Yesterday was officially “Dave Talley Day” in Tempe, as declared by Mayor Hugh Hallman.Talley, you may recall, returned a bag he found at Light Rail station to its proper owner, an ASU student.The story wouldn’t be nearly as captivating if Talley weren’t homeless and the bag wasn’t full of cash…

An Anthem doctor was arrested yesterday after he admitted to Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies that he had naked tickle parties with a 9-year-old boy. The parties entailed a lot more than naked tickling. According to court documents obtained by New Times, the boy’s mother contacted authorities last month saying her…

To the right is what 85 pounds of cocaine looks like. This pile of coke, as well as about $28,000 in cash, was found in a Peoria home yesterday by officers from the Department of Public Safety. The home, at 8014 W. Yucca Road in Peoria, was the target of…

A Pinal County man is down one leg and is in extremely critical condition after being run over by a cotton picking machine being pulled by the tractor he was driving.The mishap occurred just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies got a call that a man had…

An arrest has been made in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa, and the Monday morning quarterbacking of how the Tempe Police Department handled the investigation has commenced.First up: KPHO.About a week after Sousa was murdered in Tempe, the Tempe Police Department released a sketch of…

On December 15, 2009, then-52-year-old Kenneth Jackson drove from his home in San Diego to Phoenix Police Headquarters to confess to a 1988 murder. Yesterday, he learned his fate.Jackson was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of 78-year-old Marlin Darton in November of 1988.Police weren’t closing in…

The suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa is being held on $1 million bond, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Superior Court announced this morning.Joseluis Marquez was arrested Tuesday night at the home of a friend in Phoenix.Police say Marquez is responsible for the…

The suspect in the murder of Kyleigh Sousa, the 21-year-old Arizona State University student killed outside of a Tempe IHOP restaurant in May, has been identified as 20-year-old Joseluis Marquez.Sousa was killed on May 26, when police say Marquez approached her and a friend outside of the IHOP. Marquez, police…

The Tempe Police Department announced minutes ago that an arrest has been made in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University senior Kyleigh Sousa.No details were announced — further information is being held until a 3 p.m. press conference this afternoon.Sousa was murdered on May 26. Tempe police responded to…

A Chandler man accused of a vampire-related aggravated assault pleaded not guilty in a Maricopa County Superior Court yesterday.Buckle up — this is a weird one.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the alleged “vamp,” 24-year-old Aaron Homer, and his 21-year-old “vamp” girlfriend, Amanda Williamson, are “into vampire stuff”…

Last month, following the New Times article linked here, the Tempe Police Department reportedly had a canal — in which the body of 47-year-old Jeff Ahlers was discovered shot to death in June — drained so they could look for evidence. They didn’t find anything, but a Tempe man walking…

[jump] As you may have heard, Elizabeth Edwards, estranged wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, sadly lost her battle with cancer today. That said, this is what appeared as back-to-back stories on the homepage of the KPHO website this afternoon — notice the time stamps on each…

The Peoria Police Department has a message for residents: don’t kill yourself.In a 24-hour period starting at about 5 p.m. last Friday, three people in Peoria committed suicide. That, the Peoria PD says, is a lot. “This is a time of the year where we see depression rise and this…