Timothy Abrahamson, the former Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy accused of driving to North Dakota in September and assaulting his wife’s ex-lover, faces a March 12 trial date in Fargo. Abrahamson, who played a key role in some of the discredited anti-corruption investigations conducted by Sheriff Arpaio’s office, has pleaded not…
On the list of people we’d probably never expect to come out in support of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, we’d probably put an anti-drug crusader U.S. Attorney who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan somewhere near the top of the list.However, we’ve seen that man, A. Melvin McDonald, all…
Shortly after the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren, Attorney General Tom Horne proposed his idea of allowing a school’s “principal or another designee” access to a gun on school grounds, in case of an emergency.Now that the bill’s been submitted at the Legislature by Republican Representative David Stevens, we can…
A Mohave County man who admittedly stabbed his 66-year-old mother to death told police that the “dream police” told him to do it.What Mohave County Sheriff’s Office investigators believe to be Carol Drake’s body was found buried in her own yard, and her son, 46-year-old Roger Drake, was arrested at…
According to what appears to be very important research, Arizona-born folks tend to show up in pornographic movies more often than most other states.In fact, according to a 10,000-porn-star sample taken by writer Jon Millward, only six states have produced more porn stars than Arizona.See also:-Backroom Casting Couch Associate Accused…
A Coolidge police officer took an extremely unlucky shot Saturday night, as he tried to shoot out a car tire during a chase, but that bullet ricocheted of the wheel and hit another officer in the face.According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Coolidge police initially tried to pull over…
Last week, we put together our picks for the top 10 Arizona appearances on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.We had plenty of material to choose from for the top-10 list, including multiple segments about SB 1070, the crazy bills from the Legislature — the “meth lab of democracy” –…
If you’re a close observer of the Maricopa County sheriff like we are, check out this hour-long video (in three parts) from his testimony in last year’s Joel Fox termination appeal proceedings. Arpaio squirms a little, appears to feign ignorance and mixes up his stories as he answers questions from…
You know who shouldn’t be driving a car this week? Josh Bloom, the guy who pretended his fingers were guns, and pointed them at other drivers, before leading police on a 40-mile car chase.You know who Goodyear police say was spotted driving away from an elementary school yesterday? Josh Bloom,…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio admitted in 2011 he was “duped” by his top aides. He admitted in an embarrassing news conference the same year that he’d “made mistakes” in dealing with his former chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, whom he fired after evidence of corruption and mismanagement in his office…
A Phoenix dog-toy manufacturer who was once involved in a lawsuit with Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch over his dog toy called “Buttwiper” is now involved in a federal lawsuit with another brewer.This time, a lawsuit filed on behalf of Stephen Sacra’s Phoenix-based company, VIP Products, claims that an attorney for Heineken…
In case you haven’t noticed, the state of Arizona gets a hell of a lot of play on Comedy Central’s “news” programs.Really, there’s plenty of material for the writers to work with, and it seems like it’s hard to go a month without seeing Arizona being the butt of either…
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and Arizona-based attorneys for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement are engaged in a partnership to ensure the deportation of undocumented aliens who otherwise would benefit from President Obama’s proposed comprehensive immigration reform, despite statements from both agencies to the contrary. As I documented in…
A bill that would disband the police force in Colorado City is back again this legislative session.For whatever reasons, legislators ended up killing almost the same exact bill last session, and the allegedly corrupt “marshals” on the Utah/Arizona border — whom Attorney General Tom Horne contends are still loyal to…
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who let 1,200 pounds of weed roll on into the United States on a truck from Mexico was found guilty of several charges by a federal jury.Luis Vasquez faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and a $5 million fine at…
Sean Stephenson was born with a rare disease that makes bones brittle and confines him to a wheelchair. He wasn’t expected to survive after birth and suffered more than 200 broken bones by age 18. But he survived — and thrived. He’s a therapist, author and motivational speaker from Chicago…
In case you missed it earlier this week, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is getting his very own “shadow army.”A circulating e-mail from Maricopa County Republican Committee Chairman A. J. LaFaro explains that they’re going “to muster and organize a ‘shadow army’ of ‘shadow warriors’ that are willing to volunteer their time…
Mesa police have released an audio recording from yesterday’s arrest of 37-year-old Jeremy Wiseman, who decided to picket the Mesa Police Department with a shotgun at 3 a.m.Really, the audio sounds like the situation just as police described it, except for the exclusion of the officer’s sigh of relief after…
Attention Republican Congressman Trent Franks: we get it — you don’t like abortion.As we’ve been chronicling here for a few years now, Franks’ fanaticism about abortion almost rivals that of the people who stand outside Planned Parenthood locations with posters full of fetus photos, shouting “murderer” at anyone who may…
Peoria police say skeletal remains found earlier this month in a desert area were identified as Deborah Delaney, a 54-year-old Peoria resident who hadn’t been seen since April 2011.Her husband, a retired Sun City firefighter, was about to be charged with her murder last year even though Delaney’s body hadn’t…
Here’s your lesson of the day, folks: if you’re going out to picket your local police department on a street corner, consider using something other than a loaded shotgun as a signpost.We give that seemingly appropriate advice only because Mesa police say that’s what 37-year-old Jeremy Wiseman did yesterday, as…
Sounds like forgery is rampant in Tempe. Will Bill Montgomery respond? Are all truly equal before the law? When it comes to forgery in Maricopa County, the answer is a decided, “Hell, no.” Yesterday, the Tempe Police Department issued statistics showing that last year they had confiscated “1,761 fictitiously used…
