It’s hard not to notice, but a few of the people who have seemed to be extremely concerned about migrants crossing the United States-Mexico border have also been accused of being involved in serious criminal activity.The latest, of course, being Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox, who has been arrested on…
Minuteman Chris Simcox could end up being Chris Simcox, 25-to-life man, if the allegations against him are true. Simcox’s new home is Maricopa County’s Lower Buckeye Jail, where he is being held nonbondable on several charges related to child molestation, attempted child molestation and sexual conduct with minors. Phoenix police…
Danny Davis, a 53-year-old Florence racist, er, resident, is tired of minorities having jobs in the area.So, Davis, allegedly liquored up shortly before noon on a Monday, drove to a construction site and started shooting at construction workers, missing each and every one of them, according to the Pinal County…
Governor Jan Brewer signed an elections bill into law that fixes things that never really seemed to be broken.Brewer’s signature on House Bill 2305 will help keep third-party candidates off ballots, will help prevent people from getting early-voting ballots, and bans political groups from picking up early-voting ballots from people…
The Doce Fire burning about eight miles northwest of Prescott is still zero percent contained, but the fire’s not as large as officials estimated Wednesday.Though estimates reached 7,500 acres Wednesday afternoon, the latest update from the Prescott National Forest, released at 8 a.m. today, says infrared imaging Wednesday night showed…
A Child Protective Services employee was arrested in a plot to hinder the prosecution of her boyfriend, a Mexican Mafia gangster, who was convicted of second-degree murder last month.The employee, 62-year-old Elida Perez, “has a long history of association with criminal street gangs,” according to court documents obtained by New…
Between showing a Phoenix man blow his brains out on live TV and labeling the state of Arkansas as Arizona, it’s safe to say that Fox News sucks at covering Arizona issues.That includes Wednesday, when host Neil Cavuto suggested that the only reason people care about the extremely bigoted comments…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys found a guy on the Internet who said he “want[s]” to blow Arpaio’s head off — a “death threat,” as Arpaio calls it.It was just the latest in a long line of questionable “death threats” against Arpaio, which never seem to put the elderly sheriff in…
Recently, a co-worker turned me on to a website that features many videos of unspeakable atrocities the drug cartels are committing in Mexico, many graphically displaying murders and beheadings. I just recently saw one of a woman getting her head cut off with a knife! Now I wish I had…
It’s mid-October 2011, and Occupy Phoenix protesters sit in a city park, some with their arms locked, most chanting: “We are the 99 percent!” They are part of a movement gaining momentum across the United States whose mission is to denounce corporate greed. Their civil disobedience also is intended to deride…
Brown people in this county just need keep their yaps shut, particularly when it comes to something that concerns them directly, like the anti-Latino bigotry that has so thoroughly infected the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. That’s the message from the arrogant, privileged little club of the Arizona Republic’s editorial board,…
Note: Please see update on the charges against Simcox. He once handed Sheriff Joe Arpaio an award, lauding his work as an anti-illegal immigrant lawman. Now he sits in Arpaio’s gray bar hotel, accused of child molestation. I’m talking about former minuteman leader, and one-time U.S. Senate hopeful Chris Simcox,…
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Trevor Cahill exited Wednesday afternoon’s 3-1 win against the Miami Marlins early after suffering a right hip contusion in the first inning. No problem. Reliever Josh Collmenter entered the game in the second inning and proceeded to shut down the light-hitting Marlins for six innings, striking…
Dale Hausner, one of the two serial shooters who combined to kill six people in the Valley between 2005 and 2006, died today at age 40 from “unknown causes.”An Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman says Hausner was found unresponsive in his cell at the state prison complex in Florence just…
Jonathan Mattox, a 30-year-old Phoenix resident, claims to be the “baddest motherfucker alive.”At least that’s what he told the cops after security guards at Talking Stick Resort’s casino prevented him from driving away from the casino plastered, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
Paul Goldschmidt hit a walk-off solo home run to end the Diamondbacks’ four-game losing streak in Tuesday night’s 3-2 victory against the Miami Marlins. With the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth and former D-back Chad Qualls on the mound, Goldschmidt smashed a bomb to center, which…
If you’re a Fox News viewer, you may have noticed that the Supreme Court apparently ruled against a voter ID law in Arkizonasas earlier this week.A few people who have seen a map of the United States before noticed that Fox ran a graphic of “AZ” during a segment on…
A fire that started yesterday just outside of Prescott has now burned about 7,000 acres, and has caused evacuations in the area.According to officials from the Prescott National Forest, the fire is human-caused…
Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office are taking a vacation tracking down a wanted man in Southern California this week, after yet another non-credible “death threat” was directed at Sheriff Joe Arpaio.It appears that saying you “want” to blow Arpaio’s head off is the same thing as threatening to…
The national media (and rest of the local media) have finally discovered the lawsuit we wrote about last week, resulting from Fox News airing a man’s suicide on live television last year.According to the lawsuit filed in Maricopa County, two of JoDon Romero’s kids heard at school about a suicide…
Have you just been racially profiled by one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys (or girls) in beige? Did a Phoenix cop ask to see your driver’s license — while you were in the back seat of someone else’s car?! See Also: Joe Arpaio B-Day Bomb: Judge Wants Monitor in Melendres…
Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks’ bill to create a ban on abortions 20 weeks after conception has passed the House of Representatives.That’s not to say it’s any closer to becoming a law, because it’s really not.See also:-Abortion Bill Now Includes Rape Exception-Franks: Not Many Rapes Result in Pregnancy-Franks Submits Another Abortion…
