OxyContin

Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez Furthers His Sci-Fi Empire with The Armory Wars

It's a major feat to create art that facilitates an entire spectrum of fandom. Take, for example, the newest Disney acquisition and the very first hugely popular sci-fi event: the Star Wars franchise. Some elect to dress as Stormtroopers in their wedding photos, but most fans simply have a pedestria ... More >>

DMX Singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Sounds Exactly Like You Imagine It Would (C'mon!)

"I know the lyrics," DMX states, with steely clarity. Then he proves it. The song in question? Johnny Marks' 1949 Christmas classic "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Made popular by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, and The California Raisins, DMX recently freestyled the song for New York hip-hop station 10 ... More >>

Victim Robbed of Pills He Wanted to Trade for Meth, Shoplifts Cologne While Waiting for Cops

A guy in Kearny couldn't fill his prescription for Oxycontin and Xanax at the local pharmacy, cops say, so he called a couple of buddies to work out a deal: They drive him to a Mesa drugstore, he gives them some of the pills, they give him $20 and some meth, and everyone's happy. Of course, we woul ... More >>

Friends Rob Friends, Then Post Facebook Update of Whereabouts

A woman accused of burglary and kidnapping was arrested Sunday after one of her victims saw on a Facebook update that the suspect would be at a Phoenix restaurant. Brandi Lynn Rogers, 37, was arrested Sunday and charged with armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping. One of her accomplices led police ... More >>

Das Racist Are Just Joking (But They're Not Joking)

Kickin' It: Artists Who Have Kicked Fans Out of Shows or Gotten Themselves Kicked Out

"Get the fuck out of my show right now!" Tell it like it is, Dave Grohl.​Every so often, you find yourself at the same concert as that one guy who's an attention-hungry douchebag that starts a fight in the crowd. At some shows you sort of expect it, but it seems to happen all the time.Some serious ... More >>

Two Victims of Apache Junction Murder Identified, Police Charge Three in the Drug-Related Shootout

Apache Junction PoliceSuspect Nikki Combs Small​Police have identified the two men who were found dead in an Apache Junction trailer park over the weekend, and now have three people in custody for the drug-related double murder.Edward L. Reagan Jr, 40, of Apache Junction and 22-year-old Jamie G. M ... More >>

Top Five Musician Arrests

Rapper DMX, after his arrest in June, 2004​As we reported yesterday,  Mic Todd, the bass player for metal band Coheed and Cambria, was arrested on Sunday at a venue in Massachusetts where the band was scheduled to play. Todd's alleged crime? He reportedly walked into a Walgreens, claimed he h ... More >>

In Which the Bassist from Coheed and Cambria Holds Up a Walgreens With a Bomb for Some Oxycontin

New York PostCoheed and Cambria bassist Mic Todd​You guys heard this one, right? The one about how Michael "Mic" Todd -- the bassist from prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria -- robbed a Massachusetts Walgreens claiming he had a bomb for some bottles of Oxycontin this past Sunday? Yeah, I wish I was ma ... More >>

Phoenix Police Detective Suspected of Stealing Drugs From Evidence Room; Swaps Out Oxycontin for Aleve

​A detective from the Phoenix Police Department was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing drugs from the department's evidence room.The unidentified detective is a 12-year veteran of the force.According to police, the detective would steal Oxycontin that was scheduled to be destroyed. As if no ... More >>

Pharmaceutical Company Ups Ante to Catch OxyContin Bandits

Want $3,500? Tell Silent Witness who these guys are​​Three weeks after a trio robbed a CVS Pharmacy of thousands of prescription pills, Silent Witness is increasing its reward to anyone who comes forward. Purdue Pharma L.P., the owners of RxPATROL -- a collaboration to stop pharmacy theft -- do ... More >>

OxyContin Bandits Rob More Than 5,000 Pills From Phoenix Pharmacy

Phoenix PoliceSeen these guys? Give Phoenix PD a jingle.​​Phoenix police are searching for three men who robbed a CVS Pharmacy of more than 5,000 prescription pills early Thursday morning. Police say most of the approximately 5,200 pills taken from the pharmacy were OxyContin, a powerful painki ... More >>

DMX Granted Continuance at Hearing; New Court Date Set for December 16

One of rapper DMX's many mug shots​Embattled rapper DMX was granted a continuance at his probation revocation hearing this morning at Maricopa County Superior Court. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was on probation following his release from jail this past July. He was arrested at his home i ... More >>

DMX Denies Probation Violation, Will Remain in Jail Until Next Court Appearance

​Rapper Earl Simmons, better known as DMX, will remain in jail without bond until his next court appearance on December 9.Simmons was arrested Thursday night at his home in Cave Creek. He's charged with violating his probation by failing to submit to drug tests, driving with a suspended license, a ... More >>

Stench of Alleged Meth Dealer's House Almost Makes Cops Puke -- Dealer Blames House-o-Filth on 13-Year-Old Daughter

MCSOTeresa Ramirez​When Chandler police served a warrant at the home of 47-year-old Teresa Ramirez, an alleged meth dealer now charged with -- among other things -- child abuse, the stench coming from the refrigerator in the home was so revolting it "nearly caused involuntary vomiting to all servi ... More >>

DMX Blames Probation Violation on a "Sip" of Booze. Court Records Claim it Was a Little More Than That

MCSODMX says he violated his probation by taking a "sip" of alcohol.​As we reported last week, legally challenged rapper DMX is back behind bars in Maricopa County, this time for violating the terms of his probation. He's now saying the reason for his violation was a sip of alcohol at a performanc ... More >>

DMX Probation Violation: Compliments of Cocaine and Oxycontin

DMX apparently has a thing for cocaine.​Since our earlier post about the arrest of DMX -- a.k.a. Earl Simmons -- we obtained some court documents that tell the real story of what the rapper allegedly did to violate his probation.Initial reports -- ours included -- were that X violated his pr ... More >>

The Next Three Days: Paul Haggis Shows No Improvement

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Surprise Pharmacy Robbed at Gunpoint. Robber Takes Pills, Leaves Cash

​If you're going to all the trouble of committing armed robbery -- even if you're really only looking for prescription pills -- you might as well take some cash, too.Ya see, pill-poppers, once you polish off the pharmies you rob, you can often use money to buy more -- kind of a two-birds-one-stone ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh on an Arizona-California "Civil War": The Wingnuts Just Get Nuttier

Rush wants a civil war? Hey, bring it, sandbillies.Waistline-challenged ex-OxyContin addict Rush "Do As I Say, Not As I Do" Limbaugh seems to think America is ripe for another civil war over Arizona's "papers please" law SB 1070. And he reckons it'll begin on the border of Arizona and California.Spe ... More >>

Destiny's Child Reunion Rumor, Muslims Now Welcome at Black Eyed Peas Show, Photos of Bad Veins at Modified

Electric Mustache: Photos: Bad Veins at Modified Arts 8/31/2009 Idolator: "Guitar Hero" Manufacturers Pandering To Gen X Outrage, Or Something Idolator: Destiny's Child Reunion Rumor Falls Flat On Its Face NME: Black Eyed Peas' Malaysia Muslim gig ban reversed NME: LCD Soundsystem: 'We're making the ... More >>

Levi Johnston's Druggie Mom Gets the Joe Arpaio Pink Handcuff Treatment

from sheriffjoe.org Dare to dream: With any luck, maybe Joe'll get to don a pair someday...So what's this deal about hockey-stud Levi Johnston's druggie ma having Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pink handcuffs slapped on her in an Alaska courtroom after pleading guilty for illegally possessing OxyContin, ... More >>

Hot Links: Dr. Drugs, Brewer's Big Bills, and Voodoo

A medical doctor in Kingman has been charged with 14 felony counts, after an investigation revealed he regularly wrote up to as many as 100 prescriptions a day at his practice, for painkillers such as Percocet and Oxycontin. The doctor, Albert Szu Sun Yeh, also has a practice in Las Vegas, and was o ... More >>

Michael Jackson’s Sedona “Murderess” Revealed

Hot Links: Shaq Packs, Doc Prescribes, and Cows Burp

ASU basketball player James Harden worked out for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Harden, the PAC-10 Player of the Year, is expected to be among the top five picks in tonight's NBA draft...the Phoenix Suns traded Shaquille O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers the day before the draft. In ... More >>

Sorry, Republitards, If the National Enquirer's Right about Sarah Palin, It's Fair Game.

Arizona Medical Board's hands-off approach to relapsed addict physicians is endangering patients

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Crazed collectors try to get ahead of the game

The liberals' problem with Freedom of Speech: Why Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Michael Savage are correct on the Fairness Doctrine.

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Presidential candidate Fred Thompson shills for scummy LifeLock exec.

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Governor Photo-Op was wrapping herself in the flag over the new AZ 9/11 shrine. Now, she who puts the P in politician's running for cover

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Cuba Gooding Jr. spars with Helen Mirren in Shadowboxer

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Get Myself Together
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The cure for existential munchies

Mano-a-Mono

Scorpion City goes radio gaga

Hung Fury

Fiorito paints "The Art of Propaganda"

Brazilian Bust

Brazeiro's guests will be getting only a watered-down Rio, at best

Loungin' With Lucifer

Our night owls hit the street for some action