Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was in Kendall County, Illinois over the weekend and — as expected — got to talkin’ about the pink undies he provides to inmates in his jails.Arpaio told a crowd of GOP supporters that the inmates hate the pink skivvies, but he’s “sure in San…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s Human Smuggling Unit nabbed seven illegal immigrants during a traffic stop last night — which is precisely six more immigrants than were arrested during Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest illegal immigrant roundup.That’s right, during Wednesday’s highly publicized immigrant roundup at a hotel in downtown Phoenix, Arpaio’s…
It’s always amusing when wingnuts try to grow a conscience. Like a beard on an alligator, you know it’s fake from jump.That’s why I cracked a smile today while perusing far-right wing blog Sonoran Alliance, where moral relativist-in-charge Shane Wikfors is demanding an apology from Carolyn Cooper, a supporter of…
Most people wouldn’t see the fact that their mere presence in a state with nearly 13 million people inspires folks to give up their Saturday to head to a park to basically tell them “hey…I can’t stand you” as a good thing.Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn’t most people.Protesters are…
Olivia Cortes, who has filed to run as a candidate in the Legislative District 18 recall election apparently has campaign signs up in Mesa, possibly in violation of state law.This report comes in via Robert McDonald, Jr., a former contender for the LD 18 Senate seat, now held by state…
Arizona has earned itself the moniker of “the most racist state in the nation” for a reason. Not a day goes by that its public officials fail to concoct some new, bigoted outrage as manna for Sand Land’s wingnut masses.The outrage du jour? Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is suing…
Amazing. According to Christine Zielonka, the Mesa official in charge of code compliance, the pro-Pearce group Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall, is refusing to remove the illegal signs posted all over Mesa, despite a city order and the threat that city workers will collect them after Monday if they…
Stupid is as stupid does. Not only has Matt Tolman, the real-estate rocket scientist behind the scurrilous pro-Pearce signs all over Mesa (signs the city has ordered him to remove because they are unlawful), been dumb enough to post a photo of his daughter’s rear-end on his public Facebook page, now…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio conducted his 51st illegal immigrant roundup (under the guise of an “employer sanctions” operation. Per usual, no employers were arrested) this morning. It netted precisely one arrest.So, how many deputies did it take to bring this criminal to justice? Your guess is as good as…
Though I figured Matt Tolman’s dirty tricks eventually would backfire on the Pearce camp, I had no idea the blowback would come so quickly or from such an official source.Tolman is the chairman of Citizens Who Oppose the Pearce Recall, which recently posted signs in Legislative District 18 bearing false…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s ghost “tweeters” this morning posted a message on the sheriff’s Twitter page saying Arpaio’s “getting ready for a big operation today.”That “big operation,” a spokesman for the MCSO confirms to New Times, is a raid of a Days in in central Phoenix in search of…
In the interest of lambasting a dead horse till it’s tender enough to feed to a pigeon, I present the following e-mail string, unedited by me, save to put the electronic missives in order from first to last. As you’ll see, reader Michael Wells engaged in some participatory journalism by corresponding with wacky…
Mark today on your calendars, folks: the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office issued a press release this afternoon that was about actual law enforcement — not some fruitcake publicity stunt Sheriff Joe Arpaio has in store for inmates at his jails.Three illegal immigrants were arrested yesterday after they were busted selling…
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Captain Joel Fox has lost his federal lawsuit against former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, whom Fox accused of improperly allowing the release of embarrassing e-mails.Last month, U.S. District Judge Neil Wake had already dismissed the part of Fox’s complaint that targeted an investigator and supervisors…
So far, the Sonoran News’ editor/publisher Don Sorchych and his flunky scribe Linda “Wrong Way” Bentley continue to stonewall on correcting, retracting or apologizing for their misreporting and sinister insinuations concerning Mesa resident and American citizen Benita Lantigua.This would be simple to do, and it would be the right thing…
Commander Rich Burden, discussing the merits of drinking, then drivingAs District IV Commander, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Rich Burden oversees areas of Anthem, Cave Creek, Carefree, New River, and Desert Foothills.Over the years, he has earned a measure of infamy for dogging longtime Arpaio foes Jim Cozzolino and Tom…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Eleanor, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest. On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo. We picked the five…
Citizens for a Better Arizona, the committee that has forced a recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce, has announced a fundraiser for this Thursday, August 25, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the law offices of Snow and Carpio, 55 E. Thomas Road, in Phoenix.Randy Parraz, co-founder of…
Larry Black, Joel Fox and David Hendershott filed a $22 million claim last week against Maricopa County employees, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and a private investigator over the so-called Munnell Memo probe.The three current and former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office employees were the main targets of the widely publicized…
State Senate President Russell Pearce has always adopted the role of a John Wayne-esque tough guy who can handle himself.Indeed, in a June 2010 piece by Gary Nelson for the Arizona Republic entitled, “Iron will drives Pearce, agenda,” Pearce was full of bravado concerning reported threats on his person and…
Today’s news that the West Memphis Three — Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin — have been freed from prison in Arkansas after agreeing to an extraordinary plea deal, should give hope to all those falsely accused and imprisoned, including those in Arizona’s prisons.Since these three men were tried…
Remember when President Barack Obama released his birth certificate to get Donald Trump, Tea Party “patriots,” and conspiracy theorists to cool it with the claims that he’s not an American citizen?Well, that apparently didn’t satisfy some of the kookier far-right-wingers, who still seem to think that Obama is the real…
