That’s what Taser International is telling law enforcement agencies that use its stun guns. In a training bulletin issued by the company, Taser International advises law-enforcement agencies that, in order to avoid potential criticism, they should not shoot suspects in the chest with stun guns…
Congressmen John Shadegg and Trent Franks are two of four legislators calling for an investigation into a potential threat in Washington D.C. — a possible conspiracy where Muslims plan to infiltrate the highest levels of the U.S. government with some highly influential weapons — the interns. If screwing up coffee…
A massive project is planned for 230 acres of desert near the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Phoenix-based Kitchell Development Company proposes to build offices, shops, and hotels on the land, ultimately stretching the Gateway 202 Airpark to 3.3 million square feet. Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Board will review the project at…
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: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Can Stop You If “You Look Like You Just Came from Mexico,” and…
This comedy regarding Joe Arpaio’s supposed legal authority to question people on the street about their immigration status is reaching epic proportions, like some Monty Python sketch gone awry. Our geriatric top gendarme recently told Channel 12 News that he will seek a legal opinion on whether or not he has 287(g) authority without…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors won’t let County Attorney Andrew Thomas use hand-picked special prosecutors to target Don Stapley or other members of the board. Thomas’ office had asked the five-member board to approve his hiring of Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing — the pair of high-priced lawyers from D.C. — and retired county…
Last month, we told you about a 64-year-old Campe Verde woman who went missing in March. As far as police know, the last person to see her alive is the same man who was sentenced to more than a decade in prison after he was convicted of arson charges in Maricopa…
Dana Marie Kennedy sharply criticized Sal DiCiccio at a press conference this morning in front of City Hall, saying the councilman has “a lot of questions to answer” about his real estate holdings in the path of the proposed Loop 202 extension.Kennedy is challenging DiCiccio, who was appointed to his…
Police in Regina, Saskatchewan have got themselves a little pen pal at an Arizona prison. The inmate isn’t writing about how cozy his cell is, life on the yard, or being a prison-gang gossip queen, he’s writing to let them know that he murdered a woman in Regina back in…
It turns out illegal alien Halloween costumes aren’t even welcome in Arizona — or America for that matter.Two different “illegal alien” Halloween costumes have been yanked off the shelves of retail stores because consumers say they are offensive. As far as we know, the removal of the costumes wasn’t the…
Kevin Tyne, the governor’s long-time friend and adviser, is leaving his post as her chief of staff to take a job with the Republican Governors Association.That, of course, is how the Governor’s Office is putting it. Another way to say it: Tyne got pushed out…
So a thief and a violent sex-offender escape… It sounds like a joke, but it’s not. In the past week, two Arizona inmates have gotten away. The good news is that as of Monday afternoon, the thief is back in jail where he belongs. The bad news? The violent…
Ladies and gentlemen, the world will go on. Meghan McCain has promised to keep her Twitter account up and tweeting. …
Sheriff Joe is sued. Again. Only this time it isn’t on account of abuses of undocumented immigrants; apparently Joe feels like part of his duty as “America’s Toughest Sheriff” is to make it as hard as possible for inmate women to get abortions. Today, inmates will request that a Maricopa County…
As always, we would never encourage anyone to drive drunk under any circumstance — especially in this county — but if you do and your drunk route home doesn’t run through Mesa, maybe it should. Mesa Police Sergeant Fabian Cota says budget cuts and processing time in the Mesa Police Department…
More than 13,000 students in the Glendale Elementary School District will receive free seasonal flu vaccinations from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. All shots will be administered by November 6, and parents must sign a permission form for their child to get vaccinated…The Potato Fire that broke out…
Here’s the latest walnut of wisdom from Maricopa County’s tin-pot tyrant of a sheriff, courtesy of CBS 5/KPHO. It pretty much falls in line with many of the dumb as dirt statements Arpaio’s made on Glenn Beck and elsewhere recently regarding how he will magically pinpoint illegal aliens during his…
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: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio’s Racist Rampage, and ICE Honcho John Morton’s Hypocrisy Up on the Sun: International…
Above is a new photo sent to New Times by the Arizona Department of Health Services of the violent sex offender who escaped from the state hospital on Saturday and is currently still on the loose. Jorge Murillo is considered dangerous, and anyone with information as to his whereabouts is…
Did you hear the one about the violent sex offender who escaped from a state hospital by scaling two 16-foot razor-wire fences without anyone even noticing? If you haven’t, it’s probably because it’s no joke; it really happened Saturday night in Phoenix, and the suspect is still on the loose.Health Department…
You could say prosecutors are dropping like flies at this point: First, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas tossed the first Stapley case to Yavapai County. Then, after losing that case, the Yavapai prosecutors declined to work on the most recent potential charges against Stapley. Thomas then found the two D.C. lawyers and Phoenix attorney David Eisenberg…
Governor Jan Brewer told state agencies last month to submit budget plans that would incorporate a 15 percent cut in current funding.Brewer says the cuts are not necessarily going to happen but wants to use the plans to determine the impact they would have on each agency, if and when the…
