More Disturbing and Bizarre Crimes

ONE IN CUSTARD-Y July 30 — A bogus snow cone shop kidnapping 

MPD arrested a woman accused of assaulting her husband at a local shaved ice shop after the couple lobbed bogus accusations of kidnapping at each other. 

Police were called to Bahama Buck’s on North Porter Road after a domestic disturbance was reported. The caller, 28-year-old Victoria M. Jones, accused her husband of kidnapping their two children and said he hit her with an unspecified object.  

In a twist, the husband told police it was Jones who kidnapped the kids and he’d taken his son and daughter out for frozen treats when his wife showed up and assaulted him.  

He said his wife followed him to Bahama Buck’s and struck him in the ear, ripping his earring out. Officers reviewed video footage of the attack.  

Jones was charged with four domestic counts, including one for assault. 

STOLEN THRONE Aug. 8 — Toilet theft landed him in jail 

Reports of a stolen toilet and air-conditioning unit translated to felony charges for 24-year-old Jayson Francisco Tyler Roberts. 

Cops plunged into their investigation weeks before making an arrest, finally cracking the porcelain case in August. 

A woman who lives near Taft and Honeycutt Avenues first told cops her appliances were stolen in mid-July. She had a hunch about who did it. 

Roberts admitted to “removing” appliances from the Taft Avenue home at 2 a.m. one night and sending them away in another man’s pickup truck. 

Roberts’ relationship to the homeowner is unclear — but he admitted she previously refused to give him the unit because she was selling her home. 

 

He said he wasn’t sure where the air conditioner ended up. MPD arrested Roberts at his home on a felony burglary charge and booked him into the Pinal County jail. 

GNOME INVASION Nov. 8 — She stole a legendary dwarfish creature 

MPD arrested a woman accused of trying to break into a house and car before stealing a lawn gnome. 

Police arrested Sage E. Owens, 27, in Rancho El Dorado after multiple reports she was causing trouble in the neighborhood.  

Cops responded to North Anne Lane after a homeowner reported Owens, clad in a grey beanie, was trying to enter his home. The man said Owens spray-painted his doorbell camera and tried to climb through his front window.  

A neighbor called 9-1-1 and said Owens stole a garden gnome from her front door.   

Cops found Owens nearby with a can of black spray paint and a gnome on her person. She told police she was not the person they were looking for and that she let someone borrow her clothing.  

Owens was charged with burglary and trespassing along with misdemeanor counts of criminal damage and theft.  

 BUZZKILL Nov. 14 — Witch hunter’s weakness was wasp killer 

Maricopa Police Department arrested Forest J. Turner, 51, who was accused of chasing two women through a parking lot before he was sprayed with insecticide at Copper Sky Recreation Complex.  

 Cops responded just before 1:30 p.m. after reports of a fight.   

 Two women told officers they did not know Turner and told him to “get away” before he started chasing after them. One woman reportedly sprayed him with a wasp killer in self-defense.   

 The women told police Turner was acting erratic and called them “witches.”  Turner was charged with two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct. 

 

PANTSLESS IN PACANA Nov. 17 — Couple jailed in sleepy almost-skinny dip 

MPD arrested a married couple accused of lewd drunken antics at Pacana Park early one morning. Cops found the man passed out with his pants around his knees near the lake. 

 

Police arrested Jerome Frank, 31, and Doria Frank, 29, at Pacana Park after reports of drunk people at the park exposing themselves.  

 

Cops responded to the park after multiple reports came in about a pantless man. They found Jerome Frank “passed out” with his legs partially hanging over the edge of the lake. Officers said his pants were to his knees and his genitalia were fully exposed. 

 

Officers found Doria Frank in the bathroom asleep on the pot, who admitted to drinking liquor under the gazebo with her husband and a friend when it was still dark outside.   

 

Jerome Frank was charged with two misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure and public nuisance. He also had a warrant for failure to appear in court. He is awaiting extradition to New Mexico. He also got busted violating a city law — possessing alcohol at a public park in Maricopa has a penalty of a $100 fine. 

 

Doria Frank was charged with misdemeanor public nuisance and cited for drinking at the park.