A Valley pastor who was left bloody after an encounter with authorities at an Interstate 8 Border Patrol checkpoint suffered through 20 seconds of tasering, the man’s wife says. Zsuzsanna Anderson tells Valley Fever the couple recently received the Taser report from the state Department of Public Safety and intends to post…
Those already plugged in to the 140-characters-or-less phenomenon known as Twitter undoubtedly know that someone claiming to be Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been sending out tweets on a daily basis. Is Joe_Arpaio the real thing? We were unsure before (because it’s hard to imagine Old Joe tweeting, at all)…
Image: www.youtube.com Right-wing talk-show host Bruce Jacobs is no longer with KFYI (550 AM) radio, effective today. KFYI program director Smokey Rivers tells Valley Fever that Jacobs and the station decided “mutually to end our agreement.” The decision had nothing to do with the criticism of Jacobs last year by…
In the parlance of neo-Nazi-sim, former sieg heil-er and Joe Arpaio-admirer Thomas Coletto has “flipped,” turning away from the National Socialist Movement he once embraced, and which had embraced him in return. Coletto was NSM’s go-to guy in Phoenix for a short span. He distributed anti-Mexican fliers in Valley neighborhoods. He organized an NSM march to…
The stars of the popular reality show “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” are getting a public divorce amid accusations that they use their kids for profit. It sounds like an ugly mess, but wouldn’t you know it — an Arizona couple hopes to follow in Jon and Kate’s footsteps (without the divorce — unless it…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas just announced grand jury indictments against Johnathan Hock, a Phoenix man accused of raping a woman live on the Internet. Hock, 20, has been indicted on two counts of sexual assault and one count of voyeurism. Police believe he raped the unconscious woman on February 26…
Arizona Republic readers don’t usually get to see this side of investigative reporter Robert Anglen’s writing talent: She straddled his lap, backlit by purple neon, grinding as the Red Hot Chili Peppers caterwauled about Californication. Her face was so close he could taste butterscotch from the candies she chain-popped between the sets…
Thanks to one of our on-the-ball online commenters, we can tell you that David Elms, founder of a popular Web site for finding quality hookers, has been sentenced by a California judge to four years in prison. California authorities say Elms, 38, may do the time in Arizona, where prosecutors are trying…
The game on Monday night in San Diego against the Padres basically summed up the season thus far for the National League West cellar-dwellers: Yielding the big inning to the opponent and questionable managerial decision-making. Leading 2-0 in the fifth behind a strong pitching effort by the D-Backs’ Jon Garland,…
Fewer people are flying the friendly skies over Phoenix…The remains of a Chandler architect who disappeared on an ATV ride near Flagstaff in January were found, but what killed him is still unknown…A Chandler man is arrested after his girlfriend’s 2-year-old is brutally beaten, suffering severe skull fractures…It takes money…
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:The Aggrolites, Pool Parties, Mixology, First Friday, “Butterscotch Swag” and More Over the Weekend…
Mesa cardiologist Richard Lewis was booked into jail recently on suspicion of fondling the breasts of two female patients. Lewis, 53, is alleged to have fondled one woman in late 2008 during a pre-surgery exam. Cops say last Thursday he fondled a woman’s breasts who was just waking up from a surgery he had…
A former National Park Services employee has been charged by the federal government with leaving a fire unattended that grew out of control and spurred the evacuation of Crown King, a small, mountain town northwest of Phoenix. The “Lane 2” fire burned nearly 10,000 acres before it was brought under…
Though going green may not be a priority for many below the poverty line, a $23-million federal program seeks to help them fix energy-wasting inefficiencies in their homes. The amount each household can receive has been pushed up from $2,500 to $6,500. That seems like more than enough to buy…
A group headed by Al Gore is hosting a library roundtable this Wednesday to talk about the hoped-for benefits of the Waxman-Markey bill, a plan to kickstart clean-energy industries now wending its way through Congress. (No, Gore won’t be there). According to Repower America, a “project” of the Gore-led Alliance…
This is one Titanic fishing expedition. The requests made of county offices by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Office have received a lot of attention because they’re so broad, but details about them in the press have been scarce. We figured that folks who are interested in the ongoing dispute between county…
An undercover agent who infiltrated the Arizona Hells Angels basically called his federal superiors cowards this morning on NPR for not doing more to find out who burned down his Tucson home last year. Jay Dobyns, a University of Arizona grad who has been promoting his recently released book about…
Earl Simmons, better known as rapper DMX, will not have to do more jail time in Phoenix.The hip-hop star, 38, was sentenced to supervised probation by the Maricopa County Superior Court today, for a charge stemming from his previous incarceration. In May, Simmons completed a 90-day sentence at the Maricopa…
Chatting the other day with Hillary Foose, spokeswoman for Metro Light Rail, we ran into a dead end of confounding numbers. Goes something like this:The light-rail system has two sets of measurements for freeloaders: The average number of people not properly ticketed, according to ticket inspectors, and the amount of…
It was a marathon game that the Arizona Diamondbacks seemingly had in the bag early. When ace Dan Haren left after seven innings, Arizona held a commanding 6-1 lead over the San Diego Padres. Haren had pitched brilliantly, giving up only four hits and striking out five. Then came the usual ass-pain…
The California promoters behind the 944 Super Village Super Bowl party in Scottsdale have filed a lawsuit against the magazine, alleging 944’s executives hijacked the event to promote their magazine and lost close to $1 million…Eighty-four students from Gilbert High School have been denied registration at East Valley Institute of…
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: White House Staffer Disappoints Phoenix Latino Leaders in Meeting at El Portal (w/Update) Marcia Powell…
