A third person has been charged in the murder of an immigrant who died after he and eight others were transported in a U-Haul, where temperatures are believed to have reached 180 degrees. Police say they found text messages and a U-Haul rental agreement that link Yolanda Banda, 48, to…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano — deporter of 2 million, coddler of serial racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and advocate of police-state programs such as 287(g) and Secure Communities — was confirmed by the University of California Regents on Thursday to head the UC system. I was happy to…
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that they’re adding a luchador as an official mascot of the team, and some people are poking fun at the move, naturally.We’re not sure if you’ve taken a look at the mascots around Major League Baseball recently, but a Mexican wrestler in a lucha libre mask…
A woman who was arrested in Gilbert informed a police officer that she was “glad” the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots died in the Yarnell Hill Fire last month, because they were white.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the woman, 58-year-old Merry Finley, also said that she is “happy…
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, several of our alleged offenders look…
There appears to be some debate about “stand your ground” laws around the country, including in Arizona, after George Zimmerman was found not-guilty of charges related to killing Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.Democratic State Representative Martin Quezada said he’ll sponsor a repeal of Arizona’s law next legislative session. It was signed…
The Spanish-language voice of the Arizona Diamondbacks was arrested after allegedly holding a knife to his wife’s throat at their Paradise Valley home.Miguel Quintana, 53, is in his 16th year doing play-by-play for the Spanish-language broadcasts of Diamondbacks games, was once the sports director for the local Univision station and…
Readers of the right-wing news-opinion website Breitbart — founded by the late Andrew Breitbart — are being led to believe that Arizona’s former Democratic governor, Janet Napolitano, signed Arizona’s “stand your ground” bill into law.It’s part of Breitbart’s narrative that the Democratic politicians who are now complaining about the laws…
When a drunk man stumbled into a Tucson gas station and started pointing a gun at the clerk, there already was a cop inside.Unfortunately, the Pima County Sheriff’s Department says the cop was the drunk guy pointing a gun around…
Remember when Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lawyer Tim Casey told federal Judge G. Murray Snow that, “The MCSO is out of the federal immigration enforcement business”? That was during a hearing in June following Snow’s ruling in Melendres v. Arpaio that the MCSO is guilty of racial profiling. Snow has ordered…
A Scottsdale plastic surgeon was caught stealing vials of “medicinal cocaine” after breaking into a neighboring surgical business in the middle of the night, police say.Dr. Paul Holden, of Holden Facial Plastic Surgery, picked a bad time to make his run for the cocaine, as he ran into a woman…
Filings by federal prosecutors confirm that Abdullatif Aldosary — the Iraqi refugee accused of detonating an “explosive device” outside the Social Security Administration building in Casa Grande in November — is suspected of killing a man just days before the bombing.New Times first reported the murder allegation in May, although…
If you want to cast a ballot for the Phoenix City Council district elections on August 27, you gotta register to vote by July 29. Seats are up for grabs in districts 2, 4, 6, and 8, and only residents living within those districts will be eligible to vote for…
When news broke the George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin, Phoenix’s ABC affiliate had reaction interviews — straight from Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles.Some people thought was an insensitive move, as chicken and waffles has been used as a stereotype to portray a…
So, I walked into Carl’s Jr. the other day and gazed at the dozens of middle-aged women of Mexican descent hustling and bustling around a kitchen. A flawless performance, yet I couldn’t help but think of my days as a youth and the responsibility I learned from my first job…
The locksmith worked nervously on the backdoor lock of a small white church in El Mirage. Behind him, anxiously waiting in the blistering heat, were a dozen church members and volunteers who’d been forced out of its congregation by former Pastor Guadalupe “Lupe” Davila. They say they all were victims…
Phoenix New Times won four national awards for work published in 2012 from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia at the organization’s recent convention in Miami — including a first place by staff writer Stephen Lemons for his Feathered Bastard blog. Lemons won in the Best Individual Blog category, and the…
If you enjoy nausea, the effusive praise for departing U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano should be just your cup of castor oil. After four-plus years as DHS chief, in charge of a sprawling government agency with 240,000 employees and 22 government agencies, Napolitano announced her resignation last week, giving…
Out of all the places where ABC 15 could have looked for people to interview about their opinions on Trayvon Martin case, it just happened to pick Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles.Perhaps the lighting at the local basketball court wasn’t conducive to filming television interviews that night…
Former NFL player and current East Valley activist John Goodie led a march of about 150 people Tuesday night in downtown Phoenix to protest the Trayvon Martin ruling. “We’re having this peaceful rally for Trayvon — and for all the young men and women who might be killed next week…
If you’re beginning to notice that wildfires are popping up more frequently, in Arizona and elsewhere, you’re not alone.And according to many researchers, climate change is among the chief causes…
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a liberal-leaning watchdog group, released a report today naming the worst governors in the nation — and not surprisingly, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer made the Top Ten. Good ol’ Brewer isn’t one to disappoint. Although she didn’t rise to level of “ringmaster”…
