An Avondale man convicted of murdering his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where Judge Janet Barton sentenced him to life in prison. Alvaro Holguin Duarte pleaded guilty to the 2008 murder of Alisandra Oliviana Romero, his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter. On November 17, 2008, police were…
Yesterday, Forbes Magazine ranked Phoenix as the third “most miserable” professional sports city in the entire country — behind only Atlanta and Seattle.The publication cites the Phoenix-area’s four major pro sports teams’ — the Phoenix Suns, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Coyotes, and Arizona Diamondbacks — and their one championship in 92…
A Phoenix woman was arrested yesterday for trying to burn her apartment building to the ground. When asked later why she set the blaze, 37-year-old Tiffanie Worz told investigators she was having a hard time securing a doctor’s appointment, and was mad at some of her friends.Last night about 9…
Phoenix-area sports teams just can’t win — even in a contest where all they would need to do to win is lose consistently.Forbes Magazine released its list of the country’s “Most Miserable Sports Cities,” and despite the fact that only one Phoenix-area major sports team has won a championship in…
As the saying goes, don’t let the door hit you in the ass…Of the countless boners made by the Arizona Cardinals last season, paying cry-baby quarterback Derek Anderson any amount of money to do what he did (D.A.’s suckiness is well-archived here) tops the list as the most costly. Thankfully,…
One of America’s most wanted killers is wanted no more — police in Tempe announced this morning the arrest of a man wanted in connection to the grisly 2009 murder of a Los Angeles man.Daryl Anthony Sconiers, 27, is believed to have murdered 31-year-old Brian Caulfield on March 26, 2009,…
Federal prosecutors working on the trial of Jared Loughner, the lone suspect in the January 8, shooting rampage in Tucson, have requested a gag order that would bar the release of the autopsies of the six people killed during the attack.The request was made to U.S. District Judge Larry Burns…
The manslaughter trial for snake oil salesman James Arthur Ray is set to kick off in Yavapai County courtroom today, and it will be televised live on the In Session network thanks to a ruling from Judge Warren Darrow.Ray’s been charged with three counts of manslaughter for the October 2009…
When one candidate’s quoted as saying — amongst several (several) other douchey remarks — “I’m tired of pretending like I’m not special…like I’m not a bitchin’ rock star from mars,” and the other’s tried to publicly vilify an elementary school, determining which’s the classier asshole isn’t easy. Yet Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and…
It may come as a shock to some, but for the most part, underage children are not hanging out in seedy Internet chat rooms looking for sex with dirty old men. Cops posing as children looking to bust perverts, however, often are. Inexplicably, the aforementioned perverts will often take the…
What’s the proper way to respond if you’re a government official who’s asked to read to elementary school students, then told you’ve been un-invited because you’re too controversial? If you have even a shred of class, you say “I’m sorry you feel that way,” and move on. If you’re Maricopa…
The Tea Partiers were in Phoenix over the weekend for the group’s first ever “American Policy Summit,” and according to a straw poll conducted during the conference, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, a black guy, is favored to be the allegedly racist Party’s candidate for president in the 2012 election.Cain, 65,…
Since our prior post on the bizarre murder of a Phoenix woman over the weekend, the Phoenix Police Department has identified the make of a vehicle believed to have been used in the shooting.According to Phoenix police spokesman Sergeant Trent Crump, authorities are seeking a white 2000-2005 model Ford Expedition…
The man convicted in the 2007 murder of a Gilbert woman was sentenced to death in a Maricopa County Court this afternoon.Jonathan Burns, 29, was found guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and misconduct with a weapon for the January 28, 2007, murder of Jackie Hartman. Today he learned…
The chief of staff for Maricopa County Supervissor Fulton Brock plans to resign to take a job with a company owned by Texas oil big-wig T. Boone Pickens.Eric Latto has worked for the county supervisor — whose wife has been convicted of having a sexual relationship with the same underage…
Two bizarre/completely unnecessary bills regarding abortion go before the full House in the Arizona Legislature today.Last week, the House gave initial approval to a bill that would require women getting an abortion to sign a document promising they aren’t aborting the pregnancy based on sex, and another promising they aren’t…
A strange shooting in west Phoenix over the weekend has left a 22-year-old woman dead and police scratching their heads.About 2 a.m. yesterday, two women were driving home from a party in west Phoenix. The women got into an argument, Phoenix police say, and stopped the car at a tire…
You’d think it doesn’t get much more disgusting, depraved, and evil than someone sexually abusing their own children — but that’s because you’ve probably never met 29-year-old Juan Vidal Torres, who was arrested this morning on charges that he not only sexually abused his own kids, but injected them with…
The manslaughter trial of snake oil salesman James Arthur Ray could be televised live, the judge overseeing the case ruled today.In Session, formerly Court TV, requested to cover the trial live saying it would “advance Arizona’s tradition of courtroom access,” according to the Associated Press. It probably won’t hurt the…
The dead body of a man was found laying on top of a fully loaded assault rifle in the Vekol Valley earlier this week, and because the man was Hispanic, authorities, per usual, are going on the assumption that he’s an illegal immigrant.About 9:40 a.m. on Monday, a ranger from…
The residents of a north Phoenix home may want to consider moving — early this morning, for the third time in two years, a vehicle crashed into their property, this time into their pool.According to the Phoenix Police Department, about 1:40 a.m. today, a man described by police only as…
If you’re feeling a vibe in Phoenix today that’s dramatically crazier more Conservative than usual, there’s a reason: the Tea Partiers have arrived.Thousands of Tea Partiers are flocking to Phoenix today for the first ever “American Policy Summit.”Sarah Palin, as we noted last week, will not be in attendance (she’s…
