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Victims Wonder Why Arpaio Let Sex-Abuse Cases Languish

Businessman Brian Weymouth Gets on the Wrong Side of His Celebrity Partners

Lisa Aubuchon Displays Bizarre Thinking in State Bar Discipline Hearing

Lisa Aubuchon, former deputy county attorney, testifies yesterday in the State Bar disciplinary proceedings. She stands to lose her law license after allegedly fudging the attempted prosecutions of county officials.​Lisa Aubuchon lives in an alternative universe.True, we may have watched too many ... More >>

Town of Patagonia Sued for Ex-Police Chief Ed Dobbertin's "False Complaint" Against Alan Woods, Who had 20-Year Sentence Thrown Out

Alan Woods squeaked out of a 20-year prison sentence last year after it was found that the cop who arrested him wasn't certified at the time. Now he's suing in federal court.​An Arizona man whose 20-year prison sentence was thrown out last year wants payback from the Town of Patagonia over the all ... More >>

Report: Hendershott May Have Charged County for Personal Criminal Defense Work; Kept Some Legal Invoices in Safe

Dave Hendershott​ Dave Hendershott, the former top aide for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, was apparently worried enough about being charged with crimes that he hired a legal firm for help. That wouldn't be a problem -- except he may have gotten the county to pay the bills. ​ It lo ... More >>

David Hendershott Used Position for Financial Gain, Lied to Sheriff Arpaio and Mismanaged Anti-Corruption Unit, Report Concludes

  Dave Hendershott​From what we've seen so far today, the investigative report on allegations against Dave Hendershott, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's former chief deputy, can be summed up with a cliche: Hendershott lied, cheated, and stole. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ... More >>

Andrew Thomas May End Up Disbarred, But He Really Belongs in a Prison Cell

What's Mom Worth?: When a Woman Became Deathly Ill in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Jail, Guards and Nurses Ignored Her Agony

Tom Horne Leads Andrew Thomas by 1,073 Votes in State AG Race, with Only 54K Votes To Go

electtomhorne.com Smilin' Tom -- leading Thomas by 1,073... It's not looking good for former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. As of the end of today's count of the remaining ballots, state Schools Superintendent Tom Horne had expanded his lead of about 400 votes from yesterday to ... More >>

J. Scott Rhodes, Special Investigator into Andrew Thomas, Withdraws from Case

Another one bites the dust: J. Scott Rhodes​ That was fast.Just one short week after he was appointed to be a special investigator, charged with probing Bar complaints into Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, J. Scott Rhodes has withdrawn from the task.The news came in a written stateme ... More >>

Robert Driscoll, Big-Shot D.C. Lawyer, and Sheriff Arpaio Help Andrew Thomas Claim "Victory" After Dropping RICO Lawsuit Vs. County

Image: Ray SternAndrew Thomas keeps taking it in the shorts. Will the DOJ's Public Integrity Section come to the rescue?​ When you file a lawsuit that's vigorously contested, but withdraw it before any judgment or settlement in the case  -- that's called failure, right? At the least, it would ... More >>

County Attorney Andy Thomas Sycophant Sally Wells Retires--But Apparently Not For Long

We first remember hearing about Sally Wells when she was a line prosecutor working for former Maricopa County Rick Romley.  ​ We heard she was ethical, tough when necessary, always cordial and fast on her feet in court.  One criminal-defense attorney noted some years ago that Well ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Raises Just $25K in Quest to Be AZ Attorney General

Andrew Thomas had better be counting on public funding for his campaign, because his donor list is pretty crappy.​Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who's exploring a run for attorney general this fall, has so far drummed up just $25,070 in donations, according to newly filed documents at the ... More >>

Amended RICO Complaint Against County Officials Is Still a Piece of Crap

Andrew Thomas' latest RICO filing is full of lame conspiracy theories. What else is new?​We thought that this time, maybe things would be different.Ha!Last month, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas filed a lawsuit against county officials and a few prominent ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Willful Ignorance, the MCSO's Shredding, and David Hendershott's Secret AOL Account

Arpaio's rotund Cardinal Richelieu: MCSO Chief Deputy David Hendershott Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the big Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit fired another salvo at the MCSO on Wednesday. In the latest bid for sanctions against the MCSO, attorneys from the firm of Steptoe & J ... More >>

Michael Manning Won't Run for AZ Attorney General, After All

courtesy of CNN Attorney Michael C. Manning​Michael Manning, the lawyer who's made a mint suing Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other local miscreants, has decided not to run for Arizona Attorney General, after all.Turns out too many people are dependent on Manning's rainmaking skills for him to lea ... More >>

Andrew Thomas' Top Donors: We Crunch the Numbers

​In this week's print edition, New Times examines Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' habit of hiring pricey outside lawyers -- and then letting them run up huge bills for less than stellar work.We couldn't help but notice that some of the same firms billing the county for the biggest sums ... More >>

Racketeering Lawsuit Against County by Thomas and Arpaio is Weak Conspiracy Theory

The first reason why the racketeering lawsuit filed today against county leaders is probably going nowhere: It's being handled by Lisa Aubuchon, the deputy county attorney who has consistently blown politically sensitive cases for Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Under Aubuchon's leadership, ... More >>

Chuck Coughlin, Governor Brewer's Campaign Strategist, Tied to Demand Letter to Thomas on Stapley Case

A couple of weeks ago, we heard about a demand letter received by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office from a local lawyer, Leonard Aragon, concerning the attempted prosecution of County Supervisor Don Stapley.Aragon insisted in his November 2 missive that County Attorney Andrew Thomas repay the mo ... More >>

Andy Thomas Says He'll Take Back Stapley Case or Sue if He Can't Pick Special Prosectuors

​Stymied by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, County Attorney Andrew Thomas now threatens to conduct the investigation and possible prosecution of Don Stapley in his own office. Again.Remember, the first case against Stapley traveled from Thomas' office to the Yavapai County Attorney's ... More >>

Judge Unseals Search Warrant on Joel Fox/ SCA Raid

​Pinal County Superior Court Judge Robert Carter Olson today unsealed the search warrant and other documents in a criminal investigation into a campaign finance scandal linked to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office -- pulling back the curtain, in part, on an investigation that is clearly both ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, August 6, 2009

MCSO Detectives Question Former State Bar chief counsel Bob Van Wyck, Alleging He “Intimidated” Ernie Calderon, Who Backed Andrew Thomas in a Bar Probe

Greedy West Valley Political Kingmaker Jack Rose's Unpaid Bills

  In these harsh economic times, it's easy to start crying. But yesterday, while perusing the unpaid bills of the West Valley's fallen bigshot developer, Jack Rose (pictured), we found ourselves laughing. Rose, as loyal New Times readers will remember, was the boy wonder whose gree ... More >>

Don Stapley’s Biggest Crime Was Failing to Hide His Real Estate Dealings as Well as Sheriff Joe Arpaio Did

Arpaio’s Jail Staff Cost Ambrett Spencer Her Baby, and She’s Not the Only One

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 30, 2008

Greenberg Traurig Law Firm, Which Earns Big Bucks From Maricopa County, Tapped by County to Review Mystery Donation to Republicans

Hart v. Arpaio civil rights class-action suit awaits verdict

Phoenix Country Club Tells Rusty Brown to Get Lost. Who's Next?

Sheriff Joe vs. Candy Thomas at the "Duel in the Desert" county Republican Party fundraiser

Letters from the issue of Thursday, July 3, 2008

Another stain on Andrew "Nifong" Thomas' record: The continued imprisonment of Courtney Bisbee.

Sheriff Joe wants to read Phil Gordon’s e-mail

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, this time, reveals his home address himself

The Bird exposes Sheriff Joe's racist ties, delves into the Israel Correa madness, and reveals Napolitano as the real Judas

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 20, 2008

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 13, 2008

Who can best whup Andy Thomas' tuchis, Gerald Richard or Tim Nelson?

Flushing Them Out

Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas are teaching the rest of the nation how to terrorize illegal immigrants

Cyberspace Invaders

County law enforcement's seeking more and more Web site information to mount investigations against private citizens

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 20, 2007

FILTHY, FILTHY LUCRE: Andrew Thomas wants your dough, as Thomas' former intern digs for dirt on Gerald Richard.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 1, 2007

Who's Sorry Now?

Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career, but wants us to apologize to Sheriff Joe. Fat chance

New Times Sues County and Special Prosecutor

Grand Wizard Arpaio

The plumed penman denounces Sheriff Joe's shenanigans, and chats with transgendered rocker Genesis P-Orridge about her gig at Anderson's

How Convenient!

The Bird asks Pinal County: Want to get somebody deserving indicted? Try Joe Arpaio underling David Hendershott, for destroying evidence

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, July 6, 2006

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Man?

Cave Creek rabble-rouser-cum-newspaper-publisher Don Sorchych has the town running scared