What some see as the last remaining obstacle for State Bar action against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and former Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon has come down. John Gleason, a Colorado lawyer assigned to probe allegations of prosecutorial abuse by Thomas and Aubuchon, has been working on the case…
A man driving a stolen car was stopped by a Department of Public Safety officer this afternoon. Apparently unhappy he was about to go down for stealing a car, he punched the officer in the face and stole the cop’s DPS car, tooDPS spokesman Bart Graves tells New Times that earlier this afternoon, an officer…
The man who shot Liberty Valance? Close. The man who’s taking on Pearce in LD18 I’ll have more to say about Democrat Andrew Sherwood later this week, but here’s a preview. Sherwood’s going toe-to-toe with neo-Nazi-hugging, Republican state Senator Russell Pearce in Legislative District 18. That is, he would be…
A federal magistrate in Albuquerque has agreed to a request from prosecutors there to extradite two Arizona prison inmates and a fiancee of one of them from Arizona to face murder charges in New Mexico.The inmates, John McCluskey and Tracy Province, and Casslyn Welch — McCluskey’s fiancee/cousin — are believed to have…
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s been screeching about the importance of pinching the city’s pennies, which would be encouraging for the cash-strapped metropolis if the mayor hadn’t just hired a pricey PR firm to handle his media relations detail.Last week, the City Council approved a contract for PR honcho David Leibowitz…
It’s only 2010, and Sarah Palin hasn’t said whether she’ll be running for president in 2012, but all indications suggest she will (you don’t quit your gig as governor of Alaska and travel around the country lending teabaggers a wink and a ‘you betchya’ for nothing).But Arizona Senator John McCain isn’t…
An El Mirage couple has a pretty filthy house — complete with cockroaches and floors covered with re-fried beans. They also have six kids, who were forced to live in the mess and are now in the custody of another family member after police had a look at what was…
There’s money well-spent, and then there’s just money spent — and Democratic Senate candidate Rodney Glassman seems to be burning through the latter.Glassman released his campaign-finance report on Friday, and the candidate spent nearly half-a-million dollars over a two-month period…
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:…
Tom Horne has an A-bomb dropped on him in this latest TV hit pieceIn the annals of negative campaign advertising, this new anti-Tom Horne ad from the Washington, D.C.-based Committee for Justice and Fairness could win a gold medal in the below-the-belt category.In it, Horne, Republican candidate for Arizona Attorney…
Rebecca Allen The treasurer of the Arizona Press Club has resigned from the organization, following allegations that she stole money from its coffers over a period of years, sources tell New Times. Rebecca Allen, whose reporting jobs included a stint at the West Valley View, allegedly took at least $7,000…
We don’t claim to be well-versed in the black tar heroin trade, but a pound of heroin seems like a lot. That said, 22 pounds of heroin seems like a shit load — and that’s exactly how much of it border agents found in the engine of a pickup truck…
Nogales Mayor Octavio Garcia Von Borstel, having already been indicted on bribery and other corruption charges, isn’t too happy with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office right now.Von Borstel’s attorneys want the AG’s Office to stop releasing information about the case to the media, like an audio recording given to the…
A Mesa woman was drinking on Friday night and apparently thought it would be a good idea to intentionally slam her head into a wall — right before beating the crap out of her girlfriend and forgetting she had weed in her pocket while talking with police.According to the Mesa…
Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was in town briefly on Friday to give the keynote address at a Tea Party rally at the state capitol. That, of course, meant there were news cameras around, which usually means one thing here in the Valley: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is…
If you need an incentive to cast a ballot, here it isArizona Attorney General Terry Goddard may not be the perfect gubernatorial candidate, but compared to his Republican rival Governor Jan Brewer, he’s a freakin’ Nobel Prize laureate. It’s a real sin that the political climate of this state is…
A man was found shot to death in a Phoenix hotel room yesterday morning and police don’t have a whole lot to go on in terms of finding out who did it.Around 3 a.m. yesterday, people heard gun shots in the Premier Inns near I-17 and Peoria Avenue.Security at the…
Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Max Hall went undrafted in the 2010 NFL draft, and we saw why during the Cards’ 22-10 loss to the Seahawks yesterday in Seattle.Hall was atrocious.Going 4 for 16, with an interception and no touchdowns, Hall deserved the 13.5 passer rating he earned for the game.”I…
Since the indictment of Phoenix Police Officer Richard Chrisman on a second degree murder charge in the slaying of south Phoenix resident Daniel Rodriguez, there’s been much speculation about the so-called “Brady list” that he and hundreds of other Valley cops are on. The list is named for the 1963 U.S…
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:…
Another week — another failure to close the sale of the high-rise Centerpoint Towers in Tempe. The deal, which was announced to great fanfare and media attention in early September, was expected to close no later than October 15. That didn’t happen, as we reported last week. As of this…
The Arizona Cardinals have gotten off to a miserable start this season but it wouldn’t be evident from looking at the team’s record, which, astoundingly, has them tied for first place in the NFC West with the very team they play this Sunday: the Seattle Seahawks.The Cards are 3-2 on…
