Jim Larkin

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

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.

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

County Attorney’s office (finally) files "Notice of Intent to Dismiss" charges in Lacey/Larkin matter.

Disgraced ex-special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik's op-ed tripe in the Arizona Republic.

AZ ACLU honors New Times founders Jim Larkin and Mike Lacey as Civil Libertarians of the Year.

Phoenix New Times, Village Voice Executive Editor Mike Lacey Responds

New Times owners sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio, County Attorney Andy Thomas and lawyer Dennis Wilenchik

New Times Honored for Ethics in Journalism

New Times Earns 17 Arizona Press Club awards

Federal Judge Dismisses Certain Claims in New Times' Lawsuit Against County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Case Will Move Forward

Contradicting His Office's Previous Statements, Chief Deputy David Hendershott Now Claims He Ordered the New Times Arrests

David Hendershott Tries to Take One for Andrew Thomas, but Somebody's Not Telling the Truth

New Times To Merge With Village Voice

Combination creates nation's premier alternative media company

New Times founders honored for support of civil liberties

Combination creates nation's premier alternative media company

New Times’ Lawsuit Continues, Stern’s “Disorderly Conduct” Charge Dropped, and We Ask a Judge to Force Joe to Release Video of a Suffocated Inmate's Last Minutes

Combination creates nation's premier alternative media company

New York Times Slams Arpaio's Dumb New Reality Show

I'm on the run this a.m., but I would be remiss if I did not point your attention to this excellent article by David Carr in Sunday's New York Times online concerning our clown of a sheriff, "A Star Turn for a Sheriff on Fox TV." Unlike a lot of other media writers who just end up blowing our top co ... 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 >>

Barack Obama, a FOIA's Best Friend; Joe Arpaio, a Reporter's Worst Enemy

B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin' Arpaio's ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at least I did get to watch a pretty unique ev ... More >>

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

B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin' Arpaio's ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at least I did get to watch a pretty unique ev ... More >>

New Times adds 17 Arizona Press Club awards to our list

B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin' Arpaio's ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at least I did get to watch a pretty unique ev ... More >>

Lacey, Larkin receive award

B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin' Arpaio's ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at least I did get to watch a pretty unique ev ... More >>

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 6, 2008

B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin' Arpaio's ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at least I did get to watch a pretty unique ev ... More >>

The Bird digs up more dirt on Arpaio's henchmen soaking up the sun in Honduras

B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin' Arpaio's ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at least I did get to watch a pretty unique ev ... More >>

Our Community Under Siege

Where do we turn when law enforcement threatens citizens like a grim force of nature?

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 13, 2007

Where do we turn when law enforcement threatens citizens like a grim force of nature?

Information Blockade

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

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 22, 2007

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

Wilenchik's a Liar, and There's More

Besides personally demanding our arrests, Andy Thomas' special prosecutor sought to bankrupt New Times over a misdemeanor and lock up our lawyers

Alt-Weeklies Provide Web Links to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Home Address

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, November 8, 2007

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 25, 2007

Action Taken in Solidarity with Phoenix New Times

Who's Sorry Now?

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

Big Scam Theory

Downtown Phoenix has always had its high points, but the Civic Center boondoggle isn't one of them

Bug Sweeps in County Offices Being Investigated as Possible Corruption; County Workers Visited by Deputies at Homes

We just heard from a reader whose friend -- a Maricopa County employee -- was visited in the last few days by deputies from the sheriff's office. The employee told them she didn't want to talk and they went away, our source says. The anonymous reader says the county's finance department workers rec ... More >>

U.S. Attorney in Indiana Takes Page From Prince of Darkness Dennis Wilenchik

Readers of our paper will recall the hullabaloo back in 2007 that led to the bizarre arrests here in the Valley of the chain's owners, Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin. ​  The sordid affair revolved around a sweeping subpoena drummed up by "special prosecutor" Dennis Wilenchik, a med ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Meet the Press Moment Interrupted to the Tune of Bohemian Rhapsody

photo by Adriane Goetz Joe, showing a little leg...You cheeky devil, youSheriff Joe Arpaio's circus came to ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism Monday night, only to be cut short by the sounds of a pro-immigrant ditty, sung to the tune of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.The evening was filled with protest ... More >>

Arpaio Brings His MCSO Circus to ASU's Cronkite School, and Deputies Admit Destroying Public Records

photo by Adriane Goetz Joe, showing a little leg...You cheeky devil, youSheriff Joe Arpaio's circus came to ASU's Cronkite School of Journalism Monday night, only to be cut short by the sounds of a pro-immigrant ditty, sung to the tune of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.The evening was filled with protest ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Raises Cash for Bill Hunt in Orange County, Ask A Mexican's Gustavo Arellano Dogs Arpaio

Gustavo Arellano has some fun with Joe about 29 seconds inDespite horrendous mismanagement of his department, corruption, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into his office, and a federal grand jury looking to indict his sorry self, Sheriff Joe remains popular in some quarters outside of Mar ... More >>

An Opportunity to Stand Up

Gustavo Arellano has some fun with Joe about 29 seconds inDespite horrendous mismanagement of his department, corruption, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into his office, and a federal grand jury looking to indict his sorry self, Sheriff Joe remains popular in some quarters outside of Mar ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on SB 1070

Gustavo Arellano has some fun with Joe about 29 seconds inDespite horrendous mismanagement of his department, corruption, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into his office, and a federal grand jury looking to indict his sorry self, Sheriff Joe remains popular in some quarters outside of Mar ... More >>

An Opportunity to Stand Up

Gustavo Arellano has some fun with Joe about 29 seconds inDespite horrendous mismanagement of his department, corruption, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into his office, and a federal grand jury looking to indict his sorry self, Sheriff Joe remains popular in some quarters outside of Mar ... More >>

Lacey Named New YORK Times Phoenix Bureau Chief -- Stop the Flippin' Presses!

We read that in yesterday's Romenesko, a well-read insider blog about the media that appears on the Poynter Institute's excellent Web site. ​ Huh?! The boss of Village Voice Media and Phoenix New Times (who usually looks a little better than in this photo) didn't tell u ... More >>

New Times Appeal in Lacey vs. Arpaio Heard by Appeals Court Panel

​Should Sheriff Joe Arpaio, former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and former Special Prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik be held accountable for their investigation into this newspaper -- and the jailing of its owners?That question is now in the hands of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ... More >>

New York Times Criticizes Salvador Reza's False Arrest

Reza's false arrest: Not big enough for the Republic?Though the false collar of Phoenix's best known civil rights leader by a goon squad of sheriff's deputies has rated only begrudging coverage in the Arizona Republic, the New York Times evidently thinks the incident significant enough to condemn.In ... More >>

New Times Will Appeal Ninth Circuit Court Decision on Its Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio, Andrew Thomas, and Others

Reza's false arrest: Not big enough for the Republic?Though the false collar of Phoenix's best known civil rights leader by a goon squad of sheriff's deputies has rated only begrudging coverage in the Arizona Republic, the New York Times evidently thinks the incident significant enough to condemn.In ... More >>

New Times Wins Appeal; Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio -- et al -- to Be Heard by Full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

www.northersun.com​The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today that it will re-hear New Times' lawsuit against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and others over the 2007 arrest of its founders on bogus charges that it published an article about "secret" grand jury testimony about a grand ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Lawyer Grilled by Ninth Circuit About Why Sheriff Should Remain Exempt from New Times' False-Arrest Lawsuit

Sheriff Joe Arpaio​Editor's note: This post was written by Peter Jamison, who covered the hearing for us and our sister paper, the SF Weekly: An 11-member panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had tough questions today for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's ... More >>

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 >>