Archive for July, 2008
July 23rd, 2008, 8:59 pm by Eddi Trevizo
The arrest of a suspected shoe thief and a suspected meth dealer helped Mesa police uncover a hoard of stolen possessions, authorities said.
According to Mesa police, over $15,000 worth of stolen tools, as well as numerous passports, social security cards, check books, and credit cards were seized at a home near Warner and Lindsey roads in Gilbert Tuesday afternoon. The property seizure came after police arrested a man suspected of robbing a shoe store on Monday.
Mesa resident Cody Kay Petersen, 37, was arrested on suspicion of robbing two pairs of black Airwalk shoes, black socks, and an undisclosed amount of cash from a Payless ShoeSource store near Southern Avenue and Gilbert Road in Mesa. According to police reports, Peterson threatened to hurt and kill the store clerk if she mentioned the robbery.
Petersen was stopped by police later the same day for an unrelated incident, but was arrested and charged when police realized he matched the description of the shoe thief. Petersen admitted that he was wearing one of the stolen pairs of shoes and that he traded the other pair of shoes, stolen socks, and other previously stolen items to support his meth dependency, according to police records.
In an interview with police, Petersen admitted that he traded stolen items and money for meth at a house near Warner and Lindsey roads in Gilbert, authorities said.
Police arrested Gilbert resident Cory R. Slater, 29, after searching his home and finding several stolen items. The search was conducted Tuesday and yielded several stolen clothing items and the pair of stolen Payless shoes. Other items found in the raid included several tools previously reported stolen, as well as several check books, credit cards, and passports reported missing from other burglaries, officials said.
Slater was faces charges of possession of stolen property, according to authorities, and Petersen faces robbery charges.
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July 23rd, 2008, 5:20 pm by Devon Hersom
A single-vehicle accident closed a Loop 202 San Tan off ramp at Arizona Avenue Wednesday, according to a Department of Public Safety spokesman.
The vehicle rolled over at 4:18 p.m. on the west bound Arizona Avenue off ramp, closing the ramp as well as the lane next to it on the Loop 202.
One injury has been reported, according to the spokesman, but the person’s identity is not yet known.
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July 23rd, 2008, 4:32 pm by Devon Hersom
A 39-year-old truck driver was cited for hit and run Wednesday after he attempted to pull a U-turn on a private driveway and tangled his company truck in telephone wires, shattering the telephone pole, police said.
Chandler police spokesman David Ramer said the man, Antonio Pena, stopped at a Circle K gas station near the intersection of Fairview Street and Arizona Avenue to get a drink at 11:45 a.m.
Pena decided to pull a U-turn out of the gas station by using a driveway nearby.
He started to drive away, unaware that the top of his company truck had caught onto telephone wires and were stretching them, Ramer said.
The force of the pulling shattered one of the poles and cut power to a few homes in the area, Ramer said.
Pena fled the scene following the accident but a bystander wrote down his license plate number and gave it to Chandler police.
Pena was later found and cited with a hit and run, Ramer said.
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July 22nd, 2008, 3:35 pm by Katie McDevitt
Police are searching for a man who pointed a handgun at bank tellers in Tempe Friday and made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police said the man walked into Arizona Central Credit Union bank, 3350 S. Price Road, about 3:15 p.m. and demanded all of the money from the tellers’ cash drawers. The robber had the employees place the money into a baby blue pillowcase.
The man then ran out of the credit union and was last seen headed south on Priest Road. Police couldn’t find him.
The robber is described as white, 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall, in his 30s, with a heavy build, goatee and brown hair. He was last seen wearing a dark skullcap over his head, black sunglasses and a white T-shirt over a black shirt and tan shorts and sandals.
Police said the man was seen driving southbound on Price Road in a late-model, maroon Chevy Monte Carlo with several stickers on the rear window.
Police ask anyone with information to call (480) 350-8311.
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July 22nd, 2008, 1:56 pm by John Leptich
A man robbed three stores within a three-hour period Monday before being arrested, according to Mesa and Gilbert police.
Mesa police took Cody Petersen, 36, into custody about 5 p.m. Monday. According to a report, a man police later identified as Petersen entered the Payless ShoeSource at 1221 S. Gilbert Road about 9:30 a.m. and demanded money from an employee at the register.
The report shows that Petersen made a vague verbal threat and did not display a weapon. The employee gave Petersen money from the cash register. Petersen also took merchandise and left, according to the report. Payless did not have video of the incident.
The second robbery occurred at 12:30 p.m. at KoMo, a clothing store at 1280 S. Country Club Drive. Police reports show Petersen entered the store and selected some clothing. He went to the front counter, said he had a gun and demanded money. The report indicates that Petersen wasn’t given any money and left with the clothing. Employees didn’t see a gun.
At around 2:30 p.m., a man entered Priya Dry Cleaners at 53 N. Val Vista Road in Gilbert and demanded cash. A police report shows that he told a cashier he had a gun and would shoot if the cashier didn’t give him money. Gilbert police discovered that their Mesa counterparts responded to two similar robberies earlier in the day and arrested Petersen.
In a photo lineup, the cashier in Gilbert identified Petersen as the man who held up the dry cleaners.
Mesa police said Petersen faces two counts of robbery.
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July 21st, 2008, 4:59 pm by Katie McDevitt
A woman was stabbed in the jaw Sunday during a dispute with another woman, police said.
The woman who was stabbed had gone to a trailer with her boyfriend to help him move out, but when she arrived, another woman was inside. The two women got into an argument and one stabbed the other.
A witness drove the woman to a local hospital, police said.
While police were investigating the stabbing, they got a call of a suspicious woman walking around the area of 2305 E. Main Street. Police officers responded to the area and found a woman who matched the description of the knife-wielder.
Julie Lopez, 28, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault and criminal damage, police said.
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July 21st, 2008, 4:48 pm by Katie McDevitt
Police have updated the description of a man they are searching for in connection with the Sunday rape and robbery of a senior citizen.
Investigators now believe the man got into the woman’s home in the 6500 block of South Cole Drive through a shattered window and likely suffered lacerations to his arms, hands and chest. The intruders blood was found at the scene, police said.
Police said it’s possible that the man sought medical attention or treated the cuts himself and may be wearing bandages.
He is described as white, 40 to 50 years old, about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches and weighing about 160 to 170 pounds. He has dark scraggly hair and a dark scraggly beard and was last seen wearing a tan shirt and dark knee-length shorts.
The Tempe Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit will be distributing flyers to homes and business in the area of the crime, said Tempe police spokesman Sgt. Steve Carbajal.
Police ask anyone with information to call (480) 350-8311 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
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July 21st, 2008, 4:47 pm by Katie McDevitt
Chandler police officials have launched an internal affairs investigation after two officers accidentally discharged guns on Friday —— once before and once after —— a Special Assignment Unit was called out to a crime.
Chandler police spokesman detective Frank Mendoza said no one was injured in the accidental shootings.
He refused to go into detail about how the shots were fired and said the case is currently under investigation internally.
Mendoza said accidental shootings by police are “very rare” because officers train extensively in the use of firearms.
Additional information wasn’t released by police.
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July 19th, 2008, 6:17 pm by Devon Hersom
Earl Simmons, also known as rapper DMX, was arrested Saturday afternoon on a warrant for a class three felony charge for identity theft.
Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said Simmons, 37, was arrested near the intersection of 28th Drive and Peoria Avenue at 5:30 p.m. by Phoenix police officers.
Simmons will be booked into Maricopa County jail following his arrest, Hill said.
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July 19th, 2008, 6:00 pm by Devon Hersom
A 58-year-old man was killed by a recycling truck early Saturday in what police believe was a “tragic accident.”
Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Andy Hill said the man, who has not yet been identified, was struck by a large “front end loader” recycling truck at 9 a.m. and later died at the scene.
Another unidentified man was also hit at the recycling plant at 3210 S. 19th Avenue but only suffered non-life threating injuries.
Police are investigating the incident, but believe it was an accident and no charges have been made.
No other details have been released about the incident.
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