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Paradise Valley Murders: Heavily Redacted Arrest Report Released; Michael Crane Discussed Setting House On Fire

2012-02-10 16:39:13

The arrest reports for the six people allegedly connected to the brutal murders of a Paradise Valley couple last month were unsealed this afternoon, but offer little new information about the m...

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Sadie Madrid Left Dead Dogs To Rot In Her Apartment For Nearly Two Months

2012-02-10 15:14:59

Dead puppies are no fun -- just ask 21-year-old Sadie Elizabeth Madrid, who was apparently so bored with her dead dogs that she left them to rot in her apartment for nearly two months.Madrid's tw...

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Yusra Farhan Cites "Iraqi Culture" As Reason For Beating Daughter With a Shoe Because She Was Talking With a Boy

2012-02-10 13:24:07

Yusra Farhan's daughter recently started talking with a boy. So, Farhan beat her with a shoe and tied her to a bed because her "Iraqi culture states that a female is not allowed to be having c...

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Teen-Touching Teacher Otis Magee Sentenced to Probation

2012-02-10 12:26:28

A teen-touching former teacher at a Valley high school was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he was sentenced to three years probation after pleading guilty to one count of ...

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Burned Body Found In Desert; Suspects Daniel and Jennifer Griffith Arrested

2012-02-10 11:44:32

The Glendale Police Department has arrested two people they believe are responsible for the death of a person found burned in the desert near the White Tanks Mountains early this morning.The b...

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Joe Arpaio and MCSO Had Literally Nothing to Do With Arrest of Escaped Jail Inmate Jairo Contreras

2012-02-10 10:18:59

Remember yesterday when the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office put out a press release saying how it used its "cell phone technology" to track down an inmate who escaped from an MCSO jail? ...

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Arizona Wildcats And, Gasp, ASU Sun Devils Both Take Conference Wins

2012-02-10 08:22:18

The Arizona Wildcats and Colorado Buffs are very similar teams--scrappy, undersized, terrific team defense, very well-coached. The two teams met last month in Boulder, and the Cats lost a one-poi...

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Phoenix Suns Beaten By Houston Rockets as Steve Nash is Named to the All-Star Team

2012-02-10 07:37:55

Yesterday had both its highs and lows for the Phoenix Suns. First the good news: Steve Nash was named to this year's NBA All-Star team as a reserve on Thursday, which shouldn't come as a surpr...

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Former Mayor Phil Gordon's Years-Old Security-Detail Logs Finally Released; Don't Reveal Much We Didn't Already Know

2012-02-09 18:00:04

Phoenix has made public portions of the logs that former Mayor Phil Gordon's security-detail once maintained to track how they spent their time. Though much anticipated, the documents hardly re...

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MCSO Inmate Escapes In Laundry Cart (Two Weeks Ago); Arrested in New Mexico

2012-02-09 16:48:26

A minimum-security inmate at one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails escaped "several days ago," but was arrested this afternoon at his girlfriend's house in New Mexico, the MCSO ann...

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Sixth Suspect Arrested in Connection With Paradise Valley Murders; County Attorney Defends Release Of Alleged Killer

2012-02-09 15:53:55

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced this afternoon that a sixth suspect has been arrested in connection to the murders of a Paradise Valley couple found bound and burned in their...

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Ron Barber, Gabrielle Giffords Aide Wounded in Tucson Shooting, to Run in Special Election

2012-02-09 13:26:14

Ron Barber, a former aide to former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, announced this morning that he'll run in the special election to finish the remainder of Giffords' term.Giffords resi...

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Jeffery Higgins, MCSO Detention Officer, Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Got Drunk and Pointed Loaded Gun at Son

2012-02-09 11:23:56

A detention officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office accused of getting drunk and pointing a loaded gun at his own son has pleaded not guilty to one count each of aggravated a...

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Search Continues for Mother of Newborn Dumped in Front of Phoenix Home

2012-02-09 09:15:53

Phoenix police said yesterday that the woman to the right could potentially be the mother of a newborn who was dumped in front of a Phoenix home on Tuesday. They've since contacted the...

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ASU Sports in Full Force as Women Begin Defense of National Title, Men Try to Win a Basketball Game

2012-02-09 08:00:13

Lots of sports action in Tempe this weekend, which for our purposes starts tonight at the Wells Fargo Arena, where the ASU Sun Devils should be in a close, if not so artistic, battle against the ...

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Izrahias Morales, High School Freshman Who Brought Gun to School to Shoot Teacher, Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder Charge

2012-02-08 15:50:28

A Goodyear teen who brought a gun to school to kill his math teacher last year pleaded guilty this afternoon to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and possession of a firearm...

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Scholarship Set Up to Honor Slain MCSO Deputy William Coleman

2012-02-08 14:13:25

A scholarship has been set up to honor the memory of slain Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Coleman, who was murdered last month while responding to a burglary call at a medical facility ...

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AG Tom Horne Wants to Replace Cops in FLDS Haven Colorado City, Kid-Raping Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Old Stomping Grounds

2012-02-08 13:27:54

A bill that would replace local police in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was unanimously approved by a state Senate committee this morning.Colorado City, for...

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Brian Weymouth (Subject of Our Last Cover Story) Files Lawsuit Against A Bunch Of Folks

2012-02-08 12:09:22

Brian Weymouth, a Paradise Valley businessman now facing major felony charges, has filed a civil lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against several county officials and a former ...

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Joe Arpaio Went Immigrant Hunting This Morning -- Bags Two Brown Folks

2012-02-08 12:03:58

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio went hunting for illegals again this morning, this time at a Phoenix maid service business, where his deputies arrested a grand total of two suspected illegal...

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