Michael Cohn, the 61-year-old Scottsdale resident accused of murdering his wife Linda inside their North Scottsdale home on March 27, has pleaded not guilty.Of course, that’s just his plea. Cohn told a 911 dispatcher that day, “I just killed my wife.”See also:-Michael Cohn’s “I Just Killed My Wife” 911 Call…
Based on the cops’ account, 64-year-old Eugene Maraventano’s alleged murder of his wife and son were pathetic.Not only did Maraventano allegedly stab both of them to death for extraordinarily poor reasons, but he also tried unsuccessfully for the next four days to kill himself.See also:-Eugene Maraventano Thought He Gave His…
The Phoenix woman accused of shoving a vibrator into her 2-year-old son’s anus has pleaded not guilty to charges in the case. The vibrator had to be surgically removed. Rickesha Burns, 21, called police almost two weeks ago, reporting that her son was bleeding from his anus but said she…
Eugene Maraventano, a 64-year-old Goodyear resident, told police this weekend that he stabbed his wife and son to death and failed to kill himself after multiple tries over the course of the next four days.”I killed my wife and I killed my son; I can’t kill myself,” Maraventano told a…
Don’t let the name fool you — Clint Eastwood Maez has just about nothing in common with the salty Hollywood actor.In fact, we’re only talking about Clint Eastwood Maez because he’s accused of stabbing two men, one fatally, in the parking lot of a Phoenix apartment complex a couple of…
An Arizona Department of Public Safety officer shot and killed Alexander Wilson at a gas station, who had decided to ram the officer’s vehicle in order to escape, police say. Sunday night around 9:30, the officer ran a license plate on a Chevy Tahoe near 27th Avenue and Camelback Road…
The audio of the 911 call placed a couple of weeks ago by 61-year-old Scottsdale resident Michael Cohn, informing the dispatcher that he just killed his wife, has been released by police.As it was explained in a court filing, Cohn seemed extremely calm after he’d just killed his wife of…
Phoenix police discovered the apparent reason that 29-year-old Jeremy West hopped on a school bus with a gun and took a ride to an elementary school last week.According to court documents obtained by New Times, West told police he got on the bus — which transports special-education students — because…
Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, is showing his preference for Andrew Thomas-style ethics by pushing for a lenient punishment for Peter Spaw, one of his high-ranking deputy attorneys. Spaw admitted yesterday in an agreement with the state Supreme Court that he committed “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice,” filing…
The reason the phrase “stranger danger” exists is because of people like Jeremy West.Thursday, Phoenix PD put out a bulletin to media, in an attempt to identify the grown man who A) asked a kid if he wanted a “a cigarette or a fix,” B) hopped on a school bus…
Phoenix resident Taylor Basilio told police in December 2011 that he’d done some “stupid things” in recent days, which apparently led to his 7-week-old baby’s several rib fractures, a broken clavicle, fractures to both legs, and two skull fractures.Basilio’s now pleaded guilty to two child-abuse charges in the case.See also:-Taylor…
In an apparent case of better late than never, Phoenix police say a city parks and recreation department employee admitted to molesting three teenagers between 1995 and 1998.Arthur Rey Juarez, 42, was picked up by detectives on Saturday, the day before he had a “a scheduled activity with children on…
The head of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s Asset Recovery Bureau, Peter Spaw, has admitted to working on a racketeering lawsuit he knew was unsupported by evidence. Yet the county attorney, Bill Montgomery, won’t say a word about it. Does the admission and potential two years’ probation of his law…
The most interesting developments in the sensational trial of man-killer Jodi Arias this week had nothing to do with the boring, skepticism-inducing testimony by a domestic-violence expert. Two other key events had the public’s attention: The booting of Juror #5 from the jury panel and her subsequent return to the…
If a 25-year-old guy asks a woman if he can date her 13-year-old daughter, there’s only one reasonable response — hell no, you may not.Jose Zarate apparently found this response so unreasonable that he killed the mother of the 13-year-old girl he was chasing, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s…
The 15-year-old Tolleson girl charged with murder, as an adult, for allegedly shooting and killing her sister’s 17-year-old boyfriend has pleaded not guilty.Ladajianna Mosely — who was born in 1997 — told police she thought she had unloaded the .45-caliber handgun she and two others had just recently stolen after…
A retired Mesa cop accused of molesting two kids and sharing child porn with a man who recently was arrested in a Homeland Security investigation has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.Russell Millsaps, also known as Dean Millsaps, 66, was arrested by Mesa detectives a couple of weeks…
The Scottsdale Police Department’s second fatal officer-involved shooting this month was caught on camera, as a neighbor recorded the confrontation between the Scottsdale officer and 72-year-old Preston Phillips last month. Unfortunately, that 19-year-old neighbor released the video to KPHO Channel 5, which hacked up the video with some obnoxious editing,…
A group of men dressed up like a SWAT team and armed with assault rifles robbed and kidnapped three people connected to a pot-selling scheme last month in Litchfield Park. One of the terrified victims jumped from the trunk of a Jaguar going 60 mph while being taken to a…
No cop is going to look into this bag, Richard Miller must have thought early this morning at a Mesa CVS Pharmacy. A Mesa officer arrived at the CVS, 305 East Brown Road, about 4 a.m. after receiving reports of a troublesome trespasser. He found Miller, walking in circles and…
Jodi Arias’ defense team motioned for a mistrial on Monday, accusing one of the jurors of unspecified misconduct. Trial proceedings were postponed today, but defense attorney Kirk Numri still filed his motion to boot the juror off the panel. The motion comes a few days after Numri sought a mistrial…
In a case that sounds more like a zombie attack than a homicide report, Chandler police busted a 58-year-old trailer-park resident on Friday for allegedly killing his girlfriend and gnawing on her breasts. After Gerald Lee Culverson called paramedics to the home he shared with his deceased girlfriend, Deborah Courtney,…
