The Arizona Herpetological Society has some suggestions on how to host the lamest Easter egg hunt ever: don’t “hide” the eggs where kids can’t see them.The problem: rattlesnakes.The AHS is warning Valley residents about the dangers of Easter egg hunts in a region infested with slithering monsters…
On Wednesday, we ran the mugshot of Alan Shepard, who was arrested earlier this week for allegedly selling crystal meth and illegally possessing a gun.Shepard has a lengthy rapsheet, including past arrests for shoplifting, ID theft, burglary, making threats, and hindering prosecution…
The Phoenix Coyotes season is over after a 6-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in game four of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs last night. It very well could be the last hockey game played in Glendale, as the team could potentially be whisked away to…
The Arizona Legislature passed a bill late last night that allows for the creation of an Arizona vanity license plate featuring the “Don’t Tread on Me” Gadsden Flag, which is an early symbol of the United States Marine Corps and Navy. It also happens to be the adopted symbol of…
If you happen to know the man pictured to the right, and he’s wearing a shiny new Rolex, call the cops — it’s stolen, and it costs a hell of a lot of money.According to the Scottsdale Police Department, the man to the right stole an $86,000 Rolex from the…
If you’re a Tea Partier, a fan of historic flags, or don’t want to be treaded upon — and you want the world to know — but you happen to live in a neighborhood with a home owners association, fear not: Governor Jan Brewer to the rescue.On Monday, Brewer signed…
Yee-ha!Arizona is one signature from a gun-loving governor away from becoming only the second state in the entire country to have an official state gun, which isn’t the end of the world, but given Arizona’s current reputation as a hillbilly haven for far-right-wing extremists, it doesn’t do much to help…
[jump] According to Armstrong, Hendershott withdrew about $10,000 — from three different banks — that he used to sponsor his and Armstrong’s sons’ baseball team to play in a tournament in California.However, Armstrong claims, Hendershott had arranged for the donation of a free van service from Courtesy Chevrolet to take…
If you believe Canadian newspapers, tonight’s game against the Detroit Red Wings will be the Phoenix Coyotes last game in the desert.Canadians like hockey. Judging by attendance at Coyotes games, Phoenicians don’t (at least not enough to drive to west side), which is why Canadians are so optimistic that their…
An execution date finally has been set for an Arizona killer convicted of murdering a 13-year-old girl as she collected money for her paper route at a Tempe apartment complex in 1984.After nearly 26 years on Death Row — on the taxpayer dime — 56-year-old Donald Edward Beaty will be put to death…
Former Congressman Matt Salmon announced today that he plans to run to replace Congressman Jeff Flake as the U.S. representative from Arizona’s sixth Congressional district.Flake already has announced that he’s running for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Salmon and Flake have a lot in common: They’re both…
There’s a video applauded in the Conservative blogosphere of a man showing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio a copy of the Constitution as the sheriff rants, raves, and pats himself on the back for his crusade to rid stock rooms at retail stores of illegal immigrants.Despite doing nothing to warrant such behavior…
An amateur Avondale tattoo artist who traded a tattoo for sex with a teenage girl was sentenced to prison today after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted child prostitution and two counts of unlawful tattooing for the April 2010 incident.Juan Lara, 38, was in a Maricopa County Superior Court…
A Chandler woman who’s been missing since Friday has been located and is apparently OK.According to the Chandler Police Department, 18-year-old Trinity Olsen-Galeai called police this morning to report that she was not in any danger…
To quote a New Times colleague, the Coyotes run at Lord Stanley’s Cup is pretty much “ovah.”The Howlers dropped game three of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs 4-2 to the Detroit Red Wings last night, and they looked like hell doing it.Both of the Coyotes’ goals came…
Yesterday, Governor Jan Brewer shocked everyone when she didn’t cave to the state Legislature’s right-wing crazies and vetoed three bills that were humiliating for Arizona/products of right-wing kookery.Brewer refused to sign the infamous “Birther Bill,” which would force presidential candidates to prove they are natural-born United States citizens before their name…
It pains us, but big props must go out to Governor Jan Brewer, who today vetoed one of the most ridiculous, conspiracy-based, purely symbolic pieces of legislative garbage to pass through the Arizona Legislature: the humiliating “Birther Bill.”Check out some of the other nutty legislation the governor vetoed today here…
An 18-year-old Chandler woman is missing and police need your help tracking her down.Trinity Olsen-Galeai was last seen about 9:30 Friday night. According to the Chandler Police Department, she has missed several appointments since, which is unlike her.Olsen-Galeai is described as a Pacific islander. She is about 5-foot-8 and 135…
It’s official: the state of Arizona would “prefer” you not be a gay if you want to adopt a kid.Governor Jan Brewer today signed a bill into law that makes it as difficult as humanly possible for gay people to adopt children in Arizona.The new law doesn’t necessarily say homosexuals…
Casslyn Welch, the alleged accomplice of three Arizona prison inmates who escaped custody last year and went on a murderous rampage through several states, pleaded not guilty to federal murder charges in New Mexico this morning.Last week, Welch, the fiancee/cousin of one of the escaped inmates, pleaded guilty to state-level…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s website got a bit of a facelift over the weekend, and the new format seems geared toward one thing: poking fun at inmates in Joe Arpaio’s gulags.The redesigned website features on its front page a way for the general public to vote for the “mugshot…
This just in: a naked leprechaun was spotted trying to buy crystal meth from a north Phoenix drug dealer early Saturday morning — which is about as believable as KPHO’s latest attempt at “telling it like it is.”The local TV news station is under the impression that there was a…
