Dennis Wagner

FBI Agent Said Jared Loughner Made Graffiti Used by "Christian Anti-Abortion Groups"

The thousands of pages of documents recently released in the case of Jared Loughner's murderous rampage, which left six people dead and injured 13, make one thing certain -- Loughner exhibited some very strange behavior.In another example of this, a Pima County Sheriff's Department detective wrote i ... More >>

Louie Puroll Firing Put in Second Place by Chandler Mall Standoff

The best thing that happened to Louie Puroll and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office yesterday was the standoff out at the Chandler Mall, a made-for-TV incident that put the deputy's firing deep into second place, news-wise. ​ Still, by now everyone who follows local news knows Pinal County S ... More >>

UPDATE: Deputy Louie Puroll's Strange Shooting Case Takes Another Odd Turn

Got a text message last night from a law-enforcement pal who wrote, "If I meet you at a truck stop, can I be placed on paid leave?"Pinal County Deputy Louie Puroll getting his agency's "Purple Heart" at a D-Backs game last May.​Nice one.On a more serious note, news that Pinal County Sheriff Paul B ... More >>

Mexico Media Mogul Among Those Indicted in Alleged Crime Ring; Hip-Hop's Swizz Beatz was Close Associate of Suspects

The roundup of alleged crime ring members we told you about on Thursday also snared Mario de la Fuente Manríquez, a Mexican media mogul who owns cable TV companies, a Nogales, Sonora TV station and newspaper. Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, and police officials ar ... More >>

Adult Diapers Find New Market in Drug Cartels; Convenience Wins Out Among Mess-Phobic Killers

Image: www.made-in-china.com​ A short series earlier this week in the Arizona Republic about the murder of a police informant contained an exquisitely horrifying detail mentioned prominently in all three stories: a brutal new use for adult diapers.As one of the accused killers, Edgar Javier ... More >>

Rove, Renzi and the Dirty Trick: The Justice Department Doesn't Comment on Ongoing Investigations — Except, Apparently, When It's Lying

Thank You, Karl Rove -- The Truth Behind DOJ's Renzi Leaks

Paul Charlton​Poor Paul Charlton.There's new news in the ongoing probe of the Bush adminstration's meddling with U.S. Attorneys, including the Phoenix-based Charlton, who was ultimately forced to resign by the very administration that appointed him. As the Republic's Dennis Wagner reported today, ... More >>

A Word to Joe Arpaio Foes on the Huffington Post's Cynicism

The latest video from HumanLeague002 and Puente. There is one sure way to prove the cynical, prissy pundits, the professional tut-tutters right in regards to Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Do nothing. "Do nothing" is essentially the message to the streets from Huffington Post's Dawn Teo, a former PR  ... More >>

Arizona Republic Finally Names Names in St. Johns Killing

The state's largest newspaper took the blinders off today and published the name of the man killed in St. Johns by his own 8-year-old son -- as well as the name of the boy, now 9.UPI named the kid and father two days after the double murder in which 39-year-old Timothy Romans was also shot dead. Hun ... More >>

Sheriff Joe buffaloes readers with bogus yarns in his book Joe's Law

Dropping like a hot rock: Sheriff Joe Arpaio's numbers go further south; Terry Goddard whips Candy Thomas' keister in test election.

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News

End of a Smear

County Attorney Richard Romley thought he had parlayed a trivial investigation into the resignation of one of his chief political rivals. But Attorney General Grant Woods decided that his top assistant would not be sacrificed to prosecutorial overreaching

REINVENTING THE BIG WHEEL

DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

DEALING WITH A CONFESSED SERIAL KILLER

THE USUAL SUSPECTS