Remember when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer had the most epic brain-fart in the history of public speaking during a televised debate last year (which in turn — somehow — made her poll numbers go up)? If not, check it out here (it’s humiliating). Well, presidential candidate/Texas Governor Rick Perry is…
If you lead police on a car chase while high on crystal meth and heroin — trying to run down officers as they shoot at your vehicle — and then try to bodyslam the cop who finally gets his hands on you, don’t be too surprised if your mugshot looks…
Admitted pederast Luis Mejia Ortiz was in Maricopa County Superior Court today, where he was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he molested his girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter on several occasions.In all, Ortiz pleaded guilty to one count of child molestation and three counts of…
Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce’s bag of filthy campaign tricks didn’t quite have the impact he’d probably hoped — as evident from the results of last night’s unprecedented recall election.As it stands right now (official results aren’t expected until later this week), Pearce received 9,188 votes, or 45.25 percent…
Soon-to-be-former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce got the boot from office last night, becoming the only sitting state Senate president to lose in a recall election in the history of the United States.Pearce’s loss is viewed by many as a warning shot to immigration hard-liners, and far-right-wingers, who have followed…
Soon-to-be-former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce conceded defeat to his opponent, Jerry Lewis, in yesterday’s unprecedented recall election to become the first sitting state Senate president to get booted from office in United States history.As many of Pearce’s supporters — including Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — discussed following his…
Russell Pearce can kiss his powerful seat in the Arizona Senate goodbye — the current Senate president conceded defeat tonight to his opponent, Jerry Lewis, in this year’s unprecedented recall election. In another blow to the Valley’s far-right-wingers, Democrat Greg Stanton defeated Tea Party-leaning Wes Gullett in the Phoenix mayoral…
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain met with reporters at a Scottsdale hotel this afternoon to address the most-recent sexual harassment allegations against him. According to Cain, he has no recollection of ever meeting his latest accuser, Sharon Bialek, and blames the “democrat machine” for putting Bialek — and three other…
A Phoenix woman was arrested yesterday after police determined that she knew her husband was abusing her 3-year-old daughter and did nothing to stop it.The baby, Dani Mayo, died from her injuries after suffering months of abuse at the hands of her step-father, 22-year-old Corey Daniels. Daniels is married to…
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain remains on the attack when it comes to Sharon Bialek, the latest woman to accuse the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO of sexual harassment.Cain plans to address the allegations this afternoon at a press conference at a Scottsdale hotel, but apparently couldn’t wait until then to…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle InandOutinMaricopaCounty, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of presidential candidate Herman Cain…
Today’s the big day: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce could potentially get a voter-assisted boot from his powerful position in Arizona state government.Pearce has pulled out some of the slimiest stops imaginable to keep his current gig in the state Senate — recruiting a sham candidate with a Hispanic-sounding last…
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain claims that the most-recent allegations of sexual harassment against him could be the result of a cash-strapped woman and her left-wing “activist” attorney, Gloria Allred.Cain’s campaign just issued a press release addressing the new allegations. In addition to the jabs at Allred and his newest…
A Scottsdale man who once was a volunteer with a Valley Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he molested/urinated on a 6-year-old boy.Read our initial post on Ali Chitsaz here — pretty sick…
Steven Davis, 28, apparently is a car thief, which a 15-year veteran of the Tucson Police Department learned fairly quickly when Davis stole his police cruiser over the weekend and led cops on a 50-mile chase. That, however, was only after ditching a vehicle he’d (allegedly) previously stolen in the…
The latest addition to New Times’ ongoing series on naked meth-heads is 39-year-old Mark Brian Lockhead, who was found naked — and, of course, hopped up on meth — outside a Phoenix motel Friday night.About 9 p.m. Friday, Phoenix police were called to the Paradise Motel at 2433 East Van…
As we reported last week, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s chief deputy, Steve Henry, is considering running for his boss’ current gig — and this morning, he made it official.”With the possible departure of Sheriff Babeu, I want to ensure we keep moving forward with all of the improvements we…
The Arizona Cardinals snapped a six-game losing streak with a dramatic overtime win against the St. Louis Rams yesterday in Glendale.The score was tied at 13 at the end of regulation — then the Cards’ first-round draft pick in last this year’s draft, Patrick Peterson, got all Patrick Peterson on…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo we snapped of presidential candidate Herman Cain and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest..We had more than 40 responses in the comment section of…
Gaylord Sports Management — a Scottsdale-based talent agency for professional athletes — has a little work to do on the PR front; in addition to once employing a guy who’s currently accused of trying to have a threesome with two underage girls, a porn star is now claiming she was…
A Phoenix woman is heading to the big house after pleading guilty to charges that she killed her 79-year-old husband — before dumping his body on an Indian reservation and setting it on fire — back in 2005. Larissa Garcia’s late husband, Daniel Garcia, was the father of at least…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a press release this afternoon stating that his office will not give “Occupy Phoenix” protesters additional publicity.That’s right — a press release to announce he doesn’t want to help publicize the “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration. We’ll pause for laughter.Thinking this could have possibly been a…
