An argument at a Phoenix apartment complex turned deadly this morning when one of the men involved pulled out a gun and shot the 20-year-old victim.Just after midnight today, Arlandis West was standing with some friends in front of an apartment building at 6805 North 27th Avenue.He got in an…
There’s no disputing that driving drunk is stupid. You could kill someone, hurt someone, or, at the very least, get stopped by a cop, pay a hefty fine, and possibly spend some time in the tents at Joe Arpaio’s jails. Nobody wants that.You could also get away scot-free, which is…
Senator John McCain’s back-and-forth banter with “Snooki” — of Jersey Shore shame — seems to have earned him high marks as far as his digital prowess goes.In a joint study conducted by George Washington and New York universities, McCain ranks number one when it comes to his “digital IQ.”The study…
Any plans for a West-Virginia-style wedding for escaped Arizona prison inmate John McCluskey and his cousin/ fiancee, Casslyn Welch, will have to be put on hold. As you probably know, the two were busted at a campsite in northern Arizona last night.They apparently hoped to go out in a hail…
Yesterday — a relatively slow news day — us New Times staffers were (ahem) blessed with two meth-related baby stories in roughly an hour.The first: a woman gave birth to a baby with crystal meth and weed in its system. The mother was arrested and charged with neglect thanks to…
The monotony of a fairly slow news day was briefly interrupted here at New Times this afternoon, when a trio of Hispanic teabaggers (J.D. Hayworth supporters, nonetheless) camped out in front of our downtown Phoenix offices to call our writers “communists” with no “itelligence.”We’re assuming they meant intelligence but we…
A Mesa man was arrested yesterday for allegedly masturbating in his car, which was parked across the street from an elementary school in Chandler.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 52-year-old Jamey Mark Flatt was beatin’ off in his car as it sat parked across the street from Knox…
If you ask us, doing meth probably isn’t the best idea. Doing meth when you’re pregnant, in our humble opinion, is just disgusting.A Sierra Vista woman might disagree.Police in Sierra Vista say a woman gave birth to a baby over the weekend, which would have been good news had doctors…
More than 100 inmates previously housed at Arizona’s privately-run Kingman Prison have been moved to state-run digs thanks to the three inmates who escaped from the prison last month.The Arizona Department of Corrections released its report on the escape this morning. It found several security problems with the facility, which…
The campaign of Congressional candidate Ben Quayle continues to hound Steve Moak for answers to questions he posed to Moak in a letter. The Moak campaign continues to not answer them — yet.The questions pertain to the relationship between Moak’s anti-drug charity, NotMYkid, and a business he used to own…
Hopefully, Arizona prison inmate Jefferey Douglas enjoyed his brief taste of freedom because it certainly didn’t last long — about 20 hours.Douglas, an inmate serving a 7-and-1/2-year sentence at a minimum-security prison complex near Tucson, walked away from a prison work detail yesterday but was captured this morning, the Arizona…
With all the fun taking place in the District 3 Congressional primary, and because his campaign’s pretty much been dead-in-the-water since news of his infomercial stardom made headlines, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth’s futile attempt to become Arizona’s next senator has been pushed to the back burner in terms of things…
For the second time in just over two weeks an Arizona prison inmate has escaped from custody.Inmate Jefferey Douglas walked away from a prison work crew near Tucson yesterday afternoon and hasn’t been seen since.Meanwhile, federal authorities are combing the American northwest looking for Casslyn Welch and her fiancee/ cousin,…
Is there a bigger bomb on the horizon than the “dirty” bomb that hit Congressional candidate Ben Quayle last week?One of his opponents, Steve Moak, suggests there might be.We contacted Moak’s campaign spokesman, Jerry Cobb, today to see if Moak was planning on responding to some questions posed by Quayle…
On the same day gubernatorial candidate Terry Goddard issued a press release slamming Governor Jan Brewer for “letting the prison system fall apart,” we got word from the Arizona Department of Corrections that another inmate has escaped custody.Jan’s not gonna like that.DOC spokesman Barrett Marson tells New Times 44-year-old Jeffrey…
Well, the sun came out today, which, here in the Valley, often means a local law enforcement agency needs the public’s help in tracking down some bozo who robbed a bank.The latest bank heist is brought to you by the Phoenix Police Department, which announced today that it’s looking for…
The longer Arizona fugitives Casslyn Welch and her would-be cous-band, John McCluskey, are on the run, the more tidbits of information we find out about the first-cousins, who also plan to marry (yep, we’re gonna beat the incest drum until it breaks).The latest news: one is missing part of a…
“Tempe is too hot — so stay out!”That’s the message the Tempe Police Department wants to send to heroin dealers following a seven-month heroin trafficking investigation that resulted in the arrest of 40 people — 15 of whom were heroin dealers from 10 different Mexican trafficking networks.Tempe Police Sergeant Steve…
If you get the majority of your news about the crowded District 3 Congressional primary from the mainstream media, you probably think candidate Ben Quayle’s ties to the Scottsdale-based sleaze site “The Dirty,” has sent his poll numbers into the tank.That’s because several news outlets covering the race are citing…
The Arizona Diamondbacks scored two runs in the first inning of last night’s 6-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds in Phoenix last night, and that’s about all they did for the rest of the game.Chris Young led off in the first with a single for the D-Backs. The next batter,…
The results of a poll published by the Arizona Capitol Times are making the media rounds this week.The poll focuses on the Distric 3 Congressional primary and shows a dramatic shift in numbers from a poll taken a little over month ago. According to Yellow Sheet, the Cap Times exclusive…
Richard Burke is a soldier currently serving in Iraq. Up until a few days ago, he was also renting an apartment in Mesa, and was in the process of buying a new truck. Sort of.It turns out one of Burke’s high school buddies saw his deployment less as a noble…
