Mesa resident Michael Jared Surgeon had so much kiddie porn on his computer that it caused his hard drive to crash. Apparently not caring that his computer was jam-packed with kiddy porn, he took it to a computer-repair shop — and that’s why he’s currently facing 10 counts of sexual…
The complaint filed by Democratic precinct committeeman and former candidate for state Senate in Legislative District 18 Robert McDonald in the ever-widening Russell Pearce/Olivia Cortes scandal has just been shot down by the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office.In a letter from State Election Director Amy Chan (formerly Amy Bjelland, Chan…
We wrote a little story for this paper in the Dark Ages (before, yikes, the Internet!) about the last meals that Arizona’s death row inmates order in advance should their time ever come. We asked Mike Arra, then the public-information officer for the Arizona corrections department, to provide us…
man who attacked state Representative Frank Pratt earlier this year — and then bragged about the beating to police — pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of kidnapping.Hillyard Scott, 34, initially was charged with one count each of aggravated assault, kidnapping, robbery, burglary, and theft stemming from the Christmas Day…
Male nurse Richard Sangalang was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to one count of luring a minor for sex via the Internet.The minor, as is often the case with pervs who like to meet kids…
As I discuss at length in my column this week, state Senate President Russell Pearce wrestles almost daily with the truth, and so, too, do many of his supporters. So, not surprisingly, Pearce’s main challenger in the Legislative District 18 recall election, Mesa educator and Republican Jerry Lewis, has become the…
George Lindell, the Valley’s latest “Internet sensation,” is officially Internet (ahem) famous.He recently gave an enthusiastic (to say the least) account of a car wreck for a local TV station that has made the rounds on the Internet, and introduced the world to a new catch phrase: “reality hits you…
California Attorney General Kamala Harris decided yesterday that she won’t review the San Diego County Sheriff Department’s findings that the bizarre death of Rebecca Zahau, the girlfriend of Scottsdale-based Medicis CEO Jonah Shacknai — who asked Harris to review the case — was a suicide.Harris says the AG’s Office only…
Bravo to Channel 12’s Brahm Resnik for tonight’s news segment where he pays a visit to the modest residence of Legislative District 18 recall candidate Olivia Cortes, and stops by the homes of some of state Senate President Russell Pearce’s relatives to ask them why they circulated petitions for Cortes.As…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
Attention all fair-weather sports fans, Johnny-come-latelys, and bandwagon riders: Arizona Diamondbacks playoff tickets are up for sale starting tomorrow morning. Even though you probably didn’t start following the team until they began dominating their division in June, now’s your chance to be in the house when this year’s astounding D-Backs…
Just got word that he defense team of Mark Goudeau, accused of murdering nine people in an infamous 2005-06 crime spree, will not be calling any witnesses to the stand at his ongoing trial…
A Phoenix man was arrested this morning for allegedly being a member — or former member — of the computer hacking group LulzSec, which claimed responsibility for the security breach of the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s computer system earlier this year.Cody Kretsinger, 23, was arrested after a grand jury…
There they were. All in one room. And there was remarkably no blood spilled.Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Attorney General Tom Horne. Gerald Richard, a law enforcement policy advisor for the AG’s Office. Phoenix Police Chief Joe Yahner. Among others…
Last week, Valley resident George Lindell was just your average painter/drummer driving to a grocery store. Now, thanks to some reckless driving, and an over-the-top account of a car wreck, he’s officially famous — well…Internet famous.Earlier this week we posted a video of Lindell describing a car wreck he’d been…
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has decided that she won’t review the San Diego County Sheriff Department’s findings that the bizarre death of Rebecca Zahau, the girlfriend of Scottsdale-based Medicis CEO Jonah Shacknai, was a suicide.Earlier this week, Shacknai wrote Harris a letter asking her to review the case –…
The bizarre deaths of two people at Luke Air Force Base over the weekend has been ruled a murder-suicide, authorities announced this morning.The bodies of Gaudioso Gamilla, 62, and Vilma Gamilla, 61, were found stabbed to death inside the base’s post office Sunday night after their son, who lives on…
Someone slashed Phoenix mayoral candidate Greg Stanton’s tires last night while he was at a fundraising event at an art gallery in Sunnyslope.A witness from a restaurant across the street reportedly saw a large male wearing a hood over his head slash two of the tires on Stanton’s gray sedan…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office confirmed to New Times earlier this week that the sheriff’s assigned an “elite posse” to look into President Barack Obama’s “fake birth certificate” before allowing his name on the presidential ballot in Arizona next year. In response to the embarrassment Arpaio’s decision to investigate…
James Arthur Ray, the Oprah-approved snakeoil salesman responsible for the deaths of three people, is set to be sentenced next month after getting convicted of three counts of negligent homicide — and he doesn’t think he belongs in prison.Ray considers himself a self-help guru — the three deaths for which…
I am a half-breed, as they say (Mexican father, Anglo mother), and recently I’ve been reading a lot about the drug violence in Mexico. I’ve become increasingly disturbed by the way in which we Americans are directly contributing to this war by supplying the demand for drugs while still making…
BROCK ‘N’ ROLL Fulton Brock must resign immediately: It’s very apparent that [Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton] Brock was protecting his wife and daughter long before the arrest of his wife (“Brocked Up,” James King, September 8). I actually felt a degree of empathy for him when this first hit the…
