Subject: Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Arizona Republic publishes puff piece on Chandler 9/11 Conference

  February 23, 2007

• G-man Jackoff: FBI Agent caught with pants down at UofA

  May 25, 2007

• FATAL DISTRACTION WHEN MASS DISASTER STRIKES, THE PROBLEMS JUST KEEP PILING UP

  June 17, 1992

• LET'S DO LAUNCH

  NO,YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. JUST FLEX YOUR MISSILES.

  September 22, 1994

• On Lion Controversy

  Politician who favors mountain-lion hunting gets Internet death threats; but did FBI arrest the wrong Web browser?

  July 25, 1996

• Letters

  August 1, 1996

• Letters

  August 22, 1996

• Flashes

  October 9, 1997

• Trainspotting

  Nearly three years after Amtrak's Sunset Limited was sabotaged near Buckeye, firefighters who rode to the rescue remain on the FBI's list of suspects

  July 16, 1998

• Playing Politics

  Of adminstration antics and hot Asian chicks

  January 26, 2006

• Hot Links: Immigrant Round-Up; Anti-Abortion Bill Floated; Stimulus Bill to Help Build Valley Infrastructure

  Deputies catch dozens of undocumented workers in the immigrant round-up du jour at a maintenance facility at 19th Avenue and Lower Buckeye that contracts with the county. You knew they'd get around to it: Republican lawmakers craft an anti-abortion bill that's expected to fare better if it lands on the governor's desk than such plans did under Janet Napolitano. And speaking of guvs, the state's new Top Chef, Jan Brewer, has appointed three new cabinet members. The East Valley coul

  February 11, 2009

• Phoenix FBI Office Gets Experienced New Boss, Nathan Gray

  Nathan Gray, a veteran lawman with experience in counter-terrorism and big-time drug smuggling, has been selected to head up the FBI's Phoenix office. The FBI didn't put out a picture of Gray, but posted a bio of him today on its Web site. Gray previously worked here in 2002 as an assistant special agent in charge of the office. His extensive resume includes stints in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as a legal attache, anti-drug-smuggling efforts with the CIA and a few years in Washington D.C. as

  March 3, 2009

• Man Poses as Investigator, Tries to Talk Sky Harbor Cops Into Handing Over Prisoner

  Talk about huevos.Last June, a man strolled up to Phoenix police officers at Sky Harbor International Airport and tried to talk them into releasing into his custody another man they were holding on an FBI warrant, says the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. In a news release put out this afternoon, the office says that cops didn't buy Cosmon William's story that he was an investigator with the county attorney's office. Phoenix cops know better than to let someone escape, it seems. Later, a sear

  March 12, 2009

• Peoria Bank Robber Cuts Hole In Wall, Surprises Bank Employees Arriving for Work

  Holy bank robbery, Batman! (Or maybe it should be hole-y). Cops and the FBI are looking for a robber with above-average planning skills who forced the employees of a Peoria bank to open a cash vault. On Tuesday morning, the man broke into a Christian bookstore right next to the Chase Bank at 8978 W. Union Hills, where he'd cut a hole in the wall at some earlier date, say Peoria police in a news release (reprinted below). When bank employees arrived, he crawled

  March 25, 2009

• Phoenix Kidnappings: FBI's Role Minimal in Immigration-Related Cases

    The FBI is the nation's premier agency when it comes to kidnappings, right? Well, not in Phoenix, the so-called kidnapping capital of the country. The FBI decided years ago that it would try not to get involved when the kidnappings involve immigrants and human smugglers. Both the FBI and Phoenix police tell New Times that the federal agency passed along criteria to local police agencies that suggests when the FBI should be called on kidnapping cases. "We've certainly had discuss

  April 2, 2009

• FBI to Focus More on Kidnappings and Other Southwest Border Crimes, says Holder

  Just in time for our blog post today about the role of the FBI in the Phoenix kidnapping crisis comes a major announcement that the FBI will focus more on the problem as part of a strategy to combat cartel violence. In a statement made today during his trip in Cuernavaca, Mexico, Holder singles out the FBI for more work on kidnappings: My department is committing 100 new ATF personnel to the Southwest border in the next 100 days to supplement our ongoing Project Gunrunner, DE

  April 2, 2009

• Outrun the FBI 5K Run/Walk

  October 30, 2008

• Traitor’s Don Cheadle and co-stars can’t elevate the film past ho-hum

  August 28, 2008

• Bombshell: The explosive backstory in the Robert Ortloff murder trial may be more fascinating than the case itself

  February 14, 2008

• Test My Balls of Fury

  The prize is the satisfaction of a job well done

  August 30, 2007

• Snake on a Plane

  Continental Airlines had a cold-blooded killer on board but refused law enforcement's pleas to land

  June 14, 2007

• Useful Idiots

  The pissed-off puffin paddles fellow journalists, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and an FBI monkey-spanker at U of A

  May 31, 2007

• The Algiers Connection

  Sofaine Laimeche's long friendship with a 9/11 suspect has put his future in America in doubt

  April 12, 2007

• Spy Vs. Spy

  Billy Ray takes on another liar: FBI traitor Robert Hanssen

  February 15, 2007

• Ace Up His Sleeve

  Overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself

  January 25, 2007

• Sigma

  Violence Speaks Louder Than Words
  (Shadow Cast Records)

  May 25, 2006

• FBI Raids Polygs

  Federal agents descend on fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs' followers with 66 subpoenas. Five were served

  January 26, 2006

• Redemption Thong

  November 11, 2004

• Too Close for Comfort

  October 7, 2004

• Hypocritic Oath

  California's rent-a-patient scam has reaped millions for greedy physicians, clinics and patients

  December 18, 2003

• Warts and All

  AZ Puppet Theater goes for croak

  November 6, 2003

• On Guard

  State's resources woefully inadequate for regulating private security guards

  April 4, 2002

• Beast of Show

  See Spot Run wins 'Dog of the Week' award

  March 8, 2001

• Burn, Baby, Burn

  'Stop urban sprawl!' 'Burn the rich!' 'An acre an hour is obscene!' Is it any wonder some are rooting for the arsonists?

  January 11, 2001

• The Art of Ordeal

  Kidnaped, tortured and nearly killed in a Mexican hellhole, a Phoenix entrepreneur wants to teach others about the perils of doing business south of the border

  January 13, 2000

• Divorced From the Mob

  He was a stool pigeon for the FBI. Now Anthony Perri says the feds made him the victim of a dirty double-cross.

  September 23, 1999

• Underwear Under Scrutiny

  FBI subpoenas Posse Foundation records of sale of pink boxers

  May 13, 1999

• Rescue Workers Grilled in Derailment Probe

  Investigators check background of firefighter, repeatedly interview thosewho responded to wreck site

  November 16, 1995

• BRIAN KINGMAN'S BLUE PERIOD

  THE FORMER OAKLAND A'S PITCHER GOT ENTANGLED IN THE THEFT OF A MILLION-DOLLAR PICASSO. EXCEPT IT WASN'T A PICASSO.

  July 7, 1994

• INNOCENT BYSTANDERS

  THEY MET BY ACCIDENT AT SAGURO LAKE. A WEEK LATER, THEY WRER IN JAIL.

  February 24, 1993

• ANNETTE'S NEW JOB: SPYING

  April 15, 1992

• Bank Robberies on the Rise in Valley; Feds and Local Authorities Pledge to Work Cases Hard

  The number of bank robberies in the Valley have doubled compared to the first few months of 2008, prompting authorities to pledge to work harder on the cases. From January to May 1 in 2008, robbers held up 44 Valley banks. In the same four months in 2009, they hit 88. There were 179 bank robberies in the Phoenix metro area last year, a notable increase from 2007. But if the current pace continues, authorities say, this year might achieve a total of 271. To help tackle the problem, th

  May 7, 2009

• Hot Links: Gascon's Temp, Guns in Cars, and Bank Robberies

  Phoenix City Council will vote this week on three projects: a 12-acre entertainment district on Jackson Street, a $300 million expansion of the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, and a Latino cultural center on Adams Street. Wednesday is the council's last meeting before the summer recess...As Mesa Police Chief George Gascon prepares to take a job as Chief of Police in San Francisco, Mesa police Operations Commander Vicki Myers has been chosen to serve as interim chief. Myers joined the department

  June 30, 2009

• Source: FBI Interested in SCA Case Involving Joe Arpaio's Office

    Just hung up from one of our trusty "Deep Throat" sources who tells us the FBI is highly interested in the Sheriff's Command Association case. Our source says New Times articles this morning about the men behind the SCA donations were forwarded to the local FBI office. An FBI agent soon called, hungry for more. The FBI "is offering an ear" on the case, says the source. "They'd like to know about the stuff being conducted on county time."

  July 14, 2009

• Convicted Killer Charged in 1973 Murder of FBI Agent's Daughter; 22-year-Old's Body Found at Fort Huachuca

  Image: Wisconsin Department of Corrections​ A convicted killer serving a life sentence in Wisconsin for a 1978 double-murder has been charged in the 1973 murder of 22-year-old Leesa Jo Shaner. According to an article last year in the Wisconsin's Journal-Sentinel, Shaner was on her way to pick up her husband at the Tucson Airport when she was kidnapped. Her two kids were at home with her father; they were planning a welcome-home party for Shaner's husband, Gary, who was returning home fro

  August 28, 2009

• Time Bomb: A '70s Cop Killing Investigation Leads to a Chicago Law Professor Who Helped Launch Barack Obama's Political Career

  September 17, 2009

• October 28 In Blogs: Vice Magazine, Circle of Food, Barry Goldwater, and Arpaio

  ​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Target of FBI Probe, Says Channel 5 in Report to Air Thursday Up on the Sun: Club Candids: Vice Magazine's "Desert Bender" at Blackforest Mill Concert Review: Steely Dan at Dodge Theatre Chow Bella: Battle of the Pad Thai Local food blog review: Circle of Food Valley Fever: "S

  October 28, 2009

• FBI Makes Arrest in Murdered Nun Case

  The FBI announced this morning that it has made an arrest in the case of the nun murdered in New Mexico over the weekend -- and that's about it. Sister Marguerite Bartz​For some reason, the FBI is not revealing any details about the person arrested, other than the suspect was picked up early this morning and this obvious message in a statement yesterday: "Sister Bartz did suffer substantial trauma, likely as a result of a violent confrontation with her assailant or attacker."Well, no shi

  November 5, 2009

• Identity of Person Arrested in Murdered Nun Case Finally Confirmed; Thanks for Nothing FBI

  Sister Marguerite Bartz​The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been entirely unhelpful in allowing the media to properly report just about anything regarding the nun murdered in New Mexico over the weekend.Last week the bureau told us the murdered nun's car was found somewhere in Arizona -- two days later it told us where. Yesterday, the FBI told us it made an arrest but refused to tell us who was arrested.The Associated Press was having the same problem we've had in trying to get any i

  November 6, 2009

• Authorities Need Help Catching "The First-Aid Bandit" Suspected of Robbing Four Valley Banks

  "The First-Aid Bandit"​There's a new bandit in town and authorities have given him what is possibly the least-cool moniker since the infamous "Salon Bandit." The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for the man it is calling "The First-Aid Bandit."Don't let the name fool you, this guy isn't running around slapping Band-Aids on the bleeding masses, he's robbing banks -- four of them to be precise.

  November 20, 2009