Good news, Valley Fever-ers: You can “like” us now.Valley Fever has officially joined the 21st century with the addition of its own Facebook page.New Times already has a Facebook page for the publication as a whole. However, if all you’re after is news, our new “Bastard Fever” Facebook page will…
To quote Clark W. Griswold, if we woke up tomorrow with our heads sewn to the carpet, we wouldn’t be more surprised than we were when we got a Christmas note from America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” applauding us for all the great work we do. Granted, we just got it…
Carl Mosher, a former physical education teacher at St. Gregory’s Catholic school in Phoenix, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he was sentenced to 27 years in prison for having sex with a 14-year-old student…in his office…at the school.Additionally, Judge Daniel Martin sentenced Mosher to lifetime probation.Mosher…
Arizona’s GOP presidential primary, like New Hampshire’s, will likely be another race for second place — according to a recently released poll, former Massachusetts Governor (and one-time Joe Arpaio butt-smoocher) Mitt Romney has a double-digit lead over each of his opponents in the “Colt Single-Action Army Revolver” state.The poll, conducted…
State Representative Kimberly Yee wants to add possessing a bong to the list of things kids in Arizona aren’t allowed to do.Yee introduced House Bill 2034, which would make it illegal for kids under 18 to possess a hookah, bong, water pipe, and anything else that’s intended for “tobacco use…
A convicted child molester — who once was “mentored” by Republican state Representative Jim Weiers — was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning, where he was sentenced to some pretty serious prison time.Judge Peter Reinstein sentenced Arthur Vitasek to 559 years in prison after he was convicted of multiple…
Arizona State’s men’s basketball team played well most of the way last night against a pretty tough Oregon team, but ended up on the short end of a 67-58 loss. The Sun Devils hung tough until the last few minutes of their first Pac-12 home game, but simply didn’t have…
Democratic state Senator Steve Gallardo plans this week to introduce a bill into the Arizona Legislature that would repeal SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law.To quote our colleague Stephen Lemons, the Arizona Legislature repealing SB 1070 is “about as likely as me running a 5K.”The Legislature’s biggest bigot got the…
If you’re dumb enough to fork over cash to a scalawag like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, you’re dumb enough to buy any line of bull the most-sued sheriff in the country wants to sell you.Like the malarkey that the recent U.S. Department of Justice report on Arpaio’s racial-profiling ways is “unsubstantiated”…
The Mesa Police Department tells New Times that no charges will be filed against a 7-year-old boy who accidentally fired a loaded gun on a school bus full of children last week — and there’s a reason: he’s only friggin’ seven!In case you missed it, the boy brought a loaded…
Say what you will about 25-year-old Taylor Thornberry and his extensive collection of kiddie-porn, but at least he’s organized — his tens-of-thousands of images and videos of (ahem) child erotica are organized into three categories: “good,” “better,” and “the best.”How do we know this? Well, he was arrested Tuesday after…
About two weeks after being sworn in as Phoenix’s newest mayor, Greg Stanton announced today members of his Mayor’s Office staff, which includes some of the same individuals who worked for him while he was a city councilman or with him at the Attorney General’s Office. As we already know,…
There could be a new horse in the race to become the next sheriff of Maricopa County — retired Phoenix Sergeant/Nancy Grace suck-up Paul Penzone has filed paperwork with the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office to set up an exploratory committee for a potential run to unseat Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Arpaio –…
A Phoenix man who spent a good portion of 2011 stalking his ex-girlfriend was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to one count of arson, one count of stalking, and six counts of aggravated harassment.Since July, Phoenix police have received at least 33 reports…
If your marriage includes some (ahem) extracurricular activities with someone who isn’t your spouse, you’re not just a cheater — according to Arizona law — you’re also a criminal.That’s right, cheating on your spouse is a misdemeanor in Arizona — and a Glendale man actually used the statute as grounds…
The ASU Sun Devils play their first home game of the young Pac-12 season tonight in Tempe against the Oregon Ducks, a contest that will tell us a lot about what to expect for the rest of the season. The beleaguered Devils, who are 5-10 overall and 1-2 in the…
Following the resignation of former state Senator Scott Bundgaard over the scuffle he got into with his former girlfriend on the side of a Valley freeway — and the legislative fiasco that followed — Democratic state Senator Steve Gallardo says he plans to introduce a bill that would do away…
DEADLY SHERIFF Guards deserve similar sentence: Recently, a judge sentenced an Arizona teenager to natural life in prison for the murder of his teenage girlfriend. Supposedly, he beat her to death when he was 16 and she was 15. If a judge can sentence a teenager to natural life for…
How come Mexicans don’t perform in the Winter Olympics? What — no talent? Or are Mexicans afraid of snow? I’m thinking both. Also, Mexicans don’t do too well in the Summer Olympics, either — they even suck in soccer. There is plenty of snow in Mexico, so don’t use that…
Former state Senator Kyrsten Sinema longs to be the Democratic nominee from newly formed Congressional District 9. However, she suffers from a terrible affliction that threatens to undermine her ambition: a predilection for lodging a Prada pump in her esophagus. Sinema’s knack for the self-inflicted wound and the political tin…
* COMMENTARY * The Department of Justice, following a three-year investigation, identified Sheriff Joe Arpaio as overseer of the worst pattern of racial profiling in the history of the nation. A week later, on December 23, 2011, federal Judge C. Murray Snow allowed all Latino victims of the racial harassment…
Where to start…Well, the good news is there’s an outside chance that Thurman McGriff didn’t actually get a blowjob from a puppy. However, according to police, at the very least, he whipped out his penis in public and simulated oral sex, using the pooch’s mouth as the (ahem) pleasure center,…
