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Phoenix police on Thursday formally presented the Maricopa County Attorney’s office with the investigation into the death seven years ago of an Ahwatukee Foothills man whose girlfriend, they believe, called a national talk radio show and bragged that she got away with murder. Phoenix police Sgt. Joel Tranter also officially named the girlfriend, Megan Suzanne Vice of El Mirage, as the suspect in the case. He said while police won’t arrest the 30-year-old Vice, they are seeking charges of first-degree murder and obstructing a criminal investigation for filing a false police report. Two years ago, a woman claiming to be...

Unless you haven’t heard by now, a girl named Sue called into The Tom Leykis Show last night from Ahwatukee, Arizona, to confess and BRAG about murdering the father of her child. As I wrote in my article, “Why Women Hate Tom Leykis,” Sue began her bizarre tale by reminding all men that Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. It turns out that, after a one-night stand, she got preggers and had a bastard child at the age of 19. Why not — doesn’t Hollywood teach that this is the cool thing to do? Sue, a nurse, and...

Seattle fans of talk host Tom Leykis are upset because the station that had run him, The Buzz 100.7, changed to country as The Wolf. A different station, KISW, picked up Leykis but will be airing him tape-delayed (THE HORROR!) Leykis, with his hepcat dee jay voice and relationship talk, has had a colorful history including mistaking his wife for a Duraflame log back in his days at Boston's WRKO (threatened to kill her and shoved her into the fireplace at their Back Bay residence, mere blocks from Casa Kerry) to getting beat up himself at a bar in Seattle...

SEATTLE - Syndicated radio talk show host Tom Leykis, known for belittling callers, urging women to bare their breasts and other antics, was kicked in the head and knocked to the ground over some on-the-air remarks, police say. The Los-Angeles based Leykis was treated at a hospital for a black eye and a cut above the eye that required 17 stitches following the attack outside a restaurant early Monday, according to a police report. No arrests were reported as of late Wednesday. Leykis, 48, is known for blunt talk on gender issues and for naming such individuals as the woman...

Thursday, August 26, 2004 Tom Leykis hurt in late-night Belltown assault The controversy-loving shock jock gets kicked in the head outside the 5 Point Cafe after man says he was insulted on show By HECTOR CASTRO SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER An apparently unhappy listener assaulted radio personality Tom Leykis early Monday while the shock jock was in Seattle. Leykis, whose Los Angeles-based program is heard locally on station KQBZ-FM, could not be reached for comment yesterday. Station management said they would not comment. Police said they are investigating and have assigned a detective to the case. "We are taking it very...

SEATTLE -- A man angry about on-air comments made by radio talk show host Tom Leykis spotted him outside a Seattle nightspot and kicked him in the head, police say. Leykis, based in Los Angeles, was treated at Swedish Medical Center and required 17 stitches for a cut above his eye. He also sustained a scraped knee and a black eye in the attack early Monday, a police report said. No arrests had been reported by early Thursday. "We are taking it very seriously," officer Scott Moss said. Leykis, 48, is known for blunt talk. He named the woman accusing...