See also: Arizona Sheriffs Call for Independent Investigation of “Fast and Furious” Gunwalking Scandal and House Republicans Call For Special Counsel to Determine Whether AG Eric Holder Lied During “Fast and Furious” Testimony Even a few rusty guns found in the desert are enough to raise questions about a “Fast…
NextCare, a nationwide urgent-care-center company based in Phoenix, has agreed to pay the feds $10 million for submitting false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health-care programs. We had no idea turning in corrupt corporations could be so lucrative: The informant in this case, former NextCare employee Lorin Cohen,…
John Brigham, a 45-year-old man whose naked carjacking spree in Scottsdale on Friday ended with multiple crashes, trashed his uncle’s home back in November while dressed in a towel. In Friday’s incident, Brigham stripped naked and danced on top of his car before stealing a Toyota Prius and crashing it…
Also see: Scott Bundgaard’s Attorney: Senator Resigned Because Ethics Hearing Was Unfair and Scott Bundgaard’s Police Report: Bundgaard Invoked Immunity Scott Bundgaard resigned from the state Senate in January, but he just doesn’t know when to quit.The disgraced ex-lawmaker whines that he’s the victim in a diatribe posted on the…
When Mexico’s Congress allowed its country’s citizens to vote from abroad for the first time in 2006, local immigrant-rights activist Carmen Cornejo leapt at the chance to cast her ballot for President Felipe Calderon.With the 2012 Mexican presidential elections scheduled for Sunday, Cornejo, a naturalized United States citizen born in…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s the Rodney Dangerfield of Sand Land politics these days. He just don’t get no respect. Thing is, in his case, he deserves no respect, whereas Dangerfield’s self-pity was a shtick. People actually liked him. They despise Joe. At least those with half a brain or more.Because of this,…
Let’s be honest, there are a lot of nativists out there who are caressing their hands at the prospect that an Arizona cop might soon be killed by an illegal alien.What better way to attack both the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-3 decision tossing three sections of Senate Bill 1070,…
We weren’t sure how the meeting would turn out between Reverend Jarrett Maupin II — once considered the protégé to Al Sharpton — and state House Speaker Andy Tobin, who called a black Democrat “very ghetto” yesterday.Maupin had invited us to the meeting this morning at Tobin’s, while Tobin (politely)…
Dominic Chagolla will be spending the rest of his life in prison for murdering his mother in December 2010.A jury convicted Chagolla of first-degree murder in late April for stabbing Maria Chagolla to death, and Judge Sherry Stephens sentenced him this morning to natural life in prison.Maria Chagolla’s body was…
Governor Jan Brewer said Thursday’s Supreme Court decision on health care will lead to the “erosion of individual liberty.” Congressman Ben Quayle said “[Thursday’s] decision was a disaster for the American people and the American healthcare system.” Beyond the expected trigger-happy partisan rhetoric surrounding health care, the Arizona Hospital and…
See also: Michael Marin, “Burning Man,” Had Some Sort of “Medical Emergency” After Verdict ReadSee also: Michael Marin, “Burning Man,” Found Guilty of ArsonSee also: Burning Man: An Attorney Says He Escaped His Blazing Home Using Scuba Gear; Now He’s Charged with Arson UPDATE: We’ve received confirmation that authorities are…
Maria Rivera, the 21-year-old woman accused of shaking her 11-month-old daughter Stormi to near-death, had two prior run-ins with Child Protective Services involving allegations of abuse against the girl.Rivera claims she only shook Stormi because she fell unconscious after falling down some stairs, although Phoenix police detectives say hospital staff…
The thought that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — also known as “Obamacare” — is a “government takeover” of health care has been repeated over, and over, and over again since the spring of 2009.That thought earned the label of “Lie of the Year” by PolitiFact, a fact-checking…
Finally something for Dbacks fans to shake their rattles about. Highly anticipated right-handed pitcher, Trevor Bauer, made his major league debut throwing a total 74 pitches through just four innings. Despite all the hype, Bauer struggled to find the zone in the second half of his outing; he says he’s…
Well, Arizona Speaker of the House Andy Tobin decided yesterday that Democratic National Committee executive director Patrick Gaspard is a “very ghetto” individual.As we wrote about yesterday, Tobin eventually deleted it, and blamed it on someone else who wrote the “tweet” calling Gaspard very ghetto.”Kid Sharpton,” Reverend Jarrett Maupin II,…
Things are not going well for disgraced, recalled former state Senate President Russell Pearce, the marble-mouthed Mesa mook who’s attempting a comeback with a Legislative District 25 run for state Senate.In spite of Pearce’s half-hearted claims of a “huge win” in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision on his baby,…
We’re not at the Maricopa County Superior Court, but a court spokesman tells New Times that “Burning Man” Michael Marin collapsed after his guilty verdict was announced.The Arizona Republic’s Michael Kiefer was in the courtroom, and is saying Marin had a seizure after the verdict was read — as Marin…
UPDATE: Michael Marin has been transported to a hospital. He collapsed shortly after the verdict was read.A jury found “Burning Man” Michael Marin guilty of arson of an occupied structure today for burning down his Biltmore Estates mansion in July 2009. Marin gave his explanation to New Times writer Paul…
Here’s something Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin will learn today: when you’re posting in a public forum on the Internet, everyone can see it.Like this morning, when he called Democratic National Committee executive director Patrick Gaspard “very ghetto.”Gaspard drew the ire of many people who weren’t happy with the Supreme…
Republican state Senator Nancy Barto is the chairman of the Senate Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform Committee, which would make you think Barto knows a thing or two about how health care works.After taking a look at her comments on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Patient Protection and…
Brian Dicamillo, 39, is accused of offering a 10-year-old boy one whole dollar to have sex with him.According to police, that’s just the start of what landed Dicamillo — and eventually, his wife — in jail.Did we mention Dicamillo’s a bus driver for the Deer Valley Unified School District?According to…
Everyone was watching the big moment this morning, awaiting the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Obamacare… and CNN blew it. The flub started as veteran newscaster Wolf Blitzer breathlessly announces that reporter Kate Bolduan has some news from the steps of the courthouse. Then Bolduan comes on, saying that CNN “wanted…
