The Arizona Department of Corrections has shut down the westbound Interstate 10 at the Marana exit after a prison inmate was hit by a truck this morning.DPS spokesman Bart Graves says the inmate is in extremely serious condition.Department of Corrections officials would not yet identify the inmate when asked this…
Three Mesa teens probably didn’t expect police to call in a friggin’ police helicopter when they tried to flee the cops after breaking into a school to steal some candy last night. But that’s exactly what happened, and the three 15-year-old kids were promptly taken into custody.Mesa police say the…
The rise of medical-marijuana clubs in Arizona is giving state officials an anxiety attack. Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, writes in his latest blog post that his agency has asked the state Attorney General’s Office to check into whether the clubs can operate legally. We’ve been telling you…
You Write the Caption’s pretty self-explanatory. Here’s how you play: we show you a picture, like the one above of Senate President (for now) Russell Pearce, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth, taken from ex-Congressman Hayworth’s Facebook page.You — in the comment section of this post –…
State Senator Lori Klein has an interesting yarn about how her loaded gun ended up pointed at the chest of Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas.Amongst heavy criticism, Klein issued a statement, in which she claims that Ruelas moved in front of her gun sight as she was showing him the gun.Ruelas…
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Convicted murderer Thomas Paul West pleaded his case for his death sentence to be reduced to life in prison in front of the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency today, and the majority of the Board was apparently unmoved.In a 3-2 vote, the Board denied West’s request for a commutation of…
Arizona public schools receive unsatisfactory marks when it comes to standardized test scores, as evidenced by the recently released results of this spring’s Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) test, the state’s barometer for success on the education frontThere has been slight progress — reading scores rose to a 76 percent passing…
A Colorado-based Army private getting explosives training in Yuma was arrested yesterday after police say he tried to board a commercial airplane while carrying explosives.U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Robbie Sherwood says Army Private First Class Christopher Eric Wey, 19, tried to board a United Airlines flight from Yuma to Los…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on the scene as his boys in beige raid a Valley bread company in search of illegal immigrants, the MCSO announced this morning.According to the MCSO, Arpaio’s boys got word that 31 employees at Mesa’s Alpine Bread Factory near 300 West Southern Avenue were…
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s homicide unit is investigating the “bizarre” death of the girlfriend of a Scottsdale business executive at his Coronado, California mansion yesterday. However, the SDSD says, pharmaceutical tycoon Jonah Shacknai was not at the home when the woman died.Just before 7 a.m. yesterday, police received…
Thomas Paul West, 52, has been on death row since the Reagan administration. He’s scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday, but is now seeking the same last-minute appeals many condemned inmates seek before their state-ordered date with death.West is scheduled to appear before the Arizona Board of Executive…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s got a hankerin’ for rocker Alice Coopers’ two-foot wiener.Apparently so impressed with the two-foot hot dogs served at Coopers’ Cooperstown restaurant in Phoenix, the sheriff has challenged “any reporter” to an eating contest.”After signing autographs at Cooperstown yesterday, I’m now ready to challenge any reporter…
the Arizona Cardinals miraculous 2009 NFL playoff run — and Super Bowl loss — the team had only one playoff win in 60 years. However, the team’s tradition of losing aside, the franchise is still worth some serious coin.According to Forbes’ list of the 50 most-valuable sports franchises released Tuesday,…
State Senator Lori Klein, R-Anthem, likely lied in a recent statement about pointing a loaded gun at Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, in our humble opinion. In response to heavy criticism, Klein now claims the reporter moved into her sights as she held the gun for him to see, its…
Marciopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed yesterday that “intelligence sources” tell him that illegal immigrants and drug smugglers are avoiding Maricopa County to avoid him and his tough guy antics.He says smugglers are now choosing to use alternate routes through Arizona after crossing the border.However, the claim came in the…
Say the immigrant makes a few bucks and goes back to his/her hometown. Think they’ll put up with the shit that prompted them to move in the first place? (How ya gonna keep them down on the farm . . . ?) Putting the Red into Redneck Absolutely not. I…
>BASH ON ASH Ashton and Demi’s publicity machine: Congratulations to Village Voice Media for standing up to these self-serving hypocrite celebrities (“Real Men Get Their Facts Straight,” Martin Cizmar, Ellis Conklin, and Kristen Hinman, June 30; “Stuck in Trafficking,” Tony Ortega, July 7). They all seem to have causes to…
Phoenix New Times has an immediate opening for a Night & Day editor. Candidate will be enthusiastic, outgoing, and detail-oriented. The Night & Day editor works closely with an assistant calendar editor and freelancers and must also write for our culture blog, Jackalope Ranch. This full-time position requires familiarity with…
One of the defining moments of the latest war on medical marijuana in Arizona came last month when Gilbert SWAT officers raided the home of a patient suspected of having a single ounce of weed. Ross Taylor’s not only a bona fide, card-holding patient under the law, he also is…
If you needed the services of a criminal attorney, would you hire a lawyer with no experience in criminal law, who had been suspended from the State Bar of Arizona for 120 days, had not practiced law in five years, and who was still on probation for her past misdeeds?…
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