaveLovesJodi” — allegedly made comments about slitting the throats of the…
Phoenix police have identified the man investigators believe punched an elderly homeless man to death on July 11.Joseph Nicholas Aguilera, 30, has been identified in the guy caught on surveillance footage at a convenience store near the scene of the crime and was booked into jail on a second-degree murder…
Here’s an easy way to identify a crackhead — if a guy actually has a rock of crack cocaine stuck to his head.Police say that’s how 52-year-old George Figueroa was arrested for possession of a narcotic drug for the sixth time…
Welcome to Most Wanted — New Times’ weekly post featuring scofflaws, including suspects in robberies, homicides and assault cases, sex offenders who’ve absconded, and even deadbeat parents who aren’t shelling out court-ordered child support. Suspects featured here are presumed innocent — until a judge or jury says otherwise…
Phoenix police are looking for the guy pictured above, who is accused of punching an elderly homeless man to death.Phoenix police Sergeant Darren Burch says the suspect seems to have confronted the man “for no apparent reason.”…
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, several of our alleged offenders look…
When a drunk man stumbled into a Tucson gas station and started pointing a gun at the clerk, there already was a cop inside.Unfortunately, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says the cop was the drunk guy pointing a gun around…
Some media reports contend that a “reverse Trayvon Martin” case is about to be tried in Phoenix.The thought is that national media outlets are ignoring the Phoenix case because the shooter, Cordell Jude, is black — and that doesn’t fit some sort of media plot. In reality, there’s hardly anything…
From the big book of bad excuses, a Phoenix man caught lighting trash cans on fire told police he was just trying to keep warm.The main problem with his excuse was that he dropped it on one of the hottest days of the year — when temperatures hit 115 degrees…
Phoenix police are searching for a man who doused his girlfriend in gasoline and set her on fire this weekend.Police Sergeant Trent Crump says the woman, who was heard “screaming for help,” was burned over 30 percent of her body…
At what point do you just toss your keys to the cops after getting pulled over for DUI?Apparently when it’s the seventh time you’ve been pulled over for DUI, and the third time this year…
Whatever religion calls for letting malnourished babies die instead of bringing them to a doctor, that’s the religion that Phoenix parents Ernest Ingram and Denise Snow-Ingram apparently follow.Police say the couple cited “religious beliefs” as their 15-month-old baby died on Wednesday, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces — about a pound…
David Trevino, a 23-year-old Phoenix resident, brushed off a woman’s allegation that he “raped” a girl because she was 17 years old when they had sex, and responded that she might as well tell police that he raped the woman’s 8-year-old daughter.The woman did relay that comment to police, and…
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, several of our alleged offenders might…
A DUI suspect who passed out in the middle of a Phoenix street while behind the wheel of his SUV was apparently sleeping for so long that he ran out of gas.Jason Taylor, 22, was found shortly after 5 a.m. by a newspaper deliveryman. Taylor was slumped over the steering…
Police are searching for a man who shot three people, including two children, at a Phoenix apartment complex Tuesday night.A 41-year-old man was walking his dog at the complex, near 32nd Street and Thomas Road, around 10 p.m. Tuesday when a man on a second-story balcony vomited on the dog,…
Russell McKinney almost lost his life because he threatened Phoenix police with an AK-47 — even though the weapon turned out to be a toy airsoft gun, police say. Just after 6 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a call because someone allegedly had broken the window of a home near…
It looks like folks just aren’t getting behind the wheel plastered on Independence Day like they used to.Stats from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety show the fewest DUI arrests, 367, over the lengthy Independence Day weekend since 2009…
After police departments ran DUI-enforcement campaigns across the Valley for Independence Day, there are still going to be quite a few areas the cops will be looking for drunk drivers this weekend.In fact, there appears to be more police departments working DUI patrols this weekend than there were last night,…
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, all of our alleged offenders have…
