A Phoenix woman is facing a felony charge for allegedly squeezing a cop’s scrotum — and not in an attempted-bribery kind of way.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Colleen Fellin, 30, was standing in the middle of Indian School Road near 20th Avenue around 4 p.m. last Friday,…
In case you’re wondering what kind of people think that the government orchestrated the Boston bombing, it appears that they’re the same people who believe that Sheriff Joe Arpaio has discovered fraud in President Obama’s birth certificate.One such person is New Hampshire Republican State Representative Stella Tremblay, who claims that…
Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowl linebacker Daryl Washington was arrested on two felony charges for allegedly choking and breaking the collarbone of his baby’s mother.According to court documents obtained by New Times, an argument started between the two when Washington, 26, took off with the baby after visiting the woman’s Phoenix…
Senator Jeff Flake is doing a pretty darn good job in office, according to very, very few people.Flake wasn’t exactly a big fan of the recent poll that showed his approval rating was just 32 percent, and he probably won’t like the poll released today, in which just 18 percent…
A 24-year-old Phoenix man beat his 2-year-old son to death with a belt while the child’s mother failed to act before her child’s death, police say.Darnell Alvarez, and Davieanna Blake, the child’s parents, left their child to die instead of getting medical attention, fearing that Child Protective Services would be…
Students at Queen Creek High School, with the apparent blessing of the school’s administrators, had a “Redneck Day” at school this week for the purposes of “school spirit.”As you can probably imagine, things went a little sour when one student showed up draped in a Confederate flag.See also:-“Redneck Day,” Complete…
In only a handful of states are middle-aged people killing themselves at a higher rate than Arizona.The Centers for Disease Control and prevention released a report today on Americans between the ages of 35 and 64 committing suicide, Arizona’s 24 suicides per 100,000 residents in 2010 was well above the…
Gee, what could possibly go wrong with Queen Creek High School having a “Redneck Day,” including one student draped in a Confederate flag?It turns out that African-American students, parents, and community leaders, as well as people of any race with cultural sensitivities have figured out exactly where it can go…
A Mesa man is accused in a series of drive-by masturbations, in which police say he’d pull over his truck, open the doors, and masturbate in front of children, before speeding away.Police arrested 28-year-old Brett Saltus after detectives followed his truck, and caught him in the act, according to court…
The man accused of shooting and killing two Phoenix bail bondsmen, as well as the man accused of suggesting that he shoot them, have pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them.Police said Anthony Giunta got a little scraped up when he was picked up by a pair of…
A national anti-abortion group shot an undercover video “exposing” a “late-term abortion doctor” in Phoenix.The group, Live Action, does this by having a woman say she’s 23 weeks pregnant, and go in this facility with a camera, apparently “exposing” the fact that the abortion process isn’t the prettiest thing in…
If you smoked a joint a couple days ago, you are too stoned to drive right now in Arizona.The state’s zero-tolerance law on the combination of marijuana-smoking and driving is the subject of this week’s cover story by our colleague Ray Stern, a law that’s even worse considering the state…
Here’s just what society needs — a video of frat boys in a big fight at a Tempe apartment complex.Police said the fight, which occurred early Sunday morning and involved the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, led to five Arizona State University students being hospitalized.See also:-Frat Party Gone Awry: Five Arrested…
It looks like there’s a story behind the thoughts of a Phoenix mother who admitted to killing her 6-day-old girl because she “had too many kids already.”Perhaps it’s what that mother, Nina Koistinen, learned at the Laestadian Lutheran “Church” — some would reach for the word cult — which people…
The City of Phoenix’s new gun-buyback program won’t be affected by a new law designed to fight the program, but the law could cut down on any future plans for gun buybacks.House Bill 2455, signed by Governor Jan Brewer, prevents the destruction of guns turned over during buyback events in…
Sorry, construction workers — despite what you may have read on the side of the pricey new headquarters for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, you will not be getting the day off due to a bomb inside the building.See also:-Sheriff Arpaio’s New Office Has 574 Square Feet-Joe Arpaio Scores $93M…
If you had a dollar for every time Arizona Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz blew a save this season, you’d only have four bucks, which is way too many, in Putz’s nine save opportunities.That fourth blown save, came last night as Putz tossed a meatball to San Francisco Giants third baseman…
Senator Jeff Flake’s approval rating apparently is so low that he’s comparing himself to pond scum.”Nothing like waking up to a poll saying you’re the nation’s least popular senator,” the senator wrote on Facebook. “Given the public’s dim view of Congress in general, that probably puts me somewhere just below…
The Phoenix mom who spent Christmas ’11 choking one of her kids — and threatening both of her kids with a butcher knife — was sentenced today to one year in jail.Jutrina Tillman, who was 32 at the time, had been drinking that Christmas and was mad at her 5-year-old…
The Peoria Police Department will host a meeting Wednesday between Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ruben Garcia — who was shot in the face in January while responding to a call — and the two Peoria cops credited with saving his life.One of those Peoria cops is Ryan Bakke, and…
The alleged killers of 10-year-old Ame Deal are the last to face charges in the 2011 case, as three family members now have pleaded guilty to abuse charges and charges were dropped against another.First-degree murder charges are still pending against Sammantha Allen, Ame’s cousin, and Allen’s husband, John.See also:-Ame’s Dad…
Guns turned over during “buyback” events in Arizona may not be destroyed, according to a bill signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer.This latest right afforded to firearms is what prompted the Daily Show’s John Oliver to declare, “Arizona is such a great place to be a gun, just a…
