On Sunday, Gary Maitha found himself in a nightmare situation for any married man: he lost his wedding ring. Luckily, the ring was found by 41-year-old Gary Barnett, who offered to return it to Maitha — as long as he agreed to pay a $100 “finder’s fee,” which aside from…
Former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth thinks the reason Arizona’s medicaid program is in such bad financial shape is that it covers people who are in the country illegally. The only problem with that is Arizona’s medicaid program doesn’t actually cover the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants.Oh, J.D., how we’ve missed…
Three teens were injured last night after one of them crashed the stolen car he was driving into a pole.The wreck happened about midnight near the intersection of 16th Street and Earl Drive, according to the Phoenix Police Department…
The Arizona Diamondbacks kicked off the 2011 season over the weekend by splitting a pair of games with the Colorado Rockies, which is encouraging considering they ended last season with the third-worst record in baseball.The D-Backs ended last season with a 65-97 record, earning them last place in the National League…
God, apparently, is a little indecisive.Despite having suggested earlier in the week that he would announce plans Saturday to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jon Kyl, Congressman Trent Franks — who said earlier this month he would leave the final decision about whether he’d run to the man upstairs –…
We’re sad to report that there were 24 bovine casualties as a result of this morning’s wreck of a truck carrying 37 head of cattle. Several of the beefs that didn’t make it were shot by police to prevent the animals from suffering — which is refreshingly a-okay with People for the…
The Arizona Senate gave final approval earlier this week to the second of two controversial abortion bills to pass through the Legislature this year. This one’s aimed at guilting women out of ending their pregnancies and places more restrictions on abortions by pill.HB 2416, approved 18-10 by the Senate on Wednesday, forces…
PETA’s now in the business of handing out “awards,” and we’ve got a candidate for “Worst Truck Driver of the Year”: the guy who flipped a tractor-trailer carrying nearly 40 cows this morning.Authorities say 38 cows are in need of rescue following an early-morning tractor-trailer wreck on Interstate 17, just north…
The Glendale Police Department wants the public’s help in tracking down the person they say either threw or pushed a 16-year-old girl from a car Wednesday night.The girl, Anita Munoz, a sophomore at Independence High School in Glendale, was thrown from a car about 7 p.m. Wednesday near 6700 West Ocotillo…
Meghan McCain, the overly vocal daughter of Senator John McCain, does not expect the upcoming HBO movie about her family and her pop’s failed bid for the presidency in 2008 to paint her in the most positive light. In fact, she expects to be “crucified.”As we mentioned earlier this month,…
As New Times noted yesterday, if you smoke pot, and have any of the symptoms that could potentially qualify you for a medical-marijuana card, you’d be an idiot to not at least try to get one.Our advocacy of medical marijuana, however, has apparently pissed off at least one reader, who…
Just when you thought kiddy porn was about as sick as it gets, a Valley man raised the bar — he’s into “infant” porn.Aside from his alleged attraction to children who aren’t even old enough to speak, 41-year-old Thomas Christopher Adolf loves kids so much that he married one whom…
If you think the restroom at a Phoenix dollar store is an inappropriate place to strip down for an impromptu naked picnic featuring items you stole from the store, you’re right. However, if you just got out of jail and have been doing meth for four days, it might not seem…
As convicted murderer Daniel Wayne Cook’s date with death inches closer, a state clemency board has denied his request for mercy.Cook’s lawyers claim he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and brain damage that wasn’t diagnosed at the time of his sentencing. His attorneys claim that because of his mental condition,…
Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle spoke at the Congressional Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington D.C. last night, and heard only the soft chirping of crickets after many of his jabs at the media and other elected officials. Then, he took aim at Politico, his arch-nemesis in the fourth estate.Quayle’s attempt at stand-up comedy…
If the misery of your daily life has you wanting to eat a bullet rather than face the reality of another day, you may want to consider moving — Phoenix has been ranked the most miserable city in the entire country.According to a Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal “misery index,” Phoenix’s changes in…
When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn’t do it alone, authorities say — he had help from a Mesa man.Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Power and Brown roads in Mesa,…
Rachel Brock, daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was in court this morning where she pleaded not guilty to charges that she had sex with a then-13-year-old boy when she was 18.The boy is the same child whom her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of sexually abusing for three years…
Yesterday, Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Andrei Cherny issued a statement bashing Republicans for turning “the Fiesta Bowl into a front for funneling illegal campaign contributions to Republican politicians.”Cherny failed to mention in his statement that several of those who benefited from the alleged illegal campaign contributions, which now-former-Fiesta Bowl CEO John…
There are cat people and there are dog people — then there are cat collectors, like a Yavapai County woman who apparently has been hoarding felines at her Cottonwood home. Nearly 100 cats have been removed from the home of the elderly animal hoarder, and all of them, authorities say,…
Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons’ elephant “snuff film” has earned him the first-ever “Scummiest CEO of the Year Award” from the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — an honor with which he’s obviously not thrilled.PETA sent Parsons a letter in response to a video he made…
Ladies, if you think your boyfriend sucks, we assure it could be worse — he could be 31-year-old Christopher Botti, who not only allegedly cheated on his now-former-flame but ran her over with his car after she found out about it.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Botti and the…
