Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio got a little pissy earlier this week when three police officers from Columbus, Ohio weren’t granted permission to come to Arizona for training with the sheriff’s boys in beige. The reason: Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman called for a boycott of all things Arizona more than…
In honor of the sexual-harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, we’ve opted to go with the above photo we snapped of Cain puckerin’ up to Joe Arpaio’s boo-tay for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Cain, as you may know, is the current frontrunner in the…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to New Times yesterday that Sheriff Paul Babeu’s right-hand man is forming an exploratory committee for a potential run for Babeu’s job. Babeu’s chief deputy, Steve Henry, will announce later today that he’s considering running for Pinal County sheriff.Babeu, as you may know, is…
The jury has reached a verdict in the “aggravation phase” of Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau’s trial, finding that aggravating factors in the case were proven — which means the man who terrorized the streets of Phoenix for nearly a year could face the death penalty.The trial now heads to the penalty phase,…
Desaraye Barragan told police she was “stupid and hungry” when she was driving her car 105 miles per hour on Interstate 10 earlier this week, which tends to happen when you smoke a joint while driving a car. From a legal perspective, having weed, ecstasy, and three minors in the car at…
ABC News has released a preview of Diane Sawyer’s interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and it remains unclear whether the congresswoman — who was shot “through the brain” during Jared Loughner’s January 8 Tucson shooting rampage — will speak on camera.When the interview was announced in September, Giffords’ spokesman Mark…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced last week that he’s considering running for Congress — his chief deputy, Steve Henry, however, apparently thinks Babeu is definitely running for Congress, and is now considering running for his boss’ job, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office confirms to New Times.PCSO spokesman Elias Johnson…
Two dead bodies were found in a Phoenix trailer home last night, and the cops suspect it to be a murder/suicide.Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos says police were called to a trailer in the 2600 block of East Morrow Drive about about 7 p.m. after an elderly man found the body…
Michael Coleman, the mayor of Columbus, Ohio, is still boycotting Arizona because of SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law — according to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, that is (we’ve got a call into to Coleman’s office to verify — stay tuned…).Three Columbus police officers were supposed to come to…
Three people have been charged with crimes after a 2-year-old boy was found to have methadone in his system after he was rushed to a Valley hospital last week while unresponsive and not breathing.’We reported on the methadone-filled baby last week, but now we’ve got the details — and they…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s pink panties are in a bit of a wad after an Ohio mayor refused to grant police officers in his city the permission to come to Arizona and train with the MCSO’s Drug Recognition Unit, which Arpaio says is one of the best drug recognition…
Carl Mosher, a former physical education teacher St. Gregory’s Catholic school in Phoenix, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to charges that he had sex with one of his 14-year-old students…in his office…at the school. Mosher initially was charged with four counts of sexual…
An Arizona man was sentenced to prison time this morning after pleading guilty to charges that he posed as a fertility doctor in order to molest grown men.Jeffrey Graybill, who used the name “Doctor Richardson” to practice faux-medicine, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court to two nine-year prison sentences…
It’s been more than three weeks since 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley was reported missing, and her case has finally begun to get the attention of the national media — the same national media the girl’s grandmother claimed was ignoring the case because Shockley is black.Glendale Sergeant Brent Coombs tells New Times…
An article appeared on the website of infamous “birther” conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi earlier this week claiming that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has “delivered” on the “surprise” he promised “birthers” in regards to the sheriff’s investigation into whether President Barack Obama is eligible to be president.Stop us if you’ve…
It was announced yesterday that Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery will head a task force set up by Governor Jan Brewer to fix the current mess at state Child Protective Services, despite controversial comments he made last month about creating an investigative unit separate from CPS that would determine whether…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched his 55th illegal-immigrant roundup under the guise of an “employer sanctions operation” this morning. It netted 10 arrests — and, per usual, none of those arrested were employers, just employees, MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times.According to the Sheriff’s Office, after several weeks…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced today the members of a task force she’s organized to review the state’s child-safety policies following a recent spike in horrifying/highly publicized cases of child abuse.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery — who made waves with his controversial proposal to create an investigative unit separate from…
When Mario Powers went to the apartment of his baby-mama last month, he saw her talking with other guys. So, he beat her up as she was holding the couple’s 6-month-old daughter — but that was only before throwing the infant at the woman.According to court records obtained by New…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Reggie VV, 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 Michele…
Figuratively speaking, a lot of guys take a lot of shit from their wives. Jerry Grant, 33, is literally taking shit from his wife — and it will likely save his life.Grant’s had some poop problems for the past several months — bleeding rectally, and what not — and the…
Regardless of your opinion of the death penalty, it exists because of guys like convicted Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau.Goudeau was convicted yesterday of 67 serious felonies — nine of which were murder raps — stemming from a year-long crime spree in 2005 and 2006.Tomorrow, Goudeau’s trial will enter the sentencing…
