Those of us who haunt the county courthouse in search of yarns long have had the pleasure of really getting to know Eddie Haramina, aka Ed the Hotdogger, a beloved longtime fixture at the corner of Jefferson Street and Third Avenue. one of our most loyal readers, and his…
Gilbert resident Stefan Selvy was justified in shooting a man who had tried to rob him of some beer, police said on Thursday. Selvy, 21, spent a tense week on the legal hot seat after the August 26 shooting behind a Circle K that left 36-year-old Bobby Baughman, also of Gilbert, dead…
Just when you think things can’t get any sicker… Phoenix pediatrician Emilio Luna has been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with distributing thousands of child porn photos into an online, public file-sharing system. The office didn’t offer too many details in its news release beyond that, other than the fact that…
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed the 2008 conviction of No More Deaths activist Dan Millis for placing gallon jugs of drinking water on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona.Millis was cited for “littering” in February of 2008 by U.S. Fish and Wildlife officers after he…
[jump] “The police will be pulling over any motorist for any traffic violation that occurs at nighttime. They will be specifically looking to see whether the motorist has been drinking. If you do go out this holiday weekend and have some drinks, make sure you have a designated driver.” Thanks for…
Now that Jan Brewer’s proven herself a space-case of a public speaker, her Democratic competitor, Terry Goddard, is renewing his call for a whole series of debates. The milqetoast candidate, son of former Arizona governor Sam Goddard, would just love watching a repeat or two of last night’s gaffe, we’re…
Keith King, the less-than-better half of a marriage built on stolen luggage, pleaded guilty today to a raft of charges that should put keep him away from the airport for a while. King’s wife, Stacy King, was sentenced last month to three-and-a-half years in prison following her own guilty plea…
After more than a year and a-half of investigation, requests for documents and access, and threats and deadlines, the U.S. Department of Justice has at last, reluctantly, taken some action and sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio in federal court to force him to cooperate with its civil rights probe of his…
A Chandler man with a history of violence against his former wife was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of hiring a man to shoot the woman in the head. Michael Stephen Sawins, 33, of 875 West Pecos Road, #1165, gave his .22-caliber Derringer pistol to his friend and former roommate,…
If you missed the hour-long gubernatorial debate on Horizon last night, you missed a train wreck performance by Gov. Jan Brewer. The hour-long session with the Brewer (Republican), Terry Goddard (Democrat), Barry Hess (Libertarian) and Larry Gist (Green) started off bad for Brewer and just kept getting worse.Brewer kicked it…
Arizona has had more than its fair share of bad characters in the governor’s chair for too many years. Ev Mecham: Impeached. Fife Symington: Convicted. Jane Hull: Alt Fuels. Napolitano: Credit Card’s Maxed Out — Time to Quit. Now we’ve got these bozos to choose from…
The grainy footage shows two snarling pit bulls in a dimly lit barn, staring each other down through a haze of cigarette smoke. Walled in by a makeshift ring of three-foot-high plywood boards, the collarless dogs twitch and wag their tails, expending nervous energy like prizefighters shadowboxing in the ring…
I’m a naturalized citizen born in Ciudad Juarez (the most dangerous city in the world, thanks to the drug cartels) but I work for la migra. I get a lot of shit from some of my family members because they feel I shouldn’t be doing this job. I always tell…
CROSSERS Symptom of a greater problem: This article sheds some light on a huge underlying issue with immigration law and the effects of immigration on the immigrants. It’s unfortunate that these people attempt to cross, given the perils involved — harsh terrain, unbearable heat, dehydration, long voyage, smugglers, and lack…
STEPIN FETCHIT As I watched the primary returns on Election Night at the elegant home of state Schools Superintendent Tom Horne’s press secretary Amy Rezzonico, some pencil-neck pundit on the flat-screen opined that Bill Montgomery, now county attorney-in-waiting, didn’t owe jack to his deep-pockets patron Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Ffffpt! I…
Last night’s report from KPHO’s Morgan Loew on the ties between private prison behemoth Corrections Corporation of America and Governor Jan Brewer has drawn some serious plasma from Brewer’s camp. Specifically, the hemorrhage is from Brewer’s top political advisor Chuck Coughlin, president of HighGround Public Affairs, which also represents CCA. Seems Coughlin’s squealing like a skewered…
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:…
Joe Watson’s gonna have a lot of time to work on his poetry-for-snacks business. The former writer for New Times, (who also spent time scratching for the Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune) was sentenced last week to 12 years in prison for his role as the “Salon Bandit.”…
Patrick Chorpenning, the former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services, pleaded guilty today to two corruption-related felony charges. He’ll be sentenced on October 6 by Judge Susan Brnovich, but prosecutors have already agreed to a sentence that includes only probation. However, Chorpenning also agrees to pay back $451,351…
State officials seized eight illegal gaming machines yesterday at three Valley Moose and Elk lodges, and one American Legion Hall. The lodges, all of which also serve liquor, had been getting a cut of the illegal proceeds, confirms Rick Medina, spokesman for the Arizona Department of Gaming. But Medina also says the…
An Arizona prison inmate, being housed in a private prison in Hinton, Oklahoma, is dead after apparently taking the easy way out, rather than completing his sentence.Officials at the Arizona Department of Corrections tell New Times inmate Patrick Ross was found dead in his cell around 7:50 a.m. yesterday.Responding Medical…
You may be familiar with the work of Bill Richardson. Until recently, Richardson wrote a blog for the Arizona Republic. We got word this week that the Republic axed Richardson’s blog and if you ask Richardson, Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff was the cause for the axing.Richardson is an ex-cop…
