Arizona state legislators have redrafted legislation that would allow guns on college campuses, despite Governor Jan Brewer’s vetoing of a similar bill earlier this year.The new bill is just a modified version of the old bill, which Brewer felt was too vague. However, after vetoing it, the governor said she…
The Phoenix Suns’ 103-83 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers last night was just plain horrible. Offensively, defensively, you name it.Steve Nash knew it. “That was about as bad of a game as I’ve had personally and team-wise also as well,” he stated to the press afterwards. Head coach Alvin Gentry…
Just in case you thought there was a snowball’s chance in hell that shamed former County Attorney Andrew Thomas could ever hold public office ever again, enter his attorney, Don Wilson. Wilson is representing Thomas in the disciplinary proceedings that potentially could conclude with the former CA’s disbarment. Regardless, in…
CAGED LOVE Disbarment — even jail — seems reasonable: This is one of the most pathetic stories I’ve ever read: This woman has thrown away a respectable career to marry a Mexican Mafia member she can’t even have sex with (“Fool for Love,” Stephen Lemons, December 8). But it’s also…
Don Wilson, Andrew Thomas’ attorney in the former Maricopa County Attorney’s disciplinary proceedings, disses Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s memory and his client’s political future in a new interview.We found Wilson’s Tuesday interview with KJZZ quite comical, in places, (after learning about it from one of our sharp readers, that is). Thomas’…
Judicial Watch, the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think-tank that went after Phoenix to force them to release logs maintained by Mayor Phil Gordon’s security detail, is pleased with a recent court decision ordering their disclosure.”Judicial Watch is excited by the ruling because it creates more transparency within government,” says Greg Collins,…
A recovering heroin addict took his cat to the Arizona Humane Society for treatment earlier this month after the cat was injured while crawling through some razor wire. That turned out to be a mistake — because Daniel Dockery was unable to immediately pay for the cat’s treatment, the AHS…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office arrested five men last night on suspicion of human smuggling and conspiracy, days after a federal judge’s ruling on such investigations. Looks like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, under more pressure than ever to reform his ways, is sticking to his statement that he won’t stop his enforcement…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s been in Iowa for the past few days to help his horse in the GOP presidential primary, Texas Governor Rick Perry, in his final push before state’s January 3 caucuses.Apparently, Perry still thinks the sheriff’s support is a good thing — despite Arpaio’s recent (ahem)…
A Tempe man was arrested at the Arizona Grand Resort in south Phoenix on Monday afternoon in connection with an attempted rape of an employee in a restroom. Before the attack, the victim told police she saw Michael Robert Martinez, 30, hanging out near the door to the restroom, which was located…
Since July, Phoenix police have received at least 33 reports that Gregg Pfeifer, 35, has been stalking a former girlfriend. He’s allegedly made multiple harassing phone calls, drives by the victim’s house repeatedly, and has sent several threatening emails.Early yesterday morning, police say, Pfeifer set the victim’s car on fire…again.According…
The Atencio family has released the following obituary and schedule of funeral services for their late family member Marty. The public can send flowers and cards in care of the address below for Heritage Funeral Chapel.Heritage Funeral Chapel 6830 W Thunderbird Road Peoria, AZ 85381-5025 (623) 974-3671 Obituary…
Yesterday marked the two year anniversary of the day Gabriel Johnson was first reported missing. At the time of his disappearance, Gabriel was just eight months old.The boy’s mother, Elizabeth Johnson, is suspected to have been involved in his disappearance — she currently is charged with kidnapping and child abuse.Initially,…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, who only has about a week left in office, may be forced to release security-detail logs that track two years’ worth of his movements.The Arizona Court of Appeals reversed a ruling by a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Rea that protected those logs from being…
Arrowhead Justice of the Peace Phillip Woolbright’s campaign Web site says he’s a “part-time preacher, bringing morals and ethics to the bench.”What a complete crock.The hypocritical judge/preacher was relieved of his duties today after the Commission on Judicial Conduct recommended he be suspended for 60 days for ethical misconduct. Court…
A Phoenix mom choked her 5-year-old son for playing video games and threatened him and her teenage daughter with a butcher knife on Christmas Day, police say.Jutrina Tillman, 32, who was arrested after police showed up and interviewed the terrified children, is already under investigation by Child Protective Services on…
Video of Atencio being stripped and left naked in a cell, taken from MCSO footage by Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman. Note: Gilman obscured parts of Atencio’s body to maintain the dignity of the victim. As with the first video, there is no sound.Above is more disturbing raw footage culled from…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to have been stunned into silence by a federal court ruling intended to hamper his office’s ability to conduct immigration enforcement operations.U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow ruled last week in a racial-profiling lawsuit against Arpaio and the Sheriff’s Office that deputies can no…
An African-American man in Gilbert found on Saturday morning that someone had given him the Christmas Eve gift of a charred wooden cross on his lawn.On his porch was a threatening letter attached to a rock.The 43-year-old victim, who hasn’t been named by Gilbert police, reported the crime just before…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s humiliating “Birther” investigation apparently has hit a snag in the funding department.According to Arpaio, the “investigation” is being funded by donations to his “Birther” posse, and not with taxpayer money (which is a huge relief). However, the money, it seems, has dried up — with,…
Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry didn’t really say he was worried about Prince Harry “fornicating” in his town, a British tabloid admits. The Daily Mail published an apology and correction on December 11, after Henry took the young prince’s advice in a handwritten letter to lodge a complaint about the “ghastly British media” with…
They were terrible on defense (allowing recent Hornets acquisition Eric Gordon to nab 20 points), awful on offense (shooting only 39.5 percent from the field), and were particularly bad from three-point range (going 5-for-25 beyond the arc). Oh, and rookie Markieff Morris screwed up a last-second chance to win the…
