A pilot crashed his plane at the Scottsdale Municipal Airport this morning, while he was getting a flight lesson from Scottsdale City Councilman Bob Littlefield.According to a spokeswoman for the airport, the single-engine plane ran off the runway around 9 a.m. today during a “touch-and-go” landing, which involves landing the…
Former state Senator Kyrsten Sinema is many things: a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Arizona’s Ninth Congressional District, a strident advocate for lefty causes, a one-time supporter of erstwhile Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader. And, according to the nonprofit National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials,…
UPDATE: Mohave County Sheriff’s Office investigatingSee also: New Times special report: Polygamy in Arizona See also: Mohave County Sheriff’s Office to Patrol Colorado City See also: Colorado City Sued by Justice DepartmentDepending on how many depressing things you’re exposed to on a daily basis, this could be the most depressing…
Cody Slaughter seems like a pretty honest guy, as he offered up some personal information about his personal history in a job interview last week.Slaughter may have been a little too honest during his interview with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as the cops say he admitted to the agency…
See also: “Hide-and-Seek” Suffocation Death of 10-Year-Old Ame Deal Ruled HomicideSee also: Police: Abuse of Ame Deal “Makes You Sick to Your Stomach.”See also: Ame Deal’s Killers Indicted for First-Degree MurderSee also: County Attorney to Seek Death Penalty For Alleged Killers of 10-Year-Old GirlSee also: Ame Deal’s Father Trying to…
The Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged the first half of the season over the weekend, winning three straight games against the Los Angeles Dodgers heading into the All-Star break.The D’Backs lost a Thursday game against the Dodgers, but were able to win the rest of the games of the four-games set, taking…
If the signatures check out, Arizona voters will vote on a ballot initiative in November that would change how primary elections operate.Instead of Republicans voting for a Republican and Democrats voting for a Democrat to appear on the general election ballot, the proposal offers for everybody to vote for anybody…
See also: Steven LaMar, Cave Creek Councilman, Dumped as Lawyer for Maricopa County Amid Criticism in Mary Rose Wilcox Claim See also: Mary Rose Wilcox Granted $975,000 Judgment by Federal Judge; Sidesteps County Efforts to Check Payment Maricopa County Treasurer Charles “Hos” Hoskins has been thwarted in his attempt to…
Sharon Holmes — the state GOP delegate accused of pulling a gun on a repo man before losing a police chase to the Kingman cops last week — offered the Kingman Daily Miner an extremely poor denial to the accusations.Holmes, 68, reportedly wrote in an email that she didn’t run…
There are many things Sheriff Joe Arpaio could fully explain to us here at New Times. Many of them can be found under our “Investigating Sheriff Joe Arpaio” file.That said, Arpaio opted to defend himself from the assumption that he was a horrible basketball player in high school.Let’s just say…
See also: New Times special report: Polygamy in ArizonaSee also: Tom Horne Sending Cash to Mohave County Sheriff’s Office to Patrol Colorado CitySee also: Colorado City Sued by Justice Department; Child Rapist Warren Jeffs Still Running the JointMohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan and his deputies are now patrolling Colorado City,…
See also: Joe Arpaio Owned by the Infamous Duke St. Rollins.Part verbal terrorist, part international man of mystery, Duke St. Rollins trolls the Facebook sites of teatard politicos and talking heads, leaving behind flaming piles of fresh manure that the ‘baggers are never entirely able to extinguish. Via screenshots, the Duke…
The former charter school bus driver who liked to be called “Mr. Bill” pleaded guilty this morning to charges related to luring a 9-year-old girl to his car and molesting her.”Mr. Bill,” known to the court system as Billy Bryant, pleaded guilty this morning to three counts child molestation and…
See Also: Arizona Congressman David Schweikert Falsely Claims Illegal Immigrants Are No Longer AfraidSee Also: Janet Napolitano’s “Secure Communities” Program Secure in Arizona, Elsewhere Not So MuchThe California State Senate passed a bill Thursday that is being called the “anti-Arizona law” by pro-immigrant activists.The TRUST Act, as it is officially known, would…
PCP makes rare appearances in the Valley crime blotters, but when it does turn up, there’s usually a story behind it.Take the most alleged case of Valley PCP craziness, in which the cops say John Brigham was found to have the drug in his system after being arrested for running…
See Also: Obama’s 287(g) Move Bogus, Activists Call on Feds to Cut Ties with ArizonSee Also: Bill Montgomery Blames Obama’s 287(g) Move for Attack on Phoenix Cop Arizona Congressman David Schweikert is taking a jab at the Obama administration for its decision to scrap part of a federal immigration program in Arizona.In an opinion…
A Phoenix woman was arrested on Tuesday after witnesses at Peter Piper Pizza saw her 2-year-old kid fall out of his chair — possibly because he was drunk.Valerie Topete, 32, was at the pizza parlor in Chandler in the evening when — a witness told police — she poured beer…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s probably the only person who could convince his faithful fans to watch him open Al Capone’s empty vault over and over again.That’s pretty much what Arpaio’s set to do in a couple of weeks, as the sheriff announced through his other PR team (WorldNetDaily) that he’s holding…
See Also: “Bath Salts” Not Found in Naked Carjacker John Brigham’s System, but Cops Say PCP Was See Also: John Brigham, Accused in Naked Carjacking Spree in Scottsdale, Trashed Uncle’s Home in November While Dressed in Towel The naked carjacker who terrorized Scottsdale last Friday once worked as a Chandler…
If you watch Fox News, you may have been led to believe that drugs known as “bath salts” are causing people in Arizona to get naked and steal cars, like in the case of John Brigham’s alleged carjacking/car-crashing spree last week.If you’re trusting the cops on this one, it was…
Buzzfeed posted a list earlier this week of “69 Politicians As They Were In High School,” including some vintage yearbook shots of Governor Jan Brewer, Senator John McCain, and former Governor Janet Napolitano.That prompted us to check out the Museum of Natural History 1950 yearbook from Commerce High School in…
See also: Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He’s Charged with Arson We were in New York City when word came via numerous texts from the Maricopa County Superior Court (Judge Bruce Cohen’s courtroom) that Michael Marin had been convicted of burning…
