Last weekend’s Pac-10 Washington trip for the ASU Sun Devils and Arizona Wildcats proved oddly upbeat for the local schools, considering that they returned to the desert with but one win in the four games played. Yes, a loss is a loss is a loss, but ASU acquitted itself pretty well…
The identity of the new “Go Daddy Girl” won’t be revealed until the Super Bowl in Dallas in just under two weeks, but the company is dropping hints as to whom it’s going to be in the form of body parts — including the photo of the new girl’s ass…
When we arrived, the memorial was intact: hundreds of bouquets, cards, candles, posters marking the January 8 tragedy, remembering the victims. But not for long. It was Wednesday, January 19. And apparently, it was time for business to go on. The Safeway had opened a few days earlier, but the…
The Surprise teacher arrested yesterday for allegedly grabbing the breast of his 13-year-old niece tried to explain away the alleged boob grab by telling the girl it was just a “wrestling move” he took “too far,” according to court documents obtained by New Times. He also sent the girl text…
A federal grand jury has indicted 34 people in a massive drug and firearm trafficking ring. The indictment, unsealed this morning, alleges that defendants were helping supply Mexican drug cartels with weapons bought in Arizona. The indictment alleges that between September 2009 and December 2010, the defendants conspired to buy…
The machine-gun equipped “Raptor” vehicle, made by a Phoenix company, seems like the perfect answer to road rage To hell with your “road rage.” Anybody gives us attitude, we’re gonna have our kid pop out the top of our new Saracen International Raptor and pulverize their ass. Don’t confuse this…
Susan Brock, the estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock who entered a guilty plea yesterday to charges that she attempted to have sexual relations with a minor, faces a minimum of seven years in prison, court documents obtained by New Times show.”The prison sentence could be as low…
When Clear Channel’s Phoenix-based Mix 96.9 (KMXP-FM) offered Bristol Palin an on-air radio job earlier this month, the station’s director, Ron Price, insisted it wasn’t a publicity stunt. He better hope he was telling the truth because Palin now says she’s considering taking the job.”It is an official offer to…
When the Phoenix Suns departed the Valley last Monday for their most recent road trip, they were riding a two-game winning streak and were probably fueled by a great deal of hope and optimism. After all, the squad was headed on a five-game swing through the Eastern Conference to take…
The Mesa Police Department has released more reports on its run-ins with state Senator Russell Pearce’s son Joshua. A report I blogged about earlier today dealt with allegations concerning possible child abuse in a December 10, 2010 incident involving Joshua Pearce’s infant daughter.You can read that report, here. I’ve also…
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:…
Faleh Almaleki sat between his attorneys in court on Monday afternoon, listening through an Arabic interpreter to Deputy County Attorney Laura Reckart rip him up. “What could be more dishonorable than a father ripping away the life of his own flesh and blood?” Reckart told the 16-member jury (four…
In a not-so-shocking development in the case of Susan Brock, the estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, the county supervisor’s soon-to-be former wife changed her plea to guilty this afternoon in one of the stranger cases of an older woman having sex with a teenage boy that we…
The man pictured to the right is 28-year-old Ezequiel Gardea Diaz, and police say that over the weekend he whipped it out and started “shaking” it in front of three young girls.According to court documents obtained by New Times, about 5 p.m. Saturday, the three girls, ages 9, 10, and…
Unreal. The same people responsible for tens of millions in claims being filed against Maricopa County are now drooling after their own pot of gold. Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and David Hendershott, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s former right-hand man have filed a notice of claim along with Thomas’ former lackey, Lisa Aubuchon, for a combined…
The Governing Board of the Maricopa Community Colleges meets tomorrow morning to vote on candidates for several positions available within the institution. But the board will not vote on the Maricopa Community Colleges’ scandal-plagued original choice to be Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Dr. Brian K. Johnson, after “a…
A teacher at a Surprise high school was arrested earlier today for allegedly sexually abusing his 13-year-old niece.Marcos Cantu, 39, a teacher at Valley Vista High School is Surprise, has been charged with one count of sexual abuse for allegedly groping his niece as he drove her home from school.The…
Valley Metro kicked off new bus services today — but it wasn’t without what might end up being a costly glitch.Software downloaded to update the fare boxes on board most Valley buses actually shut them down.Marie Chapple, a spokeswoman for Phoenix’s Public Transit Department, said a “good portion” of buses…
Authorities still have no suspects in a triple homicide earlier this month in Phoenix, but they do have new leads, the Phoenix Police Department announced today.Adrian Moreno, 38, Raul Piziarro, 28, and Jimmy Alejandro Villa, 23, were found murdered near 107th and Southern Avenues, near the Salt River bottom, in early…
Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner was in a Phoenix federal courtroom this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to kill Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides.Outside the courthouse, dozens of local and national media outlets awaited information on his plea from court officials…
Where better than Phoenix for droves of gun-loving conservatives from across the country to assemble for a conference.The national “Tea Party Patriots” announced this morning that they’ve selected Phoenix for the group’s first-ever national policy summit dubbed “Pathways to Liberty.”The conference is scheduled for February 25-27 — the second anniversary of…
The Mesa Police Department has released its full report of the investigation into an incident involving the infant daughter of Joshua Pearce, son of state Senate president Russell Pearce.As I reported first on this blog, and later in a January 6 Bird column, the Mesa PD responded to a call…
