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Rachel Alexander Criticizes John McCain for Honoring War Hero Killed in Afghanistan; Claims 20-Year-Old Soldier Died Because of “Immigration Crime”

By James King

[jump] “McCain gives fake-sounding closing mourning 4 someone who died due to illegal immigration crime. Insincere due to his amnesty bill,” Alexander “tweeted” following the debate.That “someone” who Alexander says died because of “illegal immigration crime” was 20-year-old Christopher Moon, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He was killed…

Arrest Made in Gruesome Tempe Hit-and-Run Case

By James King

Tempe police announced over the weekend that an arrest was made in last week’s hit-and-run that left a Mesa bicyclist dead. Cody Ryan Davis, 22, was arrested Saturday night at his home in Mesa after police say he was the man behind the wheel of the car that hit and killed 32-year-old Jason…

Former State Trooper Claims Breakup With Arizona DPS Director Robert Halliday’s Daughter Got Him Investigated and Fired

By Ray Stern

A former state trooper claims he was falsely accused of crimes and fired last year after a brief fling with the daughter of the state Department of Public Safety’s director. Geoffrey Jacobs, a six-year veteran and former pilot with the DPS, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday that accuses the agency and its director of violating his civil rights…

Arizona Sheriffs Team Up for Latest John McCain Campaign Ad; Nickle Bag Joe Didn’t Make the Cut

By James King

John McCain’s latest I’m-tough-on-border-security campaign ad was released today, and it features several Arizona sheriffs standing in solidarity to show their support for “The Maverick.”Absent from the bunch: America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff,” Joe Arpaio.A tough-on-immigration ad just doesn’t seem like a tough-on-immigration ad without Arpaio’s jowly mug hoggin’ the camera,…

Phil Mickelson Already Out Of Contention At British Open

By Eric Smith

Yesterday we wrote about the scenarios in which Phil Mickelson could overtake Tiger Woods for the top spot in golf. Well, less than 24 hours later, we can throw all of that out the window. After battling heavy wind and chilly temperatures for two days, the former ASU star is…

Tunnel-Digging Kiddy-Porn Suspect Apparently Likes Cross-Dressing, Too

By James King

The story about the Glendale man who apparently dug a tunnel leading to a secret, underground room in his backyard just got even creepier.The guy, 45-year-old William Willis, apparently is a cross-dresser with a porn addiction, too.So, of course, we cued up the infamous Buffalo Bill dance scene from Silence of…

Amar’e Stoudemire Thanks Suns Fans In Full-Page Arizona Republic Ad

By Eric Smith

Amar’e Stoudemire is no LeBron James when it comes to talent on the basketball court. But James may want to take note of Stoudemire’s ex-team-etiquette after Amare took out a full page ad in the Arizona Republic this morning. (Amar’e, where’s the love, where’s New Times’ full-page ad?) In the…

Neo-Nazis Nab More Migrants in the Arizona Desert (w/Update)

By Stephen Lemons

Arizona neo-Nazis J.T. Ready and Harry Hughes have apparently been busy to judge by a recent item on Hughes’ blog “Just Another Day… ” There, he’s posted photos of Ready, himself and others wearing camouflage and toting high-powered firearms as they watch over 11 illegal aliens that Hughes claims the group encountered Wednesday,…

No More Deaths Benefit Tonight at Bragg’s Pie Factory

By Stephen Lemons

No More Deaths, the non-profit humanitarian group that leaves water in the wild for migrants crossing the Arizona desert, wraps up its art auction/fundraiser tonight at Bragg’s Pie Factory, 1301 N.W. Grand Ave., in Phoenix. You may recall that I first gave you a heads up about the fundraiser a couple…

SB 1070 Showdown at the Sandra Day O’Connor Courthouse, Round One

By Stephen Lemons

With the cries of demonstrators on both sides of the SB 1070 debate reverberating inside the steamy glass cage of Phoenix’s Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse, a special prceedings room filled to overflow with lawyers, reporters and average citizens became the scene of the first major hearing in a challenge to Arizona’s new breathing-while-brown…