Shane and Sarah Dae Walker — the couple Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says was trying to find a dog to “fornicate” with — pleaded not guilty today to conspiracy to commit bestiality.The Walkers, along with 29-year-old Robert Aucker, are accused of using Craigslist to find a dog to have…
After the aunt of a 9-year-old Phoenix girl asked the girl’s mother and stepfather a few weeks ago why the little girl had an infected burn on her hand, she was told the girl was burned while making tortillas.Tortillas couldn’t quite be blamed for the four other burns or scars…
Stock up on the popcorn — a State Bar disciplinary panel is set to release the findings of its inquiry into former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and former deputy county attorneys Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander on April 10.Both Thomas and Aubuchon face possible disbarment, and Alexander could have…
Joseluis Marquez, the suspect in the 2010 death of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa, is slated to go to trial in May.Sousa, 21, was dragged by a car in an attempted robbery of her purse in an IHOP parking lot just south of the University’s Tempe campus on…
The findings of the Arizona Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Panel into alleged ethical violations by former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will be announced during an April 10 hearing.The three-member discipline panel led by State Bar Disciplinary Judge William O’Neil will take place at 9 a.m. on April 10 in the…
Judd Herberger, son of the late Valley philanthropists, was sentenced today to four months in state prison for a felony DUI he received last year in Scottsdale. The 70-year-old businessman had been driving drunk despite the fact that his driver’s license had been revoked after his extreme DUI conviction from the…
A Mesa pervert who was already behind bars for sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy in January, 2011, then charged in April for sexually abusing a 1-year-old and others — and videotaping it — was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in prison.Brandon K. Jones originally was arrested early last year after cops got…
Yesterday, Angelica Jimenez — the Chandler woman who had a 4-month-old baby in her care end up with a cigarette burn, 14 broken bones, and bruising all over her body last year — got her punishment.She was sentenced to a decade of probation.Jimenez, 25, pleaded guilty to child abuse in…
Judd Herberger, the son of late Valley philanthropists Kax and Robert Herberger, will be sentenced tomorrow on a felony DUI charge.Court records don’t show how much time he’ll get, but Herberger, 70, was booked into jail after he pleaded guilty on February 23 to aggravated DUI, a class 4 felony…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is looking for two unrelated dudes who may or may not have done illegal things with guns.Dude number one allegedly robbed a Circle K early yesterday morning at Gilbert Road and Chandler Boulevard, flashing a pistol with black grips in his waistband.Dude number one took…
Angela Simpson pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder in the 2009 killing of 46-year-old Terry Neely in Phoenix.Simpson’s method of choice: Pulling Neely’s teeth out, driving a nail into his head, bashing him with a tire iron, stabbing him around 50 times, and strangling him.Then she chopped up his body…
Angelica Jimenez — the Chandler woman who had a 4-month-old baby in her care end up with a cigarette burn, 14 broken bones, and bruising all over her body last year — was sentenced today to probation.Jimenez, 25, pleaded guilty to child abuse in January for just standing by as…
The former Pima County Superior Court judge nominated by President Obama to be Arizona U.S. Attorney once wrote in a ruling that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio “misused the power of his office.” It should be interesting to see if John Leonardo acts on his beliefs, if he’s confirmed by…
This weekend, Phoenix police arrested 33-year-old David Denton after allegedly leaving his meth and heroin stash with his 6-year-old kiddo so he could jump off a third-story balcony to avoid the cops.This morning, a Peoria police official says the SWAT team served a search warrant on a house, where cops…
Joseph Grooms and his friend, Harold Ruggles, were each sentenced to about three years in prison for scamming Dell Computers. Dell has a great warranty program for its computer equipment — just ask Harold Ruggles of Phoenix and his friend, Joseph Grooms of Glendale.These two 20-somethings made a fortune in…
Bullhead City resident Helen Flint seems to have a penchant for cat collecting.After Bullhead City police served a search warrant on Friday at the 74-year-old’s mobile home, they discovered more than 40 cats inside — not including the nine dead ones in a trash can that were described by police…
Sergio Velderrain has an excuse for peeing on his 4-month-old kid early Sunday morning — he could’ve sworn the baby was a toilet.The kid’s mom says that’s not exactly how she remembered it happening, but they’re both agreeing that Velderrain, 31, peed on a baby.According to court documents obtained by…
As you may know, one of the men behind the “Kony 2012” viral video, Jason Russell, was nabbed in San Diego last week for allegedly masturbating in public and generally acting like a weirdo, which he isn’t being charged for.On the other hand, here in Phoenix, 40-year-old Daniel Delaney allegedly…
Kevin Skinner, the 22-year-old Phoenix man who called the cops earlier in the month to let them know he’d just murdered his mother by suffocating her with a grocery bag, pleaded not guilty this morning.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Skinner and his mom got into an argument…
David Denton did not want to talk to the cops this weekend while staying at the Arizona Grand Resort.This urge to avoid the cops was so bad that police say Denton, 33, left his meth and heroin stash with his 6-year-old kid and jumped off the third-floor balcony to hide…
We usually don’t call DDS of the year this early — or at all, really — but we’ll give the honorary title to the Phoenix dentist who chased down the guy who decided to show off his penis in his waiting room.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 40-year-old…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricopa County won a lawsuit this week filed by former County Schools Superintendent Sandra Dowling over the 2005 raid of her home and subsequent prosecution.Dowling launched the lawsuit in 2009, alleging she’d been the target of a conspiracy by Arpaio and members of the Board of…
