Joe Watson’s gonna have a lot of time to work on his poetry-for-snacks business. The former writer for New Times, (who also spent time scratching for the Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune) was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison for his role as the “Salon Bandit.”…
Yesterday, we got our hands on some court documents describing the disgusting conditions of the apartment of the man suspected of putting his 7-month-old son in the freezer while he was high on crystal meth.Of the several disgusting items found in Chance and Leanna Kracke’s apartment, we narrowed them down…
By now, you’ve probably heard about Chance and Leann Kracke — the Chandler couple whose 7-month-old son is believed to have been placed in a freezer while his father made a snack. That aside, it turns out the couple’s other kid, a 19-month-old, somehow ingested a screw, too.If you’re not…
A 22-year-old Surprise man has pleaded guilty in a 2006 crash that left three teens dead, and the firefighter mom of one victim is being treated for depression after learning he might get probation. The Houston firefighter, Jane Draycott, made headlines a couple of weeks ago after being busted for shoplifting a DVD player, some…
It turns out that Jason Shelton, anti-speed-camera activist, was assaulted by a Scottsdale police detention officer in jail is true, after all. We just received a copy of the notice of claim filed against the city of Scottsdale by anti-speed-camera activist Jason Shelton, who’s suing over his bogus 2008 arrest. As…
Some would argue that one of the great things about Arizona’s fairly lax gun laws is that it makes criminals think twice before committing a crime. The thinking is that if a criminal thinks his or her victim — or anyone close by — has a gun, they’ll reconsider whatever…
The man now-dubbed by the Phoenix Police Department as the “Bad Teeth Bandit” has struck again, this time hitting a Wells Fargo on Tatum Boulevard in Phoenix not far from a different Wells Fargo he robbed a few weeks ago.The suspect, described as white, about 35 years old, 5-foot-8, with a…
The leader of the “RIP Crew,” a group of thugs involved in the illegal-gun and drug business, was sentenced to federal prison on Tuesday.A federal judge handed down a sentence of 15 years in federal prison for 30-year-old Juan Victor Munoz, a convicted felon, for his role in the sale…
As is always the case, we must issue the following disclaimer before writing anything about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club: The purpose of this article is not to provide a forum for Hells Angels and their enemies to bicker over who is a child molester, who beats women, and who…
Any story about someone fondling a sleeping passenger on public transportation is amusing. When it turns out to be a dude-on-dude sexual assault it’s even better. When one of the dudes happens to be a transient train rider, it’s just the icing on the cake.Under said criteria, it appears we’ve…
Days before North American Coin and Currency collapsed in 1982, Robert Bartemus received a check for about $8,000 for the silver he had stored with the precious-metals company. The check bounced. “I was just devastated at the time,” says Bartemus, an 85-year-old Florida resident. Amazing it sounds, Bartemus might just see that $8,000 again…
We’ve heard of some stupid places to stash weed but a Mesa mom’s stash spot might be the dumbest. She hid it under her baby’s bassinet.Not only is there the dangerous risk that the baby gets into the weed and possibly ingests some, but if cops find weed hidden near…
Disclaimer: the intention of this post is not to create a forum for biker gangs and their enemies to bicker about who the bigger pedophile/ meth heads are — as has almost always been the case whenever we post anything about the Hells Angels.Check it out here…and here…and once again…
Andy Kunasek released one page of a transcript to New Times today that he believes shows the attempt by a prosecutor to “extort” him as part of a political power play. Kunasek says he’s not ready to release the entire transcript of the “free talk” he had earlier this year…
An argument at a Phoenix apartment complex turned deadly this morning when one of the men involved pulled out a gun and shot the 20-year-old victim.Just after midnight today, Arlandis West was standing with some friends in front of an apartment building at 6805 North 27th Avenue.He got in an…
There’s no disputing that driving drunk is stupid. You could kill someone, hurt someone, or, at the very least, get stopped by a cop, pay a hefty fine, and possibly spend some time in the tents at Joe Arpaio’s jails. Nobody wants that.You could also get away scot-free, which is…
Maricopa County Supervisor Andy Kunasek says in a letter released today that prosecutors working for former County Attorney Andrew Thomas tried to extort a political deal from him in return for dropping a criminal matter. The letter addressed to “fellow Arizonans,” Kunasek explains, is to help people understand the full story behind…
Yesterday — a relatively slow news day — us New Times staffers were (ahem) blessed with two meth-related baby stories in roughly an hour.The first: a woman gave birth to a baby with crystal meth and weed in its system. The mother was arrested and charged with neglect thanks to…
A Mesa man was arrested yesterday for allegedly masturbating in his car, which was parked across the street from an elementary school in Chandler.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 52-year-old Jamey Mark Flatt was beatin’ off in his car as it sat parked across the street from Knox…
A 1-year-old “acting like a junkie.” A 3-week-old girl choking and turning “bluish gray,” but not receiving medical attention from their meth-smoking parents. These are some of the chilling allegations in court paperwork against Jeremiah and Adrienne Outland, a Phoenix couple arrested at their home yesterday following a months-long police investigation…
If you ask us, doing meth probably isn’t the best idea. Doing meth when you’re pregnant, in our humble opinion, is just disgusting.A Sierra Vista woman might disagree.Police in Sierra Vista say a woman gave birth to a baby over the weekend, which would have been good news had doctors…
The law firm representing Lisa Aubuchon in the probe of actions by her and her former boss, Andrew Thomas, billed the county $177,876 in four months, the Arizona Republic reports this morning. After reporters Michael Kiefer (formerly of New Times fame) and Yvonne Wingett published their article yesterday afternoon about…
