The Department of Public Safety, and the Phoenix Police Department, needs the public’s help in tracking down an 84-year-old man who’s been missing since yesterday afternoon.Edward Reed, who served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, left his house in Phoenix yesterday around 3 p.m. He left in his…
In honor of Thanksgiving, officers from the Phoenix Police Department’s most scandalous precinct will be giving away Turkeys to some needy families tonight, and they really (really) want you to know about it. The South Mountain Precinct has been home to some of the worst cops the city has to…
As we reported last week, legally challenged rapper DMX is back behind bars in Maricopa County, this time for violating the terms of his probation. He’s now saying the reason for his violation was a sip of alcohol at a performance earlier this month.What DMX claims was just a sip…
The Phoenix woman accused of murdering a cab driving on Friday morning hid evidence — including the alleged murder weapon and a plastic bag full of underwear — in a dishwasher in her apartment, court documents obtained by New Times show.Corletha Sherie Davis, 33, told officers she had nothing to…
Hockey just got exciting again in the Valley.The Phoenix Coyotes are now one game out of first place in the Pacific Conference after winning their sixth straight game last night — a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks.Coyotes winger Taylor Pyatt was let go by the Canucks two summers ago…
[jump] Chief among them is defense. Phoenix’s D was laughable on Saturday at the Time Warner Cable Arena as they allowed Charlotte, a team that was averaging around 90 points a game, to rack up a total of 12 points. Guarding seemed to be an alien concept to Alvin Gentry’s…
The Arizona Cardinals lost their fifth straight game on Sunday, this time in a 31-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. What caused yesterday’s loss? Same shit, different day.The Cards were bad on defense, the Cards were bad on offense — they dropped passes, got too many penalties, and quarterback…
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As much as Arizona Cardinals fans probably want this football season to be over, sadly, it’s not. The next stop on the Cards’ shame-train is in Kansas City, where they will play the Chiefs on Sunday.The Chiefs are going through a bit of a rough patch. They’ve suffered back-to-back losses…
Since our earlier post about the arrest of DMX — a.k.a. Earl Simmons — we obtained some court documents that tell the real story of what the rapper allegedly did to violate his probation.Initial reports — ours included — were that X violated his probation by not checking in with…
A former Phoenix police officer accused of shakin’ down drug dealers pled guilty to theft charges in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.Former Officer James Wren pled guilty to solicitation to commit theft, which is a hell of a deal considering the crimes with which he’d initially been charged.Initially,…
Dr. Emilio Luna went to church one day, cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet, and hasn’t been heard from since. If it weren’t for America’s Most Wanted, a lot of people would probably have forgotten about the Sun City pediatrician accused of distributing kiddy-porn who is currently on the run…
UPDATE (3:31 p.m.): We obtained court documents that show DMX’s probation violation was the result of cocaine use, not only failing to check in with his probation officer, as stated in this article. Click here for details.Legally challenged hip-hopper DMX was arrested — again — yesterday for allegedly violating his…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio supports medicinal use of the good ganja? Well, at least that’s what the former DEA agent did during this clip from the 2007 documentary American Drug War: The Last White Hope. In it, Arpaio was asked his opinion on medical marijuana, as he stands in Tent City, surrounded by prisoners…
Village Voice Media, the parent company of New Times, is the only news outlet in the country with its very own pot critic. His pen name is William Breathes — he’s based out of Denver, Colorado, and works for our sister paper, Westword. He’s written an open letter to the…
If you noticed a section of 27th Avenue was shut down this morning, not to worry — it was just the Phoenix Police Department’s SWAT team trying to find a woman who may have shot and killed a cab driver. Around 6 a.m. today, Phoenix police got a call that…
The city of Phoenix is down one crack house today, after the Phoenix Police Department, in collaboration with the City of Phoenix, Habitat for Humanity, and the County Attorney’s Office, leveled a crack house near 27th Avenue and Van Buren Street this morning.City and police officials (from the Phoenix P.D.’s…
Well, that Florida trip didn’t go so well for the Phoenix Suns, did it? Less than a week after knocking off the league’s best team, the Los Angeles Lakers, on the road, the Suns were roughed up pretty bad by the Sunshine State’s two franchises. On Wednesday, the Miami Heat…
The Phoenix Police Department announced last night around 9 p.m. that at 9 a.m. today Habitat for Humanity would be destroying a house on their behalf, and they’d like the media to join them for a press conference.Not to say we’re cynical of the timing of such an announcement (OK,…
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As you may have read in Jackelope Ranch, New Times’ arts and culture blog, today, November 18, has been declared National Have Sex With a Guy With a Mustache Day.It’s likely a gimmick by dudes with nasty stache’s to get a little play — if not but once a year.Arizona’s…
Phoenix police Chief Jack Harris (yeah, we’re still callin’ him “chief” until he takes off the uniform) insisted this afternoon that the Phoenix Police Department is not a “corrupt organization,” as he explained the department’s role in the investigation of three Phoenix police officers — and one former officer –…
