Chino Valley

Hells Angels Biker Who Beat Charges in 2010 Shootout With Vagos Bikers Arrested After Cutting Off Scottsdale Detective

A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was arrested this weekend after cutting off a Scottsdale police detective who was trailing several Hells Angels during an Arizona Bike Week event.Bruce Schweigert, one of the seven Hells Angels bikers who beat charges from a 2010 shootout with Vagos biker ... More >>

Bath Salts/Spice Tales From Yavapai County, Part Two: Calvin's Naked Hostage Situation

See also: "Bath Salts" Tales From Yavapai County, Part 1See also: Bath Salts: Our Told-Ya-So Moments on "Ban" ContinueSee also: Naked Men in Tempe High on Bath Salts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.As the Yavapai County Attorney's Office filed for a restraining order against county businesses to prevent ... More >>

Local Farmer Carl Seacat Forges Relationship (and Grows Veggies) with Joe Johnston at Agritopia

See also: Carl Seacat's Perfect Summer Farmers Market Food Day See also: Tastemaker #75: Carl Seacat Local farmer and Chow Bella Tastemaker Carl Seacat has had an anxious summer. His three-year lease at Blue Sky Farms (where he tended one acre) was not renewed, and he's been scrambling to find a l ... More >>

Hells Angels' Charges Dismissed in 2010 Shootout With Vagos Bikers

Charges were dismissed against seven members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club who were accused of being involved in a 2010 shootout with Vagos, a rival gang.The two clubs shot it off in Chino Valley, north of Prescott, in August 2010, as at least 50 shots were fired, although no one was seriously ... More >>

75: Carl Seacat

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Paul Babeu: More Details of Alleged Threats Emerge in $1 Million Claim Babeu's Ex-Lover Has Filed Against Pinal County and Its Sheriff

Did Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu employ another law enforcement officer to pressure Jose Orozco, the sheriff's ex-boyfriend, to keep quiet about his relationship with the sheriff? Orozco believes so, and he revealed that detail in a $1 million claim his attorneys filed on March 2 against Pinal C ... More >>

Paul Babeu: Before Scandal Exploded, Pinal County Sheriff Blamed His Mexican Ex-Boyfriend's Web Comments on His Sister

We stumbled upon this little nugget on the Daily Kos, which is much more interesting given Paul Babeu's latest attacks on his sister, Lucy. David Nir of the Daily Kos wrote that "Sheriff Paul Babeu originally tried to blame website comments on mentally ill sister." The entire Daily Kos blog post ... More >>

Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation

Why Did the Arizona Department of Corrections Put a Mentally Ill Man in a Cell With a Convicted Killer?

Chino Valley High School Track Coach Caught Having Sex in Car...With a Student

Elisha Humes​A track coach at a Chino Valley high school was arrested yesterday after a cop caught him having sex with a teenage student in his car as it sat parked at a local park.According to Prescott police, an officer on routine patrol saw a car parked at Heritage Park in Prescott early yester ... More >>

Andrew Jackson Jihad on Downtown Phoenix

Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Spree Wasn't First Arizona Rampage

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is fighting for her life.​The Saturday shooting rampage in Tucson that felled Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others, six of whom died, wasn't the first such mass-killing spree in Arizona.Listed below are other Arizona mass shootin ... More >>

Hells Angels Started Shootout With Rival Biker Gang; Apparently Angels' Aim Could Use a Little Work

​The game of "he started it" has come to an end, and it turns out that the Hells Angels are the ones who started a gunfight with a rival motorcycle gang last month. The gunfight netted precisely zero deaths, despite more than 50 shots fired.A recently released police report about the ... More >>

Charges Filed Against Five Men in Hells Angels Shootout

​As is always the case, we must issue the following disclaimer before writing anything about the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club: The purpose of this article is not to provide a forum for Hells Angels and their enemies to bicker over who is a child molester, who beats women, and who cooks the best me ... More >>

Gunfight Involving the Hells Angels Leads to Arrest of 27 Bikers

​Disclaimer: the intention of this post is not to create a forum for biker gangs and their enemies to bicker about who the bigger pedophile/ meth heads are -- as has almost always been the case whenever we post anything about the Hells Angels.Check it out here...and here...and once again here. ... More >>

Bow-Wowwwwww! Chino Valley Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Neighbor's Dog

www.demotivateus.com​Move over, rover, let Gary take over. In a tale that could seemingly only happen in rural stretch of central Arizona -- or the hills of West Virginia -- Chino Valley resident Gary Riley has been accused of sexually assaulting his neighbor's dog.  The Yavapai ... More >>

Man Attacked by Rabid Bobcat Strangles Animal to Death With Bare Hands

www.wormsandgermsblog.com​Officials at the Arizona Game and Fish Department say a Yavapai County man was attacked by a rabid bobcat on Monday. Rather than panic, he strangled it with his bare hands.The man's name is not being released because of privacy laws, but AGFD officials say the attac ... More >>

A New Law Spawns Fear in the Immigrant Community, and Artists Tackle the Ongoing Repression in Maricopa County

Joe Arpaio Skewered in Opening of Arizona Latino Arts and Cultural Center

Crucifixion by Ramon DelgadilloI've often fantasized about an anti-Joe Arpaio art show utilizing the talents of the Phoenix art community, a show that would address the ongoing repression and tyranny here in Marikafka County (as some call it) in specific, and our beloved state of Ari-bama, in genera ... More >>

Hot Links: Olympians, Internet Rape, and a Buggy Chase

Two school buses collided on Highway 89 in Chino Valley Tuesday afternoon, injuring one of the bus drivers and at least a dozen students from Heritage Middle School. Initial reports indicate that three school buses were traveling in a procession when the first collided with a pickup truck, causing a ... More >>

Mercury Rising

The best baller in Phoenix doesn't play for the Suns. Can Diana Taurasi take the Mercury all the way?

Arrested Development

Heard about the 29-year-old sex offender who posed as a seventh-grader? Here's how the sordid case was broken

Tenacious Dee

The Mercury gear up for the season

Death Be Not Profitable

Investors are finding that terminally ill patients don't make the best investments

Cody Lynn Macy's Parade

A little girl with a big voice is poised to conquer country

Going to the Well Too Often

Should boom towns like Prescott let little things like water shortages keep them from growing?

What's Wrong With This Picture?

State Senator Russell Bowers is best known for his archconservatism, his assault on environmental regulations and . . . his fine art?

Menu for a Small Planet

Longhorn of the Vanities

How hardy Texas cattle became prestige pets for the rich and nostalgic

TOTALLY GROWTHIN PRESCOTT, ANTIDEVELOPMENT FORCES GO ON THE OFFENSIVE

WELCOME TO PRESCOTT, CALIFORNIAWEST COAST YUPPIES ARE MAKING EVERYBODY'S HOMETOWN TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ITS OWN RESIDENT

THE BIG BANG THEORYWHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BLOW UP CARL RITTER'S CAR?

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