A Chandler dad who burned his 5-year-old son with a cigarette lighter because he thought the boy was possessed was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to child abuse.Johnny Salazar, 25, was arrested in July after he admitted to relatives that he’d burned the boy…
A Phoenix man charged with murder in the shaking death of his 5-month-old daughter pleaded not guilty this morning to charges related to the baby’s death.Amos Andreas, 25, is charged with second-degree murder and two counts of child abuse for the alleged July shaking incident. On July 22, police were…
Remember last week when a publicist for comedian Katt Williams issued a statement saying how sorry the comedian was for an anti-Hispanic tirade he went on during a performance in Phoenix last month? About that…Williams was on CNN over the weekend where he not only didn’t apologize for the tirade,…
CORRECTION: the way this post was originally written indicated that Spencer Cullen is physically a man hoping to have a sex-change operation. In fact, Cullen is a woman who wants a sex-change operation. It has since been changed from its original version.Spencer Danger Cullen, 23, was born with a vagina…
Vincent Michael Tarvin probably wouldn’t have been busted with a pocket full of what police believe to be cocaine early this morning — but he decided to go into a Valley telemarketing business and pull out his penis. He then advised employees at the business that it was time to…
It appears a thief the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s bandit-naming department has dubbed the “thou shalt not steal bandit” may have struck again — this time in Phoenix.Phoenix police say the First Fidelity Bank branch near 32nd Street and Lincoln Drive in Phoenix was robbed this morning by a gun-wielding…
Arizona State University police arrested a man last month who may be the infamous ride-by serial-groper, whom police believe may be responsible for nearly a dozen gropings around the university’s Tempe campus.Filiberto Salgado Cirilo, 26, was reportedly arrested on August 30, after allegedly riding his bike next to a woman…
According to a Hispanic woman with a video camera, comedian Katt Williams is a “racist” “uncle Tom” who’s “kissing white ass.”If you ask “Maria,” he’s apparently a (black) white supremacist, too (click here to see a documentary on the only other black white supremacist we’ve ever heard of).The woman’s six-minute…
Three boys whose grandfather forced them on torturous marches across tough Grand Canyon trails told rangers their entire summer had been filled with travel and abuse.The three boys — 8, 9 and 12 — told how their grandpa, Christopher Carlson of Indianapolis, injured them repeatedly during trips to various states,…
Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, having previously submitted $47 million in claims against the state and county, has now apparently decided to man up. Though he was fully prepared to soak the taxpayers for tens of millions, he now realizes — according to an e-mail he sent to Arizona Republic…
Patricia Hipshire is missing, and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office needs your help finding her.Hipshire, 57, was last seen on Monday August 22, at the Apache Junction Library…
If you think you recognize the face pictured above, call police — a guy who looks a lot like the above illustration apparently tried to abduct a 13-year-old girl in Chandler yesterday.According to the Chandler Police Department, the 13-year-old girl was nearly abducted by an unknown suspect in her neighborhood…
Adrenaline can make a person do lots of things; finish a marathon, lift heavy items, etc. Or, in the case of Roger Nelson, adrenaline can make a person crash his car into a mall, run inside to rob some shoes, and then pull a semi-automatic handgun on a police officer.That’s…
What do you get when you combine 42-year-old Adeena Oswald, booze, a broomstick, and her autistic 12-year-old son? Another tragic case of child abuse for Child Protective Services to (attempt) to deal with.Oswald has a bit of a drinking problem. In fact, her 10-year-old daughter says it’s not uncommon for…
If $45 for sex with a Texas hooker seems like a deal that’s too good to be true, that’s because it probably is — she could turn out to be a cop. Just ask Phoenix police officer Sheldon Czegledi, who got popped in El Paso last week for trying to…
The Tempe man who left his 11-month-old baby in a running bathtub while he and his baby-mama took a nap earlier this month was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to one count of child abuse.The baby’s mother, who is also charged with…
Aside from calling a Hispanic guy a “nigga” at a performance in Phoenix last week, comedian Katt Williams also invited him to “go the fuck back” to Mexico.If it was a joke, it sucked.Williams, of Money Mike (um) fame, then led the crowd in a Rosanne Barr-esque rendition of the…
Two of the three people fatally shot in front of a Phoenix apartment complex yesterday morning have been identified. The people who shot them, however, remain on the loose.The Phoenix Police Department has identified two of the victims as 26-year-old Nathaniel Holmes, and 35-year-old Carmela Jackson. The third victim hasn’t…
According to the Department of Homeland Security, a 67-year-old man tried to bring 51 pounds of crystal meth across the U.S./Mexico border yesterday.Easy, border hawks — he’s a United States citizen.DHS says the suspect, who the agency hasn’t identified, was stopped at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry near Nogales…
A Canadian man was only supposed to be in the Valley for a “short visit.” He was supposed to head back to Canada on Monday, but he apparently didn’t — and now he’s missing.David James McMillan, 35, of Vancouver, British Columbia, was staying with friends in the 3500 block of…
Three people are dead and two were injured during an early-morning shooting at a Phoenix apartment complex.The shooting was reported just before 4 a.m. today at the Canterbury apartment complex near 23rd and Campbell avenues.Two men, ages 20 and 26, were pronounced dead at the scene. A woman, age 35,…
Eric Fiegel, 22, had the bright idea to steal a few rare snakes. He did so by stuffing them in his shorts — and it was caught on video.Fiegel, of Mesa, waltzed into the Predator’s Reptile Center pet store last month, stuffed a few baby snakes — including one rare…
