There were no water cannons or police dogs. No riots or cops beating people with batons — you could probably say as far as protests go, yesterday’s demonstration in downtown Phoenix over SB 1070 was a bit of a yawner.People did get arrested, though.The Phoenix Police Department is done crunching…
Five of the six suspects still alive after Wednesday’s Miami Vice-style police shootout, that left one officer dead, have been identified.The suspects: Thadika Singleton, 38, John Webber, 37, Doarnell Jackson, 35, Jerry Wayne Cockhearn, 25, and Eldridge Gittens, 34.Each have been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, four counts…
Yesterday, a bullet shot through the window of Congressman Raul Grijalva’s Yuma office and there is no shortage of speculation as to who’s responsible.The bullet was found a day after Grijalva announced he was calling off his request for outside businesses to boycott Arizona.It also comes a day after a…
The officer killed during an undercover drug investigation last night has been identified by the Chandler Police Department as 34-year-old Officer Carlos L. Ledesma.Ledesma, a father of two, was part of an operation in which undercover officers tried to buy bails of weed from suspects arrested at the scene, a…
Mabel Bink’s been found! United States Postal Service officials confirm to New Times that the cremated remains of the 89-year-old Bink have been recovered and are back with her family in Chicago.”She’s back home,” USPS spokesman Mark Reynolds tells New Times.In short, Bink, a now-former Phoenix resident, died last month,…
Ben Quayle, a candidate for Congress in Arizona’s Third District, isn’t even the Republican Party’s nominee yet, but that isn’t stopping the probable Democratic nominee, Jon Hulburd, from bashing him for how — more specifically, where — he raises money.Hulburd’s gripe: a lot of Quayle’s money has come from out-of-state…
The old bullet-through-the-window trick is probably what shut down the Yuma office of Congressman Raul Grijalva just a day after he called off his controversial request for outside businesses to boycott Arizona in protest of SB 1070.Ruben Reyes, the district director in Grijalva’s Tucson office, tells New Times a bullet…
Three Chandler police officers were shot last night, one fatally, during an undercover drug bust, which, as described by police, sounds like a scene out of Miami Vice.Both Chandler and Phoenix police aren’t saying much about the shootings — the officers shot, and six suspects detained at the scene, are…
Lawyers for James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved “self-help” guru, who organized a deadly sweat lodge event near Sedona last year, want the motivational speaker’s trial moved from Yavapai County to Maricopa County.Prosecutors, however, do not.Ray’s been charged with three counts of manslaughter stemming from last year’s sweat-lodge event that left…
Judge Susan Bolton’s made her decision regarding the SB 1070 injunction, and nobody seems too thrilled about it — on either side of the debate.Both sides are declaring victory — in some sense — while the real winner seems to depend on whom you ask, or the radio station to…
If you’re running for office in Arizona and haven’t issued a detailed statement outlining your position on Judge Susan Bolton’s decision to grant an injunction for certain parts of SB 1070, it’s time to get to work. Today was a political opportunist’s Christmas in July.No matter which side of the…
In case you hadn’t noticed, tensions over immigration enforcement are a little high in Arizona these days. Judge Susan Bolton’s decision this morning to grant an injunction for certain aspects of the controversial, new law has dominated the news cycle and all the arguing has gotten us kinda bummed out.A…
When we hear about large amounts of cocaine and Cuban guys we’re instantly compelled to make some lame reference to saying hello to “my little friend.” The story of two Cuban nationals who tried to buy 22 pounds of cocaine near Tucson last year isn’t nearly as sexy as the…
A memorial service for 89-year-old Mabel Bink was held in Chicago on Saturday, despite a few setbacks. For starters, it rained, which reportedly hurt attendance. Also, the U.S. Postal Service lost Bink’s cremated body during shipment from Phoenix to Chicago.Bink, a Phoenix resident, died on June 18, from congestive heart…
The photo to the left is the original booking photo for 24-year-old Andrew Cushman. Cushman’s been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl during a weed-deal-gone-wrong last weekend.A few readers commented on yesterday’s story saying they were unimpressed with the face Cushman made during his mugshot. Specifically, one reader commented “What…
If you’re going to all the trouble of committing armed robbery — even if you’re really only looking for prescription pills — you might as well take some cash, too.You see, pill-poppers, once you polish off the pharmies you rob, you can often use money to buy more — kind…
Today’s the day. SB 1070 is set to take effect manana and still no word from U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on whether she plans to grant an injunction.Bolton’s suggested that she may allow certain sections of the new law to take effect but grant the injunction on others.Meanwhile, both supporters…
A kid who witnessed the dam at Tempe Town Lake burst last week says his initial thought after hearing a loud “boom” was that his sister farted.Anyone with a sister knows any public discussion of her flatulence is a terrific revenge mechanism — or a great way to get yourself…
The disappearance of Town Lake is only one of the problems Tempe’s facing these days. The other: armed robberies — lots of them — happening in roughly the same area, each with a similar M.O.Since April 11, nine people have been robbed at gunpoint in the northwest section of the city.Tempe Police…
A Mesa man taught a 17-year-old drug dealer a “lesson” over the weekend, apparently by raping the dealer’s 16-year-old girlfriend and stealing his drugs, cell phone, and laptop.The suspect, Andrew Cushman, 24, claims the sex was consensual — because the girl agreed to the sex out of fear for her life.Newsflash: if your…
The latest poll numbers in Arizona’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate show the race is still up for grabs — and that’s despite former Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman’s war chest of more than a million dollars.According to the latest Rasmussen poll, released today, nearly half of Arizona’s likely Democratic…
Arizona Representative Rich Crandall got some good news today: his only opponent in the District 19 state Senate race has ended his campaign.In a statement released last night, Mesa businessman James Molina announced he was bailing on his campaign because his business’ demands on his time are too much for…
