Email Author James King

Awards

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  Valley Fever

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc., published September 8, 2011

  "Brocked Up"

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2011 Stories by James King

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  Buckeye Band Teacher Brian Bizzell Busted Trying to Arrange "Quickie" With Underage Student

  published Dec 14, 2011

  Brian Bizzell is a band teacher with the Buckeye Unified School District -- which is unfortunate considering he's also an alleged pederast.Bizzell, who teaches at Estrella Foothills High School, was a... More >>

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  Scott Bass, Father Who Kept 14-Year-Old Daughter Locked in Bathroom For Months as Punishment For "Stealing" Food, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

  published Dec 14, 2011

  A Phoenix man who pleaded guilty to charges that he locked his 14-year-old daughter in a bathroom for months, barely fed her, and forced her to exercise until exhaustion, was sentenced to 15 years in ... More >>

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  Former DOC Officer Anthony Rinaldi Says He "Snapped" Before Shooting Wife. Then "Military Training Kicked in"

  published Dec 14, 2011

  "She is definitely dead -- I put two to the chest and one to the head."That's what Anthony Rinaldi -- now a former Department of Corrections officer -- told a Department of Public Safety officer last ... More >>

• Feds: Alleged Doctor Feel-Good Used Fraudulent AHCCCS Cash to Buy Arabian Horse

  published Dec 14, 2011

  A federal grand jury returned an indictment this morning alleging that a Queen Creek pain management doctor billed the state health care program for patients he never actually saw. The scammed money, ... More >>

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  Department of Corrections Officer Anthony Rinaldi Accused of Murdering Wife

  published Dec 14, 2011

  An officer with the Arizona Department of Corrections turned himself into authorities last night and confessed to murdering his wife at the Phoenix home the couple shared.The officer's two young child... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio: Don't Bother Me About Botched Sex-Crime Investigations -- Can't You See I'm Holding a Puppy!

  published Dec 14, 2011

  What kind of heartless soul would hassle a 79-year-old man holding a puppy about botched sex-crime investigationsr No-nonsense 12News reporter Brahm Resnik, that's who.Resnik tracked down Maricopa Cou... More >>

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  Total Ban on Cell Phones While Driving: Safety Precaution or Nanny-State-ism

  published Dec 14, 2011

  rThe National Transportation Safety Board announced yesterday that it's now urging all states to impose total bans on people using cell phones while driving.The board determined texting, sexting, ema... More >>

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  Phoenix Cop/U.S. Marine Armando Ramirez Arrested For Alleged Assault on Wife

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Phoenix police confirmed this afternoon that one of its own is facing felony domestic violence charges stemming from an incident at his Casa Grande home over the weekend.In addition to being a Phoenix... More >>

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  Congressman Ben Quayle: Eric Holder Must Step Down. Still Mum on Joe Arpaio

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle today officially joined several other GOP members of Congress in calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to step down over "Fast and Furious," the Justice Department's ... More >>

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  Meet Brandi Farnberg -- the Hottest Alleged Car Thief in the Valley *UPDATED*

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Sorry, gentlemen, according to her Facebook page, Brandi Farnberg, 23, is in a relationship. According to police, she's also an alleged car thief with aliases like "Sabrina Angelo," "Brandy Torres," a... More >>

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  Taylor Basilio Admits to Fracturing 7-Week-Old Son's Skull -- One of "Stupid Things" He's Done Lately

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Taylor Jose Basilio told police earlier this week that he's done some "stupid things" lately. Specifically, he beat his 7-week-old son so violently that the baby's skull was fractured in two places.Ba... More >>

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  Best Reader Caption for Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation: Joe Mamma

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Joe Mamma, you are the proud winner of this week's New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what t... More >>

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  Is Suspension Too Harsh For Eighth Graders Who Threatened to Set Teacher on Fire (Or Cut Out her Tongue, Drown Her, Or Run Her Over With Truck)r

  published Dec 13, 2011

  The Chandler Unified School District decided yesterday to uphold a semester-long suspension for five eighth grade students who threatened to kill their teacher by -- among other methods -- setting her... More >>

• Cops: William Lowe Shot Puppy With High-Powered Pellet Gun

  published Dec 12, 2011

  If 20-year-old William Lowe's aspiring to become a ruthless serial killer, he may be on the right track. Like  Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, and David Berkowitz before they were cold-blooded killers... More >>

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  Arizona's GOP Congressmen on Joe Arpaio's Botched Sex-Crime Investigations: (Crickets)

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Since the old, 2009 Pulitzer Prize-worthy tale of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 432 botched sex-crime investigations was thrust into the national spotlight thanks to an oddly timed Associated P... More >>

• Chandler Student Who Planned to Set Teacher on Fire (Or Cut Out her Tongue, Drown Her, Or Run Her Over With Truck) Gets Lengthy Suspension

  published Dec 12, 2011

  A junior high school student in Chandler will have to sit out the entire semester after she and a few friends jotted down some plans about how to best murder their language arts teacher earlier this y... More >>

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  David Shelburg Tried to Get Pit Bull to Fight Chihuahua During Drunken Rampage. Then Smashed Pooches' Heads Together

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Police say a Scottsdale man got hammered on liquor and beer Saturday afternoon, sexually assaulted his own wife, verbally abused his nephew and daughters, and then tried to stage a fight between a chi... More >>

• Arizona Cardinals Win Fifth Straight With Victory Over San Francisco 49ers

  published Dec 12, 2011

  The Arizona Cardinals beat the San Francisco 49ers 21-19 yesterday for the team's fifth win in 6 games -- and that's after starting the season 1-6.Cards' quarterback Kevin Kolb went down early with co... More >>

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  Best Reader Caption for Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigationr

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Last week, in honor of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's (embarrassing) investigation into the continuously debunked "birther" conspiracy theory (and the friggin' beating America's self-proclaime... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's Not the Only Cop in Phoenix Who Sucks at Investigating Sex Crimes

  published Dec 09, 2011

  In the wake of the national media attention his office has received over hundreds of botched sex-crime investigations, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has made no secret that there are "other local... More >>

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  Taser Off the Hook For Two Deaths (Thanks to Steroids and PCP)

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Scottsdale-based Taser International, the manufacturer of stun guns used by police departments all over the world, is off the hook for two Taser-related deaths because the two men who died each had PC... More >>

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  Eugene Foster Taught Girlfriend's Teen Daughter a Lesson About Sexting -- By Sending Naked Photos of Her to Her Friends

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Eugene Foster's girlfriend's teen daughter will probably think twice before she takes naked pictures of herself on her cell phone. That's because Foster taught her a "lesson" Wednesday night -- by sen... More >>

• Clergy Child-Abuse Experts to Talk FLDS in Scottsdale This Afternoon

  published Dec 09, 2011

  rClergy child-abuse expert Janet Heimlich will be in Scottsdale this afternoon to give a talk about abuse within the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a sect of Mormo... More >>

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  Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation in You Write the Caption

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have blown it on 432 sex-crime investigations, but there's one "investigation" he's quite proud of: his "Cold Case Posse's" investigation into whether President ... More >>

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  Senators McCain and Kyl Offer Pussified Response to Joe Arpaio's Flubbed Sex-Crime Investigations

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Arizona senators Jon Kyl and John McCain today issued a joint statement saying they are "concerned" with the the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's bungling of several hundred sex-crime investigations... More >>