If you need to travel westbound through the Interstate 10 tunnel in Phoenix, bad news: There are a ton of watermelons all over the place.If you need a watermelon, good news: There are a ton of watermelons all over the place inside the I-10 westbound tunnel…
The definition of “death threat” continues to grow for Sheriff Joe Arpaio.The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Peoria man for making a “death threat” against Arpaio, by making a comment online about taking a $2 million bounty from Mexican drug cartels for Arpaio’s head. The main problem, of course,…
Almost two weeks after lightning sparked a fire that eventually burned through more than 8,400 acres, and killed 19 firefighters in the process, the Yarnell Hill Fire is 100 percent contained, according to fire officials.People with homes in Yarnell and Peeples Valley already returned to their homes earlier this week…
The man who vomited on a dog before shooting the dog’s owner and two children at a Phoenix apartment complex, was caught Wednesday night.Phoenix Police Officer James Holmes says in an e-mail that 22-year-old Anthony Jamar Houston is suspected of committing the “barbaric act of violence.”…
A DUI suspect who passed out in the middle of a Phoenix street while behind the wheel of his SUV was apparently sleeping for so long that he ran out of gas.Jason Taylor, 22, was found shortly after 5 a.m. by a newspaper deliveryman. Taylor was slumped over the steering…
Today in Found at the Border: Phoenix resident Dora Gutierrez’s butt is not that big.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, almost three pounds of cocaine were taped to Gutierrez’s booty when she tried to come into the United States through the port of entry in Nogales on Monday…
While Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu claimed this week that he’s not running for Congress in 2014, there’s another politician who likes to take photos of himself without clothing who is running for office — Anthony Weiner.Weiner is running for Mayor of New York City, just a couple years after…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul “studboi1” Babeu claims he’s not running for Congress in 2014, despite a political consultant’s poll reportedly showing that the embattled sheriff is the top Republican candidate in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.”I want to make it clear to everyone that I have made a commitment . …
Two memorials for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire have been set up, including a flagpole erected at the “deployment site” — where the firefighters tried to use their fire shelters to protect themselves from the blaze.For today only, shuttles will take people to an…
Police are searching for a man who shot three people, including two children, at a Phoenix apartment complex Tuesday night.A 41-year-old man was walking his dog at the complex, near 32nd Street and Thomas Road, around 10 p.m. Tuesday when a man on a second-story balcony vomited on the dog,…
Police in Glendale sniffed out a pot grower who had a kindergarten-level excuse for his growing operation — the dog ate his medical-marijuana card.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Charles Stephens III was growing outside of the limitations of the medical-marijuana program anyway…
An incident involving a man who threatened Phoenix police with AK-47-style airsoft gun this weekend is a perfect reminder that it’s incredibly easy to avoid being shot by police officers, for the most part.However, there are many things you can do that may prompt police to shoot you, as New…
State transportation officials have taken another step in the slow process of studying a passenger rail line between Phoenix and Tucson.The Arizona Department of Transportation announced yesterday that there are now three proposed plans for the rail line, and that will be narrowed down to one by the end of…
The plans for a passenger rail line between Phoenix and Tucson are crawling at a snail’s pace.However, state transportation officials announced today that they’re going to “study the feasibility” of three routes for the potential rail line…
A memorial service for the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire is under way in Prescott Valley.Vice President Joe Biden, Governor Jan Brewer, and thousands of members of the public showed up to remember the 19 men…
Today in Found at the Border: A Mexican teenager trying to cross the border into the United States this weekend who may have looked a little excited to see border officers just had a lot of meth in his “groin area.”The 16-year-old, whose name wasn’t released by authorities, had a…
If there’s ever a competition for worst robber ever, 55-year-old Tempe resident Harry Williams probably will be a medalist.Police say Williams tried to rob two large Tempe businesses, and he was so bad at it that his entire haul consisted of one single lonely sausage…
A Tennessee man who was the highest bidder at a Barrett-Jackson auction for a rare Mercedes-Benz claims he didn’t find out the vehicle had an odometer “discrepancy” until weeks after the auction.In response to a federal lawsuit filed by Gary Thompson, lawyers for the Scottsdale-based Barrett-Jackson say that window stickers…
Maricopa County agreed to pay out $18,000 to a FedEx worker who was attacked in 2011 by an MCSO deputy, our colleague Ray Stern reported yesterday.Deputy Sean Edwards-El was convicted later that year of misdemeanor assault, and it appears that Edwards-El is still working for the Sheriff’s Office…
It looks like folks just aren’t getting behind the wheel plastered on Independence Day like they used to.Stats from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety show the fewest DUI arrests, 367, over the lengthy Independence Day weekend since 2009…
The Dean Peak Fire that’s burning near Kingman is “wind[ing] down,” according to firefighting authorities.The 5,400-acre, lightning-caused fire, which has been burning just 10 miles southeast of Kingman, is now 90 percent contained…
An unspectacular bust of a low-level pot dealer in North Phoenix got pretty spectacular after police found a powerful bomb at the house.Phoenix police were serving a warrant at the home of the alleged weed salesman, 21-year-old Todd Robertson, when officers found the device that bomb technicians said “would ‘level’…
