When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

Phoenix Man Dead After Sister's Gun Goes Off While Posing for Gangsta Photo

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jan. 3 2013 at 1:58 PM
Categories: Gangsta, When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong
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Manuel Ortiz, who was killed by a gunshot while posing for pictures.
Phoenix police say a man was killed on New Year's Eve after being accidentally shot by his sister, who was playing with a gun while the two were posing for photos.

Judging by the previous photo to the right of now-deceased 22-year-old Manuel Ortiz, this situation is not incredibly hard to believe.

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Josiah "Baby Jo" Weisman's Not-So-Gangsta Day Allegedly Included Buying Weed With Mom, Pointing a Gun at a Woman

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Oct. 29 2012 at 12:34 PM
Categories: Gangsta, When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong
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Josiah "Baby Jo" Weisman
Alleged "South Side Chandler" gangster Josiah Weisman, apparently known on the streets as "Baby Jo," did not have an incredibly gangsta day on Friday.

Police say Weisman went with his mother to buy weed, and ended up pulling a gun on a woman during an argument, all while tossing up his gang signs.

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When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong

MCSO: Gangster Was Planning to "Publicly Assassinate" Joe Arpaio, but Didn't Have the $1,800 to Get Out of Jail

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Jul. 11 2012 at 2:55 PM
Categories: Another Stupid-Sheriff Story , When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong
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MCSO says this guy, Samuel Matta, planned to use a rifle to kill Joe Arpaio in public.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office claims a gang member was "planning to publicly assassinate Sheriff Joe Arpaio using a high powered rifle."

The first problem with the plot of gangster Samuel Matta was that he couldn't come up with the $1,800 to bond out of jail after he stole a car and tried to run from the cops.

Matta's second problem is that he was just sentenced in May to more than eight years in prison on the charges, so he'll be locked up in Florence for a bit.

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Antoin Thurman, Retired Pimp, Survives Being Shot by as Many as Four Cops

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Apr. 16 2012 at 12:56 PM
Categories: How to Get Shot by Cops, Pimpin' Ain't Easy, When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong
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Antoin Thurman
Glendale resident Antoin Thurman -- a man who once made an educational video describing his prostitute-management skills (more on that later) -- was booked into jail Friday night after surviving gunshots from as many as four police officers.

Thurman, 26, was allegedly in a domestic-violence situation with a woman on April 1, and took off running before police arrived.

Police spotted Thurman running near 47th Avenue and Bethany Home Road, and ran after him -- until police say Thurman turned around and pointed a gun at them.

Four Glendale police officers responded to that gesture by shooting at Thurman, and at least one of those bullets landed him in critical condition at the hospital.

Thurman was cleared by the hospital late Friday, and was taken straight to jail.

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Larry Lee Thompson's Girlfriend Dissed Him in Front Of His Friends -- So He Stabbed Her 16 Times

By James King Thu., Jan. 5 2012 at 3:15 PM
Categories: Crime Blotter, When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong
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Larry Lee Thompson
​Larry Lee Thompson, a transient ex-con with a long history of domestic violence, felt that his 48-year-old girlfriend got a little lippy with him last night as the two were hanging out on the streets of Phoenix. So he stabbed her 16 times.

It should be noted that last night was the second time Thompson stabbed the victim in the last 30 days -- she apparently "disrespected" him last month, too.

According to court records obtained by New Times, police were called to the 700 block of West Madison Street about 11 p.m. yesterday after someone called 9-1-1 to report a stabbing.

When police arrived, they found Thompson's girlfriend -- who is also homeless -- bleeding on the sidewalk.

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