The Pinal County Attorney’s Office announced that two bishops in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will not be charged with crimes, despite knowing Susan Brock had a sexual relationship with a teenage boy and not calling police.Rather than call police, the boy’s parents — and Brock’s…
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 Scottsdale Police Department posted a video on YouTube today, and if you like watching a woman and her 4-year-old kid get hit by a car, it’s right up your alley.The video shows a woman pushing her child in a stroller and then basically running in front of an SUV…
Despite never going to police after they were told that a teenage boy was being sexually abused by Susan Brock, two bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will not be charged with crimes, the Pinal County Attorney’s Office says.Get all the details about the sex scandal…
There’s still no date set for a hearing regarding ethics complaints filed against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and two of his former deputies, but the judge presiding over the case says it probably will take place this fall.Meanwhile, Thomas hasn’t wasted any time blowing through the $100,000 in taxpayer money…
Bill Newell, formerly the head of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms bureau in Phoenix, is among several top ATF officials who have been reassigned following a “gunwalking” scandal. Newell has been replaced by former Detroit Special Agent in Charge Tom Brandon. The scandal involves an operation called “Fast and Furious,” in which…
Governor Jan Brewer signed legislation earlier this month to create a state border fence with Mexico. The bill she penned, sponsored by Maricopa Republican state Senator Steve Smith, does not designate Arizona tax dollars for the project. Instead, it’s up to Smith to raise private donations for construction. He met…
Immigrants will do just about whatever it takes to obtain a better life in the United States — which apparently includes being crammed into two tractor-trailers with more than 500 other people.Mexican authorities on Tuesday stopped the two trucks, and inside were 513 illegal aliens.The immigrants, according to the Chiapas,…
If you drove to work this morning thinking the Valley looks hazier than usual, you’re right — and Canada’s to blame.Mark Shaffer, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, tells New Times the haze isn’t the usual smog that often blocks the mountainous scenery during the morning commute, it’s…
An unidentified man threatened a 12-year-old girl with a knife last month, and if you know who he is, you could get a thousand bucks.The suspect is described only as a Hispanic male, 25-40 years old, about 5-foot-5 or 5-foot-6, and 160-180 pounds.On April 13, at about 6 p.m., police…
Like many states, Oklahoma makes the transition from prisoner to politician pretty difficult, and a person convicted of a felony is not permitted to hold public office — but that’s not stopping Pawnee, Oklahoma’s Mayor-elect Chris Linder.Linder was sworn in yesterday, despite the felonious blemish on his criminal record. He…
[jump] With Josh Wilson (who was pinch running for veteran Russell Branyan) and Ryan Roberts on base, Johnson walloped a single up middle of the diamond to tie the score. Upton then provided a chopper over towards Braves second baseman Dan Uggla to bring home the winning run. Arizona moves…
Former Phoenix police Chief Jack Harris was forced out of office because of allegations that his department inflated kidnapping statistics to obtain extra federal bucks. However, a panel reviewing the Phoenix’s kidnapping numbers found that no fraud was committed and the numbers weren’t inflated.In fact, the panel found there were…
Dear Mexican: What happened to my friend? She is white (Irish — her only aunt was a Catholic nun!), she grew up in Pico Rivera (so most people think she is Mexican with green eyes), she is converting to Judaism, and guess what? All she meets are Mexicans! And all…
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for a Clubs Editor to handle our nightlife listings online and in print. The ideal candidate will be an outgoing, organized professional who is adept at both writing and data entry. Going out to nightclubs, bars, and other music venues is an integral…
President Barack Obama fancies himself Samuel L. Jackson in the remake of Shaft these days, following his order to have the Navy SEALs take out 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. Though he gets some kudos for the kill, bin Laden is not the man Obama’s most afraid to go after…
Andrick Aviles is a tattoo artist who makes house calls. Over the past three years, he’s dropped in on famous people like Arizona Cardinal Adrian Wilson and former Phoenix Sun Amar’e Stoudemire. When he doesn’t come to their houses, they go to his — a modest, ranch-style house in central…
LYME TIME Easy to see why patients are prone to exploitation: I have treated patients in the East Valley for almost 20 years. Some come in with chronic fatigue syndrome, which they attribute to Lyme disease, candidiasis, Epstein-Barr virus, [or] parasites (“Lymeaid,” Paul Rubin, May 5). They often have been…
Well, here’s some fresh proof that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s “Munnell memo” report is a complete whitewash, and that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was, is, and always will be in complete control of his agency. While he’s still sheriff, that is. Today Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s office…
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:…
When a Mexico City man living in Mesa was first questioned by police about the death of his fiancee’s 4-year-old daughter, he told them she hit her head when she fell down at a pool in their apartment complex. Turns out, the girl was probably never at the pool, and…
Cody Beck is a 19-year-old college student from Prescott whom we wrote about last year in regard to his sexual attraction to horses — and he better start wrappin’ it up; horse herpes has hit Arizona.The Arizona Department of Health Services just announced that an Arizona horse has tested positive for…
