Mark Clark

Riding High: Arizona's Zero-Tolerance Stance on Pot and Driving

Sofi Collis, Missing Girl from Scottsdale, Returns Home Safely; Named Mars Rovers at age 9

Sofi Collis, the 19-year-old girl from Scottsdale reported missing on Christmas Eve, has returned home safely late Tuesday night, Scottsdale police say. Collis had been reported missing after being last seen about 1 p.m., possibly on Rollerblades. She was said to have learning disabilities and epil ... More >>

B.B. King, Purity Ring, Tallest Man on Earth, and More Over the Weekend

Purity Ring @ Crescent Ballroom Lesson of the day: don't overestimate the obscurity of a band. Or, at least check ticket sales. I went to Purity Ring confident that standing room would be still available for me and my girlfriend, but I was the only one able to get in. I needed to cover this show fo ... More >>

Top Five Phoenix Music Stories of the Week

The news waits for no one -- at least that's what we read somewhere -- so it's perfectly understandable that you, the reader, might have missed out on a musical tidbit, breaking news about your favorite venue, or one of our rants. So enjoy this digest-style sampling of some of our biggest stories f ... More >>

Stabbing at Scottsdale's Rogue Bar After Argument Leaves Two Injured

Word has broken that an altercation took place early this morning at the Rogue Bar in Scottsdale that resulted in two people being stabbed. According to Scottsdale Police officials and a number of posts on Facebook, a dispute took place between patrons of the dive bar/music venue at approximately ... More >>

Scottsdale Police Used Excessive Force in '08 Shooting of Man Left as Paraplegic, Judge Rules

Scottsdale police used excessive force in 2008 when they shot a man in the back without a warning, rendering him a paraplegic, a judge has ruled. David Hulstedt, who was 35 at the time of the shooting, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the city in 2009. An August 6 ruling in the suit by U.S. Dis ... More >>

Scottsdale Police Not Happy About Arizona Republic Spilling the Beans on Location of Undercover Cop Building

We're not cops over here at New Times, but we do no one important thing about undercover police work: the undercover part.That's apparently what Scottsdale police were trying to explain to an Arizona Republic reporter, who posted pretty much everything but the address of the PD's new building that w ... More >>

Valley Radio Legend Bill Heywood and Wife Found Dead in Scottsdale Hotel; Suicide Pact Suspected

​Valley radio legend Bill Heywood and his wife, Susan, were found dead yesterday afternoon at a Scottsdale hotel in what police suspect to be a double-suicide.About 1 p.m. yesterday, housekeeping staff at the Homewood Suites hotel -- near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard -- f ... More >>

Mark Grace DUI Update: BAC Results Are In and Former D-Back was .128 Tipsy

Scottsdale Police Department Mark Grace​Bombing around Scottsdale boozed up on "two glasses" of scotch, former Arizona Diamondbacks ballplayer Mark Grace was busted by Scottsdale Police with a BAC of .128, according to court documents obtained by New Times. The famed former ballplayer, who ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Patient: Gilbert Police Took Me to Jail

  ​In the latest sign that Gilbert police have gone rogue, a medical marijuana patient tells New Times that he was taken to jail two nights ago for possessing a half-ounce of weed. This is the third case we've heard about in the past week in which Gilbert officers allegedly told patie ... More >>

Arizona's Medical Marijuana Law in One Handy Guide

"The Machine" Visits Scottsdale Muni Stadium in Video; Unknown if Leather-Clad Figure was Giants Outfielder Pat Burrell

Figured you might get a chuckle out of this video of "the Machine" taking a stroll among baseball fans last month at Scottsdale Municipal Stadium. Or, at least, it's someone who dresses like the Machine, a bizarro-scary character from the movie 8mm. We've no idea if the masked man behind the scan ... More >>

Minnesota Man Breaks into Mormon Church to Piss on Floor and Have a Smoke

Scottsdale PDJudging from those eyes, Jacob Jeffrey Shwartz's alleged "drug impairment" may be from some Mary J. Wanna.​When you have the urge to break things, urinate, and smoke cigarettes, where better to do it than a Mormon church, right? Wrong -- just ask Minnesota native Jacob Jeffrey Schwart ... More >>

Phoenix Goddess Temple's "Sacred Sexuality" Is More Like New Age Prostitution

Ted Leitner, San Diego Padres Sportscaster, Says His Son's Punch Deflected Bullet

Image: San Diego Padres Sportscaster Ted Leitner says his son is lucky to be alive after being shot last week by a stranger outside of a Scottsdale home.​A 19-year-old man shot in the midsection during a fight outside of a Scottsdale house last week would have suffered worse injuries but fo ... More >>

Scottsdale Police Thwart Murder-for-Hire Plot by Man Being Investigated for Child Molestation

Ira Joe Anderson​A Scottsdale man made quite the legal jump this weekend from possibly being investigated for accusations of child molestation to actually being charged with conspiracy to commit murder, when police say he tried to have potential witnesses against him killed.Scottsdale police say 5 ... More >>

Charges Dropped for Teen Who Carried Airsoft Rifle in Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve

  Image: www.curtismall.com Example of Airsoft rifle   ​Charges have been dropped against an 18-year-old man who took an Airsoft rifle -- which shoots BBs or pellets -- to Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve. The teen, Max Hoemke, was arrested by Scottsdale police on August 1 ... More >>

Second Person Arrested For Embezzling Funds From Phoenix Girl Scouts

Trisha Proud​Perry Bush​ A second person has been arrested in a case in which $8,000 was embezzled from Phoenix Girl Scout troop 534. Scottsdale police spokesman Sergeant Mark Clark says cops began to investigate after troop members noticed missing funds in April. Former troop leader T ... More >>

"Suge" Knight, Famed Rap Producer, Hurt After Scuffle at Scottsdale's W Hotel

  Famed gangsta rap producer "Suge" Knight (right) sure knows how to keep it real. The founder of Death Row Records, former home to legendary rappers Tupac and Snoop Dogg, used his face as a battering ram against another man's fists early this morning during a fight at the W Scottsdale Hot ... More >>

Police State: How the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency Turned All Local Authorities Into La Migra

Photo Radar Activist Arrested Again At Scottsdale Protest Is Suspected Fraudster

Scottsdale Arrests Photo Radar Protester, But Did Police Break His Toe, Too?

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

Dueling Mormons

Marshal Jeff Flake goes toe-to-toe with Russell Pearce, and a former New Times staffer's popped for armed robbery

Joe Watson, the Salon Bandit?

Netward Ho

Cole Taylor is quitting the escort business to become an Internet star-- but not before conducting a behind-the-bedroom-door tour of the lucrative Scottsdale call-girl scene

Jono Come Not So Lately

H.O.R.D.E. mentor Jono Manson goes nationwide with a li'l help from his friends in Blues Traveler