The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office tells New Times that the Colorado woman arrested for giving a Transportation Safety Administration agent a titty-twister last week will not be charged with a felony. But she’s not completely off the hook — she may still face misdemeanor charges.According to MCAO spokesman Jerry Cobb,…
Turns out, a lot of people seem to think Casey Anthony got off easy when she was acquitted of charges that she murdered her daughter, Caylee, earlier this month. State Senator Linda Gray is amongst them.”I think [Anthony’s] guilty. I think she had something to do with the death of…
Convicted murderer Thomas Paul West was put to death by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence just after 11 a.m. after more than 20 years on Death Row.West, 52, was found guilty of the 1987 murder of Donald Bortle.West beat Bortle to death during a burglary-gone-bad in June…
Last night’s Haboob wasn’t quite as spectacular as the one that swept through the Valley earlier this month, but that didn’t stop local media outlets from turning their respective websites into Haboob-central as soon as the storm hit.The July 5, storm was described by experts from the National Weather Service…
For the fifth time since October, Arizona is set to execute a convicted murderer. Like many before him, Thomas Paul West has been on Death Row for over 20 years.West is scheduled to die — barring a last-minute reprieve — at 11 a.m.West, 52, was found guilty of the 1987…
The man to the right is 35-year-old Leo Ruffus Rodriguez Jr. However, he goes by “Bozo,” and is currently wanted by police.On Friday, police in Goodyear say “Bozo” pulled an assault rifle on a man near Las Flores Avenue and Santa Cruz Drive. Now, “Bozo’s” wanted for aggravated assault…
Yukari Miyamae is a 61-year-old Colorado woman arrested last week after turning the tables on a Transportation Safety Administration agent — she gave her a titty-twister after refusing a security screening.Now, the debate is on: is Miyamae a hero or a hoodlum?For those fed up with getting felt up every time…
State Senator Scott Bundgaard was supposed to be in Phoenix Municipal Court this morning to answer for his alleged scuffle with ex-girlfriend Aubry Ballard, but he wasn’t, and now his hearing’s been rescheduled.Bundgaard’s attorneys reportedly are asking for a change of venue and say they need time to interview additional witnesses.Bundgaard’s been…
Linda Velarde, 48, is what some might call a “bad drunk.” In fact, she gets so violent when she drinks that her husband banned her from tying one on in the Phoenix home the couple shares — so she set the house on fire with him inside.According to court documents…
Where in the world is the most despised woman in America? Nobody seems to know for sure, but according to ABC News’ rumor department, Casey Anthony “may be in Arizona.”We’d hold off on getting those pitchforks and torches ready — she’s also rumored to be in Ohio, Florida, Puerto Rico,…
Jesus Busso Estopellan, who admitted murdering an Arizona State University student and his friend earlier this month, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder.Estopellan has already admitted to police that he murdered the two men in late June after getting…
A campaign is underway via-Facebook to raise money to fund the defense of a Colorado woman — lauded as a hero by many, and a villain by five — who gave a Transportation Safety Administration agent a titty-twister at Sky Harbor International Airport last week and has since been charged…
According to a recently released study from Arizona State University’s Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety, if you’ve been booked into a Maricopa Count jail, you’re much more likely to catch a sexually transmitted disease than members of the general public.According to the study, if you’ve been booked into…
The son of Medicis Pharmaceutical CEO Jonah Shacknai was pronounced dead last week after suffering a fatal fall at Shacknai’s Coronado, California mansion, the family announced in a press release last night.”With great sadness, Dina (Shacknai’s ex-wife and the boy’s mother) and I convey the tragic passing of our beloved…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for a caption for the above photo of Senate President (for now) Russell Pearce, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth in our first installment of our You Write the Caption contest.You didn’t disappoint.We had nearly 100 responses…
A woman trying to board an airplane at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport’s terminal four turned the tables on a Transportation Security Administration officer: she admittedly grabbed the agent’s breast.Phoenix police say 61-year-old Yukari Miyamae grabbed the breast of a TSA employee after refusing a security screening.Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos says…
The Arizona prison inmate hit by a truck this morning has been identified as 47-year-old Cary Allan — and yesterday just happened to be his birthday.A repeat customer of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Allan’s current prison stint is a 27-month sentence for credit-card fraud out of Maricopa County.DOC spokesman…
A 71-year-old Phoenix man recently applied for a medical-marijuana card — which apparently was all it took to make him a target for a few punks looking to steal some medical weed.According to the Phoenix Police Department, about 5:30 p.m. yesterday, a neighbor of the victim’s called 9-1-1 to report…
America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” spoke at the Conservative Leadership Conference/Joe Arpaio Comedy Hour in Las Vegas over the weekend, where he had the conservative crowd in stitches as he yucked it up about how he’d never heard of that pesky concept of “transparency” in government until three years ago.We’re gonna…
A Phoenix man who used his west Phoenix home to shoot kiddie-porn films was sentenced today in Maricopa County Superior Court to 30 years in prison.David Robert Morris pleaded guilty in May to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of child molestation, and one count of…
A photo has been released of the woman found dead at the home of Scottsdale-based Medicis executive Jonah Shacknai. The body of 32-year-old Rebecca Nalepa — Shacknai’s girlfriend — was found in the courtyard of Shacknai’s historic Coronado, California mansion with a rope around her neck, bound, naked, and hanging from…
The Arizona Department of Corrections has shut down the westbound Interstate 10 at the Marana exit after a prison inmate was hit by a truck this morning.DPS spokesman Bart Graves says the inmate is in extremely serious condition.Department of Corrections officials would not yet identify the inmate when asked this…
