The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office received a call early Tuesday about a possible suicide at a Sun Lakes home, but after deputies arrived at the scene, they’re now investigating a possible homicide. MCSO Sergeant Jesse Spurgin tells New Times that the sheriff’s office received a call around 2 a.m. about…
One of America’s most wanted killers is wanted no more — police in Tempe announced this morning the arrest of a man wanted in connection to the grisly 2009 murder of a Los Angeles man.Daryl Anthony Sconiers, 27, is believed to have murdered 31-year-old Brian Caulfield on March 26, 2009,…
Federal prosecutors working on the trial of Jared Loughner, the lone suspect in the January 8, shooting rampage in Tucson, have requested a gag order that would bar the release of the autopsies of the six people killed during the attack.The request was made to U.S. District Judge Larry Burns…
We first met Mike Bibby when he was a high-school junior at Phoenix Shadow Mountain High, one of the most highly recruited players in the nation. He was the son of onetime NBA player (and coach) Henry Bibby, with whom he was not close at the time. Bibby was a…
The manslaughter trial for snake oil salesman James Arthur Ray is set to kick off in Yavapai County courtroom today, and it will be televised live on the In Session network thanks to a ruling from Judge Warren Darrow.Ray’s been charged with three counts of manslaughter for the October 2009…
When one candidate’s quoted as saying — amongst several (several) other douchey remarks — “I’m tired of pretending like I’m not special…like I’m not a bitchin’ rock star from mars,” and the other’s tried to publicly vilify an elementary school, determining which’s the classier asshole isn’t easy. Yet Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and…
The Arizona Capitol Police have released a partial report on the wrongful arrests of Salvador Reza and Anayense Garza on February 24 at the state Senate building. At several points it contradicts state Senate President Russell Pearce’s assertions, as well as the probable cause statements submitted by the Capitol Police in…
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:…
Arizona State Senator Scott Bundgaard apologized to his fellow lawmakers today for any trouble his public fight with his girlfriend might have caused them. But if police are correct that Bundgaard cried “immunity” after police showed up at the scene, he probably should also apologize to Arizonans for abusing a…
It may come as a shock to some, but for the most part, underage children are not hanging out in seedy Internet chat rooms looking for sex with dirty old men. Cops posing as children looking to bust perverts, however, often are. Inexplicably, the aforementioned perverts will often take the…
What’s the proper way to respond if you’re a government official who’s asked to read to elementary school students, then told you’ve been un-invited because you’re too controversial? If you have even a shred of class, you say “I’m sorry you feel that way,” and move on. If you’re Maricopa…
The University of Arizona Wildcats journeyed to Los Angeles last weekend knowing that one win, especially over the UCLA Bruins, practically would clinch the Pac-10 regular season title. ASU, riding a precious one-game winning streak, simply wanted to keep the alleged momentum going. But both teams came back (on the same…
Ticket strips to this year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game and other All-Star Week events go on sale tomorrow for those of you who want to watch good baseball at Chase Field this summer. The strips include tickets to the All-Star Game on July 12, the State Farm Home Run…
The Tea Partiers were in Phoenix over the weekend for the group’s first ever “American Policy Summit,” and according to a straw poll conducted during the conference, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, a black guy, is favored to be the allegedly racist Party’s candidate for president in the 2012 election.Cain, 65,…
Since our prior post on the bizarre murder of a Phoenix woman over the weekend, the Phoenix Police Department has identified the make of a vehicle believed to have been used in the shooting.According to Phoenix police spokesman Sergeant Trent Crump, authorities are seeking a white 2000-2005 model Ford Expedition…
The man convicted in the 2007 murder of a Gilbert woman was sentenced to death in a Maricopa County Court this afternoon.Jonathan Burns, 29, was found guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and misconduct with a weapon for the January 28, 2007, murder of Jackie Hartman. Today he learned…
The chief of staff for Maricopa County Supervissor Fulton Brock plans to resign to take a job with a company owned by Texas oil big-wig T. Boone Pickens.Eric Latto has worked for the county supervisor — whose wife has been convicted of having a sexual relationship with the same underage…
Joe Arpaio may be notorious for pursuing illegal aliens, but Arizona played home to those hunting a different type of alien — or at least their spaceships — this past weekend. The Radisson Fort McDowell Resort, just north of Fountain Hills on SR-87, was the host of the 20th annual…
Two bizarre/completely unnecessary bills regarding abortion go before the full House in the Arizona Legislature today.Last week, the House gave initial approval to a bill that would require women getting an abortion to sign a document promising they aren’t aborting the pregnancy based on sex, and another promising they aren’t…
A strange shooting in west Phoenix over the weekend has left a 22-year-old woman dead and police scratching their heads.About 2 a.m. yesterday, two women were driving home from a party in west Phoenix. The women got into an argument, Phoenix police say, and stopped the car at a tire…
The Phoenix Suns launched a six-game road trip with games Friday and Sunday and came away winners in both, upping their record to three games over .500 for the first time this season. Regarding the Western Conference playoff race, even though the Suns are still outside looking in, they have…
State Senate President Russell Pearce wants the public to believe there’s not a list of folks who’re persona non grata at the Arizona state Senate building. And in a bit of a contradiction, he also wants you to believe that part of him “banning” people from the state Senate has…
