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 287(g) Stalled: Board of Supervisors Says It’ll Sign After Feds Sign Up on…
More bad news for journalists: Cari Gerchick, one of the more helpful public information officers in Arizona, has fallen victim to budget cuts.Gerchick, who is also a lawyer, announced in an email this afternoon that her position with the courts is being eliminated. New Times named Gerchick “Best Public Information…
A former Scottsdale Community College football player, who was a top junior college recruit, collapsed and died mysteriously at a friends home in Seattle, the Associated Press reports.Tony Fein, 27, an Iraq War veteran and prospect for both the Baltimore Ravens and the Seattle Seahawks (he played linebacker for the…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who has stayed out of the spotlight for the last few weeks, sent a letter to U.S. Senator Max Baucus yesterday outlining for him exactly why she thinks his healthcare-reform plan could be the straw that breaks Arizona’s economic back.In the letter, Brewer discussed the heavy…
A Scottsdale man made quite the legal jump from being investigated on accusations of child molestation to being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, when police say he tried to have potential witnesses against him killed.Scottsdale police say 59-year-old Ira Joe Anderson is alleged to have molested his stepdaughter for the last four…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors passed the buck back to the feds on Sheriff Joe’s new 287(g) jails agreement this morning, authorizing Supes Chair Max Wilson to sign the document once Immigration and Customs Enforcement honcho John Morton autographs it. Currently, only Arpaio and a deputy County Attorney have signed the…
Any big plans for the weekend? Going to the mall? Golf? Bed Bath and Beyond? Here’s something you may not be doing: Watching the Cardinals game on television!…
People will do just about anything to avoid the long arm of the law. You know, a cool police chase, hiding out in a friend’s garage, or how about going to Mexico to have full facial reconstructive surgery and a fingerprint removal procedure.No, this is not the plot of some…
The self-proclaimed “King of all Media” will be honoring one of our own this month for her groundbreaking cancer research and selfless humanitarian work. Just kidding, it’s Stern. She’s not a cancer researcher, she’s going on the show to be honored for being hot…
What do the Arizona Diamondbacks have in common with the dentist? Um, nobody in their right mind wants to see them, and it’s painful when they do.The Diamondbacks’ winning percentage wasn’t the only thing in the tank this year, as ESPN reports a 4,700 fan drop in attendance per game…
A Yuma man is in custody after an almost nine-hour standoff with police. Michael McCormick was wanted in connection with several vehicle thefts and burglaries. When police tracked him to a motel, he fled and broke into a trailer home, where the standoff ensued. He eventually surrendered and was taken…
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: Terminate All Joe Arpaio’s 287(g) Power, Demands ACLU Joe Arpaio Apparently in Violation of ICE…
Looks like the journos at today’s Joe Arpaio presser practically had to jump out of the way of the spittle flying forth from the sheriff’s kisser. As I suspected it would be, the whole show was an excuse for a tirade on the part of our spoiled lawman, a fit thrown by a…
New Times reported yesterday about the arrest of Jeffrey Graybill, an Arizona man who’s accused of posing as a fertility doctor in LA and posting Craigslist ads soliciting “semen donors” to attract victims he would sexually molest. The Phoenix Police Department says today it’s identified five more of Graybill’s alleged Arizona…
A Prescott Valley woman, who now lives in Maricopa County, was sentenced to two years’ probation and 80 hours of community service after pleading guilty to animal cruelty and disorderly conduct.Boy did Michael Vick pick the wrong lawyer…
A New Times column published last week caused the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners to reverse itself — with the board voting unanimously not to work to repeal some newly passed legislation after all.Board member Dr. Cheryl Karp, a psychologist, told members that the New Times article made it clear…
Ramping up the pressure on ICE, the Obama administration and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the American Civil Liberties Union has just issued a press release demanding that Arpaio be stripped of all of his 287(g) authority, including that in the jails. In some ways, this is no surprise, as the ACLU is…
A routine traffic stop resulted in the seizure of what authorities say was nearly $10,000 worth of crystal meth on its way to Phoenix late last week…
The frozen head of Ted Williams made headlines again last week when a new book claims lab technicians at Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation used the Spendid Splinter’s frozen head as a baseball as they hit it with a monkey wrench.Well, Fox Sports is taking a gimmicky approach to predict…
A group of severely disabled Arizonans have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for denying payment for adult-incontinence briefs prescribed by a doctor.The lawsuit claims that AHCCCS denied payment for the briefs, which forces caretakers of disabled people to pay for the briefs out…
If you’re like many of us and missed the federal government’s generous “Cash for Clunkers” deadline, you may have been hoping someone would steal your dumpy old Chrysler so you can collect a little insurance money. In the past, parking your car in certain Phoenix neighborhoods overnight would more than likely make those…
If you think the mustache went out with the cheesy bass riffs in ’70s porn, you may be wrong. Clay Zavada, the stache-clad relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, has made it to the finals. No, we don’t mean the baseball postseason (he’s on the Diamondbacks, remember); Zavada has been named a…
