Where better than Phoenix for droves of gun-loving conservatives from across the country to assemble for a conference.The national “Tea Party Patriots” announced this morning that they’ve selected Phoenix for the group’s first-ever national policy summit dubbed “Pathways to Liberty.”The conference is scheduled for February 25-27 — the second anniversary of…
Tilmon Strickland wants answers.His daughter, Melissa Strickland, was murdered in Phoenix in March 1997. She was bludgeoned to death, and her body was dumped in broad daylight near 21st Street and Corona Avenue. She was 24 years old. “It seems I’ve had to fight every step of the way just to…
Despite a less-than-impressive season (thanks to three even less-impressive quarterbacks), and being a member of one of the worst teams in all of football, Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s heading to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl.Fitzgerald originally was selected as an alternate for the NFL’s all-star game, but because the Green…
An unidentified man is dead after he was seen engulfed in flames on a Phoenix street Saturday morning. The man’s car was also on fire when police responded to the scene, and authorities want to know what happened.Phoenix police and fire officials responded to a call about 10:30 a.m. Saturday…
Since our previous post about a bill proposed in the Arizona State Legislature that would amend the law regarding specialized license plates to include a “Don’t Tread on Me” plate, one of the bill’s sponsors got back to us and offered his explanation of some of the language used in…
Arizona has license plates supporting breast cancer research, calling for child-abuse prevention, and for those supporting wildlife-conservation efforts, to name a few. Now, if two Arizona legislators have their way, the mantra of Tea Partiers across the country will be slapped onto the tags of any Arizonan who wants it.State representatives Vic…
The man pictured above is wanted by the Scottsdale Police Department for allegedly smashing a bottle over a guy’s face at a bar on New Year’s Day.According to the SPD, the above-pictured man was at the Devil’s Martini bar in Scottsdale to ring in the new year, and he did…
Sometimes you just don’t have time to call AAA — for example, if you’re in the process of burglarizing a house, someone sees you, and your getaway car won’t start — which is exactly what happened to a pair of thieves in Mesa yesterday morning.According to the Mesa Police Department, two…
About two weeks ago, we reported that at this year’s Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, the ambulance that carried President John F. Kennedy after his 1963 assassination would be on the auction block. Today we learned the ambulance getting auctioned off by Barrett-Jackson could be a fraud.A blogger for…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer this morning signed a bill that gives her the authority to request a waiver from the federal government that would temporarily remove nearly 300,000 of the state’s neediest people from the Medicaid program.The governor’s plan would remove about 280,000 low-income adults from the program, saving the state…
A Maricopa man — with a history of sexual misconduct — was arrested Wednesday for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. The abuse, the girl told cops, had been going on since she was only 8 years old.Felipe Barrera Pacheco, 43, faces six counts of sexual assault on a minor, three…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords left the University Medical Center in Tucson this morning en route to a hospital in Houston to begin rehab after she was shot “through the brain” less than two weeks ago.Giffords, recovering in Tucson since the January 8 shooting, left for Houston about 9:20 a.m. today. She is traveling with…
Apache Superior Court Judge Donna Grimsley dropped murder charges against an eastern Arizona man because, she says, the accused’s rights were violated when he was interviewed by investigators without a lawyer.Joseph Roberts is believed to have murdered 72-year-old William “Stoney” McCarragher in April of 2007. Authorities allege he also helped…
An Avondale man is either obsessed with hygiene or obsessed with destroying evidence of sexual assault — or both.Authorities say 25-year-old James McCoy forced his estranged wife to bathe three times, once before, and twice after he allegedly sexually assaulted her earlier this month.McCoy was arrested Tuesday for a slew…
A 10-year-old Arizona City boy was medevaced to a Phoenix hospital yesterday after three dogs attacked him as he and a group of kids got off a school bus.About 3:30 p.m. yesterday, the victim and several other children got off their bus near South Reef Road and Guaymas Drive in…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been elected to serve a second term as the president of the Arizona Sheriff’s Association.Babeu, an Iraq war veteran and former Chandler police officer, made a name for himself in recent years for his tough stance on immigration. Babeu’s reputation as the face of…
A federal grand jury returned an indictment yesterday against Jared Lee Loughner for the attempted murders of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aids,Ron Barber and Pamela Simon.”Today, the Grand Jury returned an initial three-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner in the Tucson shooting case. We are in the…
The same day it was announced that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords would be moved to a hospital in Houston to begin rehab as early as Friday, the hospital announced another milestone in her recovery: she stood up.The hospital announced yesterday that Giffords — with the help of medical staff — stood…
A hunter roaming the desert in Pinal County over the weekend made a grim discovery: he found a half-buried toolbox containing a decomposing body.Much to the chagrin of Governor Jan Brewer, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tim Gaffney confirms to New Times that the head was still attached to the…
Phoenix police have identified the woman arrested this morning during what local media jumped the proverbial gun and dubbed a high school “riot.”As Phoenix police spokesman Sergeant Tommy Thomspon explained this morning after several members of the PHX fourth estate reported the “riot” — “the school was locked down for…
The man believed responsible for the Christmas Day assault on state Representative Frank Pratt has been indicted by a Pinal County Grand Jury on various charges, including kidnapping and aggravated assault.Hillyard Scott, 34, was arrested about a week after the attack on Pratt for an unrelated — although very similar –…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be moved to a hospital in Houston as early as Friday to begin rehabilitation after being shot through the brain 11 days ago. “The congresswoman’s family wants to ensure she receives the best rehabilitative care possible for her type of serious, penetrating brain injury,” Dr. Michael…
