The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to pass a resolution that would authorize a military strike against Syria.Both of Arizona’s Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake, are on that committee, and they both voted in favor of the resolution…
The partying only seems to be increasing as the fall semester at Arizona State University goes on.Over three weekends, coinciding with the start of the semester at ASU, an alcohol task-force made a grand total of 1,367 arrests…
Nothing reeks of desperation like Arizona residents breaking the state record for buying lottery tickets.Arizonans forked over $692.9 million for their 1-in-a-zillion chance at getting rich in fiscal year 2013, which is the most spent in the 31-year history of the Arizona Lottery…
Isn’t there some sort of joke about Arizona State University’s seemingly generous acceptance rate?It makes a warning to freshmen to avoid drinking paint seem fitting…
A Phoenix man accused of stealing merchandise from a Target store told a police officer that if he touched his genital area while searching him, he’d return the favor.Sure enough, police say 25-year-old Alexander Garcia gave the officer a solid squeeze — which landed Garcia in jail on a felony…
Yesterday, a fairly large deal was made of Senator John McCain playing what appeared to be poker on his iPhone during a Senate committee hearing on military action in Syria.War, war, war, blah blah blah, I’ll raise you five bucks, boots on the ground, war, missile strikes…
A lot of people seem to be concerned that Senator John McCain was playing games on his iPhone during a Senate committee hearing on the Syria situation.McCain is not one of those people who seems very concerned…
The Phoenix Suns finally got rid of Michael Beasley.Beasley, best known for his role as a frequent customer to the Scottsdale Police Department, also played basketball here on occasion, as he was payed millions of dollars to make a negligible contribution to one of the crappiest teams in the National…
Over Labor Day weekend, 656 Arizonans celebrated with a good ol’ fashioned DUI arrest.Of those arrests, 126 were for driving of the influence of drugs, which is the highest in recent history…
If Scott Graham is responsible for all the missing cats in a Mesa neighborhood, then it’s safe to say that he messed the wrong people’s cats.Now that Graham was sentenced to house arrest in the case — which involved the murders of up to 40 cats — people are protesting…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s comrades in his sham “investigation” into President Obama’s birth certificate ought to be committed to a mental-health institution.Why? Consider the “prime suspect” for faking Obama’s birth certificate, according to one of the birthers in on Arpaio’s gag — Phoenix New Times…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us.Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From a guy chucking his son over a wall to run from the cops, to…
A 15-year-old stole a police car while officers were breaking up the party he was attending in Mesa, cops say.The youngster’s name wasn’t released by police, but Mesa Police Sergeant Tony Landato says he was seen running from the home when police arrived, but returned to hop into the front…
It certainly appears that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is going to get a babysitter monitor as a result of the Melendres racial-profiling lawsuit.Maybe, just maybe, the MCSO will operate a little differently with this appointed monitor looking over Arpaio’s shoulder…
Attorneys for the ACLU and Sheriff Joe Arpaio still haven’t agreed how MCSO is going to remedy the racial profiling a judge found in the Melendres v. Arpaio case.However, by all accounts, the appointment of a babysitter monitor seems certain…
The ruling by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service to recognize same-sex marriages for tax purposes is a good sign, according to a group of Arizona’s gay-marriage proponents.The agencies explained yesterday that same-sex couples that were legally married in any jurisdiction will be treated as…
Phoenix police say a man didn’t realize for several hours that he left his 3-month-old son in a hot car, even though he was smoking weed right next to the car at one point.Daniel Gray’s 3-month-old son, James, died in the car, which was parked behind a sports bar where…
Drunk driving is bad.With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, and elsewhere, looking for impaired drivers this weekend, including Labor Day:…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, a crappy mom gets probation for trying to give away her baby, the murder case that no jurors seem to able to agree on, Jodi Arias acts like Jodi Arias, and more:…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we’re just pointing out some things…
Witnesses claim that a South Phoenix man, Frank Morrison, was roughed up by police earlier this week, and essentially left for dead.The Phoenix Police Department doesn’t quite have an explanation for what happened…
Witnesses claim a black church groundskeeper in South Phoenix was roughed up by Phoenix police officers, who just left him there.The man, Frank Morrison, suffered a stroke during his run-in with police, and has been hospitalized since early Monday morning…
