Two juveniles were arrested by Phoenix police for allegedly shooting at traffic signs and speed enforcement cameras with BB guns. DPS officers stopped a black Volvo after reports of shots fired on eastbound Interstate 10 and took a male and a female into custody. There were reportedly five juveniles in the…
By kvetching to the Arizona Republic and KTAR 92.3 FM’s Jay Lawrence over the weekend about his brand-spanking new, 287(g) jails contract with ICE, has Arpaio thereby violated his agreements with ICE, both old and new? In Section XVIII, paragraph two of the freshly minted Memorandum of Agreement, the recently released document, signed by Arpaio…
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: Feathered Bastard:Joe Arpaio Defiant on 287(g), Vows “Nothing Will Change,” Threatens to Deport Mexicans Himself Up on…
Thousands of people were forced to leave the Phoenix Convention Center this afternoon after a mysterious bag and a bonehead comment sparked a police investigation and an all-out evacuation.Phoenix police say shortly after 1 p.m., a man brought a bag to a Convention Center security guard and said “hope it…
Yet another alleged Arizona scumbag was arrested out of state — this time for molesting grown men. The Los Angeles Police Department says Jeffrey Graybill, 40, was arrested on September 30 for pretending to be a Los Angeles fertility doctor called “Dr. Richardson,” in order to sexually molest patients in…
Phoenix police are looking for the man responsible for the shotgun slaying of a woman in Phoenix early Saturday morning.Police say white 39-year-old Kelley Jaeger and her black friend, 48-year-old Jeffrey Wellmaker, were walking together in Palma Park at 12th Street and Dunlap Avenue when a man began harassing them…
The city of Glendale, in an attempt to rally support for the possibly fleeing Phoenix Coyotes, is kicking off “White Out Week” on Wednesday.City officials are planning to “whitewash” the city leading up to the Coyotes home opener Saturday against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Jobing.com Arena.Good timing in terms of…
A new poll released today claims that Arizona is tied for sixth on the list of states where the U.S. population would like to live.And, to think, we thought we were mostly popular with Mexicans…
Maricopa County Andrew Thomas has authorized three special prosecutors — two from Washington D.C. and a Phoenix attorney — to handle criminal allegations against County Superivor Don Stapley. The move appears to violate the spirit of a promise made by Thomas to the Board of Supervisors a few months ago…
Last week, an 18-year-old Gilbert man was found hogtied naked and beaten in the closet of a home in Farrell, Ohio.Why was an 18-year-old Gilbert man in Farrell, Ohio? Lets just say he wasn’t doing missionary work…
The pair of business owners, who locked themselves in their Phoenix marble store rather than relocate as they were ordered to do by the city, lost their fight with city hall last week. Seamus King and Alexandra Seals, owners of King’s World of Marble, were ordered to give up their property, near…
Matt Betzold, the 25-year-old cage fighter who lost one of his legs when he was just a kid, won his first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight Saturday night. Betzold, who’s from Payson but now lives in the Valley, lost his leg after a family friend put poison mushroom spores in his…
With the series win, the sucktastic Snakes limp past the finish line firmly in possession of the worst record in the National League West at 70-92, a full 25 games back from the playoff-bound Los Angeles Dodgers. (By comparison, the team went 90-72 during just two years ago during the…
Despite Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter finally finding their groove early in a game this WNBA finals series, the Phoenix Mercury lost game three by one point, putting them one loss away from elimination as they seek their second title. The visiting Mercury had a better showing in their game against…
All schools in the Williams Unified School District will be closed today because of a fire burning near the city. The blaze, dubbed the Twin Fire, began Friday and scorched 1,000 acres by Sunday night. About 465 fire personnel are battling the blaze…A water line broke near 11th street and…
If any pro-immigrant activists or lawyers out there labor under the illusion that ICE’s denial of street 287(g) authority to Sheriff Joe Arpaio will put a crimp in his office’s persecution of the undocumented in Maricopa County, they should’ve been listening to KTAR 92.3 FM’s Jay Lawrence show this Sunday evening. For about 20…
Sources are telling me tonight that Joe Arpaio will soon announce that he has signed a new jails agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one that will continue to allow ICE to partner with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in identifying and removing so-called criminal aliens from MCSO custody. The agreement — supposedly under…
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: Feathered Bastard: 2012 Survival Conference Rocks Scottsdale October 17, Teaches You to Survive Mayan Apocalypse Up on…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s political stock isn’t exactly at an all-time high here in Maricopa County, what with ongoing probes by the U.S. Department of Justice — and reportedly the F.B.I. as well –into his department, a big racial profiling lawsuit being pursued against him in federal court, and the backlash from local political…
David J. Ramirez, who was until August 31 the acting public information director for the city of Phoenix, has officially been demoted and given a $19,000 pay cut after complaints from two subordinates. The complaints focused on religious and sexual harassment. Employees allegedly complained that Ramirez talked about masturbation,…
Scottsdale-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation released an official statement this afternoon in response to claims by a former employee that the frozen head of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams was tossed around like, well, a baseball, while lab technicians tried to hit it with a monkey wrench.”Alcor denies allegations reported…
This is not a good week for Arizona hospitals. New Times reported yesterday about a nurse allegedly defecating in a Glendale operating room, and of a dead baby found in the same hospital’s bathroom. Well, here’s more trouble to add to the list. A former Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn patient filed a lawsuit…
