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:…
Bravo, Ryan Curry, attorney at law! Keepin’ them drunk drivers on the road!This sharpshooting young lawyer is a “rising star” at Alcock and Associates in Phoenix, according to a news release put out today by the law firm.The firm boasts in the release that Curry just got a case dismissed…
Mark today on your calendars, folks: the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release this afternoon that was about actual law enforcement — not some fruitcake publicity stunt Sheriff Joe Arpaio has in store for inmates at his jails.Three illegal immigrants were arrested yesterday after they were busted selling…
Contrary to an alert broadcast on an Arizona Department of Transportation-controlled electronic street sign, a “rogue panda” is not on a “rampage” in Flagstaff.Yesterday morning, motorists traveling on Fort Valley Road in Flagstaff were met with a sign that was supposed to warn drivers about no left turns at the…
The Phoenix Police Department’s got a brand new who done it on its hands.Two Phoenix cops patrolling an area near the 3100 block of West Van Buren Street early Sunday morning, about 1:45, saw a woman lying near the sidewalk on the north side of the street.The two officers stopped…
Phoenix mayoral candidate Wes Gullett failed to declare a conflict of interest while he was serving on the Phoenix Planning Commission in 2008.That is the latest message coming out of the Greg Stanton for Mayor camp. Here is the issue: Back in 2008, the Planning Commission considered whether to pursue…
In what has recently been a seemingly endless pattern of horrific child abuse here in the Valley, a Phoenix man has been charged with murder in the shaking death of his 5-month-old daughter.Phoenix police were called the the Phoenix Children’s Hospital on July 22, in response to a report of…
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Captain Joel Fox has lost his federal lawsuit against former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, whom Fox accused of improperly allowing the release of embarrassing e-mails.Last month, U.S. District Judge Neil Wake had already dismissed the part of Fox’s complaint that targeted an investigator and supervisors…
Five Phoenix police officers and one city of Phoenix employee who refused to turn over their DNA to detectives investigating the mysterious shooting death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth were ordered last week by a judge to give up their DNA — much to their dismay.The Phoenix Police Department collected…
So far, the Sonoran News’ editor/publisher Don Sorchych and his flunky scribe Linda “Wrong Way” Bentley continue to stonewall on correcting, retracting or apologizing for their misreporting and sinister insinuations concerning Mesa resident and American citizen Benita Lantigua.This would be simple to do, and it would be the right thing…
Commander Rich Burden, discussing the merits of drinking, then drivingAs District IV Commander, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Rich Burden oversees areas of Anthem, Cave Creek, Carefree, New River, and Desert Foothills.Over the years, he has earned a measure of infamy for dogging longtime Arpaio foes Jim Cozzolino and Tom…
Let’s put it this way: When two of your starters are (yikes!) each batting .152 (Cody Ransom and Collin Cowgill), your centerfielder (Chris Young) has dipped to .232 after a promising start to his season, and no one remotely could be called hot with the stick, you’re probably not going…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Eleanor, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest. On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo. We picked the five…
So it’s a “dry heat,” right?That’s easy to say when it’s not expected to be 115 degrees outside, which it is today, and would be a record for August 23, in Phoenix, Arizona.It’s gonna be so miserable in the Valley today that the National Weather Service has issued an excessive…
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:…
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Maricopa County, advising residents that the temperature for much of the week will be in excess of 110 degrees — which completely f***ing sucks.The mercury hit 113 degrees today — which is pretty hot for this time of year…
There’s been a lot of consternation about robo calls alleging that Phoenix mayoral candidate Wes Gullett has a baby momma that isn’t his wife.Yes, the recorded calls should have identified to the listener who was footing the bill for message. And generally, people seem to agree that they were in…
A Surprise resident who runs a home tattooing business illegally gave a tattoo to a 15-year-old, police say.Craig Mooney, 27, now finds himself in a peck of trouble — with an angry dad on his case.The father received a text message on August 9 from his boy, who told him…
Elyzabeth Leitner, 20, is apparently “too fat” to work at a Tempe strip club. The drunk hooligans floating down the Salt River Saturday afternoon apparently are slightly less discriminatory.Leitner was arrested Saturday after cops watched her flash her ta-tas to several people, including three men who gave her party beads…
Citizens for a Better Arizona, the committee that has forced a recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce, has announced a fundraiser for this Thursday, August 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the law offices of Snow and Carpio, 55 E. Thomas Road, in Phoenix.Randy Parraz, co-founder of…
Larry Black, Joel Fox and David Hendershott filed a $22 million claim last week against Maricopa County employees, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and a private investigator over the so-called Munnell Memo probe.The three current and former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office employees were the main targets of the widely publicized…
A Gilbert dog lover plans to chain herself to a tree on Saturday — and she’s doing so to raise money to buy air conditioned dog houses for hot pooches at the Friends for Life Animal Rescue Shelter.Yes, they really make air-conditioned dog houses.Erica Wellman, the shelter’s manager, tells New…
