State Attorney General Terry Goddard will leave office without resolving the case against Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Captain Joel Fox and the shady SCA fundraising group. And that, it’s safe to say, means almost no likelihood of criminal charges – on a state level, anyway. Which would be a shame, because this scandal looked so…
The Maricopa County detention officer seen beating two inmates in the psych ward at one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails has not been charged with a crime — yet, the Maricopa County Superior Court announced this morning.”Charges against MCSO Detention Officer Kevin Gerster were not filed by County…
A “reckless, four-year campaign of corruption and power abuse.” That’s how retired Judge Charles E. Jones categorized the evidence against ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his one-time hatchet-woman, former Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon, in probable-cause statements filed today that could lead to disbarment for both lawyers. Jones also slammed the pair’s…
Three days into her pro-DREAM Act fast outside the Phoenix office of Republican U.S. Senator John McCain, 23-year-old Dulce Juarez has a message for the ex-maverick.”You supported the DREAM Act once,” said Juarez when asked what she would tell the senator if she could. “Open your heart and support it…
A detention officer in one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails has resigned after being charged with assault for beating up two jail inmates.Officer Kevin Gerster, the Sheriff’s Office confirms to New Times, has resigned after being charged with assault earlier this week.Gerster, as you may recall, starred in…
The numbers have been tallied. If county officials get their way, lawsuits filed against Maricopa County over alleged wrongdoing by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew Thomas will cost taxpayers more than $13 million.Three of the lawsuits were filed in Maricopa County Superior Court on Tuesday — two…
How the not-so-mighty have fallen. According to a recent filing in his pending divorce, former minuteman leader and one-time dark horse U.S. Senate candidate Chris Simcox claims he’s eking by on $1,000 a month, and he wants his estranged wife Alena Simcox to pay him “spousal maintenance” in the amount…
In case you missed it, New Times reporter Paul Rubin was on Fox 10 last night, where he discussed the investigation into Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Louie Puroll — and a death threat Puroll says was made against the reporter’s life. Puroll was placed on administrative leave yesterday while the…
Since our earlier post about Deputy Louie Puroll’s getting placed on administrative leave, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has given us a statement from Sheriff Paul Babeu, plus specifics on why Puroll’s under investigation.Puroll’s been placed on paid administrative leave while the office’s Internal Affairs unit investigates comments he made to New…
The fun comes about 53 seconds in The lefty blog Political Correction is pimping this video of Arizona Congressman Trent “Hoof-in-Gob” Franks on the House floor warning the American public of the “ideological commitment of this administration to weaken America.” Thing is, as dumb as that statement may be, it’s…
Something about an article in last week’s New Times has landed Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Louie Puroll in some hot water — he’s been placed on administrative leave, and the PCSO confirms to New Times it has something to do with our story.In the article, Whitewash, Puroll told New Times…
Yesterday, we told you about two of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s detention officers facing aggravated assault charges for allegedly roughing up two inmates. If you missed it, click here.Arpaio showed video of the assaults at a press conference yesterday afternoon — they’re pretty wild.We wouldn’t want to deprive you…
Pearce regurgitates a nativist whopper on the “original intent” of the 14th Amendment during an October presser Of all the grotesque lies spewed by the nativist right in its effort to undo birthright citizenship as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the most odious is the canard that…
Two of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s detention officers face aggravated assault charges after allegedly roughing up two inmates in the psych ward at the Lower Buckeye Jail.Arpaio actually allowed us (New Times!) to join in watching the video of the alleged assaults this afternoon — one of which was so egregious…
Damn, I love James Garcia. The Phoenix playwright seems hell-bent on fulfilling my fantasies in his annual American Pastorela productions. Last year, the villain was Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who keels over of a heart attack, and is later tortured in Hades by Adolf Hitler. Being an atheist, I can’t see this…
Two Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies were arrested today for allegedly assaulting two jail inmates.The deputies each have been charged with aggravated assault…
In the light of day, while they’re being watched, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ain’t so tough.The above video with footage by Bill Pierce and editing by Dennis Gilman documents a November 19 demonstration outside the Phoenix offices of ICE by undocumented Arizona DREAM Act students.It begins with a segment snipped…
Pearce’s Obama-jihad-impeachment quote begins 4:09 in For me, neo-Nazi-hugging state Senate President-elect Russell Pearce is the gift that keeps on giving. Seems like there’s not a week that goes by where he doesn’t say or do something totally whack, thus allowing me to pull out the verbal cat-o-nine tails and flay away at…
As Bill Montgomery was sworn in yesterday as Maricopa County Attorney, Sheriff Joe Arpaio sat glowering, Nixon-like, from the front row of the Board of Supervisors auditorium.After the ceremony, I asked Arpaio of he was checking on his investment. You know, his half-million dollars in TV ads and mailers bashing…
As if you need more proof that Arizona is the “state of hate,” look no further than the FBI’s recently released hate crime report. From 2008 to 2009, Arizona’s number of reported hate crimes increased by more than 18.3 percent. This is up over the year prior, 2007 to 2008,…
The Phoenix Police Department report on the October 5 shooting of Daniel Rodriguez by Officer Richard Chrisman was released today. And there’s plenty in it for both sides in this tragedy to make hay out of. Several officers relate that Chrisman, who has since been indicted on a second degree murder charge…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio supports medicinal use of the good ganja? Well, at least that’s what the former DEA agent did during this clip from the 2007 documentary American Drug War: The Last White Hope. In it, Arpaio was asked his opinion on medical marijuana, as he stands in Tent City, surrounded by prisoners…
