Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest “employer sanctions operation”/illegal-immigrant roundup resulted in the arrest of about one-quarter of a Glendale small business’ employees yesterday.Sonoran Concrete was the small business raided in operation number 68, and 18 people were arrested for allegedly using false identifications, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.See also:-Joe…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his “birther” chief Mike Zullo are balking at their chance to talk about their super official “investigation” of President Obama’s birth certificate in court, and Zullo tells New Times why — Orly Taitz.Taitz told us yesterday that she’s very upset with Arpaio and Zullo, since she’s…
For fans of erstwhile D-backs broadcasting tandem Mark Grace and Daron Sutton, there was probably a low likelihood of being impressed with their replacements.Touché, Arizona Diamondbacks, touché.See also:-Arizona Diamondbacks Ax Commentators Daron Sutton and Mark Grace…
Everyone at the University of Arizona’s student newspaper, the Daily Wildcat, is in apology mode after a comic about shooting a gay kid if he ever came out to his father garnered some national attention.The apparent “joke” was about a father shooting his gay son with a shotgun, rolling him…
Nearly three years after 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson was reported missing, the boy’s mother, Elizabeth Johnson, was not found guilty of kidnapping. However, a jury did find her guilty of unlawful imprisonment and two custodial-interference charges.The kidnapping charge is the one that Johnson’s attorney really fought — it could have landed…
If, for some reason, anyone needs further evidence of how bogus Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” investigation is, here you go.Orly Taitz, perhaps one of the most well-known challengers to the eligibility of President Obama, is still trying to contest the issue in court, and tells New Times that Arpaio refuses…
Pedro Lopez-Marroquin isn’t exactly a pickup artist — according to police, he was just walking around a Phoenix apartment complex with $100 in his hand, trying to get kids to have sex with him.Believe it or not, nobody took him up on his offer…
Michael Turley — also known as the magician “Gianni” — pleaded not guilty today to charges related to his alleged role as the director of a movie that was produced to “test” the Phoenix Police Department’s response to a terrorist situation.Turley was arrested last month after it was discovered that…
After seeing an apology about a cartoon on the website of the University of Arizona’s student newspaper last night, the Daily Wildcat, we were ready to channel our inner Michael Scott — “There is no such thing as an appropriate joke. That’s why it’s a joke.”However, the apparent “joke” is…
Quite a few people seem to think it’s quite a coincidence that the Maricopa County Elections Department listed the wrong election date on a sparsely distrusted document, but the error was only made on the Spanish portion of that document.The estimate from the elections office is that fewer than 50…
The Tempe men who were arrested after driving around completely naked together after allegedly breaking into a man’s car couldn’t seem to get their stories straight when talking to police Monday morning.While Anthony Gammon told a story consistent with Tempe PD’s recollection, his partner Alberto Rosciano told police he really…
Convicted murderer Jimmy Odom’s attempted escape from a Tucson prison today was pretty lame.Odom’s plan, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, was to beat up a contracted worker who was driving a delivery truck into the prison, steal the truck, and drive to freedom by running down several layers…
The Maricopa County Elections Department says a small number of people received a document that listed the wrong election date — put only in the portion of the document printed in Spanish.The estimate from the elections office is that fewer than 50 people received this document — it’s likely fewer…
Despite the speculation that Senator John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, consults her vagina before casting votes — speculation we assume never existed — she claims she does not.McCain was in the KTAR booth for her weekly chat with Mac and Gaydos yesterday, and confirmed something that no one really asked,…
A campaign-finance complaint has been filed against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, mostly related to the oodles of cash he’s sent over to his campaign manager Chad Willems’ company, Summit Consulting.While we were adding up how much Arpaio’s forked over to Summit (more than $1.5 million since January), we happened to notice…
President Obama and Mitt Romney engaged in an event last night that was billed as a “debate,” and given the nature of the so-called “debate,” somebody’s got to be the winner.According to the apparent mainstream media consensus, Obama won the debate, to tie the debate record at 1-1…
Anthony Burton is probably the most badass dude in Tempe.Two guys allegedly tried to break into Burton’s car, and they ended up walking away butt naked. Also, Burton keeps a live alligator in his apartment…
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb didn’t break any bones during Sunday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills, which is probably the only good news the team has today about the quarterback.Kolb does have damage to his rib cartilage, as well as a sprained sternoclavicular joint — more specifically, several of his…
Jesse Miller’s 1-year-old daughter was taken to Phoenix Children’s Hospital yesterday, as Miller explained to a nurse that he “just beat the shit out of [his] baby.”According to court documents obtained by New Times, Miller’s explanation was that he smoked the synthetic chemicals known as “spice,” which caused his soul…
It’s not every day that a Republican congressional candidate releases an ad that probably requires the consumption of hallucinogenic drugs to get the full effect.Yet, Republican CD9 candidate Vernon Parker has this downright groovy ad out that’s just too awesome to ignore, regardless of the political content.See also:-Can Kyrsten Sinema…
President Obama and Mitt Romney are “dead even” in Arizona, according to a poll of the state’s voters released this week.The thought of Obama winning Arizona — which the president’s campaign contends is possibly — seems to come and go each week, depending on how poll results turn out, but…
How much saliva do you have to unleash inside a cop car to make that car unusable for multiple days?That’s probably a question for 42-year-old Gilbert resident Anthony Crespin, who did exactly that over the weekend…
