If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is — just ask Mark Teich, who got an, um, bargain when he paid a Scottsdale art dealer $43,000 for a sketch by Pierre-Auguste Renoir he claims he was told was worth $110,000.Turns out, the sketch isn’t worth $110,000. In…
Get your calculators out… In less than 24 hours, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office — under the leadership of America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff,” Joe Arpaio — has cost county taxpayers nearly $750,000 in settlements or judgments stemming from lawsuits filed against the sheriff.The latest: yesterday’s $94,000 judgment in favor of…
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Rachel Brock, the 22-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges that she sexually abused the same teenage boy her mother also pleaded guilty to molesting.The charges to which Brock pleaded guilty — two counts of child abuse with sexual motivation — are much less…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved a $650,00 payout to the family of a 33-year-old man killed by a motorist who was “pursued recklessly and in violation of law at high speeds by” a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy.The board approved the payout unanimously. In September of 2007, sheriff’s deputies…
Rachel Brock, the 22-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, pleaded guilty to two counts of child abuse with sexual motivation this afternoon, court officials tell New Times.Read about the entire Brock family sexual circus here.Brock was originally charged with seven counts of sexual conduct with a minor and…
Rachel Brock, the 22-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, is in court at the moment, where there’s a chance she could change her plea to guilty on charges that she molested the same teen boy her mother’s been convicted of abusing.The younger Brock’s been charged with seven counts…
Shane Lindsay, 37, had a problem: he had no money to buy a television to watch during his upcoming prison sentence. His solution: steal an air conditioner before serving his sentence and sell it for some TV money.As he later told police, that was the plan, anyway.Buckeye police were called…
As “Weinergate 2011” enters day 11, there are now bipartisan calls for New York Congressman Anthony Weiner to resign. Given the congressman’s current conundrum, former Arizona Attorney General/New Times-declared “Mayor of Twitter-Town” Grant Woods has some suggestions for other politicos who want to avoid a similar fate.Weiner came clean about…
A Phoenix clothing “model” last seen nearly two weeks ago has been found alive, Phoenix police confirm to New Times. Despite 18-year-old Kristian Faith Stout, a.k.a. Kristian Ward parents’ earlier insistence that she was kidnapped, it appears the 18-year-old mother ran away.Stout was last seen on May 27 leaving her…
The Arizona Republic reported yesterday that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is likely to dole out a cool $650,000 in taxpayer coin to the family of a 33-year-old man killed by a motorist who was “pursued recklessly and in violation of law at high speeds by” a Maricopa County…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio took great offense yesterday to our asking other heads of local law enforcement agencies whether they feel comfortable working with America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” — what with the recent cartel infiltrations and federal investigations, and all.The MCSO was recently infiltrated by a Mexican drug cartel…
Don’t mention how the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was infiltrated by a Mexican drug cartel to Sheriff Joe Arpaio — unless, of course, you want to watch him hijack a press conference, go off about a few “bad apples,” and take a shot at the Phoenix Police Department.Arpaio — along…
Susan Pollock, 44, felt a little hot while getting plastered in a Mesa park yesterday afternoon. So she got naked, and then took a nap, according to court records.When police found her sleeping on a park bench in Pioneer Park, all she had on was a T-shirt rolled all the…
An 18-year-old Phoenix woman — who claims on her Facebook page to be a clothing model — has been missing for nearly two weeks, and her family suspects foul play.Kristian Faith Stout, a.k.a. Kristian Ward, was last seen on May 27, leaving her job at the Paradise Valley Mall, where…
Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods could teach New York Congressman — and star of “Weiner-gate 2011” — Anthony Weiner a thing or two about Twitter and other venues for social media.For starters, Woods might suggest, don’t publicly send pictures of your junk to women if you’re an elected official…
A Pennsylvania mom whose insanity defense allowed her to beat the rap in the slayings of her two sons was found dead in a canyon in northern Arizona over the weekend.Authorities think the death might be a suicide.Meghan Lippiatt, 35, of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania was found dead Saturday in the…
There’s a reason 45-year-old alleged pederast David Manuel molested three girls ages 3, 6, and 8: he says one of them was “talking dirty” to him.Manuel of Casa Grande got popped last week for molesting the three girls over what police later determined was several months.The three girls each told police…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office experienced another newspaper to the nose yesterday when the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case where a lower court ruled against it in a lawsuit regarding cross-gender jail pat-downs.For many heterosexual, male inmates, a female detention officer grabbing their junk might be…
Jose Luis Gonzalez-Dominguez, 21, was arrested last month for allegedly beating his fiancee’s 4-year-old daughter so severely that she died. On Friday, the girl’s mother also was arrested for not reporting what authorities determined was about a year of abuse.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Crystal Shatell Carimbocas…
We’re happy to report that the Phoenix man who was reported missing over the weekend was found alive today.Donald Scarsdale was found on the side of the road in Pinal County, authorities say…
The wife of a convicted sex offender who escaped custody — and was promptly caught — over the weekend has been charged with helping her hubby run from authorities.Thomas Reischmann, 54, served prison time for rape, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Following his release in 2008, he’s been a court-ordered patient…
