Admittedly against the better advice of her attorneys, Elizabeth Johnson, the mother of a Tempe baby who’s been missing for over a year, wrote a handwritten, two-page letter to the judge handling her kidnapping case apparently just to ramble about how unfair the justice system is, how much she hates…
Officers from the Department of Public Safety’s Vehicle Theft Task Force apprehended 18 people crammed into two pickup trucks early this morning. The 18 people taken into custody are suspected of being illegal immigrants.About 5:15 a.m. today, DPS officers conducted a routine traffic stop on two vehicles they say were…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found 53 people in a Phoenix drop house on Friday, and two Mexican nationals now face human smuggling charges. Edgar Meza-Bustamante, 23, and Cruz Gerardo Meza-Tirado, 34, both Mexican citizens in the country illegally, were arrested at 11226 West Roma Avenue in Phoenix, a home…
Attention drug dealers: when your weed gets ripped off by a 14-year-old kid, the cops are the absolute last people you want to tell about it. A Surprise man apparently didn’t get the memo.Police arrested 35-year-old Sean Corwin earlier this week after they found him pounding on the front door…
According to a recent minute entry by Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Steven K. Holding, a bench warrant has been issued for state Senate President Russell Pearce’s son Joshua Trent Pearce.Holding’s minute entry states that Joshua, 30, was supposed to be present in court on January 26 for a “review…
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Now if you could only buy nuclear weapons this way…Tucson killer Jared Lee Loughner didn’t get his gun through a gigantoid flea-market-type gun show, where any criminal can buy a Glock and some extended mags, cash and carry.Actually, Loughner copped his gat from a licensed gun dealer. He passed the…
The Tempe Police Department announced this afternoon that the body found in Tempe Town Lake last week has been tentatively identified as Willie Jigba, a Tempe man reported missing earlier this month.On Friday, the body was found floating in the lake just outside of a search area dive crews had…
A state database under development will help regulators figure out whether money-minded doctors and recreational pot users exploit Arizona’s new medical-marijuana program. State residents can begin obtaining recommendations and applying for medical pot cards starting on April 14 under the voter-approved Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. Thousands of people are expected to take advantage of the…
Go Daddy continues to tease men everywhere by gradually releasing images of various body parts of the woman who will be featured in the company’s Super Bowl ad this year, and we gotta say, things are shaping up nicely.The chest pictured to the right belongs to the new “Go Daddy…
For every problem, there’s a solution. For a Phoenix man, the solution to a mold problem in a hotel in which he was staying was to set the building on fire, according to court documents obtained by New Times.About 7:45 a.m. Saturday, 40-year-old Richard Arlin Goodwin called 9-1-1 to report…
When Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner appears before a judge on March 9, he will do so in a federal courtroom in Tucson, the judge handling Loughner’s case ruled this morning.Loughner appeared in a Phoenix federal court last week where a plea of not-guilty was entered on his behalf for…
One of the three inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison last summer has been extradited to New Mexico where he will face murder charges in the deaths of a husband and wife from Oklahoma.Tracy Province, who along with John McCluskey and Daniel Renwick escaped from the Kingman prison in…
It seems certain Valley residents need to watch their manners — according to a recent survey, people from Phoenix and Scottsdale are among the rudest in the entire country.The survey, conducted by Travel and Leisure Magazine, ranks Phoenix/Scottsdale No. 12 on its list of the country’s rudest cities…
The Arizona Wildcats and ASU Sun Devils men’s basketball teams have at least a few things in common this season–they both are well-coached (by Sean Miller and Herb Sendek, respectively) and play hard from the opening tip until the final horn. Unfortunately, at least for the Devils, the resemblance…
Arbitrary locations around the state created in 2005 by the state Department of Health Services will help guide where medical marijuana stores will go. The state agency created the “Community Health Analysis Areas” in 2005 for other purposes, but has found them useful in rolling out the new medical…
The second round of proposed rules for Arizona’s medical marijuana program eases previously suggested restrictions, making it easier for patients to obtain pot.The newest proposed guidelines from the state Department of Health Services, released this morning, would allow doctors to evaluate a person’s physical condition and medical records, then agree…
Authorities are asking the public’s help in tracking down a man and a woman they believe are responsible for a Scottsdale jewelry heist last month.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the couple entered a jewelry gallery in downtown Scottsdale on December 22.The unidentified woman looked at jewelry as the man…
A Kingman man was indicted for murder last week in the death of his girlfriend’s 13-month-old daughter.Dustin Colpitts, 21, of Kingman, called police earlier this month when he noticed the baby wasn’t breathing. The child was taken to the Kingman Regional Medical Center, and then airlifted to a Las Vegas…
nba.com/suns Steve Nash leads the league in double-doubles with 26. After an agonizing three-game stretch against the bottom-dwelling Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers and Charlotte Bobcats, the Phoenix Suns needed a big performance this weekend — and they got it, in one game, anyway. The Suns played their best defensive game…
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Former Phoenix police officer James Wren was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison today for ripping off drug dealers while on the job. Valley Fever reported details of the crimes after Wren was busted in June. The officer, who’s dad was also a cop, and an accomplice had conspired to target…
