See also: Phillip Woolbright Relieved of Duties After Suspension Recommendation Preacher/Arrowhead Justice of the Peace Phillip Woolbright is now former Justice of the Peace Phillip Woolbright.Woolbright, who was elected to the position in 2010, was arrested almost exactly one year ago for violating a restraining order filed against him by…
See also: Dwandarrius Robinson Accused of Murdering Pregnant Girlfriend If you’re the subject of Nancy Grace’s TV show, you probably messed up somewhere.Phoenix resident Dwandarrius Robinson (D’Wandarrius, according to his Facebook page) was featured on last night’s program because the body of his pregnant girlfriend, Shaniqua Hall, was found bound…
See also: Joe Arpaio Looks Like Tired, Old Racist on Stand During Racial-Profiling TrialSee also: Arpaio Struggles to Answer Examples of Seemingly Bigoted Leadership Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio took the stand yesterday to face questions related to alleged racial profiling, and if you ask our colleague Ray Stern, Arpaio…
See also: Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard See also: Michael Salman Is Not in Jail for Having Bible Studies in His Home Pastor Michael Salman — the ex-gang member and convicted felon who’s currently serving a 60-day jail sentence after being found guilty of 67…
See also: Four Days of Meth Use Leads Scottsdale Man to Naked Picnic in Dollar Store Bathroom — Before Covering Store in Silly String Shane Chavis — best known for his role as the allegedly naked man who had a naked picnic in a Dollar Tree bathroom before he used…
Despite the fact that Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been raking in the money for his re-election bid, some people trying to cash in on Arpaio’s name have been awful at making advertisements.The first one we noticed was John Philip Sousa IV’s independent-expenditure committee called “Americans for Sheriff Joe,” which…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ two hottest hitters, Jason Kubel and Aaron Hill, went a combined 0-for-8 last night.The D-backs still beat the Colorado Rockies 6-3 at Chase Field.D-Backs starter Ian Kennedy drove in three runs on a standing triple — to repeat, Ian Kennedy drove in three runs on a triple…
Congratulations to the New Times reader known as RetiredArmy, you’ve won this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest. On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lead birther “investigator,” Mike Zullo. We picked the five best captions, and put…
Yesterday, we brought you the top five reasons why post-traumatic stress disorder should be on the list of qualifying ailments under the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.We propose these reasons because the state’s Department of Health Services recently rejected adding PTSD to the list. Medical marijuana use for anxiety, migraine headaches,…
Peoria Police Chief Roy Minter announced today that a patrol sergeant was demoted and suspended for directing a “racially derogatory term” at a podium in April.Sergeant Patrick Kief is now Officer Patrick Kief for “us[ing] a racially derogatory term to describe his frustration with a podium he was using during…
See also: Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard See also: Michael Salman Is Not in Jail for Having Bible Studies in His Home Pastor Michael Salman — the ex-gang member and convicted felon who’s currently serving a 60-day jail sentence after being found guilty of 67…
When a pair of women found Christopher Shahin in the backseat of his car with a girl last year, Shahin let the women know that the girl was his “baby mama” and that “she fine.”The girl was not Shahin’s “baby mama,” nor was “fine” — she was a 14-year-old girl…
Former Alaska Governor and Vice President runner-up Sarah Palin says Congressman Jeff Flake should be the next U.S. Senator from Arizona.The gaffe-prone ex-governor — who briefly wanted to “stand with our North Korean allies” and sparked concerns about the “Department of Law” — says Flake’s the kind of guy who…
On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lead birther “investigator,” Mike Zullo. After sifting through all the responses — as usual, some of them more politically correct than others — we’ve narrowed it down to five finalists. Only one person…
See also: Naked Man on Bath Salts No. 2: Michael Hurtado Was Making Out With CarsSee also: Tempe Joins the Naked-Man-on-Bath-Salts Train Seriously, Tempe: put down the bath salts, and put on your clothes.For the third time this week, Tempe police have arrested a naked person doing really weird things,…
See also: Congressional Candidate Matt Salmon Says Lobbyist Matt Salmon Never Lobbied for “Obamacare” Republican Congressman-turned-lobbyist-turned-congressional candidate Matt Salmon’s explanation of doing lobbying work on “Obamacare” bills — or not doing lobbying work on the bills — isn’t quite satisfying former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams.Adams accused his primary opponent…
See also: Tempe Joins the Naked-Man-on-Bath-Salts Train The Tempe Police Department was probably not messing around Wendesday when it issued a public warning about the chemicals known as “bath salts.”After finding 23-year-old Sean-Paul Branscome slamming himself against walls and jogging around a Tempe neighborhood in the nude on Sunday after…
A Phoenix man is accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend last week, as police say his story unraveled because he failed to properly light the crime scene on fire.Dwandarrius Robinson, 21, faces murder, arson, and kidnapping charges after the body of his girlfriend, Shaniqua Hall, was found bound in burning…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his birther brigade — led by chief “investigator” Mike Zullo — held another press conference this week to announce their new “evidence” that President Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery.Not surprisingly, the Cold Case Posse’s “evidence” was debunked months before Arpaio and Zullo presented…
Forget everything you learned about the Holocaust, kids, because Congressman Trent Franks is contemplating whether abortion is actually the “greatest genocide in world history.”There’s a reason we have a category of stories called “Trent Franks (Sigh)” and it’s for stuff like this — or when he said black people were…
John Brigham says he’s not guilty of the multiple felonies he’s charged with related to the alleged PCP-fueled naked carjacking spree in Scottsdale a few weeks ago.The former Chandler high school teacher and real estate executive pleaded not guilty today to multiple counts of robbery and endangerment — charges that…
If you really trust your local politicians (again, we’ll pause for laughter), then they’re really serious about hating on strippers.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released more local candidates’ answers to their questionnaires for this year’s elections, including county and city offices, and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery…
