Once again, Arizona is getting national media attention for something humiliating. Once again, it’s Governor Jan Brewer’s fault.Governor Glug-Glug, as we’re sure you know, stuck her finger in the face of President Barack Obama as the two apparently argued on the tarmac at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa on Wednesday.As…
The White House is downplaying the embarrassing scene that unfolded on the tarmac at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on Wednesday, when Governor Jan Brewer was photographed sticking her finger in the face of President Barack Obama as the two (according to Brewer, anyway) disagreed on Brewer’s account of a past meeting…
There’s a monster on the loose and he needs to be brought to justice.The pooch to the right is Andre, a miniature pinscher who had his eyes gouged out of his head, likely by the same savage who used the little guy for BB-gun target practice.We’re told Andre was found…
Congressman Jeff Flake may be the poorest member of Arizona’s Congressional delegation, and he may have flaked on his support of comprehensive immigration reform, but he’s still a standup guy — a class act from whom other Arizona politicos (we won’t name names…just kidding — specifically, Governor Jan Brewer) could…
Glendale police announced this morning that investigators will start searching a landfill south of the Valley for the body of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley on February 6.Shockley was reported missing in October. The case is now a homicide investigation, with her mother, Jerice Hunter, as the prime focus of the…
Christian Turcios, a 26-year-old former custodian at the Highlands Church in Scottsdale, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of kiddie-porn-related crimes.Turcios, it turns out, basically beat the rap on a child molestation case in 2010 — then he allegedly got…
Remember Victoria Jackson? She’s a former Saturday Night Live cast member (she was the show’s token ditz in the mid-1980s).She also happens to be the focus of this week’s New Times cover story because of her new career as a far-right-wing, Bible-thumping political pundit.Read the story, written by Gus Garcia-Roberts,…
Anyone with any respect for what the office of the president of the United States represents should take one look at the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer sticking her finger in the face of this country’s commander in chief and say “who the f**k do you think you are,…
Leave it to Jan Brewer to humiliate Arizona — yet again…President Barack Obama was in town today to tour an Intel factory getting built in Chandler — and it took Brewer all of five seconds to make a goddamned scene.A scene that has now gone viral — which was likely…
We don’t condone rape in any way, shape, or form. That said, if you’re enough of a scumbag to have sex with someone against their will, do yourself a favor and don’t give that person your phone number afterwards.Just ask 21-year-old Rafael Chavez, who, after raping a woman in Chandler…
When most people look at Tent City, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s infamous outdoor detention facility, they see a jail.Not Sheriff Joe Arpaio — he, apparently, sees a stage…for a reality TV show.Yet again, Arpaio has opened the MCSO’s doors to reality TV film crews — this time for a…
A Phoenix man was “too tired” — and his wife’s blood-pressure was “too high” — to take an extremely ill 13-month-old baby to the hospital in November of 2010 — despite having been told by doctors the baby needed medical attention.The result: the baby died.Now, the baby’s mother, 21-year-old Kristen…
As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio pointed out when a story about his office’s bungling of hundreds of sex-crime investigations resurfaced late last year, other Valley law enforcement agencies had “way worse” problems when it comes to investigating sex crimes.One of those agencies is the Phoenix Police Department — and…
Gabrielle Giffords formally resigned from Congress this morning in an emotional goodbye that brought tears to the eyes of several lawmakers present — including, of course, House Speaker John Boehner.While holding Congressman Jeff Flake’s hand, Giffords listened on as Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz read her letter of resignation to…
If you didn’t get an O-boner from President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech last night, you probably didn’t watch it.Per usual, the president killed it — the man’s got a gift for gab.Unfortunately, talking about doing things doesn’t get things done.For example: his comments on comprehensive immigration reform…
Say what you will about 47-year-old Moses Antonio Shepard, but at least he’s persistent — he was recently convicted of stalking a New York woman…for the last 18 years.Shepard was convicted last week of two counts of interstate stalking for stalking the same woman for nearly two decades, the U.S…
A detention officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was arrested early this morning on suspicion of aggravated assault and criminal damage after police say he drunkenly pointed a loaded gun at his 19-year-old son.According to court records, this isn’t the first time Higgins has pulled a gun on his…
Paul Penzone, a retired sergeant from the Phoenix Police Department/Nancy Grace suck-up, officially announced his candidacy in this year’s race for Maricopa County sheriff.Penzone, best known for being the public “face” of Silent Witness, announced his candidacy on his website this morning (see his first campaign video after the jump)…
A Tempe man who left his 11-month-old son in a running bathtub last year was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years probation.Jason Achondo, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse in November.Achondo and his baby-mama,…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle MGH, 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 Congressional candidate “Marlboro Macho…
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks yesterday introduced a bill into Congress that would dictate when women in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.The rest of the country’s allowed to make its own rules, but thanks to the U.S. Constitution, Franks and his Congressional cronies have a say when it…
Fagala-phobic abortion bully Trent Franks today introduced a bill into Congress that, if it becomes law, would dictate when people in Washington D.C. are allowed to end a pregnancy.Franks, just to be clear, is a congressman from Arizona — but that’s not stopping him from playing morality cop in Washington…
