Sheriff Joe Arpaio just doesn’t get it: Accreditation remains withdrawn from the jail system following the loss of an appeal by the county. Valley residents killed each other less in 2008 — isn’t that nice? Foes of speed cameras have launched a signature-gathering drive in hopes of putting a proposed law before…
When it rains it pours, people. Needless to say, it’s late, but I just caught this errant ball from the MCSO’s list of recent press releases. I think it pretty much speaks for itself. Perhaps Sheriff Joe should spend less time roving the West Valley with a military-style force looking for…
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How much is this egomaniac gonna cost us in the longrun? The county’ll have bupkis before it’s all over with. Who shot down the sheriff (metaphorically speaking), and for the second time, no less? The National Commission on Correctional Health Care, which as of Friday rejected an appeal of an…
Big girls don’t cry, as the song goes. But Janet Napolitano came close on Monday during what was surely her last state-of-the-state speech as governor. On the verge of leaving for the wilds of Washington D.C. as Barack Obama’s Homeland Security secretary (assuming she’s appointed), Napolitano grew misty-eyed and her voice cracked as she…
MCSO spokesman Aaron Douglas, mugging for the camera during this weekend’s operation. Is he SGM? According to the latest numbers released by the MCSO, there were a total of 52 suspects taken into custody during Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s entire two day anti-immigrant sweep in the West Valley. Of these 52, 14 were…
It’s a fact: Jack Harris and Phil Gordon are registered sex offenders. Oh, wait a minute — you thought we meant our Jack Harris and Phil Gordon? The police chief and mayor of Phoenix? Actually, the Harris and Gordon who are sex offenders don’t live in Arizona. And neither of…
Reporters use public records to keep the public informed about the community around them, so naturally many journalists in town — us included — were dismayed when Phoenix police decided to blow a hole in the state’s public records law. Not some of the hacks at the Arizona Republic, apparently:…
Last week, we told you the bizarre story of how the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities voted to remove one of its members. Jon Hinz (pictured), the father of a 30-year-old with Down Syndrome, is a former executive director of the Council and a longtime advocate for families dealing…
Butt cheeks sagging? Zap them with the new Thermage 16.0 “laser,” says a local skin doctor. It seems people will do just about anything for the chance of looking a few years, or even months, younger — getting sliced up in surgery, injecting poison under the skin or being shot with…
The big news here’s that the really big guy went 12 for 12 from the free-throw line in weekend wins against the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers. Shaquille O’Neal’s been saying he’s gone back to the basics his father taught him when he was a little boy of 6-9. Well, it’s working…
Bay on February 1. First, though, they must take care of the Philadelphia Eagles — 23-11 winners over the New York Giants on Sunday — at University of Phoenix Stadium. The Cardinals get to play the Donovan McNabb-led Eagles at home this coming Sunday ’cause they’re NFC West champions and Philadelphia came into the playoffs as…
And the State of the State is — I’m outta here! No doubt, Janet Napolitano won’t keep her yearly address this brief, though her words will be drowned out by the zipping sound of her suitcases. The Cards’ next home game is likely to be the rowdiest, loudest, happiest ever…
(NOTE: Please see below for update and mugshot of the mother.)This disturbing video was taken last night by Phoenix civil rights activist Sal Reza during Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest anti-immigrant sweep in the West Valley, which is ongoing as I type. Reza witnessed two MCSO deputies, at least one of…
Julio Cesar Chavez is trading his boxing gloves for oven mittens.The 46-year-old Mexican boxing legend plans to open a restaurant in Mesa at Country Club Drive and Southern Avenue as early as May or June, according to an article today in the East Valley Tribune by David Woodfill.We surfed around till…
“Every life is precious,” Joe kept saying of murder victims. Who is he tryin’ to kid?The citizens of Buckeye and Avondale can rest easy tonight knowing that sheriff’s deputies with assault rifles, body armor, and ski masks are busy pulling over old ladies and Hispanics with expired tags. This was…
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It’s the best of times and the worst of times for the Angeleno sports fan. There’s still no NFL, and none on the near horizon, which seems to bother the NFL more than it does L.A. Jack Nicholson’s once again grinning like a pre-lobotomy Randle Patrick McMurphy since his pet…
VS. The Thomas J. Klutznick company recently found out that a planned $100 million subsidy from the city of Phoenix for the highly touted CityNorth project had been nixed by a judge. Now the company stands to lose another $100 million — that’s the skyscraper-sized judgment being sought…
This puts a different twist on the phrase “grabbing a smoke.” Twice in late December, these two yahoos pictured at right walked casually behind the counters at separate Circle Ks in Mesa and cleaned out the cigarette shelves. Maybe they were desperate for a massive nicotine fix, but it seems more likely…
Charles Barkley’s mugshot met the definition of “shitfaced,” and so did his blood alcohol level on the night he got caught for driving drunk in Scottsdale. The former Suns b-ball player’s blood registered .149 on the alcohol dial, say reports, just barely missing the state’s .15 threshold for “extreme DUI” penalties. A conviction on…
As I noted back on December 12, and as you can see from the photo above, numerous sheriff’s deputies were involved in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s star turn on the three episode Fox Reality pilot, Smile…You’re Under Arrest! So on December 12, I sent a formal public records request to the…
