See also Obama Blocks DREAMers’ Deportations, Outflanks GOP See also Jan Brewer’s Response to Almost Everything About Obama Immigration Policy: Secure the Borders Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued an executive order today that blocks issuance of public benefits, Arizona driver’s licenses, and state identification to individuals granted Deferred Action by U.S…
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A 10-month-old girl was flown from a Yuma hospital to Phoenix Children’s Hospital last week, as it was believed that the girl had been stung by a scorpion.Turns out, there was no scorpion — the little girl had eaten mom’s meth and ecstasy…
Anthony Parrinello — the man accused of running over and killing a man after an argument at a North Phoenix elementary school — had a few run-ins with law enforcement before his arrest on a murder charge Monday.Parrinello, 31, is accused of running over 42-year-old Carmelo D’Alessandro on Monday, after…
Scottsdale police used excessive force in 2008 when they shot a man in the back without a warning, rendering him a paraplegic, a judge has ruled. David Hulstedt, who was 35 at the time of the shooting, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the city in 2009. An August 6…
A man who declined to show up to an agreed-upon fight at a Walmart store near Anthem was run over and killed by the man he was supposed to fight after he didn’t show up, police say.Anthony “Tony” Parrinello, 31, is accused of running over 42-year-old Carmelo D’Alessandro on Monday,…
See also: Two Men (One of Whom is a Teacher) Arrested Trying to Have Sex with Dogs See also: Craigslist Used To Find A Dog To “Fornicate” With Woman Yet again, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says detectives found someone on Craigslist ready and willing to have sex with a…
Brian Bizzell — a former band teacher at Estrella Foothills High School in Goodyear — has earned himself the title of “sex offender” for life and was sentenced to a year in jail for a sexual relationship with one of his students.Because the 17-year-old student lost her cell phone, another…
Curiosity will cost 47-year-old Michael Cerise 90 days of freedom after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Karen Potts sentenced him to jail yesterday. Cerise must also serve an additional three years of probation following his 90-day bid for the November 2011 laser-pointing that injured three pilots. “The consequences of this…
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Daniel Cook was executed today in Florence for the 1987 strangulation murders of 16-year-old Kevin Swaney and 26-year-old Carlos Cruz-Ramos in Lake Havasu City. Appeals made by Cook’s defense team were denied by a state board for the final time on August 3, and by the U.S. Supreme Court before…
Phoenix police arrested now-former fellow officer Christopher J. Wilson last night for alleged sexual misconduct with two teenage boys. Wilson admitted to having improper sexual relationships with a 14-year-old and a 17-year-old, according to Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump. An investigation into Wilson’s misconduct began yesterday afternoon after the parents…
Jared Lee Loughner will die in prison.Loughner — the lone suspect in last year’s Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — pleaded guilty to 19 charges in federal court today, after being found competent to understand the charges against him.As part of…
See also: Jared Loughner Wants to Change His Plea if He’s Found Competent Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is “satisfied” with Jared Loughner’s expected guilty plea, according to her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.Loughner — the lone suspect in last year’s Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including Giffords…
The rumored change-of-plea for Jared Loughner — the lone suspect in last year’s shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — is officially scheduled for tomorrow.U.S. District Judge Larry Burns signed the order today, indicating Loughner wants to change his plea from not guilty as…
Jared Loughner — the lone suspect in last year’s shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — is planning on entering a guilty plea this week, according to some anonymous people.The Los Angeles Times said this weekend that Loughner’s set to plead guilty tomorrow, and…
It turns out there’s more evidence leading police to believe Rebekah Mellon murdered her husband Tuesday night at their home in the Willo neighborhood — the whole shooting was recorded on video.Mellon made her initial appearance in court yesterday, and a prosecutor explained that he got word from the Phoenix…
A Phoenix man was shot in the head and killed Tuesday night, and his wife — who was arrested in her husband’s murder — was light on the details, as she repeatedly fell asleep in police custody. Rebekah Mellon faces a first-degree murder charge, as police say she’s just about…
Jennelle Long Curtis, a Casa Grande mother of four young kids, embezzled $780,000 in a three-year-period from the Pinal County Federal Credit Union, court records say. Curtis, whose 23-year-old husband was shot and killed at a truck stop in March, worked as an accounting assistant at the credit union from…
The Tempe man who tried to rape an employee at Phoenix’s Arizona Grand Resort in December will spend the rest of his life on probation.Michael Robert Martinez, 31, pleaded guilty in June to attempted kidnapping and attempted sexual assault, and was sentenced this morning to lifetime probation with mental-health and…
Sonoran Sky Elementary School teacher Kimberly Ali says she thought she “fell in love” with a girl.Unfortunately for Ali, the girl’s a 14-year-old who just finished eighth grade, so that’s a problem.Ali also has some other problems, like the several times she allegedly sexually abused the girl behind a grocery…
