For the second time this month, a Valley teacher is accused of feeling up a student. The latest: Richardo Moreno, a teacher at Basha High School in Chandler.According to Chandler police, a 16-year-old female student told school administrators that Moreno, 51, inappropriately touched her and another girl while the three…
Oprah-approved snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray is going to prison.Ray, who was found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide, was sentenced this afternoon to two years in prison for each of the three people who died during a 2009 “self-helf” sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona.The sentences, however, will run…
The parents of a 10-year-old girl — who blamed their daughter for getting raped by a group of Liberian boys when she was only 8 — have been granted competency hearings in their child abuse cases.The Liberian girl’s brutal 2009 rape made national headlines — click here for all the…
About a year ago, Buckeye resident Lloyd Smithey fatally shot a 17-year-old kid after he saw him and his two friends burglarize a neighbor’s home. This morning, the two friends were each sentenced to some lengthy prison time for the boy’s death.Matthew Peters, 21, and Joseph Metcalf, 19, each were…
If you happen to be someone other than Mesa businessman Wil Cardon, you probably would beat Cardon in the GOP Senate primary, according to a recently released poll.Cardon, who is running to replace retiring Senator Jon Kyl — and subscribes to immigration policies similar to those of ousted Arizona Senate…
Consider this the first anti-Arpaio ad for 2012, ironically produced by Arpaio’s goons, and censored heavily by them as well….He’s cost taxpayers $100 million in swiped county funds, has the blood of unfortunates such as Juan Farias Mendoza on his hands, was forced to settle to the tune of $1…
In the end, Joel Fox couldn’t make his bosses believe he wasn’t lying. The former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office captain, who was fired in October for “egregious” ethical violations related to his work on a secret campaign-fundraising scheme on behalf of Sheriff Arpaio, tried out nearly all of his illogical…
In honor of presidential candidate Herman Cain’s brain fart earlier this week, we’ve chosen the above photo of the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO — mid-brain-fart — for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.If you missed Cain’s cranial flatulence when he was asked whether he agreed with the…
Oprah-approved “self-help” guru James Arthur Ray will be sentenced today after a jury found him responsible for the deaths of three people during a 2009 sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona.Ray, who in September was convicted of three counts of negligent homicide, faces anything from probation to nine years in prison…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s incompetent overreach of power in removing the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission’s chairwoman Colleen Mathis — one aided and abetted by former state Senate President Russell Pearce’s “Tea Party Senate” — has been overturned by the Arizona Supreme Court, which today reinstated Mathis as chair.You’ll recall that…
There’s good news for Wall Street — the “occupiers” who have been protesting corporate greed (or whatever it is they’re protesting) for the past several months have a new target for their rage: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.That, of course, is according to the sheriff’s bloated ego.”The ‘Occupy Wall Street’…
A Mesa woman was kind enough to pay for her 41-year-old alcoholic nephew’s carton of cigarettes. He allegedly expressed his gratitude by brutally beating her to death with a stick.According to court records obtained by New Times, about 1 a.m. Tuesday, Mesa police were dispatched to a home at 5844…
Convicted sex criminal/alleged pimp Al Maurice O’Neal has some rules for his stable of underage “hoes.”For starters, they must earn for him $200 a day. Secondly, his girls are required to ask a would-be John to “show his dick or grab her tits” to make sure he’s not a cop…
Two people accused of giving their 2-year-old son methadone to relieve a toothache pleaded not guilty today to a collection of child abuse-related charges. Initially, the baby’s mother, Jennifer Campos, was booked on three counts of endangering the life of a minor, and four counts of child abuse. The boy’s…
The sentencing phase of the trial for convicted snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray is coming to an end as prosecutors urge the judge in the case to sentence the Oprah-approved “self-help” guru to the maximum: nine years in prison.Ray was convicted in September on three counts of negligent homicide in…
We have a friend who wishes “scientists” would be allowed to study the brains of incarcerated serial murderers. We try to explain that it sound like something the Nazi “Angel of Death,” Dr. Josef Mengele, might be keen on. Specifically, our friend (a local businessman) is referring to Phoenix’s most…
Think it’s time for a change…Because of the impending holiday and some minor complications with my recent surgery, Feathered Bastard will go semi-dark until after Thanksgiving. Please look for regular blogging to begin again November 28, though I may blog before then if there’s an item that’s pressing.Much obliged for all…
Convicted “Baseline Killer” Mark Goudeau yesterday addressed the jury that will ultimately decide whether he lives or dies. The killer of nine — who terrorized Phoenix residents for nearly a year — asked for mercy.Goudeau was convicted of 67 felonies last month, including nine murders. He already is serving a…
HE’S OUT! Maybe ol’ Joe’s not even safe now: Never has a political prediction been so correct as Stephen Lemons’ declaration that Russell Pearce would be recalled from his Arizona Senate seat (“Sourpuss,” November 3). When I read that, I said to my wife: “I’ll believe it when I see…
Why is Mexico such a dump? Just to name a few of the problems: Stray dogs running all over the place, piles of trash burning in the street, blown-out tires hanging from cactuses by the side of the road, shredded plastic shopping bags plastering every fence in sight, rampant corruption…
“Greg! Greg! Greg!” “Greg! Greg! Greg!” As one observer put it the next day, it was like Bobby Kennedy without — well, you know — as clean-cut Greg Stanton worked an energetic Election Night crowd in a historic downtown warehouse, celebrating a win that puts him in the Mayor’s Office…
Democrats say the darnedest things. In the aftermath of Russell Pearce’s defeat in the November 8 Legislative District 18 recall election, local Democrats have been trying to make it seem as if the former state Senate president’s stuffed head was a prize they could hang on their walls. The day…
