Joe Arpaio Ads Running on Fox News Are Awful
John Philip Sousa IV runs an independent-expenditure committee called “Americans for Sheriff Joe.”Sousa and his committee have started running TV ads on Fox News, and those ads are absolutely awful…
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Phoenix Fivesome Accused of Holding Down Woman, Forcibly Injecting Her With Heroin
A Phoenix woman told police earlier in the week that she got her hair cut off, burned by cigarettes, and had some heroin. She did not want to do any of that.Five people are accused of holding down the woman and doing each of those things, as Phoenix Police Sergeant…
Devils Diciples Motorcycle Gangsters Indicted on Tons of Charges, Including Trying to Murder Their Own in Arizona
The feds unsealed an indictment charging 41 members and associates of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle Club — including the national president and national vice president — with crimes mostly related to gambling, drugs, and violence.The Justice Department says the crimes committed by members of the Michigan-based Diciples (that’s the gang’s…
Jeff Flake Endorsed by John McCain and Jon Kyl; Wil Cardon’s Still Stuck With Trent Franks
Republican U.S. Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl announced their endorsement of Congressman Jeff Flake for the Senate seat being vacated by Kyl.That brings Flake’s tally of endorsements from sitting Senators to five, in addition to Congressman Paul Ryan and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.Flake’s primary opponent, Wil Cardon, is still…
Who (if Anyone) Should Drop Out of Sheriff’s Race Against Joe Arpaio?
The controversy continues over what looks to be a three-way race for Maricopa County Sheriff come November, as the Feathered Bastard highlighted in his column this week.Right now, it looks like there are going to be two people trying to defeat Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Independent candidate Mike Stauffer, and Democrat…
PETA Plans to Forward Tips in the Cat-in-Concrete Case to Marshal’s Office (Which Is Accused of Slaughtering Every Dog in Town)
See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona See also: Mohave County Sheriff’s Office to Patrol Colorado City See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice DepartmentSee also: Someone Buried a Cat Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member’s PropertyPETA’s kind of in an awkward spot right now,…
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Michael Salman Is Not in Jail for Having Bible Studies in His Home
UPDATE: Michael Salman has been charged with multiple felonies for allegedly defrauding the state’s Medicaid program.See also: Michael Salman wants to build a church in his backyard Despite what’s being said by Fox News and Christian news outlets about Phoenix pastor Michael Salman, he’s not in jail for hosting bible…
Mohave County Sheriff’s Office to Investigate Cat Buried Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member’s Property
See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona See also: Mohave County Sheriff’s Office to Patrol Colorado City See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice DepartmentSee also: Someone Buried a Cat Up to Its Head in Concrete on Ex-FLDS Member’s PropertyThe Mohave County Sheriff’s Office will be investigating the…
Wil Cardon Called for Jailing People Who Hired Undocumented Immigrants
Over the weekend, the Arizona Republic took a look at Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wil Cardon’s record of being a “job creator,” in which he’s repeatedly claimed that he’s created “hundreds of jobs.”Turns out, the Republic found Immigration and Customs Enforcement records stating that a bunch of the employees of…
Richard Carmona Helping Injured Republican Has State GOP Spokesman Concerned About HIPAA Violations
When word got out last week that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona gave some medical advice to a Republican campaign worker with an apparent leg injury, fellow Democrats were loving the feel-good moment.The Arizona Republican Party — or at least, its spokesman — is suspicious of a “hypothetical situation”…
Do Samuel Matta’s Alleged Plans to “Publicly Assassinate” Joe Arpaio Seem Legitimate?
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced yesterday that a gang member was “planning to publicly assassinate Sheriff Joe Arpaio using a high powered rifle.”The problems with Samuel Matta’s alleged plot included the fact that he couldn’t scrape together the $1,800 bond to see the light of day, and he was…
Sadie Johnson Earns a Trip to Prison for Binding and Gagging Toddlers, Lighting Trailer on Fire With Them Inside
Sadie Johnson told the cops she didn’t like babysitting her sisters — ages 1, 2, and 4 — a job she often had to do when her mother was going out with her boyfriend.Johnson, then 17, finally got out of it — after she was arrested for binding and gagging…
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MCSO: Gangster Was Planning to “Publicly Assassinate” Joe Arpaio, but Didn’t Have the $1,800 to Get Out of Jail
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office claims a gang member was “planning to publicly assassinate Sheriff Joe Arpaio using a high powered rifle.”The first problem with the plot of gangster Samuel Matta was that he couldn’t come up with the $1,800 to bond out of jail after he stole a car…
Tempe Pastor Who Thinks Government Should Put Homosexuals to Death Now Concerned About “Nazi” Border Patrol
It’s been about a year and a half since Tempe pastor Steven Anderson told New Times he believed “the government should put [homosexuals] to death,” but now he’s got a new cause — driving to Border Patrol checkpoints and letting the agents know they’re pretty much Nazis…
Ame Deal’s Father May Have Tried (and Failed) to Skip Town During Three Days of Freedom
If David Deal, the father of Ame Deal — the 10-year-old girl who died a year ago after her family members admittedly stuffed the girl in a footlocker — wanted to skip town between his arrests this weekend, he had about three days.If Deal actually tried to leave town, he…
Justin Upton: To Trade or Not To Trade?
It’s that time of the year, when Arizona Diamondbacks right-fielder Justin Upton — the first overall pick of the MLB draft in 2005 — is the subject of trade rumors.Upton’s been booed by the home crowd at Chase Field quite a bit this year, as he’s not quite up to…
Michael Marin Probably Took Cyanide, MCSO Says; Joe Arpaio Tells Everyone Where to Buy It
See also: Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He’s Charged with ArsonSee also: Michael Marin, “Burning Man,” May Have Committed Suicide in the CourtroomMichael Marin probably popped a cyanide pill after a jury handed down a guilty verdict against him in his…
Scottsdale Police Not Happy About Arizona Republic Spilling the Beans on Location of Undercover Cop Building
We’re not cops over here at New Times, but we do know one important thing about undercover police work: the undercover part.That’s apparently what Scottsdale police were trying to explain to an Arizona Republic reporter, who posted pretty much everything but the address of the PD’s new building that will…
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Andre Rison, Decent Former Football Player, Owes More Than $300,000 in Child Support
Andre “Bad Moon” Rison is a former NFL wide receiver who made the Pro Bowl five times, and had his mansion burned down by the late TLC singer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in 1994.Rison also made child-support payments precisely zero times, which he was ordered to start paying in 1999.Since…
Phoenix Police: David Deal Kept 10-Year-Old Ame Deal in a Dog Kennel; Locked Her in a Trunk and Tossed Her in a Pool Before She Died
See also: “Hide-and-Seek” Suffocation Death of 10-Year-Old Ame Deal Ruled HomicideSee also: Police: Abuse of Ame Deal “Makes You Sick to Your Stomach.”See also: Ame Deal’s Killers Indicted for First-Degree MurderSee also: Pennsylvania Man Says He’s the Father of Ame DealSee also: Ammandea Stoltzmann Arrested For Horrific Abuse of Ame…
Ben Quayle Has a New TV Ad, and You’ll Never Guess What He Says (Yes You Will)
Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but Congressman Ben Quayle thinks Barack Obama is the “worst president in history.”Quayle’s got a new TV ad out in Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District ahead of his August primary with fellow Republican Congressman David Schweikert, and sure enough, Quayle’s going with his old…
Is Ex-FLDS Member Right to Blame Church Members for Cat Buried Alive in Concrete?
Yesterday, we told you about someone burying a cat, still alive — at the time — up to its head in concrete in Colorado City.The cat was left on the property of Isaac Wyler, a former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who left…