Nogales native Caroline Valdez is in quite the pickle. On Friday, this former executive assistant to California Representative Loretta Sanchez was sentenced to three years on probation for stealing nearly $7,000 of office funds. The dumbest part? Looks like she used the bulk of the money to buy pizzas, groceries, and…
The folks at PETA weren’t too thrilled with a photo we ran to accompany a story about their allegations of possible animal abuse at Arizona State University.The photo, which we opted to run again, can be seen above.PETA Spokesperson Holly Beal asked us to remove the photo because “it’s a…
Housewives across the Valley can thank our friends at Espresso Pundit for tracking down the addresses of the more than 3,400 people named in the “Desert Diva” high-end hooker roundup in August, 2008.Back in February, police released the names but didn’t release any addresses, making it impossible to positively identify any…
Like what makes a business successful, there are three things to consider when buying a home: Location, location, location.The Coldwell Banker Home Price Comparison Index was released yesterday, and Phoenix is ranked the most “affordable” housing market in Arizona.If location is truly king in determining home prices, this ranking seems…
This just in: Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas plans to waste even more of your tax dollars!The Yuma Sun reports today that State Representative Russell Jones, the Yuma Republican who was the first target of the Thomas/Sheriff Joe Arpaio anti-corruption task force MACE, won a big victory yesterday when the…
Chandler police are looking for a man with a history of sexual assault and violence, after he failed to turn himself in to police to face harassment charges yesterday.Trevor Mark Mazak, a 33-year-old registered sex offender, is wanted on charges of aggravated harassment and stalking after a female acquaintance filed…
Here’s my own quick little story about the Great One, Old Number 99 Wayne Gretzky, the hockey great whose tenure as coach of the star-crossed Phoenix Coyotes officially ended yesterday. I am browsing in the magazine section of a Barnes and Noble bookstore. It is just after last season ended…
Yesterday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging that there were animal-rights violations occurring in classrooms at Arizona State University. As we said yesterday, everything coming from PETA should be taken with several grains of salt, but ASU seems to confirm…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims on his Web site that political enemies Don Stapley, Mary Rose Wilcox, Terry Goddard, and Sandra Dowling weren’t enemies before he began investigating them for alleged crimes. Writing in third person, (or maybe it’s an anonymous employee doing the writing on his behalf), Arpaio takes on an Arizona…
The Arizona Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts played two of the most interesting games of Week 2. The Cardinals (1-1), who everyone was ready to label as the bumbling losers that they were before last season, jumped out to a 31-3 lead on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Kurt Warner completed 92.3 percent…
There’s a reason baseball has plummeted to third place in the national-pastime sweepstakes. In a word: ennui. In a few more: great, shrieking, tedious torpor. This is true of most places in this year’s drama-challenged MLB, but nowhere so much as Phoenix, where the 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks have suffered through…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office says it won’t prosecute a Peoria couple for taking nude photos of their young daughters in a bathtub because there is “no reasonable likelihood of conviction.” In a case that’s drawn national attention, Lisa and Anthony Demaree lost custody of their children for a month…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy MSNBC footage of NSMers in St. Louis: A preview of November 7? National Socialist Movement Commander Jeff Schoep wants to put 200 to 300 neo-Nazis on the lawn of the Arizona state Capitol for an NSM-sponsored, anti-immigration “America…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Billionaires for Wealthcare: Richard Mellon Scapegoat on Americans for Prosperity Up on the Sun: Lily…
An investigation was launched today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture into possible animal abuse in classrooms at Arizona State University that results from a complaint filed this morning by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.Normally, we tend to take anything from PETA with several grains of salt, but it may…
A 3-year-old Phoenix girl died yesterday after she was crushed by a television at her parent’s home.In a press release, Phoenix police say the girl pulled a 27-inch television off of its stand in her home near 64th Avenue and Flower Street. …
The Arizona Game and Fish Department is at the center of a legal debate over the death of a jaguar back in March.A lawsuit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity in federal court in Tucson this morning, alleges that the department doesn’t have the authority to trap jaguars.In February, Game…
The Phoenix Coyotes’ now former-coach, who also happens to be the greatest hockey player in the history of the sport, is attributing his somewhat expected resignation to the “future plans” of potential owners. Wayne Gretzky resigned as the coach of the Phoenix Coyotes this morning, in the midst of an…
It looks like Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a Mormon problem. Arpaio’s prosecution and recent arrest of Don Stapley, one of five county supervisors, has reportedly upset local supporters of presidential candidate of Mitt Romney. Heather Sandstrom, a Mesa resident who’s helped organize benefits for Romney in the past, says…
Youthful activist and former mayoral candidate Jarrett Maupin II told a whopper of a lie about Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to FBI agents, but a judge wants Gordon to have the last laugh. Maupin, 22, seems to have desired revenge after his failed effort to swipe the mayor’s seat from the…
Randall Holmes in character as “Richard Mellon Scapegoat”Arizona Democratic Party activist Randall Holmes has a wit drier than a Durant’s martini. Of all the Billionaires for Wealthcare out there lampooning the hate-Obama wackjob Tea Baggers, his Richard Mellon Scapegoat character is my favorite. Mainly for quips like this: “We’re not for Social…
At a meeting with state Republicans in Tucson last night, Governor Jan Brewer is caught on tape saying “It’s a great relief, to say the least, to get out of that hellhole in Phoenix.” While we appreciate the material, rather than crush this softball out of the park, we’re going…
