Phoenix detective Tom Britt listened intently on the phone in late 2001 as his informant, Konstantin Simberg, told him about stolen human growth hormone. Then came the scream. Simberg, 21, was found dead near Fossil Creek a couple of days later. Two of the murder suspects were soon caught and…
jA week before he’ll learn his political fate, Senate hopeful, and former New Times columnist John Dougherty has unveiled his campaigns latest piece of political art.Dougherty’s been running political cartoons by Arizona cartoonist Tom Robertson in several Arizona newspapers, New Times included.In his latest ad, Dougherty, often billed as the…
It seems nearly every other day we get a press release from a Valley law enforcement agency asking for the public’s help in tracking down someone who robbed a bank. It’s rare that we hear any news of one of those robbers being caught or convicted.Today is one of the…
Congressional candidates Steve Moak and Ben Quayle have turned to snail mail for their latest round of mudslinging.In letters — yes, actual, physical letters — exchanged by the two candidates (and distributed throughout the media by their respective campaigns, of course) the two squabble over the thin line between Moak’s…
The Arizona Capitol Times’ assertion that Steve Moak is now the frontrunner in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary continues to gain steam in the more-mainstream media — and the mainstream media continues to swallow the bait.The latest Valley news outlet to do absolutely no research into the source of…
Most people go to baseball games to unwind and put the real world behind them for a few, brief hours. That’s proven to not be the case for protesters opposed to Arizona’s controversial, new immigration law. Those people tend to go to games to piss and moan about the law…
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:…
One of the principals behind a company that claims to be bringing a 175-megawatt solar plant to southern Arizona was accused in the 1980s of running a bogus gold-mining scheme. Christopher E. Pannos, one of his brothers, James, and two other people were among those charged by the Federal Trade…
Undoubtedly many of you have seen the latest action by anti-SB 1070 demonstrators urging Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to nix the 2011 All-Star Game scheduled for Phoenix’s Chase Field and hold it at another location. About three dozen protesters demonstrated against the Arizona Diamondbacks during their Sunday game versus the Washington…
Rather than take their diplomas and put their teenage angst behind them, three recent grads of a Phoenix charter school decided to go back for one last hurrah — which included trashing the place and setting it on fire, Phoenix fire officials say.Phoenix Fire Investigations Director Jack Ballentine tells New…
The Arizona Capitol Times has declared a new frontrunner in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary.Businessman Steve Moak, the paper claims, has taken over for Ben Quayle as the leader in the 10-person race.Check out the Cap Times’ assessment of the race after the jump. …
Andrew Thomas tries to spin damning grand-jury testimony in a new blog column published today — but he fails miserably. Staying on a tack he began last week, after the release of grand-jury transcripts that showed the weakness of the former Maricopa County Attorney’s case against county officials, Thomas repeats the ludicrous claim that…
No fan of freedom could appreciate the draconian Border Patrol/Yuma County checkpoints on Interstate 8 near the Arizona-California. These Third-World-style roadblocks thwart the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable search and seizure, courtesy of a still-disputed 1976 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows them within 100 miles of the international borders. Still, we’re not thrilled with the…
They’re back.It’s that special time of year in Tempe again: when traffic near University and Mill Avenues becomes unbearable, lines — everywhere — get longer, and the stench of stale Milwaukee’s Best and overindulgent students fills the streets.Arizona State University students are coming back to town and the Tempe Police…
Congressional candidate Ben Quayle isn’t backing off his claim that Barack Obama is the worst president in history — as made public in one of the lamest political ads to come out of this election season.In the ad, Quayle opens by saying “Barack Obama is the worst president in history.”…
Sheriff Joe just keeps racking up the victims. The latest report comes courtesy of reporter Aura Bogado in Mother Jones magazine. In her article Hazing Arizona, Bogado details the death by pneumonia of David de la Fuente, an illegal immigrant held in Joe’s gulags for three weeks before being turned…
When convicted murderers escape from a prison thanks to a plan as simple as merely having someone throw cutting tools over a fence, heads are gonna roll — or people are gonna quit before they get the boot.That seems to be the case following last month’s escape of three Arizona…
The amount of hilarious nonsense that comes from the mouth of former Phoenix Suns big man Shaquille O’Neal is only rivaled by that of another former Suns star: Charles Barkley.Sir Charles is in the off-season from his gig as a TNT basketball commentator, so the general public hasn’t been blessed…
The Arizona Diamondbacks finished their road trip with a win sandwiched between two losses to the Washington Nationals. Catcher Miguel Montero keyed Saturday’s 9-2 victory with two home runs and three RBI to back starting pitcher Ian Kennedy’s fine performance. Kennedy (pictured above) pitched seven innings, giving up only two…
Former (if not already former, likely, soon-to-be former. Read about the confusion here) deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon filed a $10 million lawsuit against the county last weekThe suit is in response to County Attorney Rick Romley’s bombshell announcement that he was releasing documents, including transcripts of grand jury proceedings,…
Although the United We Stand for Americans Web site announcing its Tea Party rally on the U.S.-Mexico Border this Sunday August 15 includes the address of the event and maps leading there, it carefully omits one piece of interesting information: The rally is being held on a ranch owned by…
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:…
