If you’re a Valley motorist and think you know how to drive in the snow, you’re wrong — you can’t…not even a little bit…at all.The majority of the folks who get behind the wheel here in the Valley can’t even drive safely in rain, so with up to 20 inches…
Five cars, a fire hydrant, and three landscaped yards. That’s what an Avondale motorist hit on what police describe as a “path of destruction” Friday afternoon.When he was done wreaking havoc on Avondale roadways, 34-year-old Justin Fernandez parked his mangled car in his own garage — with car parts and…
Did you hear Bristol Palin, daughter of one-time vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is moving to the Grand Canyon State to attend the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University? Chris Callahan, the dean of the Cronkite School, sure did, and he says it aint happenin’…
The shooting at the Great Alaskan Bush Company strip club on Sunday — one of two strip club shootings over the Christmas weekend — wasn’t the spontaneous work of an angry patron dissatisfied with his lap-dance. The suspect, 28-year-old Gavin Macfarlane, told police it was “part of a plan he…
An alleged Phoenix pervert is behind bars on suspicion of spreading some unwanted Christmas (ahem) cheer — cops say he molested his girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter as she was lying down next to a Christmas tree. Luis Mejia Ortiz was arrested yesterday after admitting to the girl’s mother — his girlfriend…
More than a month after more than two dozen Phoenix cops were ordered to turn their DNA over to investigators so it could be compared to DNA recovered at the scene of the death of Sergeant Sean Drenth, there are still no definitive answers — and none are expected for…
An unidentified Tucson man stepped in front of a train yesterday afternoon and that’s where he stayed until it ran him over. He died and cops suspect it wasn’t an accident.About 1:30 p.m. yesterday, the 45-year-old man was seen stepping in front of an oncoming train. Witnesses told police the…
Following our earlier post about Christopher Smith, the former chief of staff for the state Senate found shot to death Saturday, his family contacted New Times and asks that we share with our readers a letter written by Smith’s sister.Phoenix police won’t say whether Smith’s death was drug related. However,…
A pair of Phoenix brothers are feelin’ the heat after the two burned a house owned by one of the men to the ground.Rodger Moffett, a convicted sex offender who’s been off the state’s radar for nearly 15 years, faces arson charges similar to those his brother, Robert Moffett, will…
UPDATE: Call off the dogs — the Phoenix Police Department says Jesus Licon turned up at Valley hospital and is in good physical condition. The Phoenix Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a missing old guy last seen yesterday.Jesus Licon, 87, was last seen yesterday by his…
Christopher Smith, the former chief of staff for the state Senate found shot to death Saturday, had a history of drug use and other “bizarre” and “erratic” behavior , court records show.We hate to say it, but we called this one — which is why on Monday we asked Phoenix…
As we reported earlier, yesterday, the son of a Peoria woman found dead in her car over the weekend was arrested for his mother’s murder. We’ve received some new details about the murder, and the suspect, 32-year-old Dominic Chagolla — who, it turns out, is a big-time mama’s boy.For starters,…
A Chandler woman, currently in prison for a similar but unrelated crime, is accused of doing one of the sleazier things we’ve heard in quite some time: stealing money from a fund set up for a murdered cop.Police announced yesterday that 28-year-old Stephanie Pringle was arrested on suspicion of identity…
Two days after her body was found dead in her SUV in Glendale, the son of Maria Chagolla has been arrested for her murder.Dominic Anthony Chagolla, 32, was arrested yesterday after police say they found evidence that linked him to the murder.Maria Chagolla was reported missing by her family last…
Since our story yesterday about an investigation into whether trouble-prone former Chandler cop Dan Lovelace abused an ICE inmate being housed in a Pinal County jail, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has been inundated with calls from media outlets looking for details about the incident.This afternoon, the PCSO released the details…
A Tempe man is in pretty rough shape after wrecking his motorcycle into a traffic signal pole early Sunday morning. There’s good chance 19-year-old Noe Marcos Colazo is gonna live, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tim Gaffney tells New Times, but he could possibly lose a leg — which is…
A Mesa man convicted of the 2007 murder of 19-year-old Gilbert woman is eligible for a date with the needle, a jury decided yesterday.It was determined that the crimes committed by Jonathan Burns — who was found guilty last week for the murder of Jackie Hartman — were cruel and…
A northern Arizona politician may have taken the old political practice of kissing babies a little too far — way too far.Michael Adam Brown, 29, a candidate for mayor in Page, was arrested yesterday for allegedly having sex with a minor…
The results are in from the United States’ once-a-decade national headcount and Arizona will be sending one more person to Congress thanks to a spike in the state’s population over the last 10 years.According to census data, released this morning by the U.S. Census Bureau, Arizona’s population has jumped from…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will play the role of former American Idol judge Simon Cowell this afternoon as the token prick on a panel of judges rating the talent of up-and-coming singers.The contestants in this case are criminals, and the winner is more likely to go to prison than…
A body found shot to death over the weekend has been identified as Christopher Smith, an influential Valley politico who once served as the chief of staff for the state Senate.Smith, 51, was found fatally shot in his car parked in the 1000 block of 18th Avenue about 8 p.m…
Following the tragic murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry last week by a suspected “rip crew” near Nogales, U.S. Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano tried to downplay the amount of drug violence spilling over the border in an interview with the Arizona Republic’s editorial board. “It would be wrong…
