They got ’em.Police in Navajo County have two men in custody they believe are responsible for a string of bank robberies stretching across four states, including Arizona.Police believe the “High Country Bandits,” as the pair were dubbed by the FBI’s bandit-naming department, are responsible for 16 bank robberies in Arizona,…
As we predicted, it would take an army to keep an old camera-hound like Sheriff Joe Arpaio from a network television camera in his county, and last night’s episode of Police Women of Maricopa County proved exactly that. Joe made a cameo at the end of last night’s show — for…
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do: I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — Rogers HornsbySpring has sprung, so here is your guide to today’s spring training games:…
The Hispanic Republican group Somos Republicans says it’s “rejecting” Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth over an endorsement he accepted from the anti-immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration.ALIPAC is a controversial organization for a few reasons: It has the support of cuddly organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and former “Grand Wizard” David Duke,…
Former state Senator Jim Waring seems to be the man to beat in the GOP primary for the district three Congressional seat but Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, might be the man to beat him — despite having no apparent campaign platform other than his last…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is taking a little break from cracking down on county supervisors to go after taggers. Thomas announced that juveniles convicted of vandalism will be forced to wear bright, orange T-shirts with the slogan “Tagging is a Crime” written in big letters on the backs as…
Jay J. Armes, the bionic super-sleuth, who volunteered his investigative services to Logan McQueary, the father of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, is “halting all activity in connection with this case.”Armes sent us an e-mail in response to a fax New Times received from McQueary’s new lawyer, Tim Maloney, letting us…
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in dramatic fashion last night, ending the game with an Adrian Aucoin goal in the sixth round of a shootout and shutting down Vancouver’s Mason Raymond in his attempt to send the shootout into a seventh round.The Coyotes struck first, with a…
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do: I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — Rogers HornsbySpring has sprung, so here is your guide to today’s spring training games:…
Avondale police are looking for a bank-robbery suspect who held up a Chase bank earlier this afternoon.Police say the suspect hit the Chase Bank at 1545 North Dysart Road about noon and is still on the loose.The suspect walked into the bank, presented a demand note indicating that he had a weapon,…
Jay J. Armes, the ironically armless private investigator who offered his “world-renowned” services to Logan McQueary, the father of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, seems to be getting shoved off the investigation by McQueary’s lawyer — if he was ever an actual part of the investigation to begin with.Last night, New…
A Utah man apparently has seen too many “extreme” Mountain Dew commercials.Bill Heaner, a 49-year-old “professional extreme athlete,” plans on attempting a world-record-breaking stunt that defies all laws of gravity and common sense: he plans to jump out of a hot-air balloon, paragliding for a little while and landing back in the…
As the endorsement war wages between GOP Senate primary candidates John McCain and J.D. Hayworth, “The Maverick” picked up a big one today from the brother of an old, political foe.Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and brother of “Dubya,” whom McCain feverishly battled in the 2000 presidential primary,…
A substitute teacher in Surprise has some explaining to do after police found her in possession of a computer that belonged to the school where she worked.Jeanette Guyer, 42, was a substitute teacher at the Desert Moon Elementary School in Surprise but left the school just before Christmas.Surprise police Sergeant…
With the retirement of the Arizona Cardinals veteran quarterback Kurt Warner, the team’s quarterback situation has become more of a quarterback problem.The heir-apparent to Warner, Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, is inconsistent at best and members of the Cardinals offense have expressed a lack of confidence in the now not-so-young…
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do: I stare out the window and wait for spring.” — Rogers HornsbySpring has sprung, so here is your guide to today’s spring training games:…
Even Jared will have to take a little break from “eatin’ fresh” if he goes to the Subway sandwich shop at 1950 W. Indian School Road, thanks to a deal the store made with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office over a violation of the state’s employer-sanctions law.Danny’s Subway has agreed to…
It didn’t take long after the trade of wide receiver Anquan Boldin for him to start whining about his contract negotiations with the Arizona Cardinals.Boldin was traded to the Baltimore Ravens five days ago, which leaves the Cardinals short one great receiver, but it also puts an end to the team’s Anquan…
Freedom Communications, the parent company of the East Valley Tribune, is one step closer to turning over its Arizona media holdings to buyer Thirteenth Street Media, after the company’s reorganization plan was approved by a federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware this morning.Freedom filed for bankruptcy last September, which, at the…
Governor Jan Brewer’s plan to temporarily raise the sales tax by 2 percent may be headed to the polls, but both of Arizona’s U.S. senators have already made their decision: They hate it. Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl issued a joint statement this morning saying they don’t support the…
Elizabeth Johnson, the Tempe mother of missing 8-month old baby Gabriel Johnson, refused to go to her court hearing this morning, Maricopa County Superior Court officials tell New Times. Johnson, charged with abuse and kidnapping in the December disappearance of the baby, apparently refused to attend a hearing for motions, including the designation…
While out pimping his new book, Courage and Consequence, Karl Rove, the controversial former adviser to President George W. Bush, says he and Dubya weren’t responsible for rumors that swirled through South Carolina during the 2000 GOP presidential primary claiming Senator John McCain had fathered a black child.In the heat…
