American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona representatives announced yesterday that the organization filed a lawsuit against the City of Scottsdale and the Scottsdale Police Department, related to Officer James Peters’ sixth kill on the job.The officer-misconduct lawsuit will be based on the fatal shooting of 50-year-old John Loxas, who was…
Susan Brock, the estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, apparently has been on her best behavior in prison.A few weeks ago, Brock officially made it one full year without a disciplinary infraction, since being found guilty of the world’s lamest prison disciplinary infraction in late August 2011.See also:-Brocked…
UPDATE: Another Backroom Casting Couch associate has been arrested, and is accused of secretly videotaping his sex sessions. Congratulations are in order for Arizona State University, as another student just landed on the faux-reality porn website Backroom Casting Couch.Eric Whittaker, the Backroom Casting Couch representative best known as the guy…
Scottsdale police officers have had quite a few questionable shootings in recent history that have been determined by the department to be justified.That — along with Officer James Peters’ involvement in a sixth fatal shooting — is why representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona announced that they’ve filed…
UPDATE: Scottsdale Police Department Has Quite a Shooting Problem, ACLU Alleges The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona will be filing a lawsuit against the City of Scottsdale, related to Scottsdale Police Officer James Peters’ sixth kill on the job.The officer-misconduct lawsuit will be based on the fatal shooting of…
The Arizona Cardinals wrecked the Philadelphia Eagles 27-6 in Glendale yesterday, and quarterback Kevin Kolb is still the messiah of the National Football League.This was Kolb’s first start against his former team, and it couldn’t have gone better for him.See also:-Arizona Cardinals, Football Jesus Kevin Kolb Defeat New England Patriots-Kevin…
Late last week, Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed Immigration and Customs Enforcement “refused” to take custody of two suspected illegal immigrants that MCSO deputies found in the desert.Arpaio suggested that he saw this was coming, and had discovered a back-up plan to keep turning over immigrants to federal agents.See also:-Joe Arpaio…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio put out a press release today boasting about how he outsmarted Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which “refused” to take custody of two suspected illegal immigrants that deputies found in the desert yesterday.In reality, ICE didn’t refuse to take custody, and Arpaio’s boys actually took the directive from…
Scottsdale-based GoDaddy.com was having a rough time last week after it experienced some technical difficulties, which the company had to explain was not due to some sort of “hack,” despite claims to the contrary.Now that everyone’s websites are up and running again, the company has been hit with a class-action…
UPDATE: Mesa police confirm the theft charge is the only charge against Graham. Despite Scott Graham telling Mesa cops that he “played” with 30 to 40 cats he stole — three of which were found dead an mutilated — he may not be charged with animal abuse.Instead, it seems pretty…
Some inmates got in a fight yesterday at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson. By “some inmates,” we mean about 200 inmates brawled for good half-hour.According to the Arizona Department of Corrections, approximately 200 Hispanic and African-American inmates kicked things off around 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Rita Unit,…
A Tempe missing-person case has turned into a homicide case, as the co-owner of an auto-body repair shop is accused of killing his business partner, although the man’s body has not been found.Chad Norris, 33, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge in the presumed death of 45-year-old Jason Johnson,…
Although the playoff chances for the Arizona Diamondbacks are slim this late in the season, it almost looked like they were turning things around after winning two in a row at home against the San Diego Padres.As has been the story for much of the D-backs’ season, the streak ended…
Yesterday, we brought you a story by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” chief Mike Zullo in his own words, describing his nursing-home pursuit of a 95-year-old woman.Not only did Zullo get the cops called on him while his was seeking Verna K. Lee — who worked at the Hawaiian registrar’s office…
A man described as a bush-league version of the “Rock Burglar” is probably responsible for “at least” 42 burglaries that occurred in the Valley this summer, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.Kilian Hale — a 50-year-old guy who lives with his mommy in Sun Lakes — is accused of…
Democratic Congressman Ron Barber — who won the special election in June to fill the seat of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords — is already fighting for his reelection, and he’s already made his Republican opponent angry.Martha McSally’s campaign put out a press release condemning Barber for saying House Republicans are…
Less than a week after taking credit for creating five jobs at a Mexican restaurant, Sheriff Joe Arpaio now claims he’s now opened up some “employment opportunities” in the patio furniture refurbishing industry.Of course, that’s a result of “employer sanctions operation”/illegal-immigrant roundup number 66, in which all seven people arrested…
Despite the Arizona Department of Health Services reporting that the number of abortions increased about 26 percent from 2010 to 2011, the lobbying organization Center for Arizona Policy says the same numbers from DHS actually show a decrease in the number of abortions.CAP president Cathi Herrod says comparing the number…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” chief Mike Zullo has no shame in telling his story of getting the cops called on him because he spent hours at a Hawaii nursing home in an attempt to badger a 95-year-old woman.In fact, after being asked not to return to the nursing home again,…
Legislative District 13 voters will be able to vote for GOP state House candidate Darin Mitchell, despite the fact that a judge ruled he doesn’t live in the district.He didn’t contest the part about not living in the district — some of the evidence can be found in the lawsuit,…
Despite what the Yavapai County Attorney’s Office is saying, the sales of “bath salts” and “spice” have not been banned in the county.Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk sure isn’t the first to announce that a ban on “bath salts” or “spice” has been enacted around here — the Legislature tried…
The Justice Department’s inspector general has released the agency’s novel-length report on the “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal, which mostly calls out the ATF’s Phoenix office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Arizona for the botched operation.Attorney General Eric Holder released a statement on the report, pretty much saying I…
