Max Wilson, one of five members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, announced today that he will retired and step down from his post on March 11 due to health concerns. The real-estate developer was appointed to his seat representing the west Valley in 2002 and won his third…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed “toughest” sheriff in America, has now been hospitalized for more than 24 hours with a purported broken arm.Between the super-weird videos of the 80-year-old sheriff in his hospital bed and the fact that he stayed in that hospital overnight for a broken arm, it sounds…
A bicyclist spotted a body floating in a Tempe canal earlier this week, and police haven’t been able to identify the body.The bicyclist called police on Sunday afternoon after spotting the body floating in a canal just east of Priest Drive, according to Tempe PD.See also:-Jeff Ahlers’ Death Ruled Suicide…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is at it again — trying to gin up fear about immigrants running wild and ready to “commit crimes against the citizens in our state.” That’s what he claimed during an appearance on CNN. He’s echoing criticism by Republicans that comes in the wake of…
The University of Utah’s head swimming coach is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl while he was the coach of an elite swim team that practices at Arizona State University.Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesman Jerry Cobb confirms to New Times that the ASU Police Department has filed a report…
Democratic state Senator Steve Gallardo seems to get it — every year, legislators make asses of themselves by passing, or even just by proposing, ridiculous laws.We’ve seen all kinds of pleas from the few legislators who don’t want to play along with the “meth lab of democracy,” but we like…
A physical education teacher at a Phoenix elementary school admitted that she had a “sexual relationship” with a female student who was 12 years old at the time, police say.According to court documents obtained by New Times, the alleged victim, who’s now 19 years old, just recently came forward with…
Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:14 Watching Dennis Gilman’s new video of Wednesday’s protest against Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s systemic over-charging of undocumented workers, one is struck not only with the injustice of…
We’re not doctors. That said, it appears like “step two” in the treatment for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s condition may involve embalming fluid.We say this because Arpaio’s press squad uploaded yesterday a pair of videos of the sheriff in his hospital bed, and we’re really struggling to find a reason why.See…
For perhaps the first time this week, the sports-reporting world managed to go a day without spreading a rumor involving the Arizona Cardinals acquiring a quarterback.In the absence of a quarterback rumor, how about the guy who’s already on the Cardinals — Kevin Kolb?See also:-Cardinals Quarterback Rumor of the Day…
An anonymous donor has pledged $100,000 to Arizonans for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization, to host in May a gun buyback in Phoenix and destroy the firearms. The Mayor’s Office and the Phoenix Police Department are working with a nonprofit agency to take guns out of circulation. “I think this…
Eighty-year-old Sheriff Joe Arpaio tripped, fell, and broke his arm on his way to lunch today…
In a couple of weeks, the Phoenix Police Department will recognize the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous arrests in the department’s history — that of Ernesto Miranda.You probably recognize Miranda’s name by the “warning” named after him that lets an arrestee know he has the right to…
The cattle call began a little after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday for the unfortunates arrested in the MCSO’s Sportex Apparel raid in Tempe the first week of February. See also: -Bill Montgomery Is No Immigration Moderate -Bill Montgomery Fails to Convict an Innocent Man -S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Undercut by Bill Montgomery’s…
A Mesa doctor who was charged with a dozen sex-abuse charges in 2010 was found not guilty yesterday by a jury of his peers.Gabriel Ogbonnaya, who was a physician with Healing Touch Internal Medicine in Mesa, was accused by multiple women of making sexual advances toward them in his capacity…
A 24-year-old man with a criminal history in five states managed to spend last week in a room at the Scottsdale Hilton with nothing but a $20 prepaid credit card.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Thomas Burgman-Panky checked in at the Hilton on the afternoon of February 18…
Something’s wrong with Jodi Arias, that much anyone can tell. Her lack of emotion combined with the brutality of her crime — stabbing, slashing and shooting her victim — have led some to call her a sociopath, or psychopath. Not that most people could give a medical definition of the…
The Mesa Police Department says a taxi driver for Discount Cab Company offered to waive the fare for two women, in exchange for “sexual favors.”Believe it or not, police say 43-year-old Eric Vincent didn’t get any takers…
There’s something that’s just so priceless about Sheriff Joe Arpaio having to thank the Mexican authorities for helping return an inmate who escaped from one of his jails months ago.From his general immigration-enforcement policies and the multiple racial-profiling lawsuits against him to specific comments, like the time he urged a…
We’re now getting to the point where it’s impossible to go 24 hours without hearing a rumor from a legitimate sports reporter involving a quarterback and the Arizona Cardinals.On Tuesday, the Arizona Republic’s Kent Somers said the Cardinals were “exploring the possibility” of trading for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex…
You mentioned in the past that your dad is against illegal immigration, but that’s a voice you never hear. Why aren’t the legal immigrants and legal aliens “vocally outraged” about the illegals who drive down wages, drive up housing prices, use government services, give all immigrants a bad name, and…
Richard Hank Mueller spent an October evening at the Firehouse Bar and Grill in Tempe, drinking, antagonizing security officers, and “creeping” out the ladies. Mueller capped off his night arguing with Pierce Birkhold, a bar patron trying to stop Mueller from hitting on his girlfriend. Mueller, instead, ended up hitting…
