Phoenix police say a man was killed on New Year’s Eve after being accidentally shot by his sister, who was playing with a gun while the two were posing for photos.Judging by the previous photo to the right of now-deceased 22-year-old Manuel Ortiz, this situation is not incredibly hard to…
The cause of the provisional-ballot uproar has not been solved. At least, there doesn’t appear to be an agreement over the cause.Although Secretary of State Ken Bennett said one of the people involved in an effort to register 34,000 new Latino voters admitted that they were checking the permanent early-voting…
A jury couldn’t decide whether the former editor of Guns & Ammo magazine is guilty of murdering one of his friends.Richard Venola, 54, was arrested by Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies in May, after the former Guns & Ammo editor allegedly used a gun and ammo to shoot 39-year-old James Patrick…
A Pinal County judge dismissed a lawsuit against New Times, which had been filed over stories on this blog about a member of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s command staff apparently trying to scrub an arrest record from a DPS database.PCSO Lieutenant Blake King filed the lawsuit, alleging New Times…
In response to the shooting massacre of children in Newtown, Connecticut, some people back here in the desert have proposed their own methods of preventing that type of tragedy from occurring here.For Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, he’s putting the armed geezers from his posse of volunteer deputies in schools,…
Jeffrey West and his roommate were arguing in their Mesa home on New Year’s Eve.Per West’s alleged line of thinking, this argument required a sledgehammer…
If you’re a fan of the football program at Arizona State University, you may have heard during the television broadcast of ASU’s bowl victory this weekend over the Naval Academy that ASU running back Marion Grice’s brother had been murdered over a pair of sneakers a week before the game.According…
According to several Valley reporters, a new survey shows that some Arizona teenagers have obtained marijuana from people who can legally possess marijuana.”No shit,” say the rest of us.See also:-Medical Marijuana in Arizona a “Charade,” and What’s Wrong with That, Exactly?-Arizona Organix Steps Out as the State’s First Authorized Medical-Marijuana…
Despite activists’ complaints that Latino voters were more likely to cast provisional ballots in this year’s election — and that elections officials were likely to blame — Secretary of State Ken Bennett pointed a finger back at the activists.Bennett recently testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee alongside other states’…
Despite cops around the state probably hearing the phrase “just two beers” quite often during DUI stops this holiday season, the state government’s statistics show that Arizonans tend to be fairly slammed when they were caught driving drunk.For the second year in a row, drivers busted for DUI during specific…
Believe it or not, the Arizona Cardinals’ fourth quarterback choice of the year didn’t lead the team to a miraculous victory in the season finale on Sunday, and the firing of the bozos making the decisions started on Monday.Brian Hoyer was the quarterback selected to seal the deal on a…
In a move that wasn’t exactly unexpected, President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry for the secretary of state post to replace Hillary Clinton.That reminds us of the moment earlier this month when Senator John McCain — who essentially forced out Obama’s original pick for the spot, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice…
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.Do you ever see a guy with a terrible face…
UPDATE: Sedona Vortex Jumper Peter Gersten Wanders Home After Vortex Fails to Open The man who has been planning on taking a “leap of faith” off Bell Rock in Sedona today is out there waiting for his “portal” to open, but it does not appear that he plans on blindly…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims his detectives may have prevented a “serious mass murder” similar to the one carried out at an elementary school last week in Newtown, Connecticut.While referencing the Connecticut shooting several times, Arpaio explained yesterday morning ‘s arrest of a 16-year-old student at Red Mountain High…
According to a handful of dolts, we’re all supposed to be dead right now, based on some theory about calendars made by a guy who we’ll guess was high on hallucinogenic drugs at the time.Nobody really said what time the world was supposed to end today, but it’s already Saturday in some…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office claims it has ended a 16-year-old girl’s “serious murder/suicide plot” at Mesa’s Red Mountain High School.Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s heading up the press conference later today to answer questions, but according to information provided by MCSO, the girl posted threats on YouTube about killing herself “and…
In June, a woman told Phoenix police that she was pretty sure Samuel Nelson put his penis on her foot while she was sleeping at a relative’s house — which is the second time she believed he’d done this.Turns out, two other women and a 12-year-old girl told police very…
According to the court of public opinion, last week’s shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school isn’t viewed as an “isolated act,” unlike the shootings carried out by Jared Loughner and James Holmes.Although the public’s just about split on the issue, a Pew Research Center survey shows more people think…
Less than one week after a gunman murdered 27 people, including 20 children, in Connecticut, three Arizona teenagers have made some incredibly poor decisions relating to schools.One, in Gilbert, was walking on a high school campus with a “toy rifle,” while the another, in Kingman, posted to Facebook that he…
The medical examiner has identified the body found in the river north of Tempe Marketplace on Sunday as ASU freshman Jack Culolias.Tempe police expected the body to be identified as Culolias, who was last seen around the time he got kicked out of the Cadillac Ranch restaurant/bar the night of…
Question: What is the only place on earth that has provided an Elvis impersonator, ice cream and cake, women throwing panties, coloring contests, a large Christmas tree, and an old man who likes to dress men in pink underwear?Answer: The jails of self-proclaimed tough-guy Sheriff Joe Arpaio. In fact, the…
