Arizona Supreme Court Justice Michael Ryan announced today that he will retire from the bench after serving on the state’s high court for eight years.Ryan, 64, is permitted by state law to serve until he’s 70 years old, but he gave no specific reason as to why he’s leaving before old age…
Tempe police are asking the public’s help in tracking down a 47-year-old man who was last seen yesterday morning before going for a walk on a canal path. Jeff Allen Ahlers, 47, of Tempe, was last seen around 6 a.m. yesterday as he left his house in the 4800 block…
While you may have been busy grilling burgers over Memorial Day weekend, Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona were on the prowl for weed coming across the border, which, of course, they found in huge quantities. Over the long weekend, agents seized more than 4,100 pounds of marijuana in four separate busts…
Yesterday, we found a Phoenix laboratory that offers “infidelity testing,” which entails someone stealing a pair of their significant other’s underwear and having spots, smudges, and stains tested for DNA. It’s gross, we know. As off-putting as it sounds, apparently it’s fairly popular — the lab gets about five customers a…
Tucson attorney John Munger officially ended his campaign for governor today, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene in Arizona’s Clean Elections system, which, we’ve come to find out, still may get its day in court despite this morning’s decision.”The Supreme Court’s decision to leave in place the ‘matching…
If you happen to be cheating on your significant other, you better be prepared to hide, wash, or burn your undies after the deed is done, thanks to a Phoenix laboratory that’s offering its DNA testing services to people who suspect they’re being cheated on.For about $100, Phoenix-based Chromosomal Laboratories…
Ryan Gabrielson — the former reporter for the East Valley Tribune who (along with Paul Giblin) won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for exposing how immigration enforcement by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined criminal investigations and emergency response — has a new gig.Starting in August, Gabrielson, who has spent the past…
A Scottsdale man was pulled over by police for speeding on Sunday night and decided he wasn’t going down without a fight — and a fight he got, with several members of the Scottsdale Police Department.From the looks of his mug shot, he didn’t fare as well as he probably…
The VH1 reality show Celebrity Rehab has run into a bit of a production snag that has postponed taping of the upcoming season.While there is certainly no shortage of celebutards fucked up on drugs, there is a shortage of celebs willing to sell their souls to the reality gods and…
Police in Tempe busted a guy last night who they believe murdered his girlfriend on Saturday, and they caught him sitting at a bar just blocks away from the home where the murder took place. Wade Eugene Bradford is a regular at the bar at the Oregano’s restaurant in Tempe, so…
The Chandler Police Department is looking for a Chandler woman who they believe has been missing for more than two months. On Friday, the estranged father of 32-year-old Jamie Jean Laiaddee, who lives in California, called police after speaking to Laiaddee’s boyfriend who says he hasn’t seen Laiaddee in about 10…
The Phoenix Suns — yet again — failed to earn a spot in the NBA Finals after the Los Angeles Lakers put the nail in the team’s playoff coffin on Saturday night but not before securing an NBA record for a certain point guard who can’t seem to find his way…
We just got word from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that the Incredible Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno, was officially sworn in as an honorary member of Joe Arpaio’s goon squad moments ago and he’s already been given a publicity stunt an assignment. Ferrigno, the Sheriff’s Office says, will act as Arpaio’s personal body guard…
About three weeks ago, we posted a story about rumors that Canadian billionaire David Thomson was lurking in the shadows hoping to swoop in and steal the Phoenix Coyotes from the Valley and relocate the team to Canada.Hate to say we told ya so (that’s a lie, we love it),…
The Arizona-based WANTED task force, a unit within the U.S. Marshal’s Office working in collaboration with Mexican authorities, announced today that it’s arrested one of Texas’ most wanted fugitives. Jose Luis Covarrubias, a 21-year-old U.S. citizen , was arrested on Wednesday in Mexicali, Mexico, after being featured on the Web…
The parents of Kyleigh Ann Sousa, the 21-year-old Arizona State University student who was killed in a robbery attempt on Wednesday, made a public plea to the suspect or suspects in the case to surrender to police.At a press conference yesterday, Karen Montenegro, Sousa’s mother, who flew in from New…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced this morning that there will be a new addition to his faction of flunkies, and it’s a guy you may not want to “make angry.”Lou Ferrigno, the body-building star of the 1970’s TV show The Incredible Hulk and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s bitch in the cult…
Former Arizona State University linebacker Pat Tillman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame yesterday in New York, more than six years after he was tragically killed while fighting in in Afghanistan. Tillman played for the Sun Devils from 1994-1997, earning Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year honors in 1997. Tillman was…
We got word today that there’s another high-profile Republican coming to town to stump for Senator John McCain, and he’s someone who hasn’t always been one of “The Maverick’s” biggest fan. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will be in town next Friday to campaign for McCain, suggesting that J.D. Hayworth, McCain’s GOP…
Last night, the U.S. House and Senate armed services committees voted to insert a repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell” — the 1993 law banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military — into the defense authorization bill, which will be due for a vote in late June or early…
Arizona had a lot more riding on this season’s Western Conference Finals than mere pride — until Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon decided to show his hand today, that is.Gordon and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa have spent the past week one-upping each other in a series of bets over rights…
The Arizona Diamondbacks typically rely on the bullpen when it comes to blowing winnable games but, this afternoon, the D-Backs starter took the honor of letting a close game slip completely out of reach in an 8-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies. Dan Haren, the D-Backs’ ace and today’s starter,…
