Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a new excuse for his “employer sanctions operations,” after the boys in beige ran the 59th immigrant roundup this morning, and we’ll give you a hint — it still has little or nothing to do with sanctioning employers.Arpaio says deputies raided Circle B Grading…
Glendale resident Antoin Thurman — a man who once made an educational video describing his prostitute-management skills (more on that later) — was booked into jail Friday night after surviving gunshots from as many as four police officers.Thurman, 26, was allegedly in a domestic-violence situation with a woman on April…
The public first saw a transcript of a secret recording made of one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s staff meetings after New Times published it online.Last week, we noticed that Channel 5 News (KPHO-TV) had obtained the actual audio recording and aired pieces of it in a broadcast. That…
There aren’t many consistencies in the case of missing baby Gabriel Johnson, except for the boy’s pops lengthening his rap sheet, and Gabriel’s mom not showing up to court.Both of those happened again this morning.Logan McQueary, who had moved out of the state, was in a Maricopa County courtroom this…
After dominating their first two series of the year, the Arizona Diamondbacks were humbled slightly in a chilly weekend series that saw the Colorado Rockies take two of three games in Denver. It was the D-Backs’ vaunted bullpen that coughed up Friday and Saturday’s one-run losses, 7-6 and 8-7, respectively…
On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas holding a press conference after his disbarment.After sifting through all the responses — as usual, some of them more politically correct than others — we’ve narrowed it down to five…
Four members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were found not guilty of charges of “rioting” and assisting in a criminal street gang.The four acquitted, Rudolfo “Rudy” Martinez, Gerald Smith, Dale Hormut, and Stephen Helland, were among seven bikers arrested by an Arizona Department of Public Safety task force in…
Sinema’s statement on Iran starts 2:48 in, her comments on health care at around 6:03The flap over center-left talking head Hilary Rosen and her perceived insult of Mitt Romney’s wife Ann offers a perfect example of how mere verbal flubs can offer ammunition to right-wingers in the highly-charged partisan discourse…
CORRECTION: The original version of this item reported that Pinal County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Blake King “apparently is ‘friends’ with some of the Tucson cops who were at Camp Titties and Beer.'” King’s attorney has informed New Times that King was not “friends” with any of these individuals. New Times regrets the error…
Last year, people were creating a stink after it was discovered that some Arizona legislators got tickets and trips to sporting events thanks to the Fiesta Bowl.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery explained in December that none of the politicos would face charges, saying prosecutors were unable to “find evidence leading to…
Joel Fox, a former captain in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, was “floored” when state criminal investigators showed up with a search warrant at his house on March 31, 2009. “I couldn’t believe it,” Fox said on the stand this morning, testifying in his attempt to get his job back…
While writing this morning about a Skull Valley family that went home a couple weeks ago and found a naked guy in their house, it seemed like a rare incident.That’s apparently not the case since a very similar incident happened again last night, this time in California.In the incident up north,…
Two sweet moments last night for Phoenix professional sports fans, both within a few minutes of each other: First, the Phoenix Coyotes nipped the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in overtime out at the Jobing.com Arena, taking a 1-0 lead in the first round of the interminable Stanley Cup playoffs.It was an…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas held a press conference on Wednesday to complain about the decision by an Arizona Supreme Court disciplinary panel to strip him of his license to practice law.The Feathered Bastard Stephen Lemons was there, as Thomas compared himself to Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King…
Any of the following facts may be surprising to people around the Valley: Phoenix still has a hockey team, that hockey team made the playoffs by winning its division, and that team won its first playoff game of the year last night.The team, for those unaware, is called the Phoenix…
Recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce has just taken the bait proffered by Bob Worsley, his opponent in the Legislative District 25 Republican primary for state Senate. And in doing so, Pearce may have further endangered the 501(c)4 status of the organization he currently fronts, Ban Amnesty Now. Pearce did…
Details are still pretty light in the case of two illegal immigrants shot and killed Sunday night near Eloy, after they were “ambushed” by an unknown number of people in camouflage getup.Pima County Sheriff’s Deputy Dawn Barkman told New Times on Monday that there may have been as many as…
Pending settlements to Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox, retired Judge Barbara Mundell and county employee Susan Schuerman will reportedly save the county millions.The county says that, the settlements to Mundell and Schuerman (Supervisor Don Stapley’s executive assistant) are now final, but the potential settlement for Wilcox is still up…
Witnesses to the Tempe shooting death of 20-year-old Gabriel Batten earlier this week told police the alleged shooter, Kyle Levitt, shot Batten twice in the abdomen before any sort of physical altercation occurred, according to court documents obtained by New Times.Levitt, a 25-year-old student at Arizona State University, is accused…
Few would be surprised to know that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office is lying about about its negotiations with the federal government over accusations of widespread racial profiling by deputies.Both Arpaio and his ally, County Attorney Bill Montgomery, have accused the U.S. Department of Justice of lying about the…
While House Democrats were calling for now-former state Representative Daniel Patterson to resign or be expelled, Patterson changed his party affiliation to Independent, citing his disapproval of “party politics.”When Patterson resigned from the House yesterday, he changed his party affiliation back to Democrat, which would let Democratic party officials would…
It looks like Governor Jan Brewer’s only taking her battle against the federal government so far.Brewer vetoed House Bill 2434 yesterday, which would have required federal law-enforcement officers to notify county sheriffs “before taking any official law enforcement action.”If that federal officer forgot or otherwise didn’t inform the sheriff beforehand,…
