We almost forgot about when the “Motor City Madman” Ted Nugent — known in more recent days simply as a madman — was deputized by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Turns out, Nugent’s still a “Special Deputy” to Arpaio, a sheriff’s office spokesman confirms to New Times…
The Arizona Diamondbacks put nine runs on the board last night against the Philadelphia Phillies, and hung on to win despite the Phillies tacking on five runs in the ninth inning at Chase Field.Justin Upton hit his first home run of the season — a 436-foot bomb to left field…
The extremely detailed and easy-to-comprehend report starts off with a bang, claiming, “The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill. “After four decades that brought 12 million current immigrants–more than half of whom came illegally–the net migration flow…
We watched the first period of last night’s playoff hockey game in Chicago between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Blackhawks, and things didn’t look good for our local team. Chicago, which was fighting for its hockey life down 3-2 in the best-of-seven series, came out smoking after its stunning overtime…
In case you missed it, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told the Associated Press over the weekend that 500 illegal immigrants were arrested by his office “just for spite” after the civil rights investigation into the sheriff was launched.Of course, Arpaio was just kidding about the statements he made during…
File this one under “outrage du jour”: Dennis Wilenchik, the former special prosecutor whose runaway investigation of New Times resulted in the wrongful arrests of Village Voice Media Editor Michael Lacey and VVM CEO Jim Larkin, has been appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to sit on Arizona’s Real Estate Advisory…
Albert Arias pleaded not guilty today to the murder of his father — a killing police discovered after Arias allegedly went to the police station and told several people he’d done it.Arias is actually the second person to allegedly pull this move in just over a month — Kevin Skinner,…
Political spin is one thing. Politicians do it all the time — the classic distorting the truth beyond recognition so long as there is some nugget of truth that remains. Paul Babeu, who is running for a seat in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District, isn’t wasting time on that anymore. In…
There’s apparently a chupacabra shortage over at KPHO, because the TV station is “telling it like it is” about a new animal phenomenon — high-fiving cats.Here’s the entire story: A bobcat was on a guy’s porch in Cave Creek. One of the guy’s house cats goes up to the glass…
It wouldn’t be surprising to anyone that Mexican people are crossing the border between Mexico and the United States, but according to research, they’re actually going the other way — leaving the United States and going to Mexico.According to a report released today by the Pew Hispanic Center, it appears…
News media across the country lit up over the weekend with anti-Sheriff Joe Arpaio stories after a recording surfaced in which Arpaio admits he busted Mexicans to “spite” critics.Bigots at the Texans For Immigration Reform fundraising rally in September of 2009 laughed as the Maricopa County sheriff described the illegitimate…
Believe it or not, living with two ex-boyfriends at the same time didn’t work out well for Phoenix woman Daytona Johnson.After punching one ex-boyfriend/baby-daddy, then throwing a can of Febreeze at her other ex-boyfriend/baby-daddy — and later slicing his throat with a meat cleaver — Johnson’s getting a trip to…
The death of 88-year-old Mesa resident Lola Pershall has been ruled a homicide, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times the details of Pershall’s death are not being released at this time.The sheriff’s office called it a “suspicious death investigation” when her body was…
Word emerged this morning from a “source” in a CNN story that the highly publicized search of a Soho (lower Manhattan) basement for Etan Patz’s body has turned up empty. The little boy vanished in late May 1979, and would almost 40 years old now if still-unknown evildoer hadn’t snatched…
Saturday was a coulda woulda shoulda day of major proportions in the cities of Phoenix and Glendale. It could have been a very cool day. Instead, it was a disaster.Three of our Valley’s four major sports franchises were in action, with two of the teams–the Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix…
Thank heavens for Gerardo Parra. The left fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks single-handedly saved his squad from utter humiliation yesterday by unleashing a grand slam during the final game of their four-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Chase Field.His 419-foot homer during the second inning of Sunday’s game cleared…
Senate Bill 1070 is due to be heard in the Supreme Court this week, as the oral arguments are scheduled for Wednesday.Today’s the second anniversary of the immigration bill being signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer, and since then — or even before that — everyone’s developed an opinion…
Of all the trial balloons in the history of politics, this one most deserves to be shot down, stomped, incinerated, and spat on, with the remains dumped in the nearest landfill to rot.Seems there’s a cadre of hardcore Russell Pearce-worshippers in the state legislature that want to give the recalled…
If we learned something from congressman-turned-lobbyist-turned-congressional-candidate Matt Salmon this week, it’s that the tea party doesn’t seem to appreciate comparing politics with the guy who said fine, kill Jesus if you really want to. (That’s paraphrased a little.)That’s the highlight from this week’s debate between Salmon and Kirk Adams –…
Jeffrey Martinson, the onetime Ahwatukee business consultant who remains charged with killing his 5-year-old son back in 2004, will face a retrial on murder and child abuse charges this July. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sally Duncan set the retrial date at a hearing in which she also denied a…
Rachel Alexander, the lawyer who worked with former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas to attack his political enemies, will appeal the suspension of her law license.Alexander received a suspension of six months and a day by the state Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Panel for her role in working on a nonsensical…
Robert Fisher, one of the FBI’s and Scottsdale Police Department’s “most wanted” fugitives, may still be in Arizona, according to information relayed from the FBI.Fisher’s accused of killing his wife and two young kids, then blowing up their Scottsdale home in April 2001.According to various media reports, including the Payson…
