METH

Mom Alison Stewart Ditches Kid at Park and Passes Out With Meth Pipe in Car

By Weston Phippen Thu., Mar. 21 2013 at 1:15 PM
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Chandler Police Department

The Chandler PD arrested Alison Stewart for suspected DUI after she ditched her kid at a park and passed out in her car next to her meth pipe, according to police.

Stewart's 4-year-old daughter was playing with another kid at Desert Breeze Park on Monday, when she asked another parent -- whom she had just met that day -- if he would look after her kid while she checked on her other daughter. She said she would be gone no more than 10 minutes, according to a police report, but after 45 minutes, the other parent got worried and called police. 

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Bootlegged Booze and a Meth Lead to Murder on the Navajo Reservation

By Weston Phippen Fri., Mar. 8 2013 at 1:47 PM
Categories: METH
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A drive to a local bootlegger for a bottle of vodka turned into an allegedly meth-addled murder, according to Navajo Nation police. 

Randly Begay, a member of the nation, his girlfriend, and a friend, piled into a gray GMC Safari van Monday morning and drove to near Tuba City to pick up a bootlegged pint of vodka, a police report states. After they finished the bottle, they bought another and a 40-ounce of beer. On the ride home, Randly accused his girlfriend of infidelity and reportedly became increasingly frustrated.

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Guess What a Kingman Man in a Stolen Car Kept in a Box Labeled "Meth Time"

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Jan. 16 2013 at 1:03 PM
Categories: Afternoon Poll, Around Arizona, METH
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Mohave County Sheriff's Office
Richard "Meth Time" Prunty
If you have four warrants for your arrest, and you're in a stolen car, we suppose carrying around a box labeled "Meth Time" isn't outside the realm of possibility.

According to information provided by the Mohave County Sheriff's Office, the man doing the aforementioned things was 20-year-old Richard Prunty, a Kingman resident.

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Sun City's Alleged Meth-Lab Mom Pleads Guilty to Child Abuse

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Nov. 2 2012 at 11:25 AM
Categories: Bad Parents, METH
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MCSO
Brenda Lipe (left) and Lancelot Lipe.
Half of a Sun City couple that allegedly ran a meth lab in their garage pleaded guilty this morning to child abuse.

Brenda Lipe initially faced five felony charges after she and her husband, Lancelot Lipe, were arrested in April after Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies found out Lancelot had allegedly started some sort of meth-lab-related fire at the home.

See also:
-Lancelot Lipe's Accused of Running a Meth Lab in His Sun City Home -- With Three Kids


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John Brigham, Accused in Naked Carjacking Spree in Scottsdale, Trashed Uncle's Home in November While Dressed in Towel; UPDATE With 911 Calls

By Ray Stern Mon., Jul. 2 2012 at 10:36 AM
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John Brigham, in his mugshot following last November's criminal damage arrest in Scottsdale.
John Brigham, a 45-year-old man whose naked carjacking spree in Scottsdale on Friday ended with multiple crashes, trashed his uncle's home back in November while dressed in a towel.

In Friday's incident, Brigham stripped naked and danced on top of his car before stealing a Toyota Prius and crashing it into numerous cars before being arrested. A pregnant woman in one of the cars broke both legs, cops say.

Today, we looked through a report concerning Brigham from November that describes similarly bizarre behavior. Police don't know if Brigham was on drugs during last week's spree. But when police confronted the Gilbert man back at his uncle's Scottsdale home back in November, Brigham admitted he'd smoked pot and snorted meth.

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Eduardo Mercado Accused of Drowning Friend for Steering a Paddle Boat the Wrong Way

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Jun. 11 2012 at 11:35 AM
Categories: Death Valley, METH

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Eduardo Mercado, not the best guy to bring to the pond after using meth.

Eduardo Mercado is accused of drowning his 21-year-old friend Saturday afternoon at a pond south of Lake Pleasant, and police say the thing that really pushed Mercado over the edge was when the friend decided to steer his boat in the wrong direction.

Peoria police say meth also was a factor in this one.

According to a Peoria police spokesman, Mercado and two friends went to a private pond owned by the Maricopa Water District and stole two of the paddle boats there.


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Kansas Cop Accused of Stealing a Joe Arpaio Poster From a Meth-Head Lawyer

By Matthew Hendley Mon., May 21 2012 at 2:58 PM
Categories: Another Stupid-Sheriff Story , METH, Meanwhile, in...
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Joe Arpaio posters are a hot commodity in Podunk, Kansas.
Adding to the list of illogical things surrounding the aura of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a Kansas cop is accused of stealing a framed poster of the sheriff from an office belonging to a former lawyer convicted on meth charges.

Really, the only thing better about this than the fact that an ex-prosecutor convicted of meth charges had a framed poster of Arpaio hanging in his office is that the cop just had to have that poster.

The criminal information document submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Wichita, Kansas is pretty brief, but states that Spencer Coate -- a police officer in Galena, Kansas -- stole the poster of Arpaio and another poster of a duck from the suspect's law office in June 2009.

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Lancelot Lipe's Accused of Running a Meth Lab in His Sun City Home -- With Three Kids

By Matthew Hendley Tue., May 1 2012 at 12:32 PM
Categories: Bad Parents, METH, Old People
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Lancelot Lipe raised three kids and allegedly managed a meth lab in the same Sun City house.
On April 22, Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies went to the Sun City home of Lancelot Lipe after receiving anonymous calls about a fire burning at his place.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, Lipe, 29, didn't want the cops there, as he gave deputies a good ol' "fuck you" when they asked for ID, slammed a deputy's foot in the door, and refused to help put out the fire before the deputies left because of "availability of resources."

The Sheriff's Office found out a week later why it all happened -- Lipe allegedly was running a meth lab in the house, which also was home to his wife and three kids.

The Sheriff's Office apparently had a good enough "availability of resources" Monday, when deputies went to arrest Lipe on a charge of assaulting a police officer and made a rare sighting for Sun City: a meth lab, according to the court documents.

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For the Second Time This Week, a Valley Police Department Says it Found a Meth/Child Combo

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Mar. 21 2012 at 3:27 PM
Categories: Bad Parents, METH
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Peoria PD
Allan Escalante (left) and Michelle Escalante.
​This weekend, Phoenix police arrested 33-year-old David Denton after allegedly leaving his meth and heroin stash with his 6-year-old kiddo so he could jump off a third-story balcony to avoid the cops.

This morning, a Peoria police official says the SWAT team served a search warrant on a house, where cops found meth, weed, and -- sure enough -- a 5-year-old kid.

Peoria police spokesman Jay Davies tells New Times neighbors were calling police about suspicious activity at the house, including cars parking there for a few minutes and just meeting briefly with the two adults who lived there before leaving again.

The house had no running water or electricity, the yard was unkempt, and Davies describes the outside of the house as something "you would call disheveled."

The adult residents of the house, Allan and Michelle Escalante, were arrested after the SWAT team rolled in and found a "small amount" of meth and weed, as well as some drug paraphernalia, police say.

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Cops Go to Question David Denton About Hotel Burglary; Leaves Meth and Heroin With 6-Year-Old and Jumps Off Third-Floor Balcony

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Mar. 19 2012 at 1:08 PM
Categories: Another Stupid-Criminal Story, METH
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David Denton allegedly jumped off a third-floor balcony to avoid the cops, leaving his kid with the drugs.
​David Denton did not want to talk to the cops this weekend while staying at the Arizona Grand Resort.

This urge to avoid the cops was so bad that police say Denton, 33, left his meth and heroin stash with his 6-year-old kid and jumped off the third-floor balcony to hide (unsuccessfully) in a kitchen.

According to court documents obtained by New Times, hotel security had previously talked to Denton about not paying for his room, so they brought the cops along this time to talk about a car burglary that happened there.

As soon as police got into the room, Denton ran out onto the balcony, jumped onto an overhang, and eventually landed on the ground.

Denton locked himself in a kitchen room that was used as a storage area for dishes, which was unlocked by employees as police arrested Denton after he put up a fight.

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