To borrow a line from The Blues Brothers, state Senate President Russell Pearce’s got the band back together. But it’s a band with more extremists than teeth. So to speak.Take the case of Elton Hall, onetime stormtrooper for American Nazi Party führer George Lincoln Rockwell. The ancient Hall is well-known for…
When burglary suspect Marshawn Floyd Phillips broke into the home of a Phoenix woman demanding “pussy” early Wednesday morning, he probably didn’t expect to get beaten with a prosthetic leg — but that’s exactly what happened.According to court records obtained by New Times, Phillips broke into the victim’s 24th Street…
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Hegarty has been replaced as Highway Patrol chief for the Arizona Department of Public Safety, in part due to concerns about his perceived effect on employee morale.The new boss of the DPS’ Highway Patrol division is Major James McGuffin, says DPS spokesman Bart Graves.Hegarty, as we reported…
The occupation of downtown Phoenix may not have shut down Wall Street (shocking, we know), but it’s definitely putting a burden on city resources — to the tune of more than $200,000.Phoenix police tell New Times that since the “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration began at Cesar Chavez Plaza on October 15,…
The body of Rebecca Zahau, girlfriend of Jonah Shacknai, CEO of Scottsdale-based pharmaceutical company Medicis, will be exhumed so a private pathologist can conduct a second autopsy to try to determine whether her bizarre death at a California mansion was a suicide or a homicide.Read all about Zahau’s strange death here.Police in San…
We swiped this terrific photo from the Facebook page of Rachel Alexander, former henchwoman for shamed former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas (which you can see here). Plus, we’ve been sitting on the above photo of Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, and Congressman Trent Franks for more than a week.It’s time…
As we reported yesterday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims to have some “shocking” information about whether President Barack Obama is eligible to be president.As we also reported yesterday, we don’t believe it for a friggin’ second.As you probably know, last month, Arpaio bent over for his far-right-wing-nut base and…
The Arizona State Bar’s independent counsel team rested its case today in the disciplinary proceeding against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and two of his former employees. The Bar’s lawyers announced their decision after Thomas gave his second day of testimony in the case that could cost him his…
I’m on my way to a function I must attend tonight, but I just saw that Matt Tolman’s anti-recall committee Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall has filed its financials with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.Total receipts: $72,610, with one of the largest contributions coming from a union, specifically…
Earlier this week, we posted a video of a woman getting kicked in the face (repeatedly) by another woman in a Scottsdale parking garage during one of the more-brutal chick fights we’ve seen.Turns out, two of the female brawlers — and six other men — were arrested in the melee, according…
There’s good news and bad news regarding Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” posse’s “investigation” into whether President Barack Obama is eligible to be president.The good news: the investigation will be finished by early next year, so Arpaio’s team will soon be able to tackle other non-existent issues like illegal…
Tucson’s “occupiers” can straight-up occupy.According to the Tucson Police Department, 20 arrests were made yesterday during the “Occupy Tucson” demonstrations at two different parks in the city.The 20 arrests make a grand total of 351 arrests since the “Occupy Tucson” demonstration began October 15, Tucson Sergeant Maria Hawk tells New Times.Of the…
When 23-year-old Michael King Jr. robbed a Phoenix bank yesterday morning, police already were actively looking for him in a sexual assault/robbery that happened at a Phoenix porn shop nine days earlier.When King ultimately was arrested, he went out in a hail of cash — stolen cash — that he tossed…
New setting, same old story.Under oath while on the stand this morning in the his disciplinary “trial,” former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas claimed that a TV reporter gave his office a great tip in its quest to investigate county “corruption.”The former Channel 15 (KNXV-TV) reporter, Josh Bernstein, did an…
Props to the ever-entertaining and informative Politoco Mafioso blog for scoring the following intriguing info concerning Summit Consulting’s Chad Willems, state Senate President Russell Pearce’s campaign manager.Willems, of course, is not the only local GOP operative hustling to save Pearce’s hide in the November 8 recall. There’s also Chuck “Brewer’s Brain” Coughlin…
If next year’s presidential election were held today, President Barack Obama would carry Republican-leaning Arizona, according to a recent poll.According to a Rocky Mountain poll released yesterday, Obama leads all possible Republican candidates in Arizona by at least a five-percentage-point margin.Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is the GOP candidate who…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is back on the stand this morning in the State Bar’s disciplinary proceeding against him.Here’s the link to the state Supreme Court’s Web page on the hearings. Click there, then click on the live proceeding. Don’t forget — later you can access Thomas’ testimony…
Shamed former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will again today take the stand in the state Bar ethics hearing that could potentially conclude with Thomas saying “buh-bye” to his license to practice law.Thomas spent the majority of the day yesterday on the stand trying to explain why he charged numerous…
There’s something I’m concerned about or bothered by. I was born and raised in Mexico, but I’ve been [in the United States] for eight years. All the talk about 9/11 is too much, because every single year brings a rehash of the tragedy. I really think that remembering the event…
LOST IN SPACE A reformed Scientologist weighs in: Great article. I started Scientology in Phoenix in 1975. Wish you’d have done this article back then so I could have saved myself the large detour (“Pain in the Org,” Ray Stern, October 13). But the Scientology people who work in Phoenix…
The 28 days Christopher Quaratino spent in a spooky-looking house in Amityville, New York, defined his life. Quaratino was just 7 when he and his family moved into the 4,000-square-foot Dutch Colonial home on Ocean Avenue in the Long Island town in 1975. Now, at 43, he’s still creeped out…
AZ Urban Race, formerly AZ Urbanathlon, has yet to clear all the hurdles in a lawsuit filed by the publisher of Men’s Health magazine.As we reported on October 18, the obstacle-course race hosted by Mountainside Fitness was slapped with a lawsuit by Rodale, Inc., the magazine’s publisher. Men’s Health has…
