Aaron Smith, the former Tempe patrol officer who decided to steal from the most cop-filled building in the City of Tempe — the police department — was sentenced today to 90 days in jail.Smith lost his job, and now has a criminal record and has to serve jail time because…
Elderly Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims he’s a victim of discrimination.Because of Arpaio’s age, he’s being targeted by MCSO deputies who are pulling over elderly drivers en masse. He’s being grilled about his citizenship because of how his skin looks, and is being held by deputies longer than people…
Channing Trotter, a former running back at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, was pulled over in Mesa yesterday after leaving what police describe as a “known drug house.”According to court documents obtained by New Times, Trotter was arrested for the second time this year after police found marijuana, heroin, “several…
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, you may notice something’s a little…
Right next to what you would expect to be a story about hell freezing over is a story with the headline “Arizona’s Jan Brewer becomes unlikely ally of Obamacare” in Politico.Seeing as Governor Jan Brewer has signed budgets that call for cuts in Medicaid coverage (remember the transplant debacle?), and…
A man who kept his wife in kids in the same house as his meth lab, in the retirement community of Sun City, was sentenced today to 7 1/2 years in prison.Lancelot Lipe, now 30, claimed the meth lab in his garage wasn’t even his, and sent an e-mail to…
Toilet policeman and Republican Representative John Kavanagh has given up trying to tell transgender people which toilets they can and cannot use, at least this session, according to multiple reports from the state capitol.Kavanagh tried to regulate transgender toilet usage twice this session, with one proposal making it a crime…
The first of three family members who pleaded guilty to horrific abuses of 10-year-old Ame Deal — who was murdered in 2011 — has learned his fate.Ame’s father, David Deal, was sentenced this morning to 14 years in prison as part of a plea agreement, and will spend time on…
Today in Found at the Border: A 14-year-old boy trying to cross the border into the United States through Nogales was busted with six pounds of meth, and almost six grams of cocaine.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the boy was carrying a bag full of what appeared to…
The Scottsdale City Council agreed to pay $4.25 million to the family of John Loxas, who was unarmed when Scottsdale Police Officer James Peters shot him in the head in February 2012, killing him instantly.Loxas was the sixth man killed by Peters, who has since retired with an “accidental disability,”…
Yesterday, we brought you our picks for the 10 craziest crimes that happened in Phoenix in the month of May.We’ll leave it up to you to crown the craziest alleged criminal of the month.See also:10 Craziest Phoenix Crimes of the Month: May…
It’s not exactly JFK’s rocking chair, but there’s some alleged historical political memorabilia — or something like it — for sale on Craigslist.Some guy says he’s moving, so he’s got to sell some portions of a rusty old fence he claims was owned by late U.S. Senator and 1964 Republican…
Anti-abortion fanatic/Republican Congressman Trent Franks is celebrating his latest abortion bill passing out of a House subcommittee, which really isn’t much to celebrate about.We understand it’s difficult to keep track of which abortion bill of Franks’ is the newest, since his bread-and-butter issue of abortion seems to be all he…
Black people in Arizona are 2.4 times more likely to get arrested for marijuana possession than White people, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.That’s not even the worst part. This ACLU report shows that even though Black people are more than twice as likely than White people to get…
Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt hit an RBI single in the top of the 14th inning last night in St. Louis, which proved to be the game-winner in the second game of a four-game series against the Cardinals.There’s not much room to complain in a victory, but this game…
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 restaurant owner murdering the co-owners in the dining room, to a woman squeezing…
As Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s attorney plans to appeal federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s ruling that found MCSO guilty of racial profiling, there are some questions you should be asking yourself as a Maricopa County taxpayer.Our colleague Stephen Lemons reported that the county’s shelled out $1,025,241.46 for legal defense in Melendres…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio seemed bored today as he talked about a U.S. citizen caught with more than 50 pounds of meth.”This is important right here,” he said as he twiddled his thumbs and looked at the packages of meth, following up his statement with a long pause.See also:MCSO Suddenly Not…
Both occupants of one of the planes involved in the midair collision last week north of Phoenix were flight instructors.Paul Brownell and Basil Onuferko, both employees of TransPac Aviation Academy, were killed in Friday’s crash, as were two occupants of another small plane, whose names haven’t been released.See also:Planes Collide…
Jesus Cabrera-Molina admits he was drunk and high on cocaine the night his SUV struck and killed Phoenix Police Officer Daryl Raetz, but he denies he was behind the wheel, according to court documents obtained by New Times.Phoenix police have been fairly mum about the reasoning behind Molina finally being…
The Arizona Department of Health Services has released a database showing, among other things, which hospitals people tend to leave dead a little more than average.The database shows rates of dying at hospitals around the state, and it’s separated by the reason that someone’s admitted to the hospital. For example,…
Someone has finally been charged in the death of Phoenix Police Officer Daryl Raetz, and it’s the guy cops suspected all along.Jesus Cabrera Molina, 24, has been charged with manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident more than two weeks after his green SUV hit and killed Raetz, who…
