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Susan Brock's on Her Best Behavior in Prison -- One Year Without a Disciplinary Infraction

Susan Brock, the estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, apparently has been on her best behavior in prison.A few weeks ago, Brock officially made it one full year without a disciplinary infraction, since being found guilty of the world's lamest prison disciplinary infraction in l ... More >>

Should Joe Arpaio Use Donations to Repay Taxpayer Funds Used on "Birther" Crap?

Yesterday, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors came to a vote on whether to let the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office repay the taxpayer money Sheriff Arpaio wasted to send a deputy to Hawaii.Supervisor Fulton Brock didn't show up, so by a vote of 2-2, the supervisors voted to not allow MCSO to ... More >>

Steven LaMar, Cave Creek Councilman, Dumped as Lawyer for Maricopa County Amid Criticism in Mary Rose Wilcox Claim

Maricopa County has dumped Cave Creek Councilman Steven LaMar following his failure to convince a federal judge that a $975,000 payment to Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox might need further authorization.LaMar was appointed to defend the county in late 2010 against the claims and subsequent lawsuits by ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Wusses Out of Disbarment Appeal; Judge May Order County to Pay Mary Rose Wilcox; Conley Wolfswinkel Wins Again

Here's a quick rundown on Maricopa County news today:* Andrew Peyton Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, failed politician and author of right-wing books, won't appeal a state Supreme Court Disciplinary Panel's decision to cancel his law license. We've cut-and-pasted his wussyish comments about ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Admits He Busted Mexicans to "Spite" Critics in 2009 Recording; Evidence Shows Also Did It for Publicity, Not Legit Enforcement

News media across the country lit up over the weekend with anti-Sheriff Joe Arpaio stories after a recording surfaced in which Arpaio admits he busted Mexicans to "spite" critics.Bigots at the Texans For Immigration Reform fundraising rally in September of 2009 laughed as the Maricopa County sheriff ... More >>

David Smith, Maricopa County Manager, to Retire in April; Served During Legal Fights With Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Maricopa County Manager David Smith announced today that he'll retire on April 27 after 17 years on the job. Smith, 65, was at the helm during countless storms, guiding the county through severe fiscal crises and years of emotional legal battles with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former County Attorney And ... More >>

Did Rachel Brock Get Off Easy? New Times Readers Seem to Think So

MCSORachel Brock spent less than a week in county jail after getting arrested for having a sexual relationship with a teenage boy.​Rachel Brock, the daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years supervised probation and a deferred one-year in jail after p ... More >>

Mary Rose Wilcox, Maricopa County Supervisor, to Announce Re-Election Plans on Monday

Mary Rose Wilcox​ Mary Rose Wilcox says she'll announce plans on Monday to run for re-election as Maricopa County's District 5 Supervisor.Name recognition shouldn't be a problem.When voters decide which Supervisors to elect in 2012, (all five seats are up for grabs), it's a safe bet they'll kn ... More >>

Board of Supervisors Will Let Joe Arpaio Use His Pricey Inmate Transport Bus

New TimesJoe Arpaio can finally start using an expensive inmate transport bus he broke rules to purchase nearly three years ago.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's expensive inmate transport bus can finally be put to use, the counties Board of Supervisors ruled this morning.Arpaio and the BOS ha ... More >>

Right-Wing Bloggers Jump Into County Fray -- and Facts Be Damned

Right-wing slant? No problem. Right-wing "facts" that aren't really facts? Problem.​ The public can be forgiven for not fully understanding the ongoing mess of Maricopa County politics, and why a former county attorney stands to lose his law license. But, dang it, people who publish articles ... More >>

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 >>

Cherish Arroyo Had Sex With Son's 16-Year-Old Football Teammate Because She Was "Lonesome"

MCSOCherish Arroyo is accused of having sex with one of her son's 16-year-old football teammates.​Litchfield Park resident Cherish Arroyo, 35, was arrested yesterday after police say she had sex with a 16-year-old boy. The boy, it turns out, is a teammate of Arroyo's son on the Copper Canyon High ... More >>

Susan Brock Sex Scandal: Chandler Police Recommended LDS Bishops be Charged Crimes for Failing to Report

This apparently applies to alerting authorities that a 49-year-old woman is sexually abusing a teenage boy.​A new report released by the Chandler Police Department shows that detectives investigating two bishops in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recommended that the two men ... More >>

Susan Brock's Teenage Sex Scandal: LDS Bishops Won't Be Charged With Crimes, Pinal County Attorney Says

www.thecheckspot.com​Despite never going to police after they were told that a teenage boy was being sexually abused by Susan Brock, two bishops from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will not be charged with crimes, the Pinal County Attorney's Office says.Get all the deta ... More >>

Mormon Church Denies Prior Knowledge of Susan Brock Affair With Teen Boy, Which is a Lie

​The Mormon Church claims it never knew one of its members, 49-year-old Susan Brock, the somewhat-estranged wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sexually abusing a teenage boy before her arrest..This, according to court documents obtained by New Times, is a lie.The church issue ... More >>

County Supervisor Fulton Brock Paranoid "Doughnuts and Coffee"-Consuming Cops Listening in on Jailhouse Phone Calls With Teen-Touching Wife. Saves Certain Conversations for MCSO "Courtesy Visits"

​One glance at a recently released police report about the sex scandal that rocked the family of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and it's obvious the county supervisor was paranoid police are listening in on jailhouse phone calls between him and his wife, Susan Brock, who was recently sent ... More >>

Fulton Brock/Susan Brock Jailhouse Phone Conversations Released. Joe Arpaio, Mormon Blessings, and Special Visits for "Couples" Amongst Topics of Conversation

Fulton Brock and his prison-bound wife are in the market for a prison that offers special visits for "couples."​The Chandler Police Department released its notes from telephone calls between Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock and his prison-bound/somewhat-estranged wife, Susan, that too ... More >>

Rachel Brock Pleads Not Guilty; Prison-Bound Mom Says Daughter Admitted to Sex With Boy, Prosecutors Say

Rachel Brock ​Rachel Brock, the daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was in court this morning where she pleaded not guilty to charges that she had sex with a then-13-year-old boy when she was 18.The boy, as you're probably aware, is the same child whom her mother, Susan Brock, was ... More >>

Morning Poll: Do Rachel Brock's Cheery Mugshots Totally Piss You Off?

MCSOThis photo was taken last week after Rachel Brock learned that she was being charged with having sex with a child.​There's something about a person smiling ear-to-ear in their mugshot that really irks us here at New Times -- take the creepy mugshot of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner, fo ... More >>

Rachel Brock's Mugshots: WTF is So Funny?

www.therallyshack.co.uk Rachel Brock: this means you.​For the second time in as many mugshots, Rachel Brock, daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, showed up for her booking photo after getting arrested last week smiling like an idiot someone who isn't potentially looking at a ... More >>

County Supervisor Fulton Brock, Pal of Joe Arpaio, Warned About Bringing Food to Prison-Bound Wife During "Courtesy Visits"

Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock is allowed "courtesy visits" with his jailed, kid-craving wife, compliments of his old pal Joe Arpaio.​You'd think that if you were an elected official whose life was turned upside down after finding out your wife had a three-year sexual relations ... More >>

Andrei Cherny New Arizona Democratic Chair, Tea Bagger Tom Morrissey New Arizona GOP Chair (w/Update)

Someone has reposted the video that was jerked belowThe AZ Repugs new Tea Bagger chairman, Tom MorrisseyNote: See Updates below...It's been a good day for the Democrats, in more ways than one.Ex-Democratic state treasurer candidate Andrei Cherny beat out failed U.S. Senate Candidate Rodney Glassman ... More >>

Eleven Pairs of Crazy Eyes Almost as Haunting as Jared Loughner's

Jared Loughner, as described by a member of the equally batty Westboro Baptist Church, is "bat-shit crazy."​By now you've probably seen the chilling photo of Jared Loughner taken by the Pima County Sheriff's Office after Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson. If not, look to the right (unles ... More >>

Rachel Brock, Daughter of County Supervisor, Released From Jail -- But That Doesn't Mean She's Off the Hook, County Attorney's Office Says

Rachel Brock​Rachel Brock, the 21-year-old daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was released from jail on Friday, two days after being arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with the same minor her mother, Susan Brock, is accused of molesting.If you're not familiar wit ... More >>

Susan Brock, Wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, Pleads Not Guilty in Child Sex Case

MCSOSusan Brock, wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock.​The wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock was in court this morning, where she pled not guilty to charges that she had an inappropriate, sexual relationship with a teenage boy.Susan Brock's court appearance comes less than ... More >>

Susan Brock, Wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, Now Faces 15 Charges Stemming From Sexual Relationship With 14-Year-Old Boy

Susan Brock​Things just when from really (really) bad to even worse for the wife of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, who is currently in jail after being charged with molesting a boy when he was as young as 14-years-old.In addition to the original two counts of child molestation and ... More >>

Rick Romley to Replace Andrew Thomas as New Maricopa County Attorney

Rick Romley, the old (and now new) county attorney.​We called that one.As New Times' Paul Rubin predicted last week, former County Attorney Rick Romley got the nod from the board of supervisors today to replace Andrew Thomas in his old job. Thomas, of course, resigned earlier this month to run for ... More >>

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has No Conflict in County Attorney Replacement Pick, Supes Say

Good to go: County Supervisors decide they have no conflict in deciding who will replace former County Attorney Andrew Thomas.​ We thought it was possible the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors had a conflict of interest in picking a new county attorney, with two of the five having be ... More >>

Motor Coach Industries Lawsuit OK'd by Maricopa County, but Officials Still Won't State Allegations

  Fulton Brock was the only Supervisor to vote "no" on a plan to sue the company that sold a bus to the Sheriff's Office.​The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has authorized a lawsuit against a company that sold Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office a $465,000 bus But county officials still ... 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

Thomas and Arpaio Talk Tough on County "Corruption," Deflect Questions About Their Own Credibility

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio vowed on Tuesday to get to the bottom of what they call a serious corruption problem among county leaders and judges. Their afternoon news conference followed the announcement earlier today that County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Ros ... More >>

County Supervisors Approve $20 Photo-Radar Fee For Ignored Tickets; However, They Still Have to Find You First

www.yfred.com​The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors thinks it may have solved its photo-radar problem. Sorry, they're not getting rid of the damn things, they're just going to charge you more if you ignore the ticket, as many often do.After a brief hearing this morning, the board voted to ... More >>

Thomas Trying Again to Get County Supervisors to Approve Special Prosecutors -- Whose Job Will be to Investigate Supervisors

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas didn't suceed at first, so he's trying again -- this time threatening the county Board of Supervisors with legal action unless they consider appointing special prosecutors to conduct an "investigation" of those same Supervisors. In a letter sent ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's 287(g) Stalled: Board of Supervisors Says It'll Sign After Feds Sign

courtesy of Dennis Gilman/HumanLeague002 Supervisor Don Stapley, who backed Wilcox's move to table the sheriff's new MOA today The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors passed the buck back to the feds on Sheriff Joe's new 287(g) jails agreement this morning, authorizing Supes Chair Max Wilson ... More >>

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

Joel Fox Met with Chris Baker to Discuss SCA Donation -- GOP Consultant Now Linked to Scandal

​It's one mystery solved, a few more to go.Thanks to documents unsealed today in Pinal County Superior Court at New Times' behest, we now know the liaison between the Arizona Republican Party and Sheriff's Captain Joel Fox.It's a Republican campaign consultant, Chris Baker.Arizona Re ... More >>

Supervisors Cave to Joe Arpaio, OK $1.6 Million for Harassing Mexicans in Maricopa County

Supervisors Kunasek, Brock and Wilson kowtow before the Great and Mighty King Arpaio, in a satire performed by activists outside the BOS auditoriumIt all played out like political kabuki today at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. At issue was the $1.6 million the legislature, at the behest o ... More >>

"Appearance of Evil" Requires Personal Sanctions Against County Attorney Andrew Thomas, Say County Supervisors

A conflict of interest between Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and the county Board of Supervisors over the investigation of a planned court tower creates the "appearance of evil," a judge has ruled.  Judge Gary Donahoe The background: In the midst of a feud with the County Superv ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Office Wants E-mails and Other Public Records From 36 County Officials -- UPDATED

Yvonne Wingett, who writes the Political Insider column for the Arizona Republic, reports this afternoon that the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is requesting e-mails and other public records from all five county supervisors and 31 county employees under the state's public records law. F ... More >>

Meet the New County, Same as the Old County

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The Bird pummels the MSCO, Scottsdale PD, and saves some licks for both Anonymous and Scientology

Gutless Wonders

Here's an idea, county supes: Audit the freakin' sheriff's office for the first time ever!

Ticket to Raid

Their World Series tickets still unaccounted for, county supervisors try to shut out criticism

Joe Arpaio's Balloon Payments

It hasn't been cheap keeping the Joe Show aloft. Now, his employees, his inmates and the citizens of Maricopa County are paying the price.

The Warehouse Tape

County supervisors erase any notion of compromising to preserve historic buildings

Squeeze Play

Contractor sues to get stadium district records

Flashes

My Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer, the Car

County Attorney Rick Romley uses RICO funds to buy a trendy new ride

Worst Fest

Trivial and meretricious bills crowd the Legislature's final days