The Valley TV station that claims it’s “Telling It Like It Is” seems to report on mythical creatures a lot more than any other news outlet in the state.This time, the news-hounds at KPHO — often glorified by New Times for their ongoing Chupacabra hunts — are reporting on the…
Earlier this week, we told you about the proposed bill that would make it illegal for cops to use drones to gather information without a search warrant.House Bill 2574 is very similar to bills being proposed in several other states, although the legislators proposing the Arizona edition happen to be…
President Obama got some heavy applause during his bits on immigration reform during yesterday’s State of the Union address, as he delivered points that were almost echoed in Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s response.Then, we read what seem to be some unintentionally hilarious accounts of Governor Jan Brewer’s apparent response to…
The El Mirage man who stabbed his 76-year-old father to death in April was sentenced today to 16 years in prison, as part of a plea agreement.Albert Arias had told police shortly after the stabbing that he had been “abused by his father his whole life,” and Arias, 47, also…
Please reset the “days without an Arizona-related Comedy Central news segment” counter back to zero.Thanks to Sheriff Joe Arpaio taking this weekend to exploit dead children by inviting the media and a pseudo-celebrity to a simulated school shooting, Arpaio and Steven Seagal were featured on yesterday’s edition of the Colbert…
The Arizona Department of Corrections says convicted murderer Christina Black apparently killed herself on Tuesday.Black, a 52-year-old former Apache Junction resident, had been in prison since 1999, when she was sentenced to life after fessing up to murdering her grandmother with a piece of fruit…
If you’re looking for evidence that some city slickers have made their way into the state Legislature, look no further than House Bill 2631.The bill, sponsored almost entirely by Democrats, would make it a felony to negligently shoot a gun with a blood-alcohol level of drunk-driving caliber — .08…
In case you missed it, Phoenix police arrested 35-year-old Jennifer Dempsey yesterday for allegedly having sex with a pair of boys, ages 14 and 16.According to Phoenix police, Dempsey had convinced the boys she was 16, and then lied about being pregnant. On a related note, police say that for…
An armed Phoenix man was shot and killed yesterday as he entered an apartment unit he owned after suspecting that someone might be inside.Police found 31-year-old transient Bobby Hoover minutes later in front of Cortez High School, not even a half-mile away, walking down the street with his meth, a…
If you know the woman in the picture to the right, Jennifer Dempsey, we have news for you — no, you probably do not know her.According to Phoenix police, Dempsey, 35, lied about her age to teenage boys she had sex with, then lied about being pregnant, and for the…
A handful of Republican state legislators are proposing a bill that would make it illegal for cops to use drones to gather information without a search warrant.House Bill 2574, proposed by some of the black-helicopter-phobes at the Leg’ — including Representative Carl Seel and Senator Judy Burges — actually says…
The BBC has released the footage of a 2012 helicopter crash in Coolidge, which happened during the filming of a scene for the South Korean version of the automotive show Top Gear.The crash — which was not planned — took place almost a year ago, and involved a military helicopter,…
After three weeks of thinkin’, Governor Jan Brewer’s finally figured out what she’s going to do about her order denying driver’s licenses for deferred action beneficiaries — nothin’.Brewer’s August order says that participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program do not have “any lawful or authorized status and does not…
Valley media outlets have started to take in the 10,000 page, $5,000 internal-affairs report from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office on its hundreds of bungled sex crimes.Based on several accounts of the report’s summary, the specific sex-crimes detectives involved weren’t pegged with all the blame. Understaffing is cited as a…
Police arrested a Nimrod — specifically, Cody Nimrod — while he was in the middle of an arson spree in Tempe early Sunday morning.After lighting up five dumpsters, a car, and stuff in an alley around 3 a.m. Sunday, police found Nimrod in the act of setting another fire, according…
Based on multiple reports that a man was pretending his hands were guns, and pointing them at other drivers on State Route 238, police eventually found alleged finger-gunner Josh Bloom.Bloom proceeded to lead police on a car chase that lasted for 40 miles on Friday afternoon, according to court documents…
Despite what you may have heard, cops in the Phoenix area aren’t on an active “manhunt” for former Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner.Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump tells New Times that police have received a couple calls over the past few days, but nothing “anywhere near credible.”…
The pro-gun-control organization headed up by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, released a video ad featuring a plea from Giffords for Congress to act on gun-control proposals.Giffords and Kelly announced the formation of Americans for Responsible Solutions last month, and announced their intentions to get Congress…
A graduate of Red Mountain High School in Mesa is accused of trying to bomb a bank in Oakland, California, but his purportedly Taliban-connected partner was an undercover FBI agent.According to the FBI, 28-year-old Matthew Aaron Llaneza, now a resident of San Jose, California, wanted to make it look like…
If you’re not a fan of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s school-patrol posse, then get a load of what Arpaio kiss-ass Steven Seagal thinks about you.”Anybody who has criticized me or the sheriff for standing up to help the children, in my opinion, is an embarrassment to the human race,” Seagal said…
A jury convicted a former taxi driver of manslaughter today, for beating a 57-year-old man to death in a 2011 parking-lot-rage incident.Former AAA Taxi driver Gary Gene Mayo actually had a fare in his cab when he began swearing at James Fournier, who was out with his wife and grandchild…
Scottsdale police have “exactly nothing” against the Marine accused of stabbing former ASU football player Tyrice Thompson to death, his lawyer claims.In Ian MacDonald’s initial court appearance for his second-degree murder charge, attorney Jeffery Mehrens also spoke about his client’s career as a Marine, in which he claimed MacDonald has…
