About four years ago, Todd Fries, the owner of Burns Power Washing, was shorted $200 for a power-washing job because his customers didn’t think Fries’ employees did such a great job.Fries responded to this lack of payment by spreading things outside the customers’ home including (but not limited to) motor…
Does Sheriff Joe Arpaio really think it’s unnecessary to debate his opponent, Paul Penzone, or is the Sheriff…chicken?According to Randy Parraz and Citizens for Better Arizona members who brought live chickens to Arpaio’s office on the 19th floor of the Wells Fargo Building in Phoenix, the Sheriff’s chicken…
Despite what the Center for Arizona Policy is telling its supporters about Proposition 204, the Yes on 204 campaign says it won’t create $100 million “slush fund” to pay for abortions — or any sort of fund for abortions.In fact, Yes on 204 campaign officials say the estimated $100 million…
State Representative Ben Arredondo has become the fourth member of the state Legislature’s current class to resign because of some sort of scandal.Arredondo, who pleaded guilty to two felony charges last week, was ordered to resign from the House as part of his plea agreement.See also:-Ben Arredondo Pleads Guilty to…
Proposition 204, also known as the “Quality Education and Jobs Act,” is a sales-tax measure that would keep the tax at the same level as the temporary increase voters approved in 2010.A common criticism is that the ballot language doesn’t describe exactly where the expected $1 billion in revenue goes,…
Governor Jan Brewer said last week that Arizonans should be angered at the “kind of evil” and “federal failure” that left a Border Patrol agent dead near Bisbee.Since Brewer said that, it’s been discovered that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie apparently was killed by friendly fire.See also:-Jan Brewer May Have Paul Babeu’d Herself-Border…
If you know the savage who punched a guy about 25 times in an elevator at the W6 apartment building in Tempe early Thursday morning, Silent Witness is offering a reward for that information.The W6, or West 6th Tempe, opened a little more than a year ago, and the apartment…
The “sovereign citizen movement” movement still exists, as evidenced by Steve Baker’s alleged offer to a Phoenix police officer last night — if the cop just let him go, Baker said he wouldn’t have to place a lien against the officer’s own home.That didn’t go over in Baker’s favor, and…
Three members of an Iraqi family living in Phoenix pleaded guilty to various charges related to the alleged abuse of a fellow family member for refusing an arranged marriage.Yusra Farhan, 50, pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment, and Mohammed Altameemi, 45, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for alleged attacks against…
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever’s blood-alcohol level was .29 at the time of his fatal crash, which is more than three times higher than what’s considered to be the “legal limit” of .08.The autopsy report from Coconino County says Dever died from injuries related to the crash, including a broken…
The FBI says there are “strong preliminary indications” that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was killed by friendly fire last week near Bisbee, in an incident that also landed another agent in the hospital.Thus, it appears that Governor Jan Brewer “Paul Babeu’d” herself, by handing out political blame for deaths…
Republican Congressional candidate Vernon Parker’s photo in an Arizona Democratic Party has several African-Americans upset from both sides of the aisle.The ads targeting Parker — who’s running against Democrat Kyrsten Cinema in CD9 — are in full color, except for Parker’s picture.See also:-Vernon Parker’s Photo in Democrat Mailer Has Jarrett…
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was driving drunk at the time of his fatal crash a little more than two weeks ago, according to a toxicology report.The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office relayed the results from the medical examiner, saying that preliminary toxicology results “indicate a level of alcohol associated with…
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.This week, the jail saw some happy campers and not-so-happy campers, so this week’s collection of mugshots…
Soon-to-be-former state Representative Ben Arredondo pleaded guilty today to two felony charges, including one that wasn’t even mentioned in the original indictment.Arredondo pleaded guilty to one count of “honest services mail fraud” — related to the ticket-bribery exchange he had going on with undercover FBI agents — but also pleaded…
The Arizona Democratic Party has sent out a couple of mailers targeting the Republican candidate in CD9, Vernon Parker, and they’re bright any colorful ads — except for Parker’s picture.Not only has Parker made it known that he thinks the ad is an offensive shot at his race, it also…
The Arizona Cardinals are no longer undefeated, and they did not go down gracefully.Kevin Kolb spent more time playing assault victim that he did playing quarterback, the Cardinals’ run game continues to be essentially non-existent, resulting in a 17-3 loss in St. Louis…
The past few days have been exceptionally crappy ones for Arizona sports.The Cardinals lost their first game of the season (recap coming momentarily), the Coyotes and the rest of the NHL teams are already seeing their games canceled, the Diamondbacks missed the playoffs, and the team announced that neither member…
The murder trial of Joseluis Marquez started today, as the 22-year-old faces charges of first-degree murder and robbery the 2010 death of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa.Sousa, 21, was dragged by a car in an attempted robbery of her purse in an IHOP parking lot just south of…
A change-of-plea hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow in the bribery case involving state Representative Ben Arredondo, meaning he’s scheduled to plead guilty.Arredondo was indicted in May on charges of bribery, fraud, attempted extortion, and making false statements for allegedly getting the tickets from a company — a fake company,…
After canceling part of the pre-season, then the entire pre-season, the NHL has announced that it’s starting to cancel some regular-season games.The NHL released a super-short statement saying regular-season games would be canceled through October 24, which includes 82 games league-wide, four of those including the Phoenix Coyotes…
A little more than a year after one of the recruiters for the Scottsdale-based porn website Backroom Casting Couch was arrested on child-pornography charges, another associate of the website has gotten himself in trouble with law enforcement.Kevin Kelsch, 30, was arrested in Paradise Valley in late August after his ex-girlfriend…
