Nikolai Khabibulin, the former goalie for the Phoenix Coyotes, was found guilty of DUI Friday after a single-day trial in Scottsdale.We realize this is Phoenix, where most people don’t even know what a puck is — let alone a goalie with a last name like Khabibulin — but let’s try…
If you’re like us, you made the unfortunate decision to travel west on Interstate 10 on Saturday night without the prior knowledge that there was a massive, 69-car wreck about two miles in front of you.While sitting in traffic, we received an email from the Phoenix Police Department explaining the situation…
By now, you’ve probably heard about Chance and Leann Kracke — the Chandler couple whose 7-month-old son is believed to have been placed in a freezer while his father made a snack. That aside, it turns out the couple’s other kid, a 19-month-old, somehow ingested a screw, too.If you’re not…
Governor Jan Brewer’s political operatives are by no means as dumb as their candidate. Evidence the PR stunt they let drop Friday, berating the U.S. State Department for daring to mention Arizona’s breathing while brown law, SB 1070, in America’s first ever report as part of its “Universal Periodic Review”…
If you watched the Emmys last night you undoubtedly became aware of Temple Grandin — even if you don’t have HBO (like certain lowly New Times staff writers).Grandin is a woman with autism, who happens to also have a PhD in animal science from Arizona State University and is a…
When we first got word Friday morning that the 23-year-old suspect in the murder of a Utah police officer was hiding out in a six-square-mile section of the Arizona desert, we figured he’d be in custody before lunch.Despite hundreds of cops swarming the area, that suspect, Scott Curley, stayed on…
As absurd as it may sound, Hooman Karamian (a.k.a. “Nik Richie”), the founder of “The Dirty” is taking some of the credit for Congressional candidate Ben Quayle’s victory in the District 3 Congressional primary.In case you forgot, which we’re sure you haven’t, Richie’s the guy who outed Quayle’s ties to…
State Schools Superintendent Tom Horne declared victory Saturday night over former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, his rival in the GOP primary for state Attorney General. This, after today’s count left Horne 853 votes in front, with only around 4,500 votes left to tabulate across Arizona, according to the Secretary…
Here’s a little news for those Sand Land haters out there who’ve dissed Shaun Attwood, author of Hard Time: A Brit in America’s Toughest Jail, the subject of my most recent Bird column. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the guy Attwood takes to task for the squalid, dangerous conditions in his vast incarceration complex, is…
(Alert: Please see 8/28 update below.)As of 6:36 p.m. today, the Arizona Secretary of State’s office was reporting that state Schools Superintendent Tom Horne leads his rival, former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, by 485 votes in the GOP primary for state Attorney General. SOS spokesman Matthew Benson told me that there…
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:…
A 22-year-old Surprise man has pleaded guilty in a 2006 crash that left three teens dead, and the firefighter mom of one victim is being treated for depression after learning he might get probation. The Houston firefighter, Jane Draycott, made headlines a couple of weeks ago after being busted for shoplifting a DVD player, some…
When we first heard this morning that a 23-year-old alleged cop killer was hiding out in a 6-square-mile section of northern Arizona — where he’d reportedly been stashing food for weeks in case he needed to run from the law — we figured he’d be in handcuffs by the afternoon.So…
It turns out that Jason Shelton, anti-speed-camera activist, was assaulted by a Scottsdale police detention officer in jail is true, after all. We just received a copy of the notice of claim filed against the city of Scottsdale by anti-speed-camera activist Jason Shelton, who’s suing over his bogus 2008 arrest. As…
Some would argue that one of the great things about Arizona’s fairly lax gun laws is that it makes criminals think twice before committing a crime. The thinking is that if a criminal thinks his or her victim — or anyone close by — has a gun, they’ll reconsider whatever…
The man now-dubbed by the Phoenix Police Department as the “Bad Teeth Bandit” has struck again, this time hitting a Wells Fargo on Tatum Boulevard in Phoenix not far from a different Wells Fargo he robbed a few weeks ago.The suspect, described as white, about 35 years old, 5-foot-8, with a…
In the world where Web hits rule, there’s no disputing that the founder of “The Dirty,” Hooman Karamian (a.k.a. “Nik Richie”), knows how to milk a situation to the fullest.As painful as it is to even write this guy’s name — lending legitimacy to someone who’s essentially a junior high…
A man who was arrested by Scottsdale police while filming anti-speed-camera activists during a 2008 protest is suing the city in federal court. Jason Shelton, who now lives in Bonner Springs, Kansas, alleges in a lawsuit filed yesterday that the police made a false arrest, infringed on his civil rights,…
Former Phoenix Coyotes’ goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin will be in court today to begin a DUI trial stemming from his arrest in Scottsdale in February.Phoenicians’ knowledge of anything hockey related tends to be slim-to-none, so we’ll help you out: a goalie is the guy who stands in front of the net…
The end is apparently at hand for former County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Sources within the campaign of state Schools Superintendent Tom Horne, Thomas’ rival in the GOP primary for state Attorney General, have told me that they expect Thomas to concede today. As if to confirm this, Thomas’ PR flack…
The hunt is on for the man authorities believe shot and killed a Utah sheriff’s deputy yesterday.Kane County, Utah, sheriff’s deputy Brian Harris was killed as he was chasing a burglary suspect three miles east of Fredonia. Police have identified a suspect in the case as 23-year-old Scott Curley. Police…
Ian Kennedy was in rare form yesterday afternoon during the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-5 victory over the San Diego Padres. Not only did the 25-year-old starting pitcher notch his eighth win of the season, he provided one of the best performances of his entire career. Kennedy tallied seven shutout innings from…
