Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan appeared in federal court in Phoenix Monday morning to take a verbal woodshedding from U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow. Snow was ticked over remarks Sheridan and Arpaio had made to MCSO deputies on October 18, concerning Snow’s findings and…
Twenty-three years after the first official discussions of a straight, interstate-quality path for vehicles from Phoenix to Las Vegas, there finally is physical evidence of progress: some signs.There’s no construction date, no funding, and the studies aren’t even done, but the Arizona Department of Transportation has put up four “Future…
Arizona Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington pleaded guilty this morning to aggravated assault.Washington, 27, was arrested in May after getting into a fight with the mother of his child. Washington was accused of choking the woman and breaking her collarbone after an argument at the woman’s apartment in Phoenix…
More than 2,800 charges of workplace discrimination were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year by Arizona workers.Although Arizona is home to about 2 percent of the country’s population, 3 percent of the employment discrimination charges in 2013 came from here…
In a ruling with wide impact on the Arizona medical-marijuana program, Zander Welton and his family have won their battle to provide extracts to the boy for his seizures. The East Valley family sued on October 29 in Maricopa County Superior Court, receiving legal help from the American Civil Liberties…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
Today in Found at the Border: A Mexican woman tried to cross the border in Nogales with five pounds of heroin in her underwear, according to authorities.Cristina Luna-Ramos, 38, tried to drive through the port of entry about 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Officers reported seeing something that’s never good news…
The Arizona Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal of a ruling that upholds the state’s “empowerment scholarship accounts.”The state Supremes have struck down voucher-program laws in the past, and although these accounts are similar to vouchers, they’re not quite the same…
More than one-in-five Arizonans reported not having enough money to buy food for themselves or for their family on at least one occasion in 2013.That finding comes from Gallup, which polled more than 178,000 people nationwide last year on a variety of subjects. A little more than 21 percent of…
It’s a beautiful day here, outside of the Tempe City Hall and police department, but our blood is boiling because of the PD’s ignorance of public-records law. Tempe police apparently never got the memo Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne sent to the state in December: Taking pictures of public records…
Arizona ranks second in the U.S. for highest levels of cigarette smuggling, with more than 50 percent of cigarettes coming from out of state, according to a study.The report from the Tax Foundation and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy on black market cigarette sales estimates that more than 51…
The 23-year-old Glendale woman we told you about Thursday, Anna Areola-Hernandez (or “Tiny Hernandez,” as she called herself on Facebook), gave a 13-year-old boy an undisclosed STD, and she believes she’s pregnant with his child, a police report says. She’s been in contact with other boys, cops state…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, all of our alleged offenders get…
Arizonans who want to fight marijuana legalization in this state have two strong allies in powerful positions: State Senator Kimberly Yee and Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk. Like would-be leaders of a modern-day women’s temperance movement, the two Arizona politicians share a strong belief that cannabis users deserve to be…
A 23-year-old Glendale woman who pretended to be a teen online had sex with at least one boy under 15, police say. Anna Areola-Hernandez, who sports a tattoo of a pair of red lips on her neck, was booked into jail today on suspicion of three counts each of sexual…
U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow’s recent order spanking Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his chief deputy, Jerry Sheridan, mainly dealt with Sheridan and Arpaio’s contempt for Snow’s ruling in the ACLU’s big civil rights lawsuit, Melendres v. Arpaio. Snow has ordered that both Sheridan and Arpaio be present Monday,…
Former antiques dealer Roger Garfield has taken a plea deal that requires him to serve four more years in prison for killing an unarmed homeless man in his store in 2006. The deal to plead guilty to manslaughter, offered by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, ends a lengthy legal roller-coaster…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is praising a Kansas court ruling that he claims will curb the problem of “illegals” voting. A political victory for Horne and anti-illegal-immigrant crusader Kris Kobach, Kansas’ secretary of state, the ruling by U.S. District Judge Eric Melgren in Wichita says that the U.S. Election…
A Glendale City Council majority has agreed to begin formal negotiations with the Tohono O’odham Nation over its proposed West Valley casino — a move that marks a dramatic change in the city’s previous attitude toward the Native American tribe. Nation leaders say that opening the door to “formal negotiations…
Within hours of Arizona’s Republican-dominated Legislature’s approving a measure that established a legal defense for business owners to discriminate based on a “sincerely held religious belief,” thousands of gay-rights advocates flocked to the lush green lawn at the state Capitol in Phoenix. It was February 21, and they united to…
What’s the story with Mexican pastries? Like most cultures, Mexicans seem to be cribbing from the French, but pan dulce just winds up tasting like a dinner roll with a little icing on top. So many other parts of Mexican cuisine emphasize strong flavors. Why must the best part of…
An ABC 15 reporter told viewers a story earlier this month about two former Florence detectives who’d botched cases so badly that the Pinal County Attorney’s Office couldn’t prosecute them. Only no one has been able to cite what the cases were about. “The County Attorney’s Office says it had…
