Archive for the 'Maricopa County' Category
September 4th, 2008, 2:32 pm by Devon Hersom
 A 45-year-old Maricopa man is accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager and posting nude photos of her on a Web site, authorities say.
Greg Andersen was booked into the Pinal County Jail Wednesday on numerous charges relating to sexual conduct with a minor, stalking and exploitation, according to PCSO spokeswoman Vanessa White.
White said Andersen was involved in a six-month sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. During the relationship, Andersen took nude pictures of the girl and placed some on a Web site.
After the relationship ended, the girl moved out of state and changed her cell phone number so Andersen could not reach her. However, Andersen was able to obtain her new phone number by using his position as senior engineer at a large phone company.
He called her new cell phone to tell her he had purchased a car for her, White said. The girl told police that Andersen had also asked her on many different occasions to marry him even though he was married at the time.
A search warrant has been placed on his Maricopa home and an investigation is ongoing, White said.
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September 3rd, 2008, 5:29 pm by Nick R. Martin
Picked for jury duty in the trial of accused Serial Shooter Dale Hausner (pictured)? Be prepared to open up about almost everything. Hundreds of potential jurors will have to fill out a probing 21-page questionnaire to qualify for the chance to sit over the historic and lengthy trial, which began today in Maricopa County Superior Court.
Among the questions: Have you ever received mental health treatment? If so, please describe it.
The attorneys weeding through potential jurors also want to know whether you routinely have close contact with someone in law enforcement or personally know an attorney. The goal is to find 12 people and some alternates who can give a fair verdict in the high-profile trial.
Here is the full questionnaire (PDF) if you want to read more.
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August 22nd, 2008, 6:23 pm by Eddi Trevizo
A 7 year-old was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike Friday afternoon in Apache Junction.
According to authorities the accident occurred at Meridian Road and 5th Avenue. Initial reports said the boy received several injuries all over his body.
According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, the boy was flown to Maricopa Medical Center to be treated for non life-threatening injuries.
It is unclear whether the boy was in a crosswalk at the time of the accident.
Posted in: Apache Junction • Maricopa County | Post a Comment »
August 21st, 2008, 7:58 pm by Eddi Trevizo
A Sunday school teacher who sexually molested two young girls at a Chandler church, pled guilty to several charges against him Thursday.
Terence Greenwood, 63, was a teacher at the Chandler United Methodist Church who cared for youngsters at Sunday school. He was originally arrested on Dec. 21, 2007 for molesting a 5-year-old girl. However another underage victim came forward on April 15, 2008 and Greenwood was given additional charges of child molestation. The victims were abused during church services in a classroom for Sunday school sessions or at the defendant’s home.
Greenwood pleaded guilty to five counts involving the sexual molestation of young children, County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced Thursday. Greenwood will face up to 35 years prison time and three lifetime probations when he is sentenced on Sept. 24, 2008 in the courtroom of Judge David K. Udall.
Posted in: Chandler • Maricopa County | 3 Comments »
August 21st, 2008, 5:02 pm by Nick R. Martin
 Chandler police Sgt. Tom Lovejoy, acquitted last week of animal cruelty in the death of his police dog, has hired a high-powered Phoenix attorney to consider suing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office because of his arrest.
Lovejoy (pictured left) confirmed late Wednesday he recently hired Michael Manning, an attorney with a history of filing — and often winning — high-profile lawsuits against the sheriff’s office and other agencies. Manning is currently representing two executives of the Phoenix New Times newspaper in a wrongful arrest lawsuit against the sheriff and county attorney. He is also representing the family of Carol Gotbaum, a woman who died in Phoenix police custody at Sky Harbor International Airport last year.
Manning could not be reached for comment Thursday, but his retention by Lovejoy signals that the Chandler sergeant is serious about the possibility of suing the county for his arrest and prosecution. In an exclusive interview earlier this week, Lovejoy said he still believes he was arrested to draw international media attention to Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The sheriff and his spokesmen have strongly denied the allegation.
UPDATE (5:02 p.m.): In a phone call this afternoon, Mike Manning said he and Lovejoy have not yet decided whether to bring a suit. There are a lot of elements at play that his firm must look at before he recommends anything to the sergeant, he said.
“Certainly what happened to him is inconsistent with the way the sheriff’s department has handled other similar deaths of dogs in their care,” Manning said. “It’s pretty clear that Sheriff Arpaio was treating this as an opportunity for press splash.”
Posted in: Chandler • Maricopa County • Phoenix | 24 Comments »
August 2nd, 2008, 12:54 pm by Nick R. Martin
A pair of journalists will not be forced to testify at a court hearing for suspected Serial Shooter Dale Hausner (pictured left) later this month after all. Hausner’s attorney, Kenneth Everett, said in court on Friday he will instead use newspaper clippings to prove the case has garnered too much media attention in Maricopa County for his client to get a fair trial here. The goal is to get the Mesa man’s eight-count murder trial moved out of the Valley before its Sept. 3 start.
Everett previously said he wanted to bring reporters from the Arizona Republic and Associated Press to the stand to ask them “something along the lines of: Have you ever experienced anything like it?” Their response, he said, would prove that Hausner’s arrest and legal proceedings were so widely known that it would be nearly impossible to find unbiased jurors.
Critics argued the testimony would be a waste of time, given that pollsters or media researchers would be better suited to answer those questions than the reporters themselves. Everett apparently had a change of heart, telling Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Roland Steinle on Friday that he would not subpoena the reporters.
“So, you’re not going to call Mr. Kiefer?” asked Steinle, referring to Arizona Republic reporter Michael Kiefer, who had just entered the courtroom to cover the hearing.
“I’m not going to give Mr. Imbordino (the prosecutor) the pleasure,” Everett replied. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in: Maricopa County • Mesa | 2 Comments »
July 30th, 2008, 12:20 pm by Nick R. Martin
 The bickering over the book continued this morning. Maricopa County’s chief prosecutor, Andrew Thomas (pictured right), a Republican who’s running for re-election this fall, was on KTAR-FM this morning with host Darrell Ankarlo, defending his decision to use public money to promote Ankarlo’s new book. The spending was criticized yesterday by Tim Nelson, a Democrat running to unseat Thomas this fall. The county attorney’s office released a copy of the contract to us yesterday. Here it is: Ankarlo’s contract with the county attorney.
By the way, Ankarlo said on air this morning that he did not receive a dime of public money in the deal, only the opportunity to use the prosecutor’s name and seal on his book tour.
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July 25th, 2008, 12:06 pm by John Leptich
An 11-year-old girl boating at Saguaro Lake had one of her feet caught in a rope and severed Friday morning, according to Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Lindsey Smith. The little girl was injured in a skiing accident, but authorities did not give details on how her foot became caught in the rope. The girl, whose name is not being released because she is a minor, was taken to a hospital were her condition is unknown, according to Smith.
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July 15th, 2008, 12:17 pm by John Leptich
A car hit a goat Tuesday morning in Glendale. The goat wandered off after the incident, apparently injured. It stopped on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad tracks. Glendale police responded about 10:30 a.m. and called Maricopa County Animal Control to get the goat. No one was injured in the incident.
A Glendale police spokesman said he didn’t have a name or address of the individual whose vehicle hit the goat, or what type of vehicle the individual drove. The spokesman had no idea how the goat got there, where it came from or why it was roaming free.
Posted in: Maricopa County • West Valley | 3 Comments »
July 14th, 2008, 7:57 am by John Leptich
Michael Stocks of Scottsdale was sentenced to seven years in prison on July 7 after pleading guilty to aggravated taking the identity of another person. Theodore Paschall received 6 1/2 in prison on July 9 after pleading guilty to trafficking in the identity of another person.
Stocks was arrested on September 5, 2007 following a two month investigation that uncovered a stolen check scheme he ran. Stocks, 26, operated out of a hotel room near 16th Street and Camelback Road. At the time of his arrest, Stocks used the name of one of his victims to identify himself to Scottsdale police. The stolen checks recovered were traced to a number of burglaries involving multiple victims.
On January 7, 2006, Paschall, 52, sold a debit card to an undercover Phoenix Police Department officer as part of the sale of a stolen vehicle and other documents.
Posted in: Maricopa County • Scottsdale | 3 Comments »
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