Movie-theater owner Dan Harkins cited for leaving dog in hot car

Harkins said he had parked on the shady side of the Shea 14 theaters near Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard at about 5:30 Saturday evening.
He intended to be gone for just a few minutes.

Harkins said he rolled down all four windows and left a bowl of water for Tenga, a 5-year-old Corgi. He also said he checked on her twice and both times she was asleep on the front seat.

While Tenga is fine, Harkins said he regrets leaving her in the car and understands why he was cited.
Harkins said he wants to draw attention to the incident by airing a series of public service announcements in his theaters. The goal is to remind moviegoers not to leave their pets -- or their children -- in cars on hot days.

The temperature inside a closed vehicle on a summer day can soar to more than 140 degree in less than 15 minutes. It takes less time than that for hyperthermia, elevated body temperature, to set in.
That's why police encourage people to call 911 if they see a person leaving a child or a pet in a car during the hot summer months.

Dead woman found in Phoenix trash can identified

Police have identified the body of a woman found in a trash bin over the weekend.

According to Phoenix investigators, the woman is Tracy Plaxton.

The 31-year-old's body was discovered Friday afternoon in a trash can in a Central Phoenix alley.

Based on the condition of Plaxton's body, detectives are treating this case a homicide, police said. It's not yet known how long she had been in the trash container.

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Police in Phoenix made a gruesome discovery on Friday afternoon.

Officers found a body in a dumpster near 29th Avenue and Coolidge after receiving a call of an injured person.

Investigators say the victim is a white female in her late 20s or early 30s but has not been identified.

Detectives also do not yet know how long the victim had been in the dumpster.

Police are investigating the death as a murder. A nearby resident who was throwing outhis trash found the body and talked to 3TV.

Phoenix police scoped out the area and canvassed the neighborhood trying to find anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious.

Steve Orr found a woman’s body in his alley’s dumpster. He says she was in a fetal position at the bottom of the trash can.

Police think she was in the dumpster for less than 24 hours and was dumped after being killed at another location.

The woman is between 25 and 30 years old and there were no visible signs of injuries.

Police are still trying to uncover who the woman was.

Valley mom, Eboni Perri of Phoenix Arizona given lifetime probation for starving her 2-year-old daughter to death!

A Valley mom has been sentenced to lifetime probation for starving her 2-year-old daughter.

Eboni Perri, who lives in west Phoenix, was sentenced Tuesday under a plea agreement. She pleaded guilty to a reduced charge after she admitted starving her child in 2005.

The state's Child Protective Services Division said it went to Perri's home five times after receiving complaints that the girl was being neglected, but that it never removed the child from the mother's care.

State Attorney General Terry Goddard said Wednesday that CPS has made considerable progress in the past three years.

"Some day we hope that we will never have these tragic stories," Goddard said. "But unfortunately some kids are put in some very, very tragic situations because of misactions by parents."

Goddard said he continues to work with CPS to improve the investigative actions to prevent future tragedies.

"It's unfortunate that we've had some terrible incidents," he said. "We're doing everything possible with CPS to try to improve the investigative actions so that they can make sure those tragedies don't happen in the future."
Perri's daughter, who was disabled, weighed only 14 pounds at the time of her death!

What a sad and cruel situation. I can not understand how this person did not end up in prison. Sad, very sad!

Phoenix recycle trash can filled with pot found in front of vacant house

Phoenix Police say they were called to a vacant southwest home Monday night by observant neighbors who reported seeing suspicious activity.

When officers arrived the suspects had fled, leaving a blue city recycling can in the front of the home. Sitting right on the curb, that bin was filled with bales of pot.

Officers searched for the suspects, but no arrests were made.

The house is located near 42nd Lane and Maldonado just north of Baseline Road.

Police said the investigation would be turned over to the Drug Enforcement Bureau.

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One of America's Most Wanted caught in Arizona - Terrence Kasses Washington

On Wednesday, July 30, 2008, Detectives with the Arizona Vehicle Theft Task Force (VTTF) arrested Terrence Kasses Washington, age 33 (actual DOB 11-23-1974), who was wanted on multiple federal warrants and various felony charges from other states.

On Wednesday morning, VTTF Detectives were conducting an investigation reference a stolen vehicle, a 1977 GMC half-ton pick-up, located at a motel at 8399 West Lynwood, Phoenix, Arizona. Detectives found numerous items in the stolen vehicle and the motel room rented by the suspect that were identified as being property that was stolen from multiple burglaries committed in the West Valley and also in various cities in the states of New Mexico and Texas. The suspect, at the time he was arrested at the motel, was using an alias of Damien Richardson with a DOB of 11-24-1973.

During the weekend after the arrest of the suspect, VTTF Detectives received additional information that the name being used was an alias among many aliases that have been used by the suspect. They were able to determine through information received from the State of Maryland authorities that the correct name for the suspect is Terrence Kasses Washington, DOB 11-24-1973 and he is a wanted fugitive.

The GMC pick-up that the VTTF Detectives had seized outside of the motel was obtained in a rural area of New Mexico around June 6 of this year, according to the New Mexico State Police. The New Mexico authorities pursued the suspect in a different stolen vehicle and unfortunately he was able to elude the state police after a long pursuit.

Terrence Washington has led a crime spree spanning over 10 years involving two armed bank robberies, attempted murder of a police officer, escape from custody from three different state detention facilities and fleeing from law enforcement. This crime spree occurred in Tennessee, Missouri, Ohio, Maryland, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and now Arizona. The suspect has been featured at least three times on the television program “America’s Most Wanted.”
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Terrence Washington is currently being held at the Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail on the following charges: Multiple Federal Warrants, State of Maryland Hold for Felony Crimes, Vehicle Theft, Multiple Counts of Burglaries from Vehicles, and Possession of Stolen Property.

The Detectives are currently trying to locate the victims for the 30 to 40 stolen property items that have been seized.

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Police Arrest Serial Sex Predator Suspect

Robert Jesse Payan, 28, was arrested in connection to several attempted sexual assaults on young girls.

Phoenix police have made an arrest in connection with a string of sexual attacks or attempted sexual attacks on girls in west-central Phoenix.

The 28-year-old suspect, Robert Jesse Payan, had been under surveillance since Wednesday and was taken into custody Sunday night at his central Phoenix apartment complex.

Police had been looking for a suspect in connection with 13 attacks or attempted attacks on girls since January, but Payan is being held at this time in only three of the cases. (See pictured police sketches)

The attacks, targeting girls 7 to 17, began in January.

Police had said earlier that nine of the girls had been sexually abused.