Silent Witness is offering a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the death of an Anthem resident. Richard Smith, 59, was killed in his home in early August, in what police believe began as a home invasion…As school reconvenes, Gilbert police are warning students…
My family hasn’t been long in this country, came here because of lousy treatment by other Europeans, and didn’t live close enough to the southern U.S. border to have exposure to Mexico or Mexicans. So, anyone looking down on Mexicans can be mysterious to many of us that have migrated…
DEPUTIES DOGGED We do what we can: I’ve been following editorials in New Times for years, and I want to thank you for all your efforts to give us the real stories in our community. My heroes have been John Dougherty, Ray Stern, and now, Sarah Fenske. I don’t know…
I’m not trying to brag here, but I can tell you just about anything you’d like to know about the investigation that led to a 35-count indictment against Congressman Rick Renzi last February. I can tell you about what he did (allegedly), why he did it (probably), and how they’ll…
BULL CONGRESSMAN Next time Congressman John Shadegg holds a town hall meeting, remind me to clothespin my nose. What’s wafting from the Republican pol is the stench of hypocrisy. True to what you’ve been seeing nonstop on the TV news lately, his August 8 town hall on healthcare was full…
On a Wednesday night, four people are gathering boxes of vegetables from a dumpster behind an organic foods market near Scottsdale. The scavengers — four 20-somethings known as John Greentree, Ghost, Dee Dee, and Mr. Pink — have dumpster-dived here numerous times before. They’ve already put several boxes in the…
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:ACLU and Julio and Julian Mora Sue Joe Arpaio, Arpaio Whines on Twitter Up on the…
The owner of a $3.5 million mansion in the Biltmore Estates was arrested today by Phoenix police in connection with an arson fire that burned the place to the ground. Michael Marin told Channel 15 (KNXV-TV) today that he was “utterly shocked” at the accusation and has a “conscience…
Since we’re on speaking terms (for the time being) with Dave Hendershott, chief deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Joe Arpaio’s right-hand man, we’ve got a few other things to relate to you. From interviews last night and today with him, we learned: *Hendershott is ticked off that…
Looks like it’s splitsville for Hooman Karamian, aka Nik Richie, the gossipmonger and trash-talker behind the Web site The Dirty.com, and his wife of about four years Amanda Toney. According to court filings, Toney, who is a managing partner in the Scottsdale marketing firm The Taka Group and was once a…
Remember when bees were nice? Sure there was an occasional sting here and there, but they never seemed to be out for blood like these Africanized monsters we have today.An 81-year-old Phoenix woman is the latest victim of the implacable insect, after she was found on her porch near 33rd…
As I anticipated in yesterday’s blog post, the Arizona ACLU today had a press conference at their offices with father-son Julian and Julio Mora present, announcing a lawsuit on their behalf against Sheriff Joe and other members of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. The incident at issue occurred during the…
Rapper Lil Wayne brought more than beats and bling to the Valley when he performed here last week; police say the hip-hop hood also brought along a little drama.After a concert at the Cricket Wireless Pavilion last Wednesday, police say Lil Wayne and his “posse” got in an altercation at an apartment…
In case you missed it, about a dozen men with guns showed up at an Obama healthcare rally in Phoenix this Monday, at least one of them carrying a semi-automatic rifle. The man packing the AR-15 (a really big gun)–identified only as “Chris B”–was interviewed by libertarian radio show host…
It sounded like an interesting story — at first. Dave Hendershott, chief deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, told us last night that his agency’s criminal investigation into what’s going on with the county computer system might involve the Arizona Republic. Naturally, we were a bit suspicious of the info…
The days where bunk-beds and communal bathrooms were the norm for incoming college freshman are over for hundreds of ASU students who decided to skip the dorms and move into luxury apartments. Why not, right?The Vue on Apache, which sits directly across from ASU’s Tempe campus, is set to open…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in a huff today, after the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors refused to license a new jail bus he bought without their consent.”Since the county, because of their personal agenda, refused to buy [the bus], we bought [it out of the] Jail Enhancement Fund,” Arpaio says. “I…
Men throughout the Valley can take a collective sigh of relief; Phoenix offers some of the cheapest dates in the country.No gentlemen, that does not mean that the women are cheap, but rather the places you take them, as you try and woo them into submission, won’t force you to…
Once upon a time, the Arizona Diamondbacks were winning a game against the defending MLB champeen Philadelphia Phillies (we know, hard to believe). Stephen Drew had slugged a lead-off home run off of pitcher-of-the-decade Pedro Martinez, who was making his second major-league start since being brought up to The Show…
The mother of the two children who were kidnapped yesterday morning has been arrested. Marisa Sandoval, 20, was taken into custody after officers served a search warrant at her home and found methamphetamine. The children, who had been returned to Sandoval yesterday, are now with CPS…Salt River Project has applied…
The Arizona ACLU isn’t giving out any details, but they’ve just issued a press advisory that at noon tomorrow they will announce a lawsuit, “on behalf of two Avondale residents who were illegally arrested and detained during a worksite raid conducted by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.” Though the ACLU’s…
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: Up on the Sun: Geek Beat: Twits and Twerds at the Twi/Tour 2009 Twilight Convention Micachu &…
