If only 57-year-old Larry Walters had heeded the advice explained in the above clip from A Bronx Tale, 51-year-old Lonnie Raines might still be alive.

But he didn't, and now Walters is accused of murdering Raines -- over 20 bucks.

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Rafael Chavez

​We don't condone rape in any way, shape, or form. That said, if you're enough of a scumbag to have sex with someone against their will, do yourself a favor and don't give that person your phone number afterwards.

Just ask 21-year-old Rafael Chavez, who, after raping a woman in Chandler earlier this month, gave her his phone number -- which ultimately is how he was caught.

According to court records obtained by New Times, on January 14, at about 1:30 a.m., Chavez, while driving his car, approached a woman he'd never met before as she was walking in an alley behind her house. He asked her how she was doing and offered her a lift, which she declined.

Chavez -- who admittedly was under the influence of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine at the time -- wasn't taking no for an answer; he got out of his car, put the woman in a bear-hug, and pushed her up against a wall while attempting to kiss her.

He then pushed her into his vehicle -- a tan Honda Civic -- and drove off.

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Garrett Selleys

​According to the medical website drugs.com, some of the side effects of Xanax include decreased sexual desire or ability, diarrhea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, light-headedness, nausea, tiredness, and weight changes.

One of the more severe side effects (as you can see in the mugshot to the right) is red, swollen blistered, or peeling skin.

The unexplained desire to burglarize a car, however, is not on the list, but being under the influence of the drug is the explanation 23-year-old Garrett Selleys gave police as to why he broke into a car and stole an iPad earlier this year.

Selleys was arrested yesterday after police tracked an iPad stolen out of a vehicle in August to a pawn shop -- and then to Selleys.

According to court records obtained by New Times, on August 22, the victim reported his iPad -- worth about $700 -- was stolen out of his car.

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Tamara Hall

​"They were going to kill me."

That's the cryptic message an Arizona City woman -- hopped up on bath salts -- gave police before leading them on a 30-minute chase Saturday afternoon.

The pursuit ended when cops managed to blast her in the face with pepper spray while she was still behind the wheel of her vehicle. 

According to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, about noon on Saturday, a deputy noticed a Nissan Altima with no license plate driving westbound near the intersection of Camino Adelante and Picacho Peak Road.

The deputy watched as the driver of the Altima came to a complete stop in the middle of the road as he passed her. The woman started driving again after getting passed by the deputy, eventually pulling up right next to his patrol car.

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Jose Jesse Olmos

​Here's what we know: 38-year-old Jose Jesse Olmos broke into an office at the Mesa apartment complex where he lives, stole a power drill, and looked at porn on a computer in the office -- as captured on the office's surveillance camera.

What we -- and, more importantly, people who work in the office -- don't know is what Olmos was doing while looking at the porn (he conveniently turned the surveillance camera upside down while viewing the porn so it couldn't record whatever it was he was doing) and we won't venture to guess.

According to court records obtained by New Times, on November 6, Mesa police responded to a burglary call at the office of the Sunrise Manor Apartments at 1107 East University Drive in Mesa two days earlier, on November 4.

The manager of the apartment complex told police that when he went to the office on November 5, a drill, a power washer, and his jacket were missing. He also told police a pornographic website was on his computer.

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William Piwarchuck fought the law -- while allegedly high on crystal meth and heroin -- and the law kicked his friggin ass. According to police, though, the fight with Piwarchuck was just a "scuffle."

​If you lead police on a car chase while high on crystal meth and heroin -- trying to run down officers as they shoot at your vehicle -- and then try to bodyslam the cop who finally gets his hands on you, don't be too surprised if your mugshot looks a little something like the above booking photo of 19-year-old William Piwarchuck.

Piwarchuck got popped about 2 a.m. Sunday after a Department of Public Safety officer watched him drive a U-haul truck the wrong way on a one-way access road near Greenway Road and the I-17.

The officer, obviously, attempted to stop the truck. Piwarchuck, however, wasn't havin' it -- he made a quick u-turn and accelerated directly at the officer's patrol car.

According to court records obtained by New Times, Piwarchuck then tried to flee -- he turned off the truck's headlights and sped away, running several stop signs and stop lights as he attempt to get away from the officer.

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​Steven Davis, 28, apparently is a car thief, which a 15-year veteran of the Tucson Police Department learned fairly quickly when Davis stole his police cruiser over the weekend and led cops on a 50-mile chase. That, however, was only after ditching a vehicle he'd (allegedly) previously stolen in the desert just outside of Tucson.

Tucson police say officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the desert near East Golf Links Road in Tucson yesterday morning.

When the officer responded to the location of the vehicle, he determined that it was stolen. The driver -- later identified as Davis -- however, had fled on foot.

Davis ran through a residential area north of where he'd ditched the stolen vehicle.

When Tucson Sergeant Kyle Robinson -- again, a 15-year veteran of the force -- was driving through the neighborhood, he spotted Davis jumping over a fence in the front yard of a home in the 4300 block of East Calle Aurora.

Robinson gave chase on foot, but was unable to catch Davis, who had managed to circle around Robinson's cruiser and find his way to the driver's seat.

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If you're stoned and have weed, children, and ecstasy in your car, perhaps it would be wise to not drive 105 mph -- just ask Desaraye Barragan

​Desaraye Barragan told police she was "stupid and hungry" when she was driving her car 105 miles per hour on  Interstate 10 earlier this week, which tends to happen when you smoke a joint while driving a car.

From a legal perspective, having weed, ecstasy, and three minors in the car at the time certainly won't help Barragan.

According to court records obtained by New Times, about 11:30 p.m. Monday, a Phoenix police officer spotted a 2003 Nissan Altima doing about 96 mph while driving eastbound on the I-10 near 79th Avenue.

The officer followed the car as it swerved down the freeway, ultimately reaching speeds of 105 mph in a 65 mph zone.

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​A robbery suspects crime spree -- which includes threatening a 4-year-old with a gun -- came to an end last night after he crashed the stolen car he was driving into a wall and was shot by a Phoenix police officer.

According to the Phoenix Police Department, just before 10 p.m. yesterday, the suspect -- whose name has not been released -- and a woman pushed a man to the ground in the parking lot of a hotel on the Black Canyon Highway. The suspect then took the man's money and the keys to his black Mercedes SUV.

Less than an hour later, a woman was robbed at gunpoint at a gas station near 35th and Peoria avenues. The suspect put a gun in the woman's face and demanded money. He also pointed the gun at her 4-year-old child, who was seated in the car. She gave him all the cash she had and a credit card before the thief fled in the Mercedes SUV.

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Vito Renee Oliva choked out a police dog.

​Vito Renee Oliva probably would have been cited for a minor traffic violation when police attempted to pull him over early Saturday morning. But he tried to run from cops -- choking a police dog in the process -- and is now charged with multiple felony.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Olivas, a 25-year-old parolee, was driving on University Drive in Mesa about 1:20 a.m. Saturday when he cut across three lanes of traffic to make a U-turn. Cops witnessed the risky maneuver and attempted to pull Oliva over.

Oliva wasn't interested in stopping -- he tried to evade police by running red lights at speeds of up to 85 mph on Mesa surface streets.

Authorities called in a police chopper to follow Olivas as he recklessly jumped on the U.S. 60, sped through Mesa, through Tempe, and into a Phoenix neighborhood near 32nd Street and Broadway Road.

Once in the neighborhood, Oliva attempted to ditch his vehicle and continue his escape on foot by running into the backyard of a nearby home. However, the ghetto bird was watching his every move, and alerted ground units to his location.

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