Ben Quayle to his immediate family — which one of his primary opponents suggested was “rented.”Quayle’s getting beat up in some local news outlets for a campaign mailer he sent out showing him with two toddler-age girls (they’re adorable).Check out the mailer after the jump…
How does spending nearly $150,000 to feed cocaine to monkeys stimulate the economy? Senator John McCain would argue that it doesn’t — it’s just one of several ways to waste taxpayer dollars via President Obama’s stimulus program.McCain, along with Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn, unveiled their study of the stimulus program…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn’t up for re-election this year — or next year. As far as we know he’s not planning on running for county attorney, either. But that’s not stopping him from airing “campaign ads” bashing his old foe, Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley.Romley’s not stooping to…
Five men were indicted yesterday in the murder of Chandler Police Officer Carlos Ledesma.The suspects, Thadika Singleton, 38; John Webber, 37; Doarnell Jackson, 35; Jerry Wayne Cockhearn, 25; and Eldridge Gittens, 34, each has been charged with first-degree murder, as well as several other crimes including attempted armed robbery and conspiracy to…
If you have any plans on robbing a bank with a note, at least make your demands legible.Perhaps the suspect in a failed bank robbery in Phoenix this morning would have been better served e-mailing his demand note to the bank because the words he scratched onto a piece of…
The man who police discovered had built a secret, underground room in his backyard has been formally indicted by a Maricopa County grand jury and, as improbable as it may seem, new details about the case have once again made it even weirder than we originally thought.William Willis, 45, was…
Salvador Reza being hauled off to jail by MCSO deputies last Friday. As far as we can tell, the crime ” being Latino on a Friday afternoon” isn’t on the official books in Maricopa County. Nor is “activist on a Friday afternoon,” or “enemy-of-Joe-Arpaio on a Friday afternoon.”That didn’t stop some…
Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley today announced the indictment of five men in the murder of Chandler police Officer Carlos Ledesma last week.If you’re unfamiliar with the case, click here.At a press conference this morning, Romley said while he didn’t want to speculate, he “wouldn’t be surprised” if his office…
If you have anything bad to say about Arizona Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, you’re wrong. That’s a fact. Fitzgerald just oozes awesomeness in everything he does — on-and-off the field — and now you can, too, via an awesome, dread-lock-covered T-shirt sold to raise money for his charity.Check it out after…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio can’t be too thrilled that some of his national ink has been hijacked recently by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. But has media-whore Arpaio’s resorted to a game of media-one-upmanship with his Pinal County counterpart?As you may have heard, the latest bounty on Arpaio’s inflated head…
The victim of an apparent road rage incident has died from his injuries, the Phoenix Police Department confirmed this afternoon.The victim has been identified as 27-year-old Jesus Carrasco.Get the details, which we reported this morning, after the jump…
A few short months ago, the U.S. Senate seat that’s up for grabs in this year’s election seemed almost certain to go to a Republican. The only question seemed to be which Republican it would be — J.D. Hayworth or John McCain.Things have changed, though, most notably for Hayworth following publicity…
A family of “brazen” beer thieves’ reign of terror over Tempe Circle K convenience stores has come to an end.The alleged thieves, Antonio Coronado Tavena, 34, Elizabeth Tavena, 30, Manuel Tavena, 23, Isabel Nunez, 30, and Jessica Coronado, 24, are all either cousins or siblings, and police say they’re responsible for…
Arizona politicians are getting a reputation throughout the country. Let’s just say Russell Pearce and Jan Brewer appearing almost nightly on national news programs hasn’t left the rest of the nation in awe of their smarts.That said, Arizona politicos owe Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Basil Marceaux a thank-you card or two because he…
Did you know that U.S. Senate candidate Jim Deakin’s house is in foreclosure? Well, it isn’t. But that didn’t stop one of his primary opponents’ campaign from spreading the false rumor.Over the weekend, news of the alleged foreclosure found its way to various news outlets, few of which bothered to ask Deakin if…
A Valley motorist is in critical condition at an area hospital after an argument at a traffic light got ugly and another driver shot him in the head.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the victim, his girlfriend, and the couple’s two children were driving near 83rd Avenue and Thomas Road…
After months of walking, country music star Jimmy Wayne (pictured) has finally made it to Phoenix.Wayne began his trek on January 1, when he pledged to walk from Nashville, Tennessee, to Phoenix to raise awareness of homeless kids and children he says “age out” of the foster-care system.Wayne, once a…
The Arizona Republic conducted a poll last month asking respondents if the debate over immigration caused by the SB 1070 fiasco has increased racism in Arizona.The answer, according to the Repub’s poll: yes…
There’s no arguing that the Internet has made the world a much smaller place. For example, rather than relying on snail mail, you can now electronically send a letter to someone on the other side of the planet in the blink of an eye.In another example, you could be a…
Since our earlier post about the number of arrests made during yesterday’s SB 1070 protests in downtown Phoenix, other law enforcement agencies that were slappin’ cuffs on protesters checked in and bumped up the total number of arrests by about 25.As we reported earlier, the Phoenix Police Department arrested 45…
A pig named “Porkchop” (the name’s a bit on the presumptive side, if you ask us) was apparently pig-napped in downtown Phoenix on Monday. At least that’s what signs being distributed around 7th Street and McDowell would suggest.A colleague brought this to our attention yesterday and after several attempts to…
We got word from Devin Fleenor, a vocal anti-Arpaio activist, on Wednesday night that he planned to chain himself to the Fourth Avenue Jail during yesterday’s SB 1070 protests with the hopes of being arrested.As you’ll see in some photos after the jump, Fleenor held true to his word. Sheriff’s…
