A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl in Tempe were arrested yesterday in an alleged plot to kill the boy’s grandmother.The grandmother wasn’t harmed, as police were notified of the alleged plot when the 15-year-old left his Facebook account open on a computer, and someone found discussions regarding the plot…
The state legislators who serve on the Child Protective Services Oversight Committee will take suggestions from the public tonight at a forum in Phoenix.The Children’s Action Alliance and about a dozen other groups are hosting the forum, which is billed as an opportunity “for community members to share suggestions and…
It turns out that a bunch of people on a flight to Phoenix were not exposed to tuberculosis, according to the county health department.The horrifying story over the weekend was that passengers on US Airways flight 2846 from Austin to Phoenix were told upon their arrival at Sky Harbor International…
For the second time in as many years, a teacher at Tempe High School is accused of having sex with a student.This time, police arrested 26-year-old Joel Calderon, a student of Arizona State University’s education program who was a student-teacher in the high school’s math department…
Just in time for the holidays, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is cutting back on visitation for inmates of the county’s six jails.Both the number of weekly visits and the days available for visits were cut back, as of Sunday…
With another day comes another promise that something is going to be done about the thousands of ignored child abuse and neglect allegations phoned in to Child Protective Services over the past few years.Governor Jan Brewer held a press conference this morning to explain her plan to deal with the…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From a crime spree sparked by a fear of Alice Cooper’s restaurant, to a new…
Listen, folks, some very difficult decisions had to be made last week for our list of the 10 hottest TV news women in Phoenix.Since we don’t disagree with many of our readers’ suggestions of who deserved a top 10 ranking, we bring you the readers’ choice listings for the 10…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, a Scottsdale man pleads guilty to murdering his wife, while the alleged killers of a teenage boxing champ plead not-guilty, a Mesa man in a murder-for-hire plot has a court date, and more:…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
This week was a weird one for traffic in Phoenix, and around the state.In addition to the typical antics of bad drivers, there was some odd weather, extraordinarily packed roadways, and strangely vacant roadways due to Thanksgiving — all captured by the Arizona Department of Transportation’s highway cameras. Check out…
The Arizona Snowbowl and the Sunrise Park Resort are opening today.Both the Snowbowl, near Flagstaff, and Sunrise, near Greer, will be opening just parts of their parks today and the rest of the weekend…
Drunk driving is bad.With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, all of our alleged offenders are…
The union-backed protests planned for Walmart stores nationwide on “Black Friday” includes a protest at one of the Walmart locations in Tempe.Phoenix-based United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99 says workers will be protesting at the store at Elliot Road and Priest Drive at 7 a.m. on “Black Friday.”…
The Phoenix man who was temporarily cleared of murder and child-abuse charges in a 2-year-old girl’s death was back in jail Thursday, after nearly two months of freedom.Phoenix Police Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times 27-year-old Ryan Reed was arrested Thursday night on two counts of child molestation…
Assistant House Minority Leader Ruben Gallego, a Phoenix Democrat, announced plans to introduce a marijuana-legalization bill during the upcoming legislative session.Gallego, an Iraq War veteran, said he’s working on a bill “that would regulate and tax marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.”…
It seems that inmates at Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails will be going hungry this Thanksgiving, because the Turkey Day menu at gulag de Arpaio sounds absolutely inedible.In years past, Arpaio used to make a song and dance about ponying up an extra six cents an inmate to serve them something…
Well, Arizonans, you can decide on your own what you might be giving thanks for this Thanksgiving, but we can tell you some things you shouldn’t be thankful for.In fact, we found 50 ways in which you can give no thanks this year:…
Pinal County Sheriff’s Office detectives found various explosive devices — some of them homemade — in the house of a domestic-violence suspect.According to a PCSO spokesman, detectives tried to question 51-year-old Wesley Boles about the explosives inside the San Tan Valley home, but he started convulsing and was hospitalized…
Contaminated lettuce is the “probable source” of the E. coli outbreak a few months ago at a Federico’s Mexican Food location, according to the county health department.The Maricopa County Department of Public Health released its report on the investigation of the outbreak, which sickened a total of 94 people, with…
By January 31, Child Protective Services plans to have started (or completed) investigations into the cases that have been ignored over the last three years.The Department of Economic Security, which oversees CPS — or is supposed to, at least — finally released its plan for how the agency’s going to…
