Phoenix civil rights activist Salvador Reza filed suit two days ago in federal court against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and several high-ranking Arpaio henchmen over Reza’s false arrest on July 30 by a pack of MCSO thugs. Reza and his lawyer Stephen Montoya held a press conference in Montoya’s offices…
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Max Hall will get another chance to throw a touchdown in the NFL this weekend after failing to do so in his first two NFL starts, neither of which went well.The Cardinals will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday and despite coming off one of the…
Eager entrepreneurs who want to get moving on their marijuana dispensary business have been denied corporate status by the Arizona Corporation Commission. Rebecca Wilder, spokeswoman for the commission, tells New Times that at least three would-be dispensary companies have recently been sent form letters informing them they’re just too early. Selling marijuana to qualified medical patients…
New Times is issuing a travel alert to take effect on all Arizona roadways for the duration of next week. The danger isn’t weather related, it’s more alleged-drunk-driving-governor, who just declared next week “Arizona Wine Week” related.We couldn’t help but laugh (and laugh, and laugh) and then shudder in fear…
A Peoria father of three boys who creamed a bicyclist in 2008 while drugged up on Soma was sentenced last week to seven years in prison. Aaron Chubick pleaded guilty in September to manslaughter and hit-and-run in the collision that killed Richard Markarian, a retired lab tech for General Electric…
The alleged Phoenix pimp accused of throwing a McDonald’s cheeseburger at one of his (ahem) ladies says there’s a lot more to the story than what’s been reported in the media.As the story goes, Greely, and a hooker, ordered some food at a McDonald’s drive-thru last week.The McDonald’s employee forgot…
A Valley painter apparently thought he’d try to cash in on the down-on-brown mentality gripping many Arizonans at the moment by making the slogan for his business a racial slur about Hispanics.It seems to have backfired.The business card of Russell Lewis, of Russell Lewis & Son Painting, has an American…
Can it still be called a recession if Arizonans are dropping wads of cash into tribal casinos? The state’s still chock-full of empty storefronts and foreclosed homes, but state officials report the first increase in tribal gaming revenue since 2007. After 10 consecutive quarters of negative numbers, the amount of…
After pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of his infant son, a Mesa man was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge this morning.In August of 2007, 24-year-old Gregory McMillan brought his 2-month-old son to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Phoenix because he was…
Governor Jan “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” Brewer wants to set the record straight: when she crashed her car into the back of a mini-van in 1988, she had been drinking wine — not scotch, as was recorded in the police report.”Well ya know, I’ve never drank scotch in my life…
Of course, that sense of doom regarding the 2010-11 season that pervaded Suns Nation after the team’s Tuesday’s opening-night drubbing in Portland was a bit premature. On Thursday, the Phoenix Suns bounced back to beat the Utah Jazz handily, 110-94, in Salt Lake City. Sure, one sort-of upset doesn’t mean…
Phoenix Coyotes goalie Ilyov Bryzgalov stopped 43 shots during the team’s 4-2 win over the Red Wings in Detroit last night. For the non-hockey-fans out there, 43 shots is a lot.”It keeps you in the game all the time, the whole game,” Bryzgalov said after the game. “But don’t need…
***Please see my update on Arpaio’s breaking ties with BAN, here*** The paranoia has been reaching a fever-pitch both in and over an e-mail recently sent out by the local nativist organization Ban Amnesty Now, which claims that “illegals” are looking to steal the upcoming midterm elections. The e-mail BAN…
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:…
Russell Pearce U.S. District Court Judge David G. Campbell has denied an attempt by Senator Russell Pearce to join a lawsuit filed by Glendale and the Gila River Indian Community against the Department of the Interior.Glendale and the Gila are suing the Interior Department because it approved in July an application…
The Phoenix Police Department has identified the man found shot to death in front of a Phoenix hotel on Sunday. The victim is 38-year-old Timothy Wallis, the PPD announced today. About 3 a.m. Sunday, people heard gunshots in the Premier Inns near Interstate 17 and Peoria Avenue.Security at the hotel…
Russell Pearce State Senator Russell Pearce, best known for his immigrant-loathing views, is taking on the Tohono O’odham Nation, an Indian tribe that plans to open a resort-style casino in the West Valley.Pearce and state Senate-hopeful Scott Bundgaard, now joined by about a dozen Arizona lawmakers, have filed a lawsuit against…
Governor Jan Brewer will appear on CNN tonight and give her explanation of the allegation that she was drunk when she crashed into the back of a mini-van in 1988. According to Jan, the news that she apparently got away with a DUI is the result of one thing: “Silly…
There’s a video making the rounds in the blogosphere of a man, who is supposedly a supporter of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, choking a supporter of her opponent, Republican Jesse Kelly. Conservative bloggers are using it to discredit the Democratic congresswoman and her supporters. Check it out here. At first glance, we concluded that either the video’s bullshit…
Comedian Steve Hofstetter spent an hour standing in front of Governor Jan Brewer’s office asking white people if he could see their birth certificates. He videotaped his findings and the end result is hilarious. The video is obviously designed to point out the hypocrisy of the new law, and those who…
The anti-Horne ad causing all the hubbub, currently in heavy rotation On Wednesday, a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge denied Republican state attorney general candidate Tom Horne’s request for a restraining order against a controversial attack ad now running against him. The ad, which is paid for by the DC-based…
The family of the Oklahoma couple allegedly murdered by two escaped Arizona prison inmates and the fiancee/cousin of one of the inmates, is asking for $40 million in damages from the state of Arizona. Relatives of Gary and Linda Hass, both 61, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, sent a notice of claims letter…
