The Mormon Church claims it never knew one of its members, 49-year-old Susan Brock, the somewhat-estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sexually abusing a teenage boy before her arrest..This, according to court documents obtained by New Times, is a lie.The church issued the following statement amid criticism…

Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock compared his molester wife’s teenage victim to the fictional character of Dorian Gray, a young, hedonistic pleasure-seeker with loose morals, whose beauty infatuates an older man. Brock’s callous opinion of the victim can be found in the 100-plus pages of documents detailing the sexual relationship…

One glance at a recently released police report about the sex scandal that rocked the family of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and it’s obvious the county supervisor was paranoid that police were listening in on jailhouse phone calls between him and his wife, Susan Brock, who was recently sentenced…

If there was any doubt that Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock knew about the sexual relationship his somewhat-estranged wife, Susan Brock, was having with a teenage boy, a report released today by the Chandler Police Department clears that up.As New Times has noted, Supervisor Brock, his wife, the parents of the teenage…

The manslaughter trial of snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray has been postponed until next week, as the judge overseeing the case is allowing Ray’s attorneys more time to conduct interviews about the construction of the sweat lodge that left three people dead and dozens injured.Ray’s attorneys filed the request for a…

The Arizona Senate yesterday approved a bill already given the green light by the House of Representatives that makes it as difficult as possible for gay people to adopt a child in the Grand Canyon State.The bill doesn’t necessarily say homosexuals can’t adopt children — but that the Legislature would…

While the Great Depression had “Hoovervilles,” modern-day Arizona has its own homeless shanty towns (we’ll call them Brewerburghs), one of which was uncovered under an Avondale bridge.Starting in February, Avondale police Officer Michael Unger noticed that a lot of stolen property — wire, copper, and stuff from businesses in the area of…

Senator Jon Kyl had some non-“factual statements” about Planned Parenthood that he spouted off on the floor of the U.S. Senate last week, notably that 90 percent of the services the federally funded organization provides are abortions — which is a lie. As Politifact was quick to point out, only 3…

We’ve come to realize that you should never think the Brock family sex scandal couldn’t get any more bizarre. Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock’s wife, Susan, is heading to the big house for 13 years, of course, for sexually abusing the same teen boy with whom her daughter is accused of having…

Attorneys for snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray have requested a mistrial in the “self-help guru’s” manslaughter trial because they say prosecutors failed for more than a year to turn over an e-mail that could help exonerate their client.Ray pleaded not guilty to three counts of manslaughter stemming from the October…

The Arizona State University athletic department unveiled its new threads at a press conference — complete with fog machines and a laser show — at the university yesterday afternoon, and they were met with mixed reviews.When we see fog machines, we expect to have our minds blown. That was not…

We may have found the cure for “Bieber fever”: twerpy Tempe “Pastor” Steven Anderson, who recently compared teen heartthrob Justin Bieber to a “sissified, effeminate twinkie” in one of his sermons.Anderson, you may recall, is the leader of the Faithful Word Baptist Church, which teaches that homosexuals should be put…