A Mesa couple was arrested yesterday for allegedly pointing a loaded gun at a school bus full of students with special needs.The bus was taking the students home from Palm Lane Elementary School about 2:45 p.m. yesterday when it approached three people — two women and a man.Inexplicably, one of…
A Mesa high school could have been short one laptop after it was discovered a student at the school tried to steal it right out of a classroom — in the middle of the school day.Currently on probation, 19-year-old Ismael Pesqueira was arrested yesterday after school officials at Career High…
The search for missing senior Wendell Workman has been suspended for a good reason: he was found alive and well early this morning.Workman, 71, was reported missing yesterday. The last time he was seen was about 5 a.m., when his son, who was taking care of him, went to work…
In case you missed it, New Times reporter Paul Rubin was on Fox 10 last night, where he discussed the investigation into Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Louie Puroll — and a death threat Puroll says was made against the reporter’s life. Puroll was placed on administrative leave yesterday while the…
Since our earlier post about Deputy Louie Puroll’s getting placed on administrative leave, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has given us a statement from Sheriff Paul Babeu, plus specifics on why Puroll’s under investigation.Puroll’s been placed on paid administrative leave while the office’s Internal Affairs unit investigates comments he made to New…
Something about an article in last week’s New Times has landed Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Louie Puroll in some hot water — he’s been placed on administrative leave, and the PCSO confirms to New Times it has something to do with our story.In the article, Whitewash, Puroll told New Times…
The Mesa Police Department is asking for the public’s help in tracking down a 71-year-old man reported missing this morning.Wendell Lee Workman’s son had been taking care of him at his Mesa home in the 500 block of West Del Oro Drive. Today, at 5 a.m., Workman’s son went to…
No shirt? No pants? No problem — at least when trying to get through airport security in Oklahoma City.A 52-year-old woman headed for Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport showed up to a security checkpoint at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City this morning wearing nothing but a bra…
Call off the dogs — for the second time in less than a month, a Tempe girl’s claim that a man tried to abduct her turned out to be BS.Since our earlier post about a bald white guy trying to lure a 10-year-old girl into his truck by offering her…
“There’s candy in the van, little girl…muahahahaha.”Could a pervert’s (ahem) pickup line be any more cliche?That age-old ploy was basically what a guy in Tempe reportedly used to try and lure a 10-year-old girl into his truck this morning…
If you think you want Arizona Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson to disappear and never come back following his atrocious performance on Monday night (we sure as hell do), you probably should hear what Magic Johnson has to say about him — he “would have killed him.”Johnson was on Jimmy Kimmel…
Three Phoenix police officers, and one former officer, were in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning, where they all pleaded not guilty to theft-related charges.Sergeant Benjamin Swarungsymun and officers Steven Peck and Aaron Lentz face theft charges, while former Officer George Contreras faces charges including theft, operating an illegal enterprise,…
The Phoenix Coyotes hot streak is over. After winning seven in a row, the Howlers have now lost two straight, including a 3-0 loss to the Predators last night in Nashville.This is the first time the Coyotes have lost two straight all season. Rackin’ up penalties certainly didn’t help.The Coyotes…
See the man to the right? That’s 39-year-old David Myhre. Now, imagine walking back to your house from a gas station, and just as you open the door to your garage, that guy’s standing directly behind you.If it happened to us, we’d scream bloody murder and just assume the end…
Be careful on the roads this holiday season, Arizona motorists. Aside from the terror of knowing Governor Jan Brewer might be driving home from a Christmas party, there’s also the increased risk of getting stopped for a DUI (unless of course you’re Jan Brewer, in which case you’re apparently free…
Arizona Cardinals Coach Ken Whisenhunt said this morning that despite his remarkably awful showing — and his nationally televised tirade that followed — on Monday Night Football last night, Derek Anderson will remain the Cards’ starting QB for the team’s upcoming loss to the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.The move…
“Jugz” is headed to the joint.A Maricopa County Superior Court judge sentenced 27-year-old graffiti vandal Joel Delgado, a.k.a. “Jugz,” to a year in prison and four years’ supervised probation for — authorities claim — being the worst graffiti vandal in Phoenix.It seems Delgado was tagging just about everything he saw with…
A Phoenix man who pleaded guilty to murdering his 5-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison this morning.Nashawn Campbell, 39, pled guilty last month to murdering his son, Troy, in June of 2009. The plea agreement spared him the possibility of the death penalty…
Yesterday, we told you about two of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s detention officers facing aggravated assault charges for allegedly roughing up two inmates. If you missed it, click here.Arpaio showed video of the assaults at a press conference yesterday afternoon — they’re pretty wild.We wouldn’t want to deprive you…
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Derek Anderson achieved one thing in last night’s Monday Night Football game: he managed to outdo Governor Jan Brewer in embarrassing Arizona in front of a national audience.OK, so that might be a stretch — even a 27-6 loss to the fucking San Francisco 49ers, and the…
Two of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s detention officers face aggravated assault charges after allegedly roughing up two inmates in the psych ward at the Lower Buckeye Jail.Arpaio actually allowed us (New Times!) to join in watching the video of the alleged assaults this afternoon — one of which was so egregious…
Remember the woman who, a few weeks ago, told police she was so “dazed” before running down an 18-year-old with her car that she drank nail polish without even realizing it? Well, she says she’s innocent.Laura Flanders, 23, of Peoria, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning, when she…
