Tonopah residents who are fighting a new Hickman’s Family Farms facility in the town are taking the fight to Clint Hickman, a co-owner of the company and Maricopa County Supervisor. A lawsuit filed against Hickman alleges that some of the signs used by Hickman in his re-election campaign — featuring…
When Arlin Troutt was sentenced in February 1996 for a marijuana-selling conspiracy, a crowd of supporters came to the Minneapolis federal courtroom to cheer him on. The Arizona resident and former frontman for a line of hempwear affiliated with country singer Willie Nelson had been convicted of conspiring to transport…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office last year initiated an intense traffic stop on an innocent Prescott Valley family while deputies were helping Major League Baseball chase a suspect in an alleged game-fixing scandal. Plainclothes MCSO deputies went to Prescott Valley — in Yavapai County — at the request of the…
As if there wasn’t enough traffic on Phoenix-area highways from people crashing into each other, there are also some weirder things that land on the highways and ruin your commute. Thanks to the Arizona Department of Transportation’s traffic cameras, we can show you the most bizarre things that have messed…
A 23-year-old Phoenix man was seriously injured last weekend after jumping from a moving golf cart, police say. The accident occurred in Scottsdale during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 10. The man, who is believed to have been intoxicated, sustained serious head injuries after jumping from the back…
Another day, another payout by taxpayers for a screw-up in the Maricopa County Jail. The county has paid millions to victims of jail staff over the years, but the problem seems never-ending. In this case, a career burglar who ordinarily wouldn’t deserve a dime from taxpayers is receiving a $10,000…
The day before two dead immigrants were found in the trunk of a California man driving into the United States, Arizona officials rescued two Mexicans from nearly befalling a similar fate. Ryan Alitz, a 30-year-old meth addict who moved to Arizona from Iowa this year, was arrested on August 11…
List-centric website Livability.com has rated Tempe as one of the top 10 college towns in the country for 2014 based on employment and recreational opportunities. No one would mistake the site for a peer-reviewed scientific journal — it’s owned by moving-van companies, and it began its survey by breaking college…
A Kansas man who grabbed a woman’s breast on a Tucson-bound flight in 2012 had his criminal case dropped this month after completing pretrial diversion. Christopher Lewallen, now either 21 or 22, had been charged with abusive sexual contact under federal law in the July 17, 2012, incident on a…
I’m on deadline at the moment, but I would be remiss if I did not alert New Times’ readers to an e-book by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ex-Deputy Chief Brian Sands, titled Arpaio De Facto Lawman. Sands left the MCSO last year after 30 years with the agency, following on the…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered. Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
A federal appeals court last month ordered a temporarily end to Arizona’s rules that prevent participants in the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from receiving driver’s licenses, but that ban didn’t take effect. The state then asked that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals review its…
It’s not a good look for Ruben Gallego, a Democratic candidate for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District rubbing elbows with a former Republican governor — and a disgraced one at that. Former Governor Fife Symington hosted a fundraiser on Thursday night for Gallego at a swanky Italian bistro in Scottsdale. On…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, you’ll see a lot of…
In the this-is-what-politics-has-come-to category, an Arizona congressional candidate has received national attention thanks to a giant horse penis. Hundreds of thousands of Internet readers from coast to coast now know the name of Arizona hotelier and rancher Gary Kiehne, a GOP candidate for Congressional District 1 — but not due…
There’s a lot of discussion taking place about the militarization of police amid protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the local police department’s controversial shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Peaceful protests have been met with police tear-gassing, aiming rifles at protesters, and arrests, according to reports. It’s gotten to the point…
Community activists are organizing a rally for tonight in Phoenix to protest police brutality in the wake of the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Police in the Missouri suburb have been clashing with protesters outraged over the killing of the 18-year-old black man. People in cities across the…
They say you’re only as good as the company you keep. Action star Steven Seagal likes to keep company with some of the world’s so-called tough guys. His television show Steven Seagal: Lawman sprang from his friendships with two nationally famous sheriffs: Louisiana’s Harry Lee and our own blowhard, Sheriff…
Not everyone is convinced that drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, actually was arrested by authorities earlier this year. Documentary filmmaker Charlie Minn, who’s produced several movies about drug violence in Mexico, says he went to El Paso, Texas, after hearing of Guzmán’s arrest in…
I’m not Mexican, but my son-in-law is. He is intelligent, bright, enthusiastic, and pleasant to spend time with. He came here illegally at age 18 with his aunts. He and my daughter are married, have a 31/2-year-old son, and have gone through the entire process of filing papers and paying…
Leslie Lara figures Tio Sam Taxes, owned by local Republican bigwig wannabe Erik Ketelaar, owes her about $1,267, the combined amount of her federal tax refunds for 2012 and 2013. The company, which at one time had six locations in Phoenix and Mesa, heavily marketed its services to Hispanics, advertising…
Mary Rose Wilcox was shot in 1997 by a transient who didn’t like her politics. People say she was hit in a buttock, but she insists the wound was higher than that. Indeed, the gunman’s hollow-point bullet shattered her pelvis. It also shattered her desire to remain in public office…
