Every so often, you’ll see stories from around the country about wannabe car thieves who don’t make off with their new ride because they don’t know how to operate a manual transmission.However, police say a woman who tried to steal a car in Phoenix got stumped by an automatic transmission…
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 cocaine-thieving plastic surgeon, to a guy barfing on a dog and shooting its…
Ian Kennedy, the supposed ace of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was traded yesterday to the San Diego Padres.It was one of the few moves of a high-profile player before the MLB trade deadline, and in return, the Diamondbacks get left-handed reliever Joe Thatcher, a AA-level pitching prospect, and a draft pick…
President Obama will be visiting Phoenix next week, which probably means traffic’s going to be a bitch, more than anything.There aren’t many details about the visit, other than that he’s coming. Tuesday…
The number of murders in the Mexican state of Sonora — which borders Arizona — decreased for the second year in a row, according to the Mexican government.Although Arizona’s population is more than double that of Sonora, there have been more murders in Sonora than in Arizona during each of…
The clipboard-wielding people are getting a little hard to avoid — whether at your home, or out in public, there always seems to be someone with a clipboard, who wants your signature for something.Right now, there are nine applications with the Secretary of State’s office to gather signatures for initiatives…
Phoenix police officers have arrested a candy thief so prolific that detectives dubbed him the “Candy Man.”According to police, the “Candy Man,” 23-year-old Jordan Newman, pocketed nearly $3,000 worth of candy from Circle K stores over the past 10 months…
The Arizona State Forestry Division apologized for the “unauthorized opinions” one of its employees gave to former New Times reporter John Dougherty about the deaths of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.Heaven forbid the public gets answers outside of the Official Government Report™…
You may have noticed the above-pictured signs around Phoenix, and it turns out that they’re actually not advertisements for erotic services.The “I (heart) Head” signs are campaign signs for Phoenix City Council candidate Austin Head, a local DJ and LGBT advocate…
A group of automotive enthusiasts is trying to prevent any roads and highways in the state from becoming toll roads, including potential toll lanes on highways, which would allow solo drivers to pay to use the carpool lane.The Arizona Automobile Hobbyist Council has until July 3, 2014, to collect 259,213…
A group of automotive enthusiasts is trying to prevent any roads and highways in the state from becoming toll roads.Additionally, the proposed ballot initiative submitted by the group targets plans for potential toll lanes on highways, which would allow solo drivers to pay to use the carpool lane…
A whole lot of Alaskans seem to think that Sarah Palin is now an Arizonan, according to poll results.Nice try, Alaskans…
The leader of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew apparently violated several wildfire-fighting safety protocols in the moments before 19 of the crew’s 20 members were killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire.Eric Marsh, the superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hotshot crew, was one of the 19 firefighters killed in the fire…
A Phoenix man dropped off his wife at the hospital and drove off after what can only be described as weird stuff went down in the couple’s bedroom.Perhaps a list of the items in the couple’s bedroom will give you a better idea of what was going in inside: a…
Frank Castillo, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent much of his career with the Chicago Cubs, drowned in Bartlett Lake on Sunday.According to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Castillo, 44, was on a boat with his friends and got in the lake to go swimming…
Amid reports of a tour bus with 33 people aboard essentially being washed off a Kingman road and being flipped on its side, there are mentions of Arizona’s “stupid motorist law.”In many, many cases, drivers like that who decide to roll on into the flooded area don’t get charged, because…
Animal-rights activists are blowing the whistle on Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett, who claims he recently purchased a pet tiger.The Animal Rights Foundation of Florida informed us about a few potential issues with Dockett’s purchase, including some laws about tiger ownership…
Dr. Paul Holden — the Scottsdale plastic surgeon recently arrested in a theft of medicinal cocaine from another surgery outlet — is currently prohibited from practicing medicine in Arizona.This temporary order, made effective last week by the Arizona Medical Board, says there was “no finding of unprofessional conduct” against Holden…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s claim that he was the last person to be interviewed by conservative writer Andrew Breitbart is not true.The claim came out during the height of Arpaio’s media attention for his “birther” investigation, and like many of Arpaio’s sensational claims — like arresting Elvis or being kidnapped during…
Police say that a Mesa man scaring people at a gas station was carrying several bags of (surprise!) meth with him at the time.The man, 38-year-old Nakia Laye, insisted to police that he had a permit for all that meth, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
For a guy who’s obsessed with media attention, Sheriff Joe Arpaio sure ain’t photogenic.Indeed, as New Times has been covering Arpaio’s deplorable brand of law enforcement over the past couple decades, there have been a lot of photos of the sheriff to come along with that. Check out 10 of…
For the station that claims to be “telling it like it is,” CBS 5 really seems to be the station we notice most often telling it like it isn’t.Recently, it’s been “investigative reporter” Morgan Loew, apparently the self-appointed anti-pot zealot of local media, who has produced two very misleading medical-marijuana…
