Paul Babeu is on the defensive — again. This time the embattled Pinal County sheriff has hired the Rose Law Group to defend him from a second round of allegations from his sister, Lucy, that he engaged in a sexual relationship with one of the students from DeSisto School in…
The decision between not wearing clothes or hitting a woman and a cop must be a difficult one, because cops say 21-year-old Kyle Seaman went with both.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Chandler police got a call Saturday night from Seaman’s neighbors about the gentleman wandering around the…
Two San Diego police officers are lying to cover up evidence of last summer’s illegal “attitude arrest” of former Mesa Police Association president Fabian Cota.At least, that’s what Cota claims. The officers, on the other hand, say they detained Cota because he was yelling at them drunkenly from a pedicab…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and company say they’ve found more people surfing Craigslist trying to find dogs that are DTF.The plan, according to Arpaio, was that the three people arrested by the MCSO last night were using Craigslist to find a dog to “fornicate” with the woman, while her…
Here’s a feature of the Arizona Legislature that Republican state Rep. Kimberly Yee is happy about — how her bill regulating contracts between the state and private attorneys, passed by the House a month a go, went to the Senate and magically turned into her abortion bill that was previously…
A Gilbert homeowner followed three burglary suspects in his car to a park yesterday afternoon, watching as they chucked his snowboard from their vehicle’s window.The excitement began at about 12:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of East Battale Avenue, when a woman noticed some dudes who had pulled in a…
Congratulations to the New Times reader known as scobob, you’ve won this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Last week, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio shaking a carrot at things.We picked the five best captions, and put…
Organizers of an awards ceremony for the Tulsa Police Department have nixed Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu as a guest speaker for the event because they didn’t want the embattled sheriff to taint the event. The Tulsa World reports that more than 40 Tulsa, Oklahoma police officers will receive awards for…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is clinging to his Congressional campaign, despite being embroiled in what he has described as a “very messy situation.” Since New Times broke the story on February 17, Babeu has continued to deny allegations that he and his attorney threatened Jose Orozco, Babeu’s ex-boyfriend…
Maricopa County Manager David Smith announced today that he’ll retire on April 27 after 17 years on the job. Smith, 65, was at the helm during countless storms, guiding the county through severe fiscal crises and years of emotional legal battles with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney Andrew…
UPDATE: We played phone-tag with Patterson for a few hours last night, but while we had him on the phone, he very much denied what he called “false” accusations.Sixteen Democrats in the Arizona House signed off on an ethics complaint against fellow Democratic Rep. Daniel Patterson, of Tucson, following a…
If anyone can match the millions raised by six-term congressman Jeff Flake in his bid to replace retiring Senator Jon Kyl, it’s Valley businessman Wil Cardon.It was Cardon’s family that provided $10 million to help build the Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa, and Cardon has put more than a…
Henry Eric Young — who beat an 81-year-old man into critical condition in Mesa last year — was sentenced to 21 years in prison.Young, now 42, beat 81-year-old Gene Fitzsimmons so badly that he could only respond with moans to police when they found him bruised and bloodied in his…
A local news station has reported that while Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu was headmaster for the now-defunct DeSisto School in Stockbridge, Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services launched an investigation into repeated claims of physical and sexual abuse from students at the private…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — the man who says, “I don’t have press conferences just to get my name on television” — held a press conference today outside Tent City to talk about a sign on the fence.It’s the early 19th-anniversary present for the jail — a sign displaying…
An interesting story by JJ Hensley in the Arizona Republic yesterday mentions how the number of outstanding warrants in Maricopa County has dropped by 20 percent since 2008.For years, critics have been juxtaposing the number of warrants with Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s priorities, questioning why his deputies seem to have so…
See the latest update on the police hunt for Juan Garcia. Phoenix police are looking for 18-year-old Juan Garcia, who allegedly went over to his girlfriend’s house on Friday night, beat her 2-year-old son to death, and left.The boy’s 18-year-old mother, Wendy Rogel-Pagas, was jailed on Saturday, after telling police…
The freedom to grow marijuana granted by the state’s 2010 medical-pot law is blossoming along with the plants in an El Mirage warehouse.Bill Hayes, founder of the Arizona Cannabis Society, invited New Times inside last week for a peek at their operation. (See our slideshow of the tour here.) A…
Tent City is turning 19 later this year, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is getting started early for the jail’s annual birthday publicity stunt.This time, Arpaio’s putting up a sign outside the jail, displaying the total “Number of Inmates ‘Served'” — an idea stolen from what the sheriff’s office…
Michael Crane — who’s facing first-degree murder charges for the deaths of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet — made it to his arraignment today without causing a scene.Crane was scheduled to be in court on Tuesday his arraignment, but court officials…
Last week, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio shaking a carrot at things.The photo comes from a Fox 10 segment that was based around a horse eating a carrot out of Arpaio’s hand in the middle of an interview,…
A bank-robbery suspect the FBI’s calling the “Bearded Bandit” has struck again, as has the FBI’s bank-robber-naming department.The “Bearded Bandit” may have robbed five Valley banks, but whether he actually has a beard is up for debate.According to the FBI — and the pictures it has provided — there’s definitely…
