So we don’t yet have Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s report on his department’s investigation into allegations contained in the now infamous Munnell memo, but we do have a bill for services rendered.It totals just over $46K, but the services rendered were not rendered by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office,…
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:…
Watch Pearce get aggro about 40 seconds inWant more proof that state Senator Russell Pearce can’t control his temper? Other than the alleged incidents with his spouses, present and past, that is? Not to mention the fruit-doesn’t-fall-far-from-the-tree allegations against his son Joshua.Then check this video from radio show host Carlos…
The big question this afternoon at a press conference regarding the disgusting conditions at three Phoenix assisted living facilities was where the hell was the Arizona Department of Health Services to shut these places down? Turns out, at least one of the facilities was “on [DHS’] radar” since last February.Since…
UPDATED: The Arizona Department of Health Services got back to us. Click here for update.Three assisted living facilities in Phoenix have been shut down — and the owner of the facilities has been arrested — after cops noticed they more resembled the apartment of a tweaked-out meth head than a…
When Sheila Polk, Yavapai County Attorney, considered what former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio were doing back in 2009, Nazi Germany came to mind. At least, that’s the implication in an article in this month’s American Bar Association magazine. Polk’s now-famous letter in December of 2009 publicly condemning…
A Cave Creek man accused of stabbing a woman to death and then setting fire to her house in July 2008 pleaded guilty to her murder Thursday. Justin Wade Lunsford, 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and arson of an occupied structure in the death of 29-year-old Mary Elisabeth Polgar…
Medical marijuana dispensaries are still months from opening their doors, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is getting antsy. A press release from the Sheriff’s Office Wednesday says it has created a new enforcement unit that targets “medical marijuana frauds,” even though medical marijuana patients can’t even apply for privileges…
Phoenix police are searching for two unknown men believed responsible for the robbery and eventual death of a 90-year-old man. Police say the man, Seymour Sendrow, died on Sunday as a result of his declining health due to injuries sustained during the robbery…
Here’s another tip from the wide world of marijuana transportation: Apparently a bunch of expired juice boxes isn’t a good cover for hauling more than 1,300 pounds of weed. Nonetheless, police allege 45-year-old Wendell M. Stoddart of doing just that…
It’s no secret that state Representative Judy Burgess is hell-bent on making Arizona the laughing stock of the entire country with her “Birther Bill” currently making its way through the state legislature…again. That said, we’d like to take this opportunity to explain to KPHO what the “Birther Bill” actually is,…
A woman who was dragged into a Chandler construction site by a stranger and raped in 2004 is “elated” that her attacker has finally been captured, Chandler police say. As we reported earlier today, the arrest of California transient Santos Basilio O’Dell, 32, came about after his DNA was matched…
Sheriff Joe took his shuck-and-jive to the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California Tuesday, where he wowed a crowd of blue-hairs with his Sopranos-esque “dees, dats and does.”The YouTube video above, which borrows (read: “rips off”) footage from an Orange County Register video and a Fox News report of the event, has all…
Arizona looks like a potential deadbeat to the world-famous Moody’s credit-rating service. Citing concerns over a sales-tax increase set to expire in mid-2013 and a budget that relies on the federal government to make changes caused Moody’s to downgrade Arizona’s outlook this week from “stable” to “negative.” Moody’s affirmed…
A California man forced to give up some DNA after violating a protective order last year revealed a dark secret, prosecutors say: He’s responsible for a 2004 rape and robbery in Chandler. Santos Basilio O’Dell, 32, was ordered to stop harassing his wife in 2009, and he violated that order…
State and county health officials have confirmed a case of measles in Maricopa County.Authorities say the disease was contracted by a man living in the area who recently traveled abroad. They say he spent time in the community before being diagnosed, and county health officials are worried others may have…
U.S. Senator Jon Kyl is expected to announce his retirement from the Senate at a news conference scheduled for 10 a.m. today, according to multiple news outlets, and speculation as to who will replace him is already running rampant.The obvious choice is Congressman Jeff Flake, who has already told the…
So, according to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, armed conflict between his deputies and members of the Mexican drug cartels are imminent, probably “in the next 30 to 60 days.” Yet, on the heels of that prediction, here’s a concurrent story in which Alan Bersin, the head of the federal Customs…
Remember that kinda bro-ish guy who smashed a beer bottle over another guy’s face at a Scottsdale bar last month? Well he got busted thanks to your tips.On Monday, Scottsdale police arrested 31-year-old Bryan Holsapple, of Laveen, for the New Year’s Day attack. The cops credit tips from the public,…
Although many of you have loved and/or loathed my columna for years, the Mexican still finds new readers every week in the unlikeliest of spots (hola, Chattanooga! See you in August, inshallah!). As a result, I sometimes receive questions about the methodology of the column, questions all of us know…
California artist and fabled ’70s underground cartoonist Joyce Farmer was using raw meat to make a statement decades before Lady Gaga ever dreamed of showing up at a music awards show in a designer gown made of the smelly stuff. More than 40 years ago, the artist got tired of…
ANDREI THE GIANT? AZ Dems actually did something right: It’s hard to believe, but the Arizona Democratic Party — with the election of Andrei Cherny as party chair — actually made a move toward getting back to where it should’ve been all along (“New Hope,” The Bird, Stephen Lemons, January…
