Frequent New Times readers know that we’ve spent a good part of the last eight months covering the mysterious death of Jeff Ahlers, a Tempe man whose bullet-riddled body was pulled from a canal last June.It turns out, the death has now been ruled a suicide, according to the Tempe…
A father of a student at St. Gregory’s Catholic school in Phoenix says that aside from being a pederast, Carl Mosher, a gym teacher at the school accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student, has not only devastated the school, but he was a flat-out shitty teacher, as well…
Several of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ friends in Congress will be holding a fundraiser to raise money for the wounded U.S. representative’s 2012 campaign, fueling speculation that if she’s able, she’ll run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Representative Adam Smith…
The manslaughter trial for “spiritual warrior”/snakeoil salesman James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved “self-help guru” charged with the deaths of three people in Sedona in 2009, is underway in a Yavapai County Courtroom, where prosecutors and Ray’s attorneys are in the midst of jury selection.Ray’s been charged with three counts of…
The Tempe Police Department released its annual crime report this morning, and most crime in the city is down — except murder, which is way, way up.In total, there were 12 homicides in Tempe in 2010, which is the most the city has seen since 2000, when there were 13…
Remember last year when Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi tested positive for doping agents while playing for a team in the Turkish Basketball Federation? You probably don’t — it is women’s basketball. In any event, about that…The lab that claimed Taurasi was doping has now retracted its report on the…
As Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues her recovery in a Houston hospital after being shot through the brain during the January 8, shooting rampage in Tucson, she still hasn’t been told about the extent of the attack and, presumably, the deaths of six people killed during the rampage.One of Giffords’ aides,…
There’s good news: Congressman Raul Grijalva won’t be running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl. He also says there’s a “distinct possibility” that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will mount a Senate campaign.Grijalva, as you may recall, encouraged people to boycott all things Arizona after Governor Jan…
Finding naked pictures of yourself on another person’s MP3 player would probably be a little frightening. When that person’s your step-dad, you might also throw up in your mouth a little bit.Paul Osvaldo Ortiz-Fuentes, an illegal immigrant living in Phoenix, was arrested yesterday after his own 13-year-old step-daughter found naked…
Maricopa County’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff in America,” Joe Arpaio, says he’s considering running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.That said, New Times guaran-damn-tees he won’t actually run.”The issue is whether I want to leave this office and go to Washington and try to make a…
A drunk Phoenix man, and his equally drunk buddy, were denied service at a Phoenix bar because they were too drunk. Their response: try to burn the bar to the ground.About 8:30 p.m. Friday, Alejandro Emetrio Rodriguez, and his friend Delfino Mendez, went to the Funny Farm Bar at 4274…
A serial drunk driver prosecutors refer to as “one of the greatest threats to public safety in Maricopa County,” has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to his two latest counts of driving under the influence, which is a shitload of time for someone who never…
Seriously? Seriously? Even after the Chris Hanson To Catch a Predator series, there still are perverts out there who seem to think the “kid” they’re chatting with online isn’t a cop — which is almost always the case, and is exactly what happened to a Lake Montezuma man last month.According to the…
The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in finding a 10-year-old Kingman girl reported missing on Saturday.Trinity Gilbert was last seen in the 2200 block of East John L. Avenue about 1 p.m. Saturday.Gilbert was last seen in her home by her father, who reported her missing…
Since our earlier post about a letter sent by several mayors of cities along the U.S./Mexico border to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, the sheriff’s responded with a letter of his own.The letter from the border mayors to Babeu asked that he tone down some of the rhetoric he’s been…
We are happy to report that the “Birther Bill” has failed in the state Legislature — yet again.Jeanette Tejeda de Gomez, spokeswoman for state Senate Democrats, confirms to New Times that the “Birther Bill,” proposed by numb-Skull Valley Republican Judy Burges, has failed in the Senate Judiciary Committee, thus sparing…
UPDATE: Click here to see Babeu’s response to the border mayors’ letter.Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s making a pretty nice career out of being the face of the immigration debate in Arizona, but several mayors of border cities are asking that he tone down some of the rhetoric. Turns out,…
Driving through downtown Phoenix today, we thought to ourselves “hmmm, this city definitely needs a collection of giant, gaudy, lighted ads for things like Pepsi, and Doritos — on par with places like Las Vegas and Times Square — to line the sides of buildings near Chase Field.” Actually we…
Shawna Forde, a founder of the anti-immigration group Minutemen American Defense Corps., has been convicted of murder in the 2009 slayings of an Arivaca man and his nine year-old daughter.The Pima County jury now must decide whether Forde, 43, should face the death penalty.Jurors reportedly deliberated for five hours on…
The ex-boyfriend of a woman murdered in Phoenix last week was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday morning while driving the victim’s car.Wade Ridely, 53, was originally considered an “investigative lead” in the murder of 62-year-old Anne Marie Simenson, his ex-girlfriend. Now, the Phoenix Police Department says, he’s a suspect –…
Henry Morello, the 84-year-old man reported missing last week, was found alive and well over the weekend, and he apparently survived nearly a week in the desert by drinking diluted windshield washer fluid.Morello was last seen Monday in the Cave Creek area driving his pale green 2007 Lexus SUV with…
It’s official: Republican Congressman Jeff Flake will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Flake made his announcement this morning at the same Phoenix hotel where Kyl announced his upcoming retirement last week. Flake, who has represented Arizona’s 6th Congressional District since 2001, which includes parts…
