A woman who was fired by the city of Surprise after arguing against budget cuts in a public hearing is suing in federal court over the alleged violation of her free-speech rights. Megan Griego had been working as an economic development coordinator for about three years when she decided to attend a weekend budget…
Yesterday was officially “Dave Talley Day” in Tempe, as declared by Mayor Hugh Hallman.Talley, you may recall, returned a bag he found at Light Rail station to its proper owner, an ASU student.The story wouldn’t be nearly as captivating if Talley weren’t homeless and the bag wasn’t full of cash…
If you plan on killing a blue heron with a golf club, don’t do it in front of “bird lovers.” That’s some advice from a 78-year-old Bullhead City man who was cited last week by the Arizona Game and Fish Department for doing exactly that…
An Anthem doctor was arrested yesterday after he admitted to Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies that he had naked tickle parties with a 9-year-old boy. The parties entailed a lot more than naked tickling. According to court documents obtained by New Times, the boy’s mother contacted authorities last month saying her…
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To the right is what 85 pounds of cocaine looks like. This pile of coke, as well as about $28,000 in cash, was found in a Peoria home yesterday by officers from the Department of Public Safety. The home, at 8014 W. Yucca Road in Peoria, was the target of…
Pearce tells a bigot-boy joke at a Judicial Watch panel on immigration Chalk up another racist remark from Sand Land’s neo-Nazi-hugging state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce. In D.C. to attend the oral arguments on Arizona’s employer sanctions law before the U.S. Supreme Court, he stopped by to visit his far-right wingnut…
A Pinal County man is down one leg and is in extremely critical condition after being run over by a cotton picking machine being pulled by the tractor he was driving.The mishap occurred just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday. Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies got a call that a man had…
An arrest has been made in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa, and the Monday morning quarterbacking of how the Tempe Police Department handled the investigation has commenced.First up: KPHO.About a week after Sousa was murdered in Tempe, the Tempe Police Department released a sketch of…
A Phoenix teen convicted of murdering a hooker after she called him a “wetback” has been sentenced to some lengthy prison time after being convicted of murder, kidnapping, and sexual abuse in September.That teen, 16 at the the time of the 2008 murder, is Jose Quintero — and he better…
On December 15, 2009, then-52-year-old Kenneth Jackson drove from his home in San Diego to Phoenix Police Headquarters to confess to a 1988 murder. Yesterday, he learned his fate.Jackson was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of 78-year-old Marlin Darton in November of 1988.Police weren’t closing in…
Eight members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested yesterday in a massive roundup of alleged motorcycle gangsters — dubbed “Operation Sand Castle” — believed to be involved in a July brawl at Rio Lomas Beach in Bullhead City.On July 18, police received reports of…
Embattled rapper DMX was granted a continuance at his probation revocation hearing this morning at Maricopa County Superior Court. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was on probation following his release from jail this past July. He was arrested at his home in Cave Creek on November 18 and…
The suspect in the murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa is being held on $1 million bond, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Superior Court announced this morning.Joseluis Marquez was arrested Tuesday night at the home of a friend in Phoenix.Police say Marquez is responsible for the…
The Phoenix Suns lost their second game in a row and fell back to the .500 mark after losing in overtime at home to the 9-14 Memphis Grizzlies. The Suns held a 92-89 lead with 2.8 seconds left in regulation but let Rudy Gay sink a three-pointer from the corner…
Dream a little DREAM with me…See an update on the status of the DREAM below.The haters were defeated in the U.S. House yesterday, and the DREAM Act passed 216-198.Today, the fight goes to the U.S. Senate, where the Republicans threaten a filibuster, and the Dems lack the 60 votes to…
STORYTELLERS Lazy cop, bad judgment: This is an awesome story — simply fantastic writing (“Whitewash,” Paul Rubin, November 25). You start off giving [Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll] some new credit. And, then, the officer is foiled by himself. No reporter laying a trap, just the officer admitting that he…
Why can AeroMexico Airlines fly through any kind of weather conditions to get to and from the United States, but any kind of little ice sprinkle or heavy wind and domestic airlines in the United States cancel two days’ worth of flights? For two consecutive winters, I’ve had Chicago-to-Houston-to-Leon, Guanajuato,…
Deborah Braillard, mother (1991) Mom taught me to sew. And I’ m going to teach my own baby, Jennylee. Eventually. Jennylee is a quick study for a 6-year-old. She watches as I sew her Minnie Mouse costume. She is double-twice excited, though honestly, I think I like Halloween as much…
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The research for “What’s Mom Worth” involved poring over depositions from jail guards, inmates, and a doctor. Below are videos of these depositions, as well as of segments of an interview with Deborah Braillard’s daughter, Jennylee, used in this week’s cover story. Guard Sandra Garfias talks about her interaction with Deborah Braillard in…
The suspect in the murder of Kyleigh Sousa, the 21-year-old Arizona State University student killed outside of a Tempe IHOP restaurant in May, has been identified as 20-year-old Joseluis Marquez.Sousa was killed on May 26, when police say Marquez approached her and a friend outside of the IHOP. Marquez, police…
