Larry Dever

Arizona's Drunk Drivers Average "Extreme" DUI Blood-Alcohol Levels During Holidays... Again

Despite cops around the state probably hearing the phrase "just two beers" quite often during DUI stops this holiday season, the state government's statistics show that Arizonans tend to be fairly slammed when they were caught driving drunk.For the second year in a row, drivers busted for DUI during ... More >>

Sheriff Larry Dever's Half-Empty Bottle of Schnapps -- and Lifeless Body -- in Pictures Published by Web Site

Pictures from Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever's fatal September 18 crash and published by a southern Arizona news site show open containers of liquor -- and Dever's lifeless body. Click here to see the report by the Cochise County Record. David Morgan, a semi-retired news blogger and political ... More >>

Was Larry Dever a Drinker? Deceased Sheriff's .29 BAC Suggests High Tolerance, Experts Say

The high blood-alcohol content found in Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever's body after his fatal crash last month suggests the sheriff had a strong tolerance for booze, experts say. In other words, Dever -- known by many as a Mormon who didn't drink -- may have been a problem drinker. If so, did hi ... More >>

Sheriff Larry Dever's Blood-Alcohol Level Was More Than Three Times the "Legal Limit"

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever's blood-alcohol level was .29 at the time of his fatal crash, which is more than three times higher than what's considered to be the "legal limit" of .08.The autopsy report from Coconino County says Dever died from injuries related to the crash, including a broken ... More >>

Sheriff Larry Dever Was Driving Drunk at the Time of Fatal Crash, According to Test

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was driving drunk at the time of his fatal crash a little more than two weeks ago, according to a toxicology report.The Coconino County Sheriff's Office relayed the results from the medical examiner, saying that preliminary toxicology results "indicate a level of a ... More >>

Sheriff Larry Dever Speeding at 62 MPH on Dirt Road Without Seat Belt Buckled Before Fatal Crash

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever had been traveling at 62 mph on a dirt road without his seat belt on when his pickup left the road and rolled, killing him. The new info comes from a report released today by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, according to an article by ABC-15 News. -See also: ... More >>

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever's Memorial Service Held in Sierra Vista

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever's memorial service was held yesterday in Sierra Vista. Dever died last week after he lost control of his truck on a dirt road near White Horse Lake.See also:-Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff-Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County Dies in One-Car Wreck on Dirt R ... More >>

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever's Death Conjures Friendships that Were Strained or Non-Existent

Death has an odd way of manipulating memories. While the death of Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever is evoking standard heartfelt condolences to his surviving family members, reactions from two particular camps in neighboring Pinal County also are altering reality. See also: Sheriff Larry Dever ... More >>

Sheriff Larry Dever Didn't Have Seat Belt On When His Truck was Found; Feds Check Forest Road for Problems

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever wasn't wearing a seat belt when his body was found on Tuesday night by a deputy following Dever's fatal rollover crash near Williams. Dever was killed when his 2008 three-quarter-ton Chevrolet pickup slid off a forest road and rolled just after sunset. He'd been o ... More >>

Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County Dies in One-Car Wreck on Dirt Road Near Williams

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever, a likeable symbol of the lawless U.S. border with Mexico, died in a one-car crash on a forest road near Williams on Tuesday night. The cause of accident is under investigation; media reports say Dever was on his way to a hunting trip with one of his six sons. De ... More >>

Sheriff Larry Dever Lost Control of Truck on Dirt Road "For an Unknown Reason;" Popular Sheriff, 60, Killed When Truck Rolled

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever lost control of his truck "for an unknown reason" on a dirt road, leading to the fatal rollover, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office says. Dever, 60, died at the scene following the one-vehicle crash at about 6:30 p.m. last night on Forest Road 109 about two mile ... More >>

Speed a Possible Factor in Sheriff Dever's Crash; Beer Found at Crash Site, But No Indication Dever had Been Drinking

As a resident and sheriff of a rural Arizona county, driving on dirt roads was second nature to Larry Dever. So how the law enforcement professional end up rolling his three-quarter-ton pickup on one? One possibility: Excessive speed. "That certainly is one school of thought," says Gerry Blair, s ... More >>

SB 1070 Oral Arguments on "Papers Please" Section Scheduled for August 21

See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070 See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of Hope See also: Russell Pearce's Falsehoods, Inaccuracies and Inventions on Channel 12's Sunday Square-Off See also: Russell Pearce Scores Another Win Against Hispanics, M ... More >>

ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070

See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of HopeSee also: SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also: The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers As I anticipated in April, when it became clear that the U.S. Supreme Cou ... More >>

Paul Babeu Finally Returns Phone Call to Sheriff Larry Dever -- Two Months Later

Lots of response to this week's cover story on Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever, including a bunch of e-mails from folks who were appalled that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu failed to "man up" and return a phone call from his then-close colleague, Dever, in late February after the proverbial shi ... More >>

Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff

SB 1070 Arguments Loom As Mexican Immigration to U.S. Slows To Standstill

Don't know if the Pew Hispanic Center intentionally released its fascinating, statistics-based report on the in-flux state of illegal immigration just prior to tomorrow's U.S. Supreme Court arguments on controversial Arizona SB 1070, but the timing has provided the respected non-profit with maximum ... More >>

Paul Babeu Touts Gay Rights While LGBT Inmates in His Jail Suffer

Sheriff Paul Babeu's Chief Deputy, Steve Henry, Announces Potential Candidacy For Sheriff

Steve Henry officially announced this morning that he's considering running for Pinal County Sheriff.​As we reported last week, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's chief deputy, Steve Henry, is considering running for his boss' current gig -- and this morning, he made it official."With the possible ... More >>

Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton Says He Trusted ATF Official in "Fast and Furious" Predecessor Operation; Got Memo on Gunwalking

Paul Charlton​ Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton says he trusted the word of a federal firearms officials who told him in 2006 that a gunwalking operation wouldn't result in missing weapons.The President Bush-era operation, known as Wide Receiver, reportedly lost about 400 guns in a m ... More >>

Michele Bachmann: "America's Failure to Secure the Border is Now a Terrorism Issue"

James King Michele Bachmann with state Senate President Russell Pearce and Congressman Trent Franks. Yikes.​Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was in Phoenix this morning, where she met with local politicos at the State Capitol to talk about illegal immigration and, to quote Senator J ... More >>

Michele Bachmann Will Be Back in Arizona on Monday...to Meet With Russell Pearce

www.notmytribe.com Michele Bachmann deepthroating a corn dog is still hawt. A little crazy, but still hawt.​Last time Minnesota Congresswoman/presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was in Phoenix, she told reporters she plans to target Arizona in her bid to become the Republican nominee fo ... More >>

Arizona Sheriffs Call for Independent Investigation of "Fast and Furious" Gunwalking Scandal

Ten Arizona sheriffs -- five Democrat, five Republican -- gathered at the Arizona State Capitol on Friday to call for an independent investigation into the "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal. The sheriffs held a news conference in front of the Arizona Peace Officers Memorial, decrying the "blood ... More >>

Morning Poll: Were Arizona Wildfires Caused by Illegal Immigrants?

www.imdb.comThis kid looks slightly more Aryan than the immigrants Senator John McCain suggested started Arizona wildfires.​Arizona, as you probably know, esta en fuego.And John McCain (amongst others) is pretty sure -- based on no known evidence -- illegal immigrants are to blame.Even Cochise Cou ... More >>

John McCain's Bigotry Earns Hashtag, Near-Universal Ridicule, Help from Bigot-Boy Sheriff

TwitterNo hash pipe for McCain, but his stupidity has scored him his own hashtagGuess I've heard the last from U.S. Senator John McCain's haughty, over-paid flack Brooke Buchanan.Yesterday, in the midst of a PR meltdown that's turned McCain (once again) into a political laughingstock, his office iss ... More >>

Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and to Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans

Changing Hands Bookstore to Host "Miracle Valley Shootout" Panel Tomorrow Afternoon

Believe it or not, back in the day (three decades or so ago), the big news at the U.S.-Mexico border down in Cochise County wasn't illegal immigration--it was a religious cult led by a charismatic woman preacher named Frances Thomas.   ​In 1979, Rev. Thomas moved her flock to a ... More >>

John McCain and Janet Napolitano Play Game of I Know More about Arizona Sheriffs Than You Do During Senate Hearing

"The Maverick" and Janet Napolitano had a showdown this morning.​There's no love lost between Homeland Security Secretary and former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and Senator John McCain. The two went after each other during a heated back-and-forth at a Senate Homeland Security and Gover ... More >>

Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher

Badlands: For Those Living in the Arizona County That's Ground Zero for Drug and Human Trafficking Along the Border, the Illegal Immigration Crisis Is Personal