Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found 53 people in a Phoenix drop house on Friday, and two Mexican nationals now face human smuggling charges. Edgar Meza-Bustamante, 23, and Cruz Gerardo Meza-Tirado, 34, both Mexican citizens in the country illegally, were arrested at 11226 West Roma Avenue in Phoenix, a home…
Attention drug dealers: when your weed gets ripped off by a 14-year-old kid, the cops are the absolute last people you want to tell about it. A Surprise man apparently didn’t get the memo.Police arrested 35-year-old Sean Corwin earlier this week after they found him pounding on the front door…
The Tempe Police Department announced this afternoon that the body found in Tempe Town Lake last week has been tentatively identified as Willie Jigba, a Tempe man reported missing earlier this month.On Friday, the body was found floating in the lake just outside of a search area dive crews had…
Go Daddy continues to tease men everywhere by gradually releasing images of various body parts of the woman who will be featured in the company’s Super Bowl ad this year, and we gotta say, things are shaping up nicely.The chest pictured to the right belongs to the new “Go Daddy…
For every problem, there’s a solution. For a Phoenix man, the solution to a mold problem in a hotel in which he was staying was to set the building on fire, according to court documents obtained by New Times.About 7:45 a.m. Saturday, 40-year-old Richard Arlin Goodwin called 9-1-1 to report…
When Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner appears before a judge on March 9, he will do so in a federal courtroom in Tucson, the judge handling Loughner’s case ruled this morning.Loughner appeared in a Phoenix federal court last week where a plea of not-guilty was entered on his behalf for…
One of the three inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison last summer has been extradited to New Mexico where he will face murder charges in the deaths of a husband and wife from Oklahoma.Tracy Province, who along with John McCluskey and Daniel Renwick escaped from the Kingman prison in…
It seems certain Valley residents need to watch their manners — according to a recent survey, people from Phoenix and Scottsdale are among the rudest in the entire country.The survey, conducted by Travel and Leisure Magazine, ranks Phoenix/Scottsdale No. 12 on its list of the country’s rudest cities…
Authorities are asking the public’s help in tracking down a man and a woman they believe are responsible for a Scottsdale jewelry heist last month.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the couple entered a jewelry gallery in downtown Scottsdale on December 22.The unidentified woman looked at jewelry as the man…
A Kingman man was indicted for murder last week in the death of his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter.Dustin Colpitts, 21, of Kingman, called police earlier this month when he noticed the baby wasn’t breathing. The child was taken to the Kingman Regional Medical Center, and then airlifted to a Las Vegas…
As if there’s nothing more important on which to focus, and to drag Arizona’s reputation further into the deep chasm of humiliation, 41 members of the Arizona State Legislature have signed on to re-introduce the “Birther Bill,” which would require anyone who wants to run for president or vice-president to…
The American Kennel Club released its list of “the most popular dogs in the U.S.A.,” and Valley residents, it turns out, have a thing for Labrador Retrievers, German Shepherds, and Golden Retrievers. Those are just the most popular dogs registered with the AKC — in other words, Pit-Bull eating out…
Instead of thoughtfully blowing his brains out and sparing unsuspecting victims the grief caused by his suicidal intentions, a Valley man failed to kill himself in the worst way possible last year — he crashed his SUV into an oncoming Mercedes Benz. He survived, but the woman driving the Mercedes…
The Tempe Police Department has confirmed that the body pulled from the Tempe Town Lake this morning matches the description of missing Tempe man Willie Jigba, although, the body has not yet been officially identified.Investigators returned to the lake this morning after suspending the two-day search of the lake for…
A Phoenix man convicted of murdering his wife because he believed she was trying to poison him was sentenced in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Judge Karen O’Conner sentenced 46-year-old Primitivo Almonte to 16 years in prison for the 2009 murder of his wife…
The Tempe Police Department just announced that divers searching Tempe Town Lake have recovered a body. Whether the body is that of missing Tempe man Willie Jigba is unclear.The Tempe Fire Department’s Search and Rescue divers have been combing the lake since Wednesday after a search dog picked up the…
After escaping from prison and allegedly murdering a couple in New Mexico last summer, Arizona prison escapee Tracy Province concocted a unique plan to kill himself: suicide by bear.Following his arrest, Province told Mohave County sheriff’s Detective Larry Matthews that while on the run he planned to overdose on heroin…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s crusade to become the face of the fight against illegal immigration has paid off — the National Sheriff’s Association announced yesterday that he’s been named the 2011 Sheriff of the Year.The NSA cites Babeu’s strong stance against illegal immigration and his efforts to curb drug…
Any faith we had in the creativity of sex offenders is now gone thanks to a Mesa perv who’s still using the promise of puppies to lure children into cars. The scary part is that it actually worked.Jeffrey Van Wagoner — a convicted sex offender who’s already served 13 years…
If you’re under 18 and use a fake ID to buy cigarettes, chaw, or even blunt wraps, you should stop — if an Arizona lawmaker has her way, doing so could be punishable by up to 30 days in the slammer.Republican state Senator Michele Reagan has proposed SB 1086, which…
Authorities are asking the public’s help in tracking down the person responsible for the deaths of two Glendale women whose decomposing bodies were found near Cordes Junction nearly 15 years ago.The two women, 19-year-old Jennifer Lueth and 20-year-old Diana Shawcroft, were last seen leaving a mini-mart near the intersection of…
Department of Homeland Security officials confirm that a book glamorizing suicide bombers was found in the Arizona desert earlier this week. The book, “In Memory of Our Martyrs,” was found Tuesday by a U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Casa Grande substation who was patrolling a popular route for smuggling…
