Despite some Arizona Republicans’ continued opposition to the state’s voter-approved medical-marijuana program, the voters still like it, according to recently released poll results.While 59 percent of poll respondents said they support Arizona’s 2010 Medical Marijuana Act, 59 percent of people said they would vote “yes” for a ballot initiative that…
A 43-year-old man was shot and killed in Phoenix last night by an Arizona Department of Transportation employee in an apparent self-defense shooting.This apparent self-defense shooting doesn’t seem to be nearly as questionable as those featured often in national news coverage, as police say Quentine Barksdale was wearing a ski…
A Phoenix teenager is dead and his two brothers are in jail, after they allegedly went after their neighbor — who had a gun — with knives and large rocks.Phoenix police Sergeant Steve Martos says the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Theodore Curley on Saturday night was questioned and released…
Albert Arias has pleaded guilty to the murder of his 76-year-old father, more than nine months after Arias walked into the El Mirage police station, and told employees that he did just that.Arias pleaded guilty late last week to a charge of second-degree murder for stabbing Pete Arias to death…
One of the inmates who called B.S. on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s announcement that he was taking steps to keep Tent City inmates warm is still calling B.S. after spending the weekend in below-freezing temperatures.Arpaio issued the press release last week, saying he “would like families and friends of inmates incarcerated…
From the “better late than never” department, the National Hockey League is a functioning thing again, and a 48-game schedule has been created for each team this season.The season was supposed to start a few months ago, but the whole lockout debacle messed that up completely, so the Phoenix Coyotes’…
Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman says he’s thinking about running for governor.”Over the next few months, I will be traveling the state of Arizona to speak with and listen to people from all walks of life about what’s really important to them in their state government, and how we can…
According to a Tent City inmate, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s claim that his office is taking steps to keep the inmates warm in the jail is a “patent lie.”If you’ve been paying attention today, you’ll notice this is the second inmate in just a couple of hours to tell New Times…
Just about every week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, our alleged criminals look like those people, if…
Well, it’s said that there are two sides to every story, so here’s the other side to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s claim that the Sheriff’s Office is taking steps to keep the inmates warm in Tent City.Less than half an hour after we posted our blog, passing along the message from…
Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman today posted a statement on his website, saying he’s considering a run for governor.”Over the next few months, I will be traveling the state of Arizona to speak with and listen to people from all walks of life about what’s really important to them in…
Despite claiming that his Tent City jail is a “concentration camp,” Sheriff Joe Arpaio sure seems accommodating.Not only do we get press releases from the Sheriff’s Office letting us know that Arpaio’s cooling off the inmates when it’s hot, but we now have a press release from MCSO letting us…
Arizona House Minority Leader, Democrat Chad Campbell, has offered up some legislative proposals that are supposed to target gun violence — one of the few plans we’ve heard of around here that doesn’t include more guns.As a whole, his plan’s chance of becoming law is zero percent, but let’s get…
According to people attempting to calculate the gayest places in America, Scottsdale’s pretty gay.We’re not gayness assessors, but it would appear that Advocate magazine is totally making up this shit…
Although Phoenix’s chief of police wouldn’t go into detail about why Officer Pete Bennett approached the man who shot him several times on Sunday, court records state that 28-year-old Brandon McCabe was pulled over for riding a bicycle without a light.According to the court documents obtained by New Times, Bennett…
To the credit of the Arizona House Minority Leader, Democrat Chad Campbell, he unveiled a pretty wide-ranging plan to change laws related to school safety, mental health, and guns.Unfortunately for Campbell, he’s in the blood-red legislature in Arizona, so let’s just say it’s the thought that counts…
Noelle Clough, the Mesa woman who told police she stabbed her husband after an argument over a quiz in Cosmo magazine received a sentence of probation and a deferred jail term.Clough, 22, actually told police in June that she was actually complying with her husband’s request to stab him after…
“You play golf?” we ask 69-year-old John van Steinburg, as we roll past the entrance to Anthem’s country club, riding in a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office patrol car.He doesn’t, but since Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s PR staff let us hop in the car with Steinburg — one of Arpaio’s posse members…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rolled out some details of his response to the Newtown, Connecticut shooting, which involves armed, volunteer members of his posse patrolling some Valley schools.The power of the posse members is limited, as they’re not actual cops — a point illustrated in the late ’90s by…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today released a list of schools that are going to be patrolled by armed, volunteer members of his posse — two days after those patrols started.Arpaio repeated a claim that the “only difference” between a sworn deputy and a posse member is that the posse…
Dejuan Donaldson, the man accused of raping three girls, between the ages of 10 and 17, who were walking to schools in south Phoenix neighborhoods in 2010 and 2011.Donaldson pleaded guilty today to six charges related to the rapes, a plea that is almost undoubtedly part of a plea agreement.See…
The man with the most rushing yards in all of major college football this year shoved his pregnant ex-girlfriend to the ground and was “threatening [her] pregnancy” last month, according to that ex-girlfriend.Reports out of Tucson state that University of Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey is going to be charged…
