A Mesa man allegedly broke into a Chinese restaurant through a glass door, hopped over the counter, and stole…ice cream.According to information from Mesa police, a witness saw the break-in happen, and an officer arrived at the Big Bowl Chinese restaurant as Anthony James Lee Richards was on his way…
We’ve spent the last year in the laboratory putting Phoenix under the microscope to reveal hundreds of specimens of the best culture, outdoor adventures, shopping, dining, and nightlife the city has to offer. And we’re finally ready to publish our results. Nerd alert! Now presenting Scientific Phoenix. Joe Arpaio’s Maricopa…
“Peace be with you,” is a phrase often heard in Catholic churches. But it’s election season, and not all Catholics are feeling at peace. See also: Catholic Conundrum: What’s an Anti-Abortion, Pro-Immigrant Voter to Do? See also: The Mormon Delemma: What About Mormon Latinos?…
After rounding up Mexican restaurant workers and patio-furniture repairmen, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has carried out its third “employer sanctions operation” in the last two weeks, by arresting some construction workers this morning.That marks Sheriff Arpaio’s 67th “employer sanctions” operation”/illegal-immigrant roundup, as 15 workers at the Glendale-based United Construction…
A traveler at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport shot video last week of TSA employees subjecting passengers to a “freeze drill.” The passengers already had cleared a security checkpoint in Terminal 4 when Transportation Security Administration officials stopped them from proceeding. The video uploader, who captured the last 24 seconds (see below)…
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever’s memorial service was held yesterday in Sierra Vista. Dever died last week after he lost control of his truck on a dirt road near White Horse Lake.See also:-Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff-Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County Dies in One-Car Wreck on Dirt…
CPLE scores with this animated skewering of Sheriff Joe Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement, the bi-partisan group headed by Democratic Arizona state Representative Ruben Gallego and Republican operative Carlos Sierra, have just released the hilarious, blistering animated video above, which takes Sheriff Joe Arpaio to task for his unnatural obsession…
A baby tailgating at an Arizona State University football game was either chugging beer while doing a keg-stand or was subject to a photo-op, and the university’s police department is trying to figure it out.That photo was posted by someone on TheDirty.com, and not only did “Nik Richie” act like…
The Arizona Diamondbacks are now two games away from playoff elimination, after getting blanked 6-0 by the San Francisco Giants last night in the Bay Area.Starting pitcher Wade Miley didn’t quite make a great case for himself in his bid for rookie of the year, as he gave up four…
Not all conservatives want to lock up sick grannies and other medical-marijuana patients, a fact proven by the thousands of right-wingers who in 2010 voted “yes” on Arizona’s Prop 203. Yet in polls, Republicans and conservatives do tend to favor penalties for the plant’s growth and use more often than…
Hey, mojado: Since when do you think it’s okay to fuck up the facts of your wretched culture and concentrate on the few who have done something with their lives? For the most part, Mexicans are perverted, short, dark, little disgusting animals. You fit into that category. They shit out…
Michael Lacey and his business partner, Jim Larkin, acquired the New Times building at 1201 Jefferson Street in 1985. They rescued the historical former Booker T. Washington Elementary School from developers who wanted to tear it down. Lacey’s roomy office in the editorial section of the sprawling structure has wood…
It used to be that playing the state fair circuit meant you were a has-been, that your rock ‘n’ roll career had gone belly-up (you know, like billed after the puppet show, Spinal Tap-style). Maybe it’s still like that in most places, but the Arizona State Fair always manages to…
We’ve almost weathered the ’80s revival without anybody rear-ending the morons stalled at the intersection listening to Spandau Ballet, but it’s official: The ladle’s scraping barrel when it comes to that decade’s nostalgia. The Winona Ryder/Christian Slater movie Heathers is getting turned into a series on Bravo. (Bitchy fictional teens,…
Some ideas should just register as idiotic the second they pop into your head.For example, take Michael Turley’s alleged idea to have his nephew run around one of the most populous cities in America pretending to be a terrorist.See also:-Michael Turley Allegedly Put His Own Nephew Up to the Task…
Elias Johnson, a public information officer for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, was placed on paid administrative leave on Tuesday…
Republican Congressman Trent Franks’ obsession with abortion has now gone international.Franks, whose numerous anti-abortion proposals have been signed into law exactly zero times, is now concerned about the state of abortion in Ireland. Ireland.See also:-Trent Franks Successfully Wastes Everyone’s Time Again as His D.C. Abortion Bill Fails-Trent Franks Trying to…
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson stopped by Arizona State University’s Tempe campus today as part of his national tour of colleges, and one of his opening acts described the general tone of Johnson and his audience pretty well:He’s the “third option to Beavis and Butt-head.”…
The 16-year-old kid wearing a sheet on his body and a towel on his head, who ran around a Phoenix intersection with a fake rocket-propelled grenade launcher, was Michael Turley’s own nephew, according to court documents obtained by New Times.Turley was arrested after police discovered he allegedly put his nephew…
Joe’s latest: he loves dogs, kiddies can go pound sand, though Sorry to ruin your breakfast, your lunch and your day, but this is the most recent commercial from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s re-election campaign that’s guaranteed to induce gastrointestinal distress in anyone with more than half a lick of sense…
Although it would probably require winning all of their final eight games, and some additional magic around the National League, the Arizona Diamondbacks are still somewhat alive in the playoff hunt.The Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants last night in the first of a three-game series in the Bay Area,…
How long would it take the Phoenix Police Department to respond to a terrorist situation?Michael Turley really wanted an answer to that question, and he got it — by getting a 16-year-old kid to wear a sheet on his body, put a towel on his head, and run around Phoenix…
