A 16-year-old Mohave County boy died Sunday after shooting himself while playing Russian Roulette.Several of his friends witnessed the shooting, police say.According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, the teen, Kevin Jervey Hudgens, and several other kids were in a travel trailer in Hudgens’ backyard when he fatally shot himself…
Despite having a samurai sword in his possession at the time, convicted felon Albert Tejada, 31, lost a fight with a dog Monday morning.In all fairness to Tejada, it was a police K-9 dog, and he was running from authorities at the time, but the guy still brought a friggin’…
A suspicious vehicle has closed a street near the Tucson courtroom where Jared Loughner appeared for a hearing today — and the rumor mill already is churning out unsubstantiated yarns that probably aren’t true.The Tucson Police Department confirms to New Times that the bomb squad was called in to investigate…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he’s not ruling out running for the Senate seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl — which, if history tells us anything, is complete bullshit just another one of the sheriff’s feeble cries for…
Following yesterday’s gang shakeup in south Phoenix, authorities are now well-equipped to make one hell of a rap video — they seized cocaine, dozens of fancy cars, and enough cash to make it rain for days.The Phoenix Police Department, as well as several other law enforcement agencies, carried out “Operation…
We actually were compiling our list of top-20 moments and characters from the Arizona Diamondbacks’ improbable 2011 season, when (to steal a line from the great Vin Scully), the impossible happened and Ryan Roberts hit his grand-slam walk-off homer to beat the Dodgers. Scully, of course, made his legendary call when…
The U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau, the same agency that lets drug cartel members buy guns, is warning firearms dealers not to sell to medical marijuana users.In an open letter to the nation’s licensed firearms sellers, the ATF reminds dealers that federal law prohibits any user of a controlled…
Shananigans, shenanigans, and yet more shenanigans. Sham recall candidate Olivia Cortes and state Senate President’s knuckle-draggin’ supporters are the gifts that keeps on giving.Gone are the days, alas, when I had them all to myself. Now it seems every journalist in the Valley, and many beyond, are swarming around their…
Ryan Roberts hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday night at Chase Field to keep the Arizona Diamondbacks in the hunt for home-field advantage in the first round the National League Division Series, which starts Saturday. The 7-6 win was the D-Backs’ league-leading 48th…
Former United States Congressman Matt Salmon and former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams are both eying the Congressional seat getting vacated by Congressman Jeff Flake, who is running for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.The two are both Republicans, both Mormon, and both have some big names…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
Cantaloupes containing a potentially deadly bacteria that has killed 13 people were shipped to Arizona, but aren’t known to have caused problems here, health officials said Tuesday.Dozens of people have been sickened by listeria in at least 14 of the 25 other states to which the killer melons were shipped…
Neo-Nazi Jeffery Harbin of Apache Junction will received up to five years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court yesterday to making and transporting bombs.Court records show that an FBI informant who knew Harbin’s girlfriend heard that Harbin had been building pipe bombs and invited him out for a…
A 22-year-old suspect in three armed robberies burst through the glass door of a Phoenix apartment at about 3 a.m. on Monday and shot a man who’d dated his ex-girlfriend. Ryan Foote was armed with a .357 Magnum when he crashed through the door at 3228 West Glendale Avenue, Apartment 122, and was confronted by…
Here’s the latest video from the Jerry Lewis for state Senate campaign, with those that recruited Lewis to run, including Mesa lawyer and Republican Dea Montague, who is first on the left, no pun intended. In it, Lewis repeats his no-gift pledge, which is a pledge I’d like to see…
According to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the man responsible for the hit-and-run death of Daniel Pollack, the son of Valley real estate mogul Michael Pollack, is an illegal immigrant.Arpaio says Cristino Torres Romero was arrested in Tempe by Scottsdale police on Friday in connection with the September 11 hit-and-run.Torres…
Rosanna Brown, a former teacher at Ed Pastor Elementary School in Phoenix, was sentenced to some pretty lengthy prison time today after pleading guilty to charges that she tricked one of her 14-year-old students into having sex with her back in 2009.As part her plea agreement, Brown pleaded guilty to…
A massive gang/drug bust called “Operation OGSTYLE” went down in south Phoenix this morning, resulting in the arrests of dozens of gang members, the Phoenix Police Department announced today.”Operation OGSTYLE” was headed by the Phoenix P.D. but included law enforcement agents from several other agencies, including the Drug Enforcement Administration…
Tom Liddy, a deputy prosecutor who also happens to be son of infamous Watergate villain G. Gordon Liddy, played Deep Throat for a county supervisor under siege by corrupt lawmen.The setting of the crucial tip-off, described at the Andrew Thomas discipline hearings yesterday by Andy Kunasek, chair of the Maricopa…
Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner is back in Arizona today after spending the past several months in a federal prison in Missouri where he’s undergoing psychiatric treatment to hopefully make him mentally fit to stand trial.Loughner has a court hearing in Tucson tomorrow, where U.S. District Judge Larry Burns will…
Congressional candidate Kirk Adams got a political tip-of-the-cap from Congressman Ben Quayle yesterday. Meanwhile, his opponent in the GOP primary for the District 6 Congressional seat, former Congressman Matt Salmon, boasts the support of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man he doesn’t like, doesn’t respect, and compares to Barney…
If the Arizona Diamondbacks have any hope of surviving the upcoming postseason, they’re got to be firing on all cylinders. That includes displaying the sort of stellar pitching that got them to the playoffs in the first place, and not the poor performance put on by Daniel Hudson on Monday night…
