The latest addition to New Times’ ongoing series on naked meth-heads is 39-year-old Mark Brian Lockhead, who was found naked — and, of course, hopped up on meth — outside a Phoenix motel Friday night.About 9 p.m. Friday, Phoenix police were called to the Paradise Motel at 2433 East Van…
As we reported last week, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s chief deputy, Steve Henry, is considering running for his boss’ current gig — and this morning, he made it official.”With the possible departure of Sheriff Babeu, I want to ensure we keep moving forward with all of the improvements we…
Hat tip to ABC 15 for picking up on the story I filed Saturday about deceptive robocalls targeting Democratic and Latino voters in Legislative District 18 from the right-wing Safeguard Arizona’s Workers PAC, chaired by local Tea Partier Ron Ludders.Ludders, who is pro-Pearce, claims the robocalls are “educational.” Actually, they…
The Arizona Cardinals snapped a six-game losing streak with a dramatic overtime win against the St. Louis Rams yesterday in Glendale.The score was tied at 13 at the end of regulation — then the Cards’ first-round draft pick in last this year’s draft, Patrick Peterson, got all Patrick Peterson on…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo we snapped of presidential candidate Herman Cain and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest..We had more than 40 responses in the comment section of…
What we’ll be serenading the Pearce folks with this Tuesday evening…In what smells like a classic attempt at voter suppression, the conservative Safeguard Arizona’s Future PAC, which previously backed wackjob loser JD Hayworth in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary, is doing robocalls to Democrats in Legislative District 18, encouraging them…
Matt Tolman, chairman of the pro-Russell Pearce, anti-recall group Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall, is infamous for putting out placards in Mesa alleging that pro-recall organizer Randy Parraz “opposes the rule of law,” but a lawsuit by one of Tolman’s former employees alleges that Tolman may have his own…
Gaylord Sports Management — a Scottsdale-based talent agency for professional athletes — has a little work to do on the PR front; in addition to once employing a guy who’s currently accused of trying to have a threesome with two underage girls, a porn star is now claiming she was…
A Phoenix woman is heading to the big house after pleading guilty to charges that she killed her 79-year-old husband — before dumping his body on an Indian reservation and setting it on fire — back in 2005. Larissa Garcia’s late husband, Daniel Garcia, was the father of at least…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a press release this afternoon stating that his office will not give “Occupy Phoenix” protesters additional publicity.That’s right — a press release to announce he doesn’t want to help publicize the “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration. We’ll pause for laughter.Thinking this could have possibly been a…
Media entrepreneur Alki David says his pay-per-view Celebrity Fight Night this Saturday will distinguish itself from a similarly named Valley charity foundation to settle a lawsuit.The oddball celebrity boxing match will change its name in the future, and announcements will be made in the beginning, middle, and end of the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio got a little pissy earlier this week when three police officers from Columbus, Ohio weren’t granted permission to come to Arizona for training with the sheriff’s boys in beige. The reason: Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman called for a boycott of all things Arizona more than…
The rate of Arizonans applying for medical-marijuana cards has slowed down in the last couple of months, a stat that could indicate public confusion about pot’s newfound legality. A quick look at a recent update on the state Department of Health Services website shows that 14,852 people have been approved to legally possess…
In honor of the sexual-harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, we’ve opted to go with the above photo we snapped of Cain puckerin’ up to Joe Arpaio’s boo-tay for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Cain, as you may know, is the current frontrunner in the…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to New Times yesterday that Sheriff Paul Babeu’s right-hand man is forming an exploratory committee for a potential run for Babeu’s job. Babeu’s chief deputy, Steve Henry, will announce later today that he’s considering running for Pinal County sheriff.Babeu, as you may know, is…
An Arizona non-profit company that hosts a yearly event to benefit Phoenix’s Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center is asking a federal judge to stop a pay-per-view boxing event from using its name.The Celebrity Fight Night Foundation wants a restraining order issued against FilmOn.com before its November 5 broadcast. Also called Celebrity…
See update below. CT just bit its master’s paw. The news that the Arizona Capitol Times, the semi-official mouthpiece of the Arizona Legislature, has a poll on the LD 18 recall race it’s releasing tonight at 6 p.m. on ABC 15, should have the camps of both challenger Jerry Lewis…
The jury has reached a verdict in the “aggravation phase” of Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau’s trial, finding that aggravating factors in the case were proven — which means the man who terrorized the streets of Phoenix for nearly a year could face the death penalty.The trial now heads to the penalty phase,…
An unnamed Maricopa County employee is in hot water after releasing records relating to the firing of former Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joel Fox.The Arizona Republic’s JJ Hensley reported this morning that documents obtained by “county administrators” last week detail why Fox was fired. The reasons for the termination should have…
Desaraye Barragan told police she was “stupid and hungry” when she was driving her car 105 miles per hour on Interstate 10 earlier this week, which tends to happen when you smoke a joint while driving a car. From a legal perspective, having weed, ecstasy, and three minors in the car at…
The public can be forgiven for not fully understanding the ongoing mess of Maricopa County politics, and why a former county attorney stands to lose his law license. But, dang it, people who publish articles on the subject ought to come close to showing they understand it — or at…
Sand Land’s clown prince of lies, spitting whoppers on Horizon. Cataloging and debunking state Senate President Russell Pearce’s prevarications, untruths, half-truths, and outright whoppers is a full-time gig. Whenever this meretricious Mesan opens his gob, out flows a canard-filled torrent that rivals the Tohoku tsunami. People ask me, “So what…
