For what is now the third time in about a month, a female teacher at an Arizona school has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a student (well, this time, a former pupil).The latest pin-up girl for your adolescent fantasies: 26-year-old Andrea Martinez. Check out Martinez’s mug shot after…
The Coyotes keep on wheelin’ and dealin’ during this free agency period. After re-signing Derek Morris and watching Zbynek Michalek sign with Pittsburgh, the Yotes responded while bolstering their offense. The newest member: left-winger Ray Whitney, 38, who spent the past five seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes. The deal is…
Since our earlier post about a video of a “man-hug” between Senator John McCain and convicted ponzi-schemer Scott Rothstein, McCain’s campaign got back to us and makes a valid point: John McCain does not have ESP.”Senator McCain has many admirable qualities, but unfortunately the power to see into the future…
The Phoenix Suns are looking to keep a big man in town. And his name isn’t Amar’e Stoudemire. Nope, the Suns have reportedly offered Channing Frye a five year, $25 million deal to keep him in Phoenix…
The hits just keep on comin’ for a Mesa doctor accused of sexually abusing several of his patients.Last week, Doctor Gabriel Ogbonnaya was arrested — again — after new allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced, and yesterday the Arizona Medical Board suspended his license.The board met Wednesday to discuss the allegations…
Just two days after Arizona Governor Jan Brewer unveiled her plan to stimulate economic growth, the Arizona Democratic Party has an alternative version of Jan’s plan — which is handwritten on the governor’s stationary with the title “My Jobs Plan.”Of course, Brewer didn’t actually write the plan — it’s satire compliments…
The 2010 free-agency period started off with some moving and shaking from the Phoenix Coyotes. The good: the Yotes re-signed defenseman Derek Morris to what is reportedly a four-year, $11 million deal. And the bad: Zbynek Michalek, a young and talented defenseman, was snatched away from Phoenix by the Pittsburgh…
A Phoenix man was arrested yesterday after police say he tried to lure a 14-year-old boy for sex by promising him cash.Roy Sherman, Jr, 33, of Phoenix, was arrested after police say he offered the victim $60 on June 2 to go with him to his apartment for sex. The 14-year-old, police say, was…
Talk about jumping the shark. Republican Corporation Commission candidate Barry Wong’s unsavory suggestion that undocumented immigrants be denied utilities in Arizona almost immediately received near-universal condemnation, after the Republic reported the story yesterday.Arizona Chamber of Commerce President Glenn Hamer called the proposal “a new low in our state’s immigration debate.” Various…
When you live in a glass house, you shouldn’t throw stones The Hayworth and McCain campaigns should take that to heart. Enter J.D. Hayworth and his new rock to hurl at Senator John McCain: a video of the senator in a man-tastic embrace with a convicted ponzi-schemer.Check out the video after…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ 3-3 record on its recently completed road trip is a smashing success, considering the team’s generally poor play this year and the competition (two likely playoff teams, the Tampa Bay Rays and the St. Louis Cardinals). The D-Backs ended the trip Thursday afternoon in St. Louis with…
Senator John McCain’s latest Web ad’s getting a lot of attention, and some say it went a little over the line.The ad spoofs J.D. Hayworth’s gig as an infomercial pitchman by portraying the Senate hopeful as a spokesman for an array of products that seem to mock every stupid thing…
SMILEY’S SAGA Ingenious cartels: These cartel guys are really smart. Good concept to use American gangbangers to run drugs and people into the United States. They speak the lingo and can cross the border with ease, unless the Border Patrol knows their identities and turns them over to the cops…
Dear Readers: The Arizona pendejas have emboldened hundreds of Know-Nothings in the past week to boast to the Mexican that they’re not racist if they support SB 1070 because, according to them, they believe in the law and they have no problems with immigrants as long as they’re legal. Nosotros…
In Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, everyone rises with the roosters, and by 8 a.m. the unpaved streets outside Hospital Justinien are jammed. Taxicabs and pickup trucks, some painted with religious slogans and turned into makeshift buses called taptaps, jostle for space on the narrow thoroughfares, dodging potholes and negotiating chaotic corners unregulated…
It’s not easy to get fired from the Housing Authority of Maricopa County. Just look at the agency’s former executive director, Doug Lingner: He misused agency credit cards, hired at least three relatives, and steered work to political cronies, all in his first two years on the job. He still…
It began as a cold that Julia Amparo-Alvarado couldn’t seem to shake. One January night in 2003 when her boss called, asking her to come in for a night shift of janitorial work at the Brooklyn Con Ed building, Julia protested, complaining of a fever. But with an eight-year-old son…
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:…
The fight over SB 1070 is shaping up to be a legal battle for the ages, and today the American Bar Association joined in the melee.The ABA submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. District Court in Arizona recommending a preliminary injunction of SB 1070 until the law’s constitutionality can be…
Back in 2003, we published a cover yarn about the mysterious death of elderly Scottsdale socialite Kathryn Howard: The Maricopa County Medical Examiner eventually called it murder, probably by suffocation. Entitled “Dying for Love,” the desert gothic tale described Ms. Howard’s “love affair” with a 50-ish building contractor with…
ESPN has released its “Ultimate Standings”, a list that ranks each sports franchise in the four major categories (football, baseball, basketball and hockey). This is the eighth year ESPN has compiled such a list, and this year’s rankings should please Valley sports fans. The highest ranked local team, surprisingly, is…
People do a lot of crazy shit to get their hands on drugs, but the “Blue Basket Bandit” may be one of the only junkies to steal eyeliner to fuel his habit.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Anthony Hamilton copped to being the infamous bandit after his arrest…
