The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a man it’s referring to as an “investigative lead” in the murder of a Phoenix woman yesterday.Investigators are looking for 53-year-old Wade Ridley, the ex-boyfriend of 62-year-old Anne Marie Simenson, who was found murdered in her Phoenix home…
The domestic violence suspect shot and killed by Phoenix police Officer Richard Chrisman was apparently high on crystal meth when the Phoenix Police Department’s Killer Cop gunned down him and his dog in a trailer in south Phoenix last year.A toxicology report released today shows that suspect Daniel Rodriquez had…
Several New Times staffers were stunned this week when they received Facebook friend requests from Joe Watson, a former New Times staff writer who decided to take his writing career in a (ahem) different direction — he’s now a poet (sort of).Watson, you see, is also known as the “Salon…
The Pinal County man who police say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl on Monday has been arrested.The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office announced today that 25-year-old Juan Carlos Cuadros-Ortiz was taken into custody thanks to an anonymous tip from a citizen.Ortiz was located near Highway 84 and Burris Road in Casa…
The Associated Press wants to assure readers that it knows what “the Birther Bill” is — despite the way TV news websites destroy stories it puts over the wire.Earlier this week, we posted a story explaining to the AP and CBS affiliate KPHO the difference between the “Birther Bill” and…
A Mesa pervert who convinced his girlfriend to help him drug and then molest her own daughter has been sentenced to a fairly lengthy prison sentence.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Paul McMurdie this morning sentenced William Lewis Riedel to 20 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor, and…
The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down the person who murdered a Phoenix woman in her home yesterday. The suspect, police say, may be driving around in the victim’s car.About 4 p.m. yesterday, Phoenix police were called to a house in the 28600 blockof North…
Several members of Congress — Democrat and Republican — have been sleeping in their Congressional offices in Washington D.C., as oppose to finding permanent lodging in the nation’s Capitol, and a government watchdog group isn’t happy about it. Three of those members of Congress happen to represent Arizona.The executive director…
The big question this afternoon at a press conference regarding the disgusting conditions at three Phoenix assisted living facilities was where the hell was the Arizona Department of Health Services to shut these places down? Turns out, at least one of the facilities was “on [DHS’] radar” since last February.Since…
UPDATED: The Arizona Department of Health Services got back to us. Click here for update.Three assisted living facilities in Phoenix have been shut down — and the owner of the facilities has been arrested — after cops noticed they more resembled the apartment of a tweaked-out meth head than a…
It’s no secret that state Representative Judy Burgess is hell-bent on making Arizona the laughing stock of the entire country with her “Birther Bill” currently making its way through the state legislature…again. That said, we’d like to take this opportunity to explain to KPHO what the “Birther Bill” actually is,…
State and county health officials have confirmed a case of measles in Maricopa County.Authorities say the disease was contracted by a man living in the area who recently traveled abroad. They say he spent time in the community before being diagnosed, and county health officials are worried others may have…
U.S. Senator Jon Kyl is expected to announce his retirement from the Senate at a news conference scheduled for 10 a.m. today, according to multiple news outlets, and speculation as to who will replace him is already running rampant.The obvious choice is Congressman Jeff Flake, who has already told the…
Remember that kinda bro-ish guy who smashed a beer bottle over another guy’s face at a Scottsdale bar last month? Well he got busted thanks to your tips.On Monday, Scottsdale police arrested 31-year-old Bryan Holsapple, of Laveen, for the New Year’s Day attack. The cops credit tips from the public,…
A fatal traffic accident in Phoenix this morning turned out to be something far more sinister. Phoenix police now say that a woman thought to have been killed in the wreck was actually murdered by her 16-year-old son before he got behind the wheel and crashed into a pickup truck.According…
The next time 33-year-old Tanya Leathers, a.k.a. Tanya Nareau, is rummaging around her house looking for something of value to trade for a gun, she may want to consider something other than her 2-year-old daughter.Leathers was sentenced today in Maricopa County Superior Court to two concurrent 1.5-year prison sentences after…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in tracking down an alleged pervert, who authorities say sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl.PCSO deputies got a call Monday afternoon saying the 13-year-old victim was sexually assaulted by 25-year-old Juan Carlos Cuadros-Ortiz…
The jurors in the murder trial of Gary Thomas Kelly, the Phoenix man who killed his Hispanic neighbor after apparently getting drunk and spouting off some racial slurs, couldn’t reach a verdict, Maricopa Superior Court officials announced this morning. In May of last year, Kelly allegedly shot his neighbor, Juan…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords wanted toast for breakfast this morning, and that’s reportedly what she verbally told those caring for her at a Houston hospital this morning.CBS’ The Early Show, and Politico have both confirmed that Giffords is speaking again as she continues to make a miraculous recovery after being shot…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in tracking down a missing Cave Creek man.Henry Morello, 84, was last seen in the Cave Creek area. He drives a pale green 2007 Lexus SUV with Arizona license plate 207-YXG…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has an actual hero on his hands.Last week, Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Robert Taylor saved two people’s lives before most of us sat down for lunch.About 11:30 a.m. last Thursday, the PCSO got a call about a baby who was choking. In the chaos, the…
The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday that the deaths of a Goodyear man and his ex-girlfriend last week have been ruled a murder-suicide.The bodies of 43-year-old Thomas Watson and his ex-girlfriend, 31-year-old Tara Shermerhorn, were found dead inside Watson’s truck south of Horse Thief Basin just after 10 a.m…
