Both men charged in the 2010 murder of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco have now pleaded guilty, after Louis Eugene Harper pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder and armed robbery.Marco was 21 years old when he was gunned down after refusing to give up his belongings in a robbery…
Mesa resident Nicholas Linsk is accused of driving his truck away from the scene of his fatal collision with a bicyclist in Fountain Hills, which was reported by a man driving in the lane next to him at the time.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the initial story…
According to the latest poll of Arizonans, President Obama’s ahead of Mitt Romney by two percentage points, which qualifies as being “dead even.”This poll comes from the Behavior Research Center, which is notably the only polling outfit that’s shown an Obama lead in Arizona out of the eight companies that…
For once, the Arizona Cardinals didn’t come away with a victory in an overtime thriller.It’s kind of been expected for the Cardinals to win these types of games, but the Buffalo Bills were the ones to hit the overtime field goal yesterday in Glendale, beating the Cardinals 19-16.See also:-Arizona Cardinals…
In case you missed it, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has finally acknowledged his election opponent, Paul Penzone, by creating a fantasy account of what happened between Penzone and his wife in a 2003 altercation.Arpaio won’t debate Penzone, nor has he made any mention of him, until this ad was released, accusing Penzone…
David Walker flew into town from Chicago early yesterday morning, and was in Phoenix for about an hour before he beat his ex-wife’s boyfriend to death with a baseball bat, according to police.Phoenix police say Walker, 29, got in around 12:30 a.m., and went straight to his ex-wife’s house, near…
A man from Scottsboro, Alabama is apparently so obsessed with Gila monsters and rattlesnakes that he made trips to Arizona to steal them, and brought them back to Alabama with him.That’s a federal offense, and 43-year-old David Langella will be on probation for the next three years because of it…
Following in the footsteps of our sister papers of South Florida, Miami New Times and Broward-Palm Beach New Times, we bring you the weekly roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail.Between being passed out, dressed up, inked up, or just plain messy, our alleged law-violators this week…
Yesterday, the Glendale Police Department sent out a reminder that exactly one year ago, police were called to a south Glendale apartment complex for a report of a missing 5-year-old girl, Jhessye Shockley.Jhessye’s still missing a year later, but police presume she’s dead, and her mother, Jerice Hunter, has recently…
Above is the ad we referenced yesterday, in which Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign pals introduce their own artistic interpretation of what happened between Arpaio-challenger Paul Penzone and his wife in a 2003 altercation.See also:-Joe Arpaio Creates His Own Version of What Happened in 2003 Altercation Between Paul Penzone and His…
For once, two men argued on television, and national media outlets didn’t choose the winner for everyone (well, fewer than usual).We’re talking about the vice-presidential debate between current VP Joe Biden, and VP-hopeful Paul Ryan, who had their lone debate last night…
Former Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone once again explained the 2003 altercation with his ex-wife, after Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign released an ad on the matter, which says there’s no excuse for “hitting a woman.”The incident the Arpaio ad is attempting to reference was explained by our colleague Stephen…
Chandler couple Vu Tran and Siobhan Grogan told police they often kept their 8-year-old son — who has mental and physical disabilities — locked in a bathroom. According to Tran, it’s because they “have a life too.”Tran and Groghan only ended up talking to police on Tuesday because while they…
The libertarian Cato Institute has not been taking it easy on Arizona — it has consistently said the state’s immigration laws are no good for the economy, and now it’s giving Governor Jan Brewer a “D” in fiscal policy.The idea behind the grade is simple: “governors who have cut taxes…
Embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu teamed up with state Senator/New Times’ “Best Raving Loon” Sylvia Allen yesterday to announce that armed volunteers now be combating drug-smuggling in the county.Babeu’s unpaid “Anti-Smuggling Posse” will be the junior-varsity squad for PCSO’s SWAT team when it comes to smuggling operations.See also:-Sylvia Allen’s…
Arizona State University is proud to announce that it’s banning tobacco from all of its property starting August 1, 2013.Not just smoking, mind you — no tobacco products will be allowed at all “on university property, facilities, grounds, parking structures, university-owned vehicles and structures owned or leased by the university.”…
A Flagstaff woman’s puppy was killed this weekend, which she discovered after she returned home and saw the pup hanging from a noose in her backyard.Flagstaff police Sergeant James Jackson tells New Times that the 4-month-old puppy was found hanging from a rafter in a shed that was being used…
Jeffrey Higgins, a now-former detention officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, was sentenced to probation for a January incident in which Higgins pointed a loaded handgun at his 19-year-old son.According to court documents previously obtained by New Times, Higgins pointed the gun at his son’s face as the teenager…
According to a group that calls itself a “strategy center for the progressive movement,” Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl are the worst for the proverbial middle class.They’re actually in a 19-way tie among Senators for being the “worst of the worst,” which, as you can imagine coming from a…
Judge Warren Granville has ruled that Michael Lee Crane cannot represent himself in his murder trial.Crane’s accused of killing three people — Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as businessman Bruce Gaudet — and while Granville found Crane competent to represent himself, it’s Crane’s goofy behavior in…
For the second time, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office put out a press release to complain that Immigration and Customs Enforcement “refused” to take custody of a suspected illegal immigrant.The story from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is that the Human Smuggling Unit pulled over a car, and the driver didn’t have…
The U.S. Senate race between Democrat Richard Carmona and Republican Jeff Flake is starting to get some national attention, as the Washington Post asked itself this week, “Can Democrat Richard Carmona win the Arizona Senate race?”Maybe not, they said.See also:-Richard Carmona Promises Dems a Senate Seat-Bill Clinton To Rally for…
