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Sheriff Joe Arpaio: The 25 Most Read Stories of His Previous Term

The numbers are in and somehow Joe Arpaio, our 80-year-old codger of a sheriff, has secured another four-year term as the county's top lawman. If that wasn't enough to get your blood boiling, the self-professed "America's toughest sheriff" is promising to run for Maricopa County Sheriff again in 201 ... More >>

Manuel Gonzalez Says His Nephew Drowned; Police Say Lack of Place to Drown and Injuries Like Rectal Tearing Say Otherwise

Manuel Antonio Gonzalez called 9-1-1 in Phoenix on Friday to report that his 22-year-old nephew had apparently drowned and was unresponsive.That boy was pronounced dead shortly after that, and police say not only was there no water for the boy to drown in where he was, but the boy's other injuries - ... More >>

Raymond Farinas Death: Are You Buying MCSO's Explanation for Arpaio's Latest Dead Inmate?

Not long after the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office decided Marty Atencio -- the Army vet who died in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fourth Avenue Jail in December -- died from "law enforcement subdual" and other causes, MCSO has another dead inmate.The Feathered Bastard has the information on Raymon ... More >>

Supreme Court Declines to Hear MCSO's Cross-Gender Kinda Nude Inmate Pat-Down Case

​If you're man, and had plans of going to jail to get felt up by a woman, we have some bad news.The United States Supreme Court decided today to not hear the case of a former Maricopa County jail inmate who claims a female detention officer grabbed his junk during a somewhat-nude pat down while he ... More >>

Arizona's Medical-Marijuana Pioneers Don't Know the Final Rules of the Game Yet -- But They Are Certain of the Prize

Lou and Denise Mirabella of Chocofin Chocolatiers

What started out as a less than stellar homemade-Christmas-gift attempt at truffle making grew into the passion and livelihood of the entrepreneurial Lou Mirabella and his wife, Denise, of Chocofin Chocolatiers.

Chandler Makeup Thief -- a.k.a. the Infamous "Blue Basket Bandit" -- Busted, Police Say

Chandler PDAnthony Hamilton​They got him."The Blue Basket Bandit," who police say is responsible for wreaking havoc on makeup aisles at several Chandler-area pharmacies, has been arrested, police say.The alleged culprit: 34-year-old Phoenix resident Anthony R. Hamilton.Chandler police Detective Da ... More >>

Blue Basket Bandit Stole Makeup to Fuel Drug Habit, Court Docs Show

Anthony Hamilton​People do a lot of crazy shit to get their hands on drugs but the "Blue Basket Bandit" may be one of the only junkies to steal eyeliner to fuel his habit.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Anthony Hamilton copped to being the infamous bandit after his arrest yeste ... More >>

Suicide at the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

A Report from Juarez, Mexico, the Bleeding Front Line in the War on Drugs

Linda Ronstadt, Zack de la Rocha, and Little Joe Blast Joe Arpaio, Raise Dolo for Macehualli/Tonatierra

From left, Zack de la Rocha, Little Joe, and Linda Ronstadt outside El Portal FridayI'm on my way down to Phoenix's Falcon Park, where one of the largest anti-Arpaio marches in history is now gathering, but I would be remiss if I didn't post a short note about the fundraiser at Maricopa County Super ... More >>

MCSO Shackling Pregnant Moms, and Singer Linda Ronstadt Plans to March Against Arpaio

Linda Ronstadt Calls Joe Arpaio "a Sadistic Man," Will Participate in Anti-Arpaio Human Rights March Saturday, January 16

Tucson native Linda Ronstadt joins the fight against Joe this January 16In a conversation this morning via phone, Tucson native and rock legend Linda Ronstadt denounced Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reign of tyranny in Maricopa County and promised to march alongside thousands of activists planning to converg ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, J. Edgar Hoover and E.J. Montini

Just like Arpaio, J. Edgar Hoover loved dogs and compliant journalists I was up too late the other night watching a documentary on the National Geographic Channel about Hoover and his many, many sins. And aside from Hoover's reported penchant for getting himself up in drag, the& ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Takes Pic with Neo-Nazi, Gives Nazis Intelligence on Marchers

from Stormfront.org Neo-Nazi Vito Lombardi in a pic taken at Saturday's protest from Stormfront.org The same pic, lightened with photoshop As mentioned in a previous blog post, at Saturday's Walk for Respect to Joe Arpaio's Tent City, I spoke with neo-Nazis J.T. Ready and "Vito Lombard ... More >>

Inmate Move, Redux: Arpaio Covers Himself with Move of 900 Inmates This Afternoon

Joe had so much fun marching inmates awaiting trial in February, he's doing it again...In an attempt to recapture his status as an equal-opportunity sadist, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's reprising his 200 Mexican March, which inflamed the Hispanic community and civil rights activists back in February. Howeve ... More >>

The Wily Warbler Visits Ciria Lopez-Pacheco and Courtney Bisbee Behind Bars

Go On, Just Shoot 'Em

A KFYI squawk-jock paints a target on every undocumented worker in Arizona, as well as on himself. Now the tough guy's hiding from the rest of the media

Single-File, Please!

No more Mr. Nice Gardeners: The feathered fiend on Mayor Phil's idiot stammerings after the big undocumented-workers' march

What Would Jesus Do?

The winged wonder speaks for Jesus when it says: Keep Father Dale on his "electronic" leash! Plus, inside local Hollyweird casting calls

Pariah Joe

Dan Saban turns over materials to the FBI showing alleged improprieties by Arpaio and the MCSO.

Letters

Letters from the week of October 14, 2004

We Sue the Coward of the County

Arpaio's ditsy chief flack Lisa Allen MacPherson tells us to take her boss to court, so . . .

Security Flap

The lines to get into Maricopa County courthouses are about to get longer.

Say No to Joe

Voters have the best chance ever of kicking Outlaw Joe to the curb on September 7.

Mental Wards

Mental health care for jail inmates is woeful, commissioner says

Kilt Joy

Skirt-chasing on the occasion of this weekend's Highland Games

Kid Drownings

After decades of failure, the well-intentioned still don't get it

In This Corner...

For David Hans Schmidt, there's no business like ho business

Shrinking Staff

County jail faces serious shortage of mental health services

Letters

From the week of April 12, 2001

Chain Saw Massacre

A neighborhood's trees fall victim to a better view of freeway billboards

Ex-Prostitutes Who Proselytize

A former madam leads a crusade to rescue prostitutes from a dangerous, addictive lifestyle

Tales Out of School

It's tough to be a teen. But what happens when your friends and family are all in gangs? Five students talk about growing up in the Valley's roughest neighborhoods.

Building Down

Warehouse-district defenders retrench as two structures come down

Whither Warehouse?

The county's new downtown jail would destroy valuable pieces of Phoenix's past

Death and Laxness

Family horrified at funeral home's gruesome handling of body

Recordings

Detention Mounts

County jails are understaffed, but there seems to be plenty of money for the sheriff's pet projects

Billion-Dollar Bad Guys

The county's jails are crammed full. But not with the dangerous felons backers of an initiative to raise money for new jails would have you believe.

The Narc and the Smuggler in the Land of Plenty

A dying narcotics agent opens his files, and out pours Miguel, just one of a legion of Mexicans who embraced drug-running as their ticket to the American dream

Children of the Revolution

Rock en Espaol finds a weekend showcase spot at Melody Lounge

Letters

Letters

Inmates, Heal Thyselves

Letters From Jail

Tent City Beating is Nearly Fatal

Locked in Masquerade

The Department of Juvenile Corrections helped create an overcrowding crisis in state juvenile facilities--to the benefit of a private contractor that employs two former state officials

FEDS PROBE ALLEGED ABUSE IN COUNTY JAILJOE ARPAIO'S FAMOUS JAIL IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

IN PURSUIT OF PUBLICITY ATTORNEY GENERAL POSES WITH ESCAPED CONVICTFELON FLEES CUSTODY, THEN SELLS HOT DOGS IN FRONT OF JAIL ONVICT