Dennis Wilenchik

Watch Ninth U.S. Circuit Court Hearing on New Times Vs. Sheriff Arpaio Lawsuit

Eileen GilBride, Sheriff Arpaio's lawyer, reacts to criticism by Chief Judge Kozinski that she had come to court unprepared. ​Questions asked by a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in yesterday's hearing of the New Times vs. Sheriff Arpaio false- arrest lawsuit seemed to lean towar ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Lawyer Chided by Ninth Circuit Court Judge Over Failure to do Homework in New Times Case; Panel Focused on Questions of Arpaio, Thomas Immunity

Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, wasn't thrilled to hear that Sheriff Arpaio's lawyer didn't do her homework.​A U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judge ripped Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyer for her lack of preparation for today's hearing in New ... More >>

Ninth Circuit Court to Hear New Times Vs. Sheriff Arpaio Case on Wednesday

Image: Tony BleiMichael Lacey, Village Voice Media executive editor, was surrounded by reporters after his early-morning release from jail in October of 2007. Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced hours later that the arrests and preceding investigation had been a mistake.​Tomorrow, the U ... More >>

10 Reasons to Vote Tomorrow for Andrew Thomas for Arizona Attorney General

In a refreshing and unexpected turn, and after much reflection, we've come up with a list of ten reasons you should vote for Andrew Thomas for Arizona Attorney General in tomorrow's GOP primary. Yes, you read that right. Sort of.  1. If elected, Thomas may finally be able t ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon's County-Funded Lawyer Submits $966 Bill to County for Tailing Court-Appointed Investigator

  ​ The county-funded lawyer for Lisa Aubuchon submitted a $966 bill to the county for hiring private investigators to tail the lawyer appointed to investigate Aubuchon and former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas. An expense sheet submitted to the County Attorney's office contains the ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon's Personnel File: County Attorney Was Involved in New Times "Disorderly Conduct" Arrest

Was Lisa Aubuchon involved in the decision to charge Ray Stern? Her personnel file says yes.​In October 2007, New Times reporter Ray Stern was cited with a criminal charge for supposedly raising his voice while in the office of a lawyer working for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office -- and ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Nemesis, Dan McAuliffe, Former State Bar Prez, Will Be Missed

We met Dan McAuliffe at a downtown Phoenix coffee shop about a month after deputies representing the malevolent interests of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andy Thomas arrested the owners of this paper for political reasons.   ​Toothpick in mouth, Mr. McAuliffe (in the photo ... More >>

The Nooses Must Be Cut Down

Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk provided the blade. Now it's up to AG Goddard and President Obama to use it

Andrew Thomas’ Battle Against Spanish-Language DUI Probation Has Cost Us a Half-Million Dollars. But Who's Counting?

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Command Staff is Caught Up in a Serious Criminal Investigation, Newly Released Documents Show

Note to Andrew Thomas: You are STILL Not Dennis Wilenchik (Sorry!)

​We were amused by Andrew Thomas's pissy little press release last night, in which the Maricopa County Attorney threw a pity party over the fact that nearly half the charges against Supervisor Don Stapley have been thrown out.Thomas, of course, runs the agency that originally indicted Stapley ... More >>

Hendershott Still Won't Talk About the SCA

​ We interviewed Maricopa County Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott (pictured) today about this computer-takeover business and his possible trip to jail next week, so naturally we asked him about his involvement in the SCA, too.He didn't bite. "You'll have to talk to the lawyers about that," he tel ... More >>

All the Sheriff's Men: The SCA Campaign-Finance Scandal is Linked to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott

Jail Lawsuit Lawyers at Odds: Chief Deputy Orders Sheriff's Office to Sever Joint Defense

Thomas IrvineWith so much county news going on, we had temporarily overlooked this fascinating tidbit: Dave Hendershott Thomas Irvine, the lawyer hired by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to help backhoe the rift between top county leaders, has been appointed as co-counse ... More >>

Stapley Case Update: Andrew Thomas Disses Us, Confuses Self With Dennis Wilenchik

  It's true: We've had an ongoing chuckle at the expense of Lisa Aubuchon, the hapless prosecutor assigned to the Don Stapley case. But Aubuchon's most recent filing in this case isn't so much funny as pathetic. For one thing, she disses us. (Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas' offic ... More >>

Did Joe Arpaio "Threaten" Joe Arpaio by Publishing His Home Address on the Internet?

Remember the hubbub in 2007 when Sheriff Joe Arpaio's bad boys tossed our owners, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, into jail for having written about the agency's Banana Republic-like "investigation" into us for publishing the old guy's home address on the Internet? Now, seems Joe's th ... More >>

Anonymous Blogger Takes Issue With Anti-Arpaio Goldwater Report

An anonymous local political blog has been getting some right-wing attention this morning with its claim that the conservative Goldwater Institute has "gone way off the deep end" with their critical report on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Liberty's Apothecary has many problems with the Insti ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Can’t Wash His Hands of the New Times Arrests, Tim Nelson Declares

New Times Endorses Dan Saban and Tim Nelson

Arpaio's Jails Lose Essential National Accreditation While Awaiting Federal Ruling

Joe Arpaio’s men fail to justify criminally charging New Times reporter Ray Stern in a public records dispute

Arizona Supreme Court Declines Andrew Thomas' Request to Halt State Bar Probe

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Feedback from the issue of Thursday, July 17, 2008

County Attorney Andrew Thomas fights to seal Wilenchik's State Bar secrets

Judge Neil Wake takes action in the jail conditions lawsuit against Arpaio

New Times founders honored for support of civil liberties

Head on a skewer: Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 6, 2008

ACES AND EIGHTS: Appeals court deals Joe Arpaio a losing hand in New Times lawsuit over public docs.

Information Blockade

The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media — the public's right to know be damned

Enemies List

Paranoia aside, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas just may be targeting you

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 22, 2007

Racist Daisy-Chain

The Wild Turkey calls the guv a coward, outs Republican white supremacists, and searches for Dennis Wilenchik�s lost subpoenas

PHX attorney Mike Manning demands that Thomas, Arpaio and Wilenchik not destroy docs related to Lacey/Larkin arrests.

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 8, 2007

Public Wreckers

The ticked-off toucan recounts the trials of NT scribe Ray Stern, snickers at the County Attorney's press conference, and tells why Rusty Childress' anti-immigrant org is goin' to the library

SIGNS OF HOPE? Terry "Me Too" Goddard tries growing a set of nads with a huffy epistle to Candy Thomas.

UPDATE: NEW TIMES FOUNDERS MIKE LACEY AND JIM LARKIN RELEASED FROM SHERIFF'S CUSTODY, VOW TO FIGHT ON.

IN YOUR FACE! FURIOUS PUBLIC BACKLASH FORCES COUNTY ATTORNEY ANDREW THOMAS TO DROP CASE AGAINST NEW TIMES.

SMACKDOWN! Judge Edward Burke bitchslaps Dennis Wilenchik & Andrew Thomas.

BREAKING NEWS: NEW TIMES FOUNDERS MICHAEL LACEY AND JIM LARKIN ARRESTED!

Case Against New Times Dropped

County Attorney Fires Special Prosecutor

Motion from Demon Dog Dennis Wilenchik and Candy "Babyface" Thomas shot down by Judge Barbara "Badass" Mundell.

Former County Attorney Rick Romley slams Andrew Thomas, Joe Arpaio, Dennis Wilenchik, and the new “McCarthyism” over illegal immigration.

Law is WAR: Video of Dennis "the Menace" Wilenchik vs. Judge Timothy "The Hair" Ryan (now w/improved video)

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 4, 2007

Buckeye punts, for the moment, on ordinance aimed at Arpaio foe Chief Dan Saban.

King of Pain

Sheriff Joe crowns himself anti-corruption kingfish and J.T. Ready looks for race friends on Newsaxon.com

Boob's Tube

Here's how publicity hound Joe Arpaio used a TV station to try to destroy rival Dan Saban with a bogus rape claim