An Arizona man was found guilty Wednesday of leaving his wife’s 10-year-old cousin in a footlocker overnight to suffocate and die. Now, a jury is tasked with deciding whether he’ll be put to death for his crimes. The Republic reported that a Maricopa County Superior Court jury found John Allen, 29, guilty of first-degree murder, three …
A naked Arizona woman allegedly caught her kitchen on fire when she tried to cook a cat, according to the Arizona Daily Star. She then allegedly tried to stab a fire captain responding to the scene. Thankfully, a jacket prevented the knife from penetrating the firefighter’s chest. KVOA reports firefighters kept a safe distance as …
The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous
A New River, Arizona, woman is accused of sexually abusing her two young children and selling the unsettling footage to a man over the Internet. Keri Harwood, 28, allegedly filmed herself bathing and molesting the two children, ages 6 and 3, for a man who possibly lives in Texas. The woman supposedly told police that she …
Arizona officers arrested two parents after reportedly discovering their two young children living amongst bugs, knives, and broken glass. Authorities became aware of the unsettling situation on Wednesday after allegedly catching David Gallegos, 48, attempting to break into the Glendale Police Department’s secured vehicle area. Responding officers later discovered that Gallegos was driving his 3- and 7-year-old …
Authorities arrested an Arizona man on Saturday for allegedly using the identity of an infant who died 35 years ago. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation Inspector General, 34-year-old Jeremiah Elton Ash attempted to get a duplicate social security card that belonged to a baby, Michael Anthony Lewis II, who was murdered in 1982, when he was a …
A flash flood barreled through a popular Arizona swimming hole where more than a hundred people were taking refuge from summer heat, killing at least seven people, leaving many more missing and forcing survivors to cling to trees in the rocky terrain, officials and a witness said. Meteorologists had issued a flash-flood warning surrounding a …
He was just one week out of completing a court ordered drug treatment program
An investigation is underway after an elderly couple was reportedly found dead in a sweltering room at an Arizona retirement facility. Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) deputies discovered the bodies of Keith and Connie Cox during a welfare check on Friday. Authorities believe their deaths were heat-related as air conditioning at the Apache Junction home appeared to be …
Police in Mesa, Arizona, have issued a missing persons alert for a young mom and her 9-month-old son who have not been seen since June 15. Madeline Frieda Jones, 19, was last seen with her son, William Jones-Gouchenour, around 5:30 p.m.,McKellips Road and Stapley Drive, according to the Mesa Police Department. The alert issued by …
Police have arrested Arizona-resident Amber Sagarnaga, 23 for murdering her 5-month-old infant daughter, according to KSAZ. Sagarnaga is being accused of smothering her baby to death with a blanket on June 9, just because she was crying. The infant’s father, who is engaged to be married to the accused, called 911 on Friday night, frantically reporting …
Isabel Celis disappeared from her family’s Tuscon, Arizona, home sometime in the early morning hours of April 20, 2012. Despite a massive search and intense police investigation, the child is still missing nearly five years later. An open screen suggests the six-year-old was snatched from her bedroom through the window, but there were no obvious …
