The Chandler Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a man with autism last seen yesterday morning.Steven Michael DeMarlie, 44, was last seen about 11:30 a.m. yesterday by his family. He told them he planned to go hiking in the Tonto National Forrest with his dog, a…
The trial of two aged members of the “right to die” organization Final Exit Network continues in Maricopa County Superior Court today, with prosecutors certainly hoping things go better for them than last week. Dr. Larry Egbert and Frank Langsner are on trial for conspiring to commit manslaughter in the…
When 56-year-old Mitchell Fickes grabbed his gun and jumped out of his pickup truck to express his apparent road rage to the man in the truck in front of him on Saturday, he probably didn’t expect his fellow motorist to also have a gun. But this is Arizona, so of…
The Arizona Diamondbacks opened their first homestand with two wins in three games against the Cincinnati Reds this weekend. Friday night’s contest was a fun one for all in attendance at Chase Field. The crowd was playoff loud as the Diamondbacks dominated the Reds 13-2. Saturday’s game was a pitcher’s…
nba.com/suns Just another one of those weekends. The NBA season might not be officially over yet for the Phoenix Suns, but they’re playing like it, losing to the New Orleans Hornets Friday night, 109-97, and getting erased by the Dallas Mavericks 115-90. Friday night’s game wasn’t so bad, on paper:…
For the second year in a row, the Phoenix Coyotes will be competing for Lord Stanley’s Cup in the NHL playoffs, which means Phoenix’s fair-weather puck fans probably will creep out of the woodwork to support the home team.Phoenix isn’t exactly a hockey city — despite the annual migration of…
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Donald Delahanty, who senselessly ended veteran Phoenix police officer David Uribe’s life in May 2005, will continue residing on death row after the Arizona Supreme Court today upheld his conviction. We know this case well, as we were hanging with Phoenix homicide detectives when word of the tragic shooting came in,…
Bad news for nativists: the United States will become a “white minority” in about 30 years, according to a recent study of census data. But wait — there’s more bad news for racists living in Arizona: the Grand Canyon State is among 10 states where white children already are a…
The Chandler Police Department released its notes from telephone calls between Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and his prison-bound/somewhat-estranged wife, Susan, that took place while she was locked up in one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails. Interesting stuff — especially on the part of the county supervisor, who’s told the media…
The Fiesta Bowl hasn’t been the only organization handing out goodies to public officials.The Greater Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau paid for Phoenix Councilwoman and mayoral wannabe Peggy Neely to fly to Hawaii on a six-night, seven-day junket to woo a youth soccer tournament that didn’t need wooing.New Times is reviewing Phoenix travel…
Bryan Prehoda and Luis Belevan were running a pretty unsuccessful Scottsdale-based mortgage-relief service — so unsuccessful, in fact, as to constitute fraud and a judgment against them for almost $29 million. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge entered the default judgment this week, ordering Prehoda and Belevan to reimburse fees…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ condition continues to improve after she was shot through the brain during the January 8 rampage in Tucson, and her staff says she’s doing so well that they’re moving forward with plans for her to go to Florida for her astronaut husband’s upcoming shuttle launch.In a statement, Giffords…
It’s alleged female pedophile Friday here in the Valley, and all the buzz about Susan Brock getting hit with a 13-year prison sentence for having a three-year sexual relationship with a teen shouldn’t steal the spotlight from another Valley woman who apparently has a thing for kids.Last month, Gabriela Compton,…
To read recent accounts of state Senate President Russell Pearce’s lawbreaking son Joshua Pearce, you’d think he’d only caught six days in stir for violating terms of his probation on a 2007 aggravated DUI conviction.In reality, Pearce the Younger had already spent close to two months in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s…
Susan Brock, the teen-touching somewhat-estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sentenced yesterday to 13 years in prison for carrying out a three-year sexual relationship with a teenage boy she met through the Mormon Church — and KPHO seems to think that’s a lot.The local TV station –…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill last week that — among other things — forces doctors to give women seeking an abortion the opportunity to see an ultrasound of the baby before they end the pregnancy.”Throughout my political career, I’ve had a consistent track record of support for pro-life…
Susan Brock, wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sentenced to 13 years in prison yesterday for the three-year sexual relationship she had with a teenage boy her family met through the Mormon Church.The sentence is pretty stiff — based on the crimes to which she pleaded guilty (as opposed…
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Tempe PD James Homer Ferris March 31 was a crappy day for 58-year-old James Ferris. In fact, crappy is an understatement — with his apartment catching on fire, cops finding 30 binders full of kiddie porn, and having to explain to investigators his penchant for wearing women’s underwear. About 10:30 a.m…
facebook.com Timothy M. Oline Driving drunk is dangerous in general. But when it’s part of a demolition derby through a Mesa neighborhood followed by a standoff with a SWAT officers, you begin to understand what Timothy Oline’s Wednesday night was like. Mesa police got a call that a driver was…
