Military Weapons

Ripoff Crew Dressed Like SWAT Team Steals $60K From Kidnapped Would-Be Pot Sellers; One Victim Leaps from Trunk on Way to Desert

A group of men dressed up like a SWAT team and armed with assault rifles robbed and kidnapped three people connected to a pot-selling scheme last month in Litchfield Park. One of the terrified victims jumped from the trunk of a Jaguar going 60 mph while being taken to a desert location. The victim ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Pictured With "Assault Rifle" in Leaked Photos, but Cop Is Cropped Out

A radio host from a Tucson radio station that describes itself as talk from the "right" posted a photo online of what the host calls proof of "elitist hypocrisy"-- former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords holding a so-called assault rifle.That host, as well as the right-wing Breitbart.com posted the ... More >>

Hikers Find Gun, Grenades, and "Possible C-4 Explosives" in Desert, Along With Map to More

Attention: if you hid your guns, ammo, grenades, and "high explosives" in the desert near State Route 87, you're not very good at hiding things.Hikers found the aforementioned items in the past couple of days, and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and a pair of federal agencies are now utilizing ... More >>

Dumber Airport Decision: Packing a Grenade, or Telling TSA Your Soda Can Will Detonate?

Yesterday, we reported two incredibly dumb decisions made by people trying to fly out of Valley airports.One person decided to pack a grenade in their luggage at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, while another, at Sky Harbor International Airport, told TSA agents that his soda cans would detonate.Se ... More >>

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FBI: Red Mountain High School Graduate Tried to Bomb Bank; Thought He Had Connection to Taliban

A graduate of Red Mountain High School in Mesa is accused of trying to bomb a bank in Oakland, California, but his purportedly Taliban-connected partner was an undercover FBI agent.According to the FBI, 28-year-old Matthew Aaron Llaneza, now a resident of San Jose, California, wanted to make it look ... More >>

John Leonardo, Arizona U.S. Attorney, Supports Obama's Gun-Control Plan

John Leonardo, Arizona U.S. Attorney, released a letter to the public today that expresses support for banning certain kinds of guns and requiring background checks for all sales of firearms. Leonardo begins his letter by explaining that the "political climate for a constructive discussion about gu ... More >>

Alexander Fishenko's Houston Spy Network Shipped High-Tech Goods to Russian Defense Agencies, Feds Say; U.S. Commerce Department Fooled

The FBI has broken up a spy network based in Houston that "enhanced" the capabilities of the Russian military by exporting sensitive, U.S.-made electronics. Alexander Fishenko and 11 others have been charged with falsifying documents and generally fooling the U.S. Department of Commerce in the last ... More >>

Abraham Ortega-Leyva Accused of Throwing Away a Whole Lot of Drugs, Along With a Photo of Himself

Here's a tip -- if you're throwing away about a pound-and-a-half of meth, almost a pound of heroin, a few guns, and almost $20,000 in cash, also tossing pictures of yourself in there may not be the best idea.Abraham Ortega-Leyva learned that one the hard way.

Russell Pearce Blames Victims for Dark Knight Massacre

See also: Russell Pearce's Racism "Discovered" by Arizona's Media See also: Russell Pearce's Mexican-Bashing E-mails Slammed By Randy Parraz, Others Recalled, disgraced ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce's heart, or what little there is of it, goes out to the victims of the Dark Knight Rises ... More >>

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The Game of Strife

Assault Rifle With Ammo, 40 Pounds of Pot Among Items Found in Clean-Up of Federal Desert Lands Near Interstate 8

An assault rifle with loaded magazines and 40 pounds of marijuana are just some of the objects found during a clean-up of federal lands near the smuggling corridor of Interstate 8.Dennis Godfrey, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, says he'll try to find out exactly what type of weapon ... More >>

Joe Arpaio: New Hampshire Couple and MCSO Deputy Each Murdered by "UFO-ologist" Drew Ryan Maras

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced this morning that the murder of MCSO Deputy William Coleman was committed by the same man who murdered a New Hampshire couple near Sedona last week.The sheriff says the same weapon -- an AR-15 assault rifle firing "military-grade, green-tip" ammunition ... More >>

"Bozo" Busted; Notorious Gang Member -- With Idiotic Tattoos -- Pulled Gun on Neighbor, Cops Say

MCSO"Bozo"​As predicted, it didn't take long for police to track down "Bozo," a member of the 18th Street East Side Posse street gang, who allegedly pulled a gun on a man in Goodyear last month.As you can see in his booking photo, "Bozo," a.k.a. Leo Rufus Rodriguez Jr., stands out a little bit."Bo ... More >>

Morning Poll: Were Pima County SWAT Officers Justified in Shooting at Ex-Marine -- 71 Times

​The Pima County Attorney's Office on Tuesday cleared members of the county's SWAT Team for shooting at an ex-marine 71 times during a drug investigation that netted a total of one bag of marijuana.The ex-marine, 26-year-old Jose Guerena, was holding an AR-15 assault rifle when the SWAT Team buste ... More >>

Pima County SWAT Officers' Shooting at Former Marine 71 Times Was Justified, Probe Concludes. Suspect Died in Hail of Bullets

​Firing more than 70 shots at anyone might seem like overkill, but the Pima County Attorney's Office determined that the 71 shots the county's SWAT Team fired at 26-year-old Jose Guerena were justified.Guerena, an Iraq War veteran, was hit 22 times and killed in the hail of bullets, accor ... More >>

Pinal County Man Jumps From Own Moving Vehicle to Escape Kidnapper

PCSOCops found this AK-47 in the victim's car. Holding it was the man's alleged kidnapper, 23-year-old Carlos Cervante-Lopez.​A Pinal County man really didn't want to drive the man who'd just kidnapped him from Eloy to Phoenix early yesterday morning, which prompted him to jump from his own moving ... More >>

Alleged Meth Head Busted Trying to Sell Fictitious Weed to Kids at Pinal County Fair

PCSOCayton Hart ​An alleged meth head was arrested on Friday after trying to sell some weed to a group of kids at the Pinal County Fair. The suspect didn't actually have any weed, but he did have a pocket full of crystal meth, an assault rifle, and a shotgun.About 10 p.m. Friday, a kid reported to ... More >>

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Joe Arpaio's Tale of Deputy Self-Defense Disputed by Eyewitness

Arpaio follows Sheriff Babeu's lead on speaking before all the facts are in Last night CBS 5/KPHO reported that an eyewitness to a January 14 fatal shooting in Mesa by a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputy has disputed Sheriff Joe Arpaio's account of the incident.Miguel Hernandez, a neighbor of ... More >>

One-on-One Time With a Pinal County Deputy -- Whose Claim He Was Shot by a Drug Smuggler Is Full of Holes -- Produces Startling Results

The Rio Rico Shootings, J.T. Ready, and Neo-Nazis in the Desert

Just Another Day...J.T. Ready and a fellow neo-Nazi Harry Hughes on "illegal immigration patrol" in the Vekol ValleyI called Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada Thursday about a report I'd read on the Website of NBC affiliate KVOA Tucson concerning four border crossers fired upon by two men weari ... More >>

William Gheen's Facebook "Friend," Neo-Nazi Harry Hughes, and Hughes' "Patrols" for Illegals

FacebookScreenshot taken earlier today, showing neo-Nazi Harry Hughes as one of Gheen's "friends"Does it matter that one of William Gheen's Facebook buddies is a well-known Phoenix-area neo-Nazi, a neo-Nazi that likes to go out on "patrols" with wannabe stormtrooper J.T. Ready, totin' assault rifles ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy Shot By Suspected Drug Runners/Illegal Immigrants

A Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy was shot and wounded today by suspected drug runners smuggling an unknown quantity of marijuana through the desert. The Pinal County Sheriff's Office identified the injured Deputy as Louie Puroll, 53, a fifteen year veteran of the departm ... More >>

Buckeye Bearcat Vehicle Purchase Lastest Example of Federal Waste; Town of 40,000 to Buy $250,000 Armored Vehicle

The Town of Buckeye needs a $250,000 armored vehicle like it needs another foreclosure sign -- but that's what it's getting thanks to federal largess. The federal Homeland Security department gave Buckeye a grant for the 8.5-ton Lenco Bearcat vehicle. It's supposed to arrive by May of next year, rep ... More >>

KUPD End of Summer Scorcher

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Guys and Dolls

Cartoon sculptures shoot down gender stereotypes

Mink Rebellion Reunites for One Night Only

Mink Rebellion: Reunited, and it feels so good.Nearly two years after dissapearing from the Valley music scene, Mink Rebellion is staging a one-night reunion on Friday, March 20, at the Clubhouse Music Venue. The alt-rock/power-pop fivesome made something of a splash during 2005/2006, landing ... More >>

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For All Nam Kind

Viet youngbloods paint the future using age-old techniques

Blast Beats, Dark Harmonies and Monstrous Melodies

The Top 10 Heavy Metal Albums of 2006

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Genuine angst

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Papago's blast from the past

Yigee Yes, Y'all. Boom!

Not even preemptive war and its inherent dangers can stop the 24-hour party people at Miami's WMC 2003

Gun Nut

The Spike shoots it up with Second Amendment types.

Best Place To Break Up With Your Lover

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Smoke Gets in Their Eyes

Dry ice missiles? Bomb the mountains? Phoenicians come up with some wacky plans for snuffing out the fires.

Crushing a Contrarian

The 'patriotic' squelching of Bill Maher is a scary sign of an emerging groupthink

What's the Mig Deal?

A Valley company finds a thriving market for used Soviet-bloc fighter jets

LET'S DO LAUNCH

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

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