For the second time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio had publicly attempted to invite himself to the White House and consume President Obama’s alcohol.We can’t remember the last time Arpaio actually succeeded in inviting himself to meet someone (examples: George Lopez, Puente, the Mayor of Columbus, the CEO of Craigslist, and a…
We just took a look at perhaps the most morbid report we’ve seen this year, with about 100 pages detailing how children died in Arizona in 2011.The Arizona Child Fatality Review Program released its 19th annual report today, and it includes a whole lot of statistics and trends, including the…
With President Obama’s re-election, the empty threat from the people who just loathe the Leader of the Free World has changed from “I’M MOVING TO CANADA” to “WE’RE SECEDING.”By “we’re seceding,” we’re referring to the roughly 18,500 people who signed a petition on the Internet, asking the White House to…
Now a week after Election Day, counties across Arizona are still counting votes, and the winner of one congressional race is still undecided.Democratic Congressman Ron Barber currently leads Republican challenger Martha McSally by 654 votes, as of the time of this post.See also:-Ron Barber Now Leads Martha McSally-Ken Bennett Says…
Two guys are talking about running for public office in the next several years, and the thought of either man being elected ought to scare the pants off a good amount of people.One is Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who claims he’s already prepared to run for re-election in 2016,…
Police say the assault of Phoenix DJ, activist, and former New Times clubs editor Austin Head and a friend — which was detailed this morning on our music blog, Up on the Sun — was an anti-gay hate crime.Phoenix police Sergeant Steve Martos says the case has been designated as…
Attention elections officials across the state: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is asking that you all count the votes “promptly, accurately and equally.”We weren’t aware that everyone was just lollygagging and kind of just eyeballing the amount of votes for any given candidate, but now that the top Democrat in…
The Gilbert man run over by his wife this weekend — as she allegedly blamed him for President Obama’s re-election — may have “permanent disfigurement” as a result, according to court documents obtained by New Times.Daniel Solomon, who was in critical condition yesterday in the trauma center at Scottsdale Healthcare…
Why would out-of-towners ever write off Arizona as a place just full of bozos and lunatics?Well, the petition to the White House requesting that the Obama administration let Arizona secede from the Union and start its own government is a good place to start your research…
It appears that Governor Jan Brewer may be serious about seeking a third term, after reading that she said this for (at least) a third time, even though the Arizona Constitution says you only get two terms.The Arizona Republic published its way-too-early list of gubernatorial candidates for the 2014 election,…
Keep this in mind: an overwhelming majority of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office inmates never escape from jail.Also, keep this in mind: some guy dressed up milk cartons in his jail uniform, climbed through the ceiling, and apparently jumped over a fence in his underwear at 9 a.m. on Sunday.See also:-MCSO…
An inmate in a a jail run by the self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” in America, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, was free for nine hours yesterday, after using a method similar to that used in the 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood.The easiest part for Adan Orduno, who escaped…
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema will be headed to Congress, according to the Associated Press.The vote count is the same as when we checked with the Maricopa County Recorder’s office earlier this morning — Sinema’s up nearly 5,800 votes — but that appears to be a solid-enough lead.See also:-Ron Barber Now Leads…
UPDATE: Daniel Solomon has a fractured pelvis, torn artery, and may be permanently disfigured. Read the update here.Mesa resident Holly Solomon thinks it’s her husband’s fault that President Obama was re-elected last week, because he didn’t vote.Not only does Solomon, 28, have a thorough misunderstanding of our nation’s electoral system,…
Update: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema will be headed to Congress, according to the Associated Press.The vote count is the same as when we checked with the Maricopa County Recorder’s office earlier this morning — Sinema’s up nearly 5,800 votes — but that appears to be a solid-enough lead. Read the full…
For our readers who wanted to hear how the NASCAR race went yesterday at Phoenix International Raceway, we assumed you’d find that information elsewhere — that is, until we found out that someone finally jumped that goody two-shoes Jeff Gordon…
Last week, we reprinted the entire statement prepared by Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which he read at the sentencing of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner.To the statement, which included a pointed remark about Governor Jan Brewer’s comments after the shooting, Brewer’s spokesman said the governor “isn’t interested…
For the second time in just a couple of weeks, federal law-enforcement officers have found someone headed for Mexico with thousands of rounds of ammunition.This week, Customs and Border Protection officers allegedly found 5,440 rounds of ammo in the vehicle of 21-year-old Erik Raul Enriquez-Leon, of Nogales (Mexico).See also:-Monica Parra…
Yesterday, we reprinted the entire statement prepared by Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which he read at the sentencing of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner.It was a damn good statement that included a pointed remark about Governor Jan Brewer’s comments after the shooting. To that, the governor responded…
Today, we can all say we learned that attacking your co-workers with a meat cleaver could land you in prison for a very long time.For Qui Tu Truong, a former employee of a Phoenix market, that means consecutive prison sentences of 21 years and 15 years.See also:-Meat Cleaver Maniac Made…
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, all but one of our Fourth Avenue visitors are perfect…
Before the results from the not-so-early and provisional ballots started rolling in from the Maricopa County Recorder, we said it wouldn’t take a miracle for Republican congressional candidate Vernon Parker to take back the lead from Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in CD-9.However, as more ballots are being counted, it’s not looking…
