At the conclusion of her four-page letter to Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, explaining the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s Office’s rationale for dropping its criminal investigation into Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s and ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ offices, Ann Birmingham Scheel offered an incredibly lame summation of four years of inaction and incompetence…
The City of Tempe is proud to report that Tempe’s Mill Avenue District area was near the top of some list of “America’s Most Fun, Affordable Cities.”Since Ocean City, Maryland topped the list, it was kind of an indication that this one could be tossed in the garbage, but a city press…
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The East Valley Tribune announced today that one of the paper’s former interns plagiarized several articles while she was “working” there during the spring semester.The Tribune didn’t release the name of the plagiarist, but we can tell you her name is Raquel Velasco — who was called out for plagiarism…
Just got word from Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s office that U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Martone today upheld the state’s “secret ballot” law. The voter-approved law was intended to block potential national legislation pushed by labor unions that would have allowed unionization in companies without a secret-ballot election by…
See Also: Joel Fox, Former Sheriff’s Captain Used in Scheme by Arpaio Campaign, in Merit-Board Hearing Today Joel Fox, a former captain under Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was at the heart of the SCA campaign-finance scandal, lost his appeal to get his job back today. By a 5-0 vote, the…
Here’s a tip — if you’re throwing away about a pound-and-a-half of meth, almost a pound of heroin, a few guns, and almost $20,000 in cash, also tossing pictures of yourself in there may not be the best idea.Abraham Ortega-Leyva learned that one the hard way…
A man barricaded himself inside his house near Queen Creek yesterday when police came looking for him. Cops suspected him of attempting to kill his wife.Mark Matheny, an alleged white supremacist — which seems apparent, given the swastika tattooed on his chest — then attempted to kill himself, which didn’t…
The Phoenix Suns are hiring a new gorilla mascot, a job that has more required skills and duties than you could possibly imagine.Not only does the team prefer that you have a college degree to dress up in a gorilla suit and drunk basketballs, the job actually has a longer…
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After two consecutive heartbreaking losses, the Arizona Diamondbacks were the ones doing the heartbreaking on Tuesday night by beating the San Francisco Giants in 8-6 in 11 innings. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and barely kept the D-backs’ postseason hopes alive. With the score deadlocked at 6 in…
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See also: Scott Graham Accused of Mutilating Neighbor’s Cat This morning, Mesa police mentioned in a statement to the media that alleged cat mutilator Scott Graham told a “strange story” to investigators in response to the allegations.Taking a look at court documents filed in the case, we have a pretty…
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Edward Sauceda is probably the only person on earth with the Arizona Cardinals logo tattooed on his face, as we could only find one other photo of a Cardinals face tattoo on Google images — Sauceda’s mugshot from 2009.Sauceda was actually arrested the week before the Cardinals lost to the…
Labor Day Weekend certainly stunk for the Arizona Diamondbacks. The struggling team lost three out of five games to division foes in the National League West, including splitting a series with the Los Angeles Dodgers over the long weekend and lost an extra innings heartbreaker to the San Francisco Giants…
UPDATE: Don’t worry, everyone, Graham says the cats were sneaking into his car and running a fight club. If you’re wondering who would steal their neighbor’s cat and smash it up behind a strip mall — 39-year-old Scott Graham would, according to Mesa police.Once he was caught in the act…
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