The Arizona Cardinals undrafted rookie quarterback Max Hall may have sealed his fate as the team’s starter with a 30-20 upset win over the New Orleans Saints yesterday.Hall wasn’t perfect, but he was good enough — more valid, perhaps, he was better than Derek Anderson, the team’s initial choice to…
The second suicidal man shot by officers from the Mesa Police Department in less than a week has been identified.The deceased is 59-year-old Douglas Watson.Unlike the shooting of a domestic violence suspect by a Phoenix police officer earlier this week, it seems the Mesa officer were justified in shooting Watson.Police…
The father-in-law of one of the stars of the reality TV show Raising Sextuplets is defending his son-in-law after he was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and threatening domestic violence.In a twist, the father-in-law’s the same guy who called the cops to have him arrested after an incident in…
The attorney for the Phoenix police officer accused of fatally shooting a domestic violence suspect tells New Times an officer who witnessed the shooting is a liar.Craig Mehrens, the attorney for Officer Richard Chrisman, says information in a secondary police report is inconsistent with information provided by Officer Sergio Vergillo…
The giant mud pit that was Tempe Town Lake for the past few months is about to be a lake again.The city opened the spigot this morning after repairing a rubber barrier that burst in July, allowing about a billion gallons of water to go rushing downstream.Check out some real…
If you’re living in the Valley — or anywhere for that matter — and happen to think you’re a vampire, keep one thing in mind: you’re not.According to the Chandler Police Department, a Chandler couple stabbed their roommate in the arm after he told them they couldn’t suck his blood.The…
Back in April, a Phoenix man dropped his dead wife off at a police station in downtown Phoenix. Today, he pled guilty to second-degree murder.According to court documents, when 58-year-old Dwight Wesley walked into a police station in downtown Phoenix covered in blood and carrying a knife, cops initially thought…
Vanity Fair’s published an article about Arizona Senator John McCain and “the Maverick” (if he’s still OK with that nickname) isn’t gonna like it. Neither is J.D. Hayworth, McCain’s opponent in this year’s GOP Senate primary. The article is titled “The Man Who Never Was,” and criticizes McCain for many…
A fist-fight gone wrong has left a 5-year-old boy in critical condition after one of the men involved in the fight shot up the house in which the boy was sleeping.According to the Phoenix Police Department, last night, an 18-year-old man, who was also shot, was in a fight with…
For the second time this week, and the third time in a week, a man is dead after being shot by police.This shooting sounds a little more justified than the one that happened on Tuesday. In other words, this guy presented a threat to police and no dogs were shot…
Often is the case in local TV news that a reporter asks a tough question, the subject gives some bullshit answer, and the conversation moves on without any sort of resolution.As for Fox 10’s John Hook: homey don’t play dat.Following the shooting of an unarmed Phoenix man by a Phoenix…
For the second time this month, a Valley senior has gone missing, and police need your help to find her.Theresa Zynda, 79, went out in the rain last night, and she never came home.She left her house in a the 2005 Buick LeSabre about 8:30 last night, at the height…
We can understand the benefit of having most pets. Dogs make you feel like a rock star every time you walk in the door, fish are fun to look at, and cats…well, people seem to like ’em.What we can’t figure out, however, is why a Pinal County man would keep…
That’s Elizabeth Hawkenson. And that’s her ASU ID card. The girl to the left is 18-year-old Elizabeth Hawkenson. She’s an ASU freshman from Copperas Cove, Texas, studying geology at ASU’s Tempe campus. She’s attending school on a $33,000 academic scholarship. She was also featured in a “reality porn” video, currently…
Yesterday, we told you about an officer-involved shooting in Phoenix. Details were limited, so we said to check back later. We got the details and they’re pretty nuts.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon…
Can Arizona Cardinals quarterback Max Hall be the solution to the team’s quarterback quandary? Probably not, looks like he’s gonna have the chance.The Arizona Republic is reporting that “sources” close to the team say Hall will make the start Sunday against the New Orleans Saints.Derek Anderson, it appears, will be…
We were hit with a case of de ja vu this morning when we read a press release from the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office about a pair of illegal immigrants who were kidnapped and left in the desert, with one of the victims getting shot.The story itself isn’t what jarred…
On Monday, we told you about a bicyclist hit by two impaired drivers in Mesa on Saturday night. Today, cops need help figuring out who he is.The unidentified bicyclist was riding a yellowish BMX-style bike northbound on the west side of Higley Road when he tried to cross a ramp…
It’s hard for any kid to warm up to a parent’s love interest when that person isn’t the child’s mother or father. The resentment tends to fade by the time you’re 42 years old, though. Unless you’re name is Guy Neal O’Connor, Jr. O’Connor was arrested over the weekend after…
Phoenix police shot and killed a suspect in a domestic violence dispute in south Phoenix this afternoon.According to police, the mother of the suspect called 9-1-1 around noon today to report an argument between she and her son at their trailer home near Baseline Road and Central Avenue.Two officers responded…
There’s no denying that hail storms are cool…when you’re in one. Reading about hail isn’t quite as exciting.That’s not stopping local TV news stations from filling their Web sites with stories about hail.As you’re probably aware, it hailed today. Local TV news stations seem to think it’s the apocalypse.The top…
A wanted sex offender was arrested last week doing exactly what you might expect a wanted sex offender to be doing: hangin’ out near an elementary school.The U.S. Marshal’s Office got a tip last week that Michael Jack Owl, a 37-year-old fugitive, who failed to register as a sex offender,…
