They got him.”The Blue Basket Bandit,” who police say is responsible for wreaking havoc on makeup aisles at several Chandler-area pharmacies, has been arrested, police say.The alleged culprit: 34-year-old Phoenix resident Anthony R. Hamilton.Chandler police Detective David Ramer tells New Times that multiple tips from several people who recognized Hamilton…
Phoenix police are looking for a guy who they say robbed a Goodwill Store in Phoenix earlier this month. The suspect, police say, walked into the store at 3901 East Thunderbird Road in Phoenix on June 1, about 9:15 p.m., with a gun…
Arizona Republic columnist Dan Bickley planted the seed yesterday with an article suggesting that former Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley was open to the idea of being the team’s next general manager. The Suns have made no indication that they would even want “Sir Charles” to replace Steve Kerr in…
The common reaction we’ve received this afternoon when we’ve told people that there’s talk of former Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley becoming the team’s next general manager has been an overwhelming “pfff.”In any event, the latest piece of sports gossip that’s been cooked up by Arizona Republic columnist Dan Bickley…
Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a manager at a Fountain Hills CVS pharmacy after they received a tip that he was had left several pornographic images of children in one of the store’s photo kiosks. Michael Brown, 49, of Phoenix, was arrested earlier today after sheriff’s deputies conducted a search of…
Here’s some new fuel we’ll likely see added to the knuckle-dragging nativists’ racist fire: Arizona is home to some of the fattest Hispanics in the country, according to a new study conducted by a non-profit health organization…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is taking yet another stab at reality TV, as its jails will be the focus of the new season of MSNBC’s prison show Lockup: Extended Stay.The show promises to give an inside look at whatever Joe Arpaio allows them to see the jail system, which…
Jan Buescher, the lawyer of Dr. Gabriel Ogbonnaya — the Mesa physician accused of sexually abusing several of his patients — held a press conference yesterday to announce that, among other things, she “will not be trying this case in the media.”Could have fooled us…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth is on the verge of achieving infomercial super-stardom after his uber-public pimping of a company promising “free government money” and a new ad from John McCain’s campaign.No, Hayworth didn’t actually make the latest ad — it’s a spoof created by the McCain peeps — but it’s…
Phoenix police are asking for your help in tracking down a woman they say robbed a Circle K convenience store earlier this month. The suspect (she’s that trucker-lookin’ lady in the picture), police say, entered the Circle K near 19th and Peoria Avenues in Phoenix on June 6, about 2…
Yesterday, federal officials met with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Attorney General Terry Goddard and promised that 524 of the pledged 1,200 National Guard troops would be deployed to the Arizona/ Mexico border by August or September. Senator John McCain, however, isn’t satisfied and claims the federal government is about 1,200…
Federal officials met with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Attorney General Terry Goddard today and promised that 524 of the pledged 1,200 National Guard troops would be deployed to the Arizona/ Mexico border by August or September — but Senator John McCain isn’t satisfied.Following the announcement, McCain issued a statement claiming the…
www.automaticmusicgroup.net If you’ve never heard of rapper/producer “The Hard Money Lender,” don’t worry, neither have we. But his days ballin’ as a Los Angeles rap mogul may have come to an end since federal authorities are ordering him to turn over about $25 million worth of assets they say were…
Conservative crybaby Glenn Beck was at it again today, bashing Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth on his radio program for his appearance as a pitchman for a now-bankrupt company that offered tutorials on how to get your hands on “free government money.””He could sell tiny classified ads out of his one-bedroom…
If you’d told us three months ago that a candidate for any office in any galaxy in the universe would want Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s endorsement, we’d have said that the candidate was trying to lose the election.Things have changed for Jan (who earlier this year was one of the most unpopular…
The Avondale Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying the body of a woman found dead in the Salt River over the weekend, and it’s hoping a tattoo (pictured) found on the body will help.Yesterday, a fisherman found the body on the bottom of the river near Indian…
If there’s one thing Valley dog owners should know it’s that dogs and hot cars don’t mix — just ask Chandler police Sergeant Tom Lovejoy…
Big ups to Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, who last week sent a map to a member of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors who seems to think Arizona isn’t a border state, yet found it within her jurisdiction to bash our new immigration law. Think what you want about SB 1070, but when you discuss it, it’s…
In the past month, two female teachers from Tucson-area high schools were arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with students at their respective schools. Considering that such hanky-panky with a teacher is often the dominating fantasy of many high-school-age dudes — and that Valley Fever readers opted to turn the…
We just got off the phone with Mesa Police Department Detective Steve Berry who tells us that not only are the three original sexual abuse charges against Dr. Gabriel Ogbonnaya still active, he was re-arrested on five additional complaints of sexual abuse, and two counts of sexual assault, this afternoon.This…
For the third time in about a month — and for the second time in about two hours — we’ve gotten a report about a Tucson high school teacher arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student.This time, however, the alleged perp is a dude, and…
After dragging a physician’s name through the mud with accusations that he sexually abused two of his patients, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has opted against filing charges against Dr. Gabriel Ogbonnaya, his lawyer announced today.Ogbonnaya was arrested about two weeks ago after two of his female patients claimed he sexually abused…
