Pima County Sheriff's Department

Tucson Robber Disguised as Demon Is Exactly the Type of Person You Don't Want Sneaking Up Behind You

Having a robber sneak up behind you with a knife while you're at an ATM is undoubtedly scary as hell.If a robber sneaking up behind you with a knife looks like the guy in the photo above, we're guessing an involuntary bowel movement is the only logical reaction.

Jared Loughner Kept Photos of Bill Clinton, Raul Grijalva, and Possibly Ed Pastor

Jared Loughner kept photos of President Bill Clinton and Congressman Raul Grijalva, and possibly a photograph of Congressman Ed Pastor, according to the newly released documents.The detail is included is a report from a Pima County Sheriff's Department detective in the thousands of pages of document ... More >>

FBI Agent Said Jared Loughner Made Graffiti Used by "Christian Anti-Abortion Groups"

The thousands of pages of documents recently released in the case of Jared Loughner's murderous rampage, which left six people dead and injured 13, make one thing certain -- Loughner exhibited some very strange behavior.In another example of this, a Pima County Sheriff's Department detective wrote i ... More >>

Jared Loughner Was Always "Pissed at the Pigs," According to Newly Released Documents

Thousands of pages of records have been released from Pima County Sheriff's Department's investigation of Jared Loughner's 2011 shooting that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, perhaps giving more insight into Loughner's life.Interviews with Loughner ... More >>

Jared Loughner's Mom Thought He Was on "Meth or Something," but Drug Test Was Clean

Jared Loughner's mom told Pima County Sheriff's Department investigators that she thought her son was on "meth or something," when she was interviewed the day her son went on a murder rampage, killing six people and injuring 13.In perhaps another sign that Loughner's parents didn't recognize a poten ... More >>

Todd Fries Going to Prison for Decorating Home of Non-Paying Customers With Chemicals, Feces, Dead Animals, and Swastikas

Todd Fries, also known as Todd Burns -- the owner of Burns Power Washing in Tucson -- was shorted $200 for a power-washing job four years ago, because his customers didn't think Fries' employees did such a great job.Fries' response to this non-payment has earned him more than 12 years in federal pri ... More >>

Valley Fever's 12 Most Popular Arizona News Stories of 2012

It seems like every year there's one local story that defines the news more than others. Last year, it was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson (which we got a horrific reminder of with the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary). This year, as far as actual readership g ... More >>

Democrat Rich Carmona Races Toward the U.S. Senate

Tucson Man, Shorted $200 for a Power-Washing Job, Convicted in Attacks Involving Chemicals, Feces, Dead Animals, and More

About four years ago, Todd Fries, the owner of Burns Power Washing, was shorted $200 for a power-washing job because his customers didn't think Fries' employees did such a great job.Fries responded to this lack of payment by spreading things outside the customers' home including (but not limited to) ... More >>

Pima County Sheriff's Department Dog Sniffs Out 430 Pounds of Weed in a Shed... During a Traffic Stop

A deputy and a dog from the Pima County Sheriff's Department were both pretty sure they smelled weed in a car during a traffic stop, but there was no pot found in the car.While they were still there, though -- in front of the driver's house -- the dog happened to sniff out 430 pounds of marijuana in ... More >>

Boy Scout Gets Lost in Santa Rita Mountains; Fairly Useless Scout Master Didn't Really Know Where He Was Either

Sending teenage boy scouts out overnight to fend for themselves in the middle of the Santa Rita Mountains -- a popular spot for human and drug smuggling -- might not be the brightest idea.It apparently sounded like a good idea to the troop masters of the 14-year-old Boy Scout who called 9-1-1 Wednes ... More >>

Juan Garcia, Alleged Kid-Killer, Turns Himself In to Authorities Near the Border

Juan Garcia -- who's accused of killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son in February -- turned himself in to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents near the border crossing in Lukeville on Friday, the Pima County Sheriff's Department confirmed.Garcia, 18, has been wanted by Phoenix police since g ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants Shot, Killed After Being "Ambushed" by People in Camouflage Garb

Two illegal immigrants were shot and killed last night near Eloy after being "ambushed" by an unknown number of people in camouflage getup, police say.According to the Pima County Sheriff's Department, the call came into the Eloy Police Department around 10:30 p.m. yesterday about shots being fired ... More >>

Don Bivens, the $160,000 Man, Slimes Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona

Former Arizona Democratic Party Chair Don Bivens will not go gently into that good night, like he should.Rather, Bivens seems hell-bent on an ugly contest in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate this year. Already, he's going negative on former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, the guy Pr ... More >>

Richard Carmona Promises AZ Dems a U.S. Senate Seat

Immigrants Who Fight Deportation Are Packed Into Federal Gulags for Months or Years Before Their Cases Are Heard

Drug Probe Led Pima County SWAT Team to Shoot Iraq War Vet More Than 60 Times

​Documents released yesterday by the Pima County Sheriff's Department show that the controversial shooting of an Iraq War vet was the result of a complex drug investigation into the man and his brother.Jose Guerena, a 26-year-old father of two and veteran of the war, died on May 5, in his home ... More >>

Audie Cornish, NPR Reporter Partly to Blame for Errant Gabrielle Giffords Death Report, Gets a Promotion

Falsely reporting a congresswoman's death is apparently a great way to move up in the world of journalism -- just ask NPR's Audie Cornish. ​Following the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage, during which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot through the brain, her husband, astronaut Mark ... More >>

Pima County Sheriff's Department is Sick and Tired of People Dropping Off Bombs at its Offices

veryicon.comIf you have one of these, don't bring it to the Pima County Sheriff's Department​Is your basement just full of bombs that you don't know what to do with? Hopefully not, but the Pima County Sheriff's Department is fed up with people coming to them with their bomb collections. Apparen ... More >>

Jared Loughner Reportedly Remorseless While in Custody; Described by Guards as "Evil"

Jared Loughner apparently has been making the same face seen above since being taken into federal custody earlier this month.​The now-infamous sinister smirk by Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner -- in a photo taken by the Pima County Sheriff's Department after the January 8 sh ... More >>

Pima County Sheriff's Department Releases Names of All Wounded in Tucson Tragedy

​Moments ago, the Pima County Sheriff's Department released the names of everyone who was wounded during Saturday's tragedy outside of a Tucson grocery store.The department has already released the names of the six people killed in the attack, which includes Federal Judge John Roll, 9-year-old Chr ... More >>

Jared Loughner Reportedly Posed in G-String -- Glock in Hand -- in Photos Taken Day Before Shooting

This is NOT Jared Loughner -- but the suspect in Saturday's shooting rampage was wearing a number similar to this hours before the shooting occurred.​Just when we thought the tragic story of Jared Loughner couldn't possibly get any more bizarre, it's now being reported that he took photos of himse ... More >>

Arizona's Lax Gun Laws Helped Make Tucson's Jared Lee Loughner Possible

Bullets Found in Bag Believed to be Carried by Jared Loughner Before Shooting

​The Pima County Sheriff's Department confirms that bullets were found in a bag authorities believe Jared Loughner, the suspect in Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, was carrying in the hours before the attack.The PCSD says about 10 a.m. today, an 18-year-old man was walking his dog near t ... More >>

Nineteen Wounded in Giffords Attack, Pima County Sheriff's Office Clarifies

​As a media firestorm has bombarded the Pima County Sheriff's Office, one of the office's spokesmen has offered a few clarifications about facts in the case that have been lost in the chaos.One of the more-important misconceptions is the reported number of those wounded during Saturday's rampage s ... More >>

Ex-Tucson Hells Angels Leader -- Known Among the "Brotherhood" as "Tramp" -- Arrested After Cops Find Dead Body Buried in his Yard

William Gary Potter​The former leader of the Tucson chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang -- who goes by the name "Tramp" -- was arrested this morning after deputies from the Pima County Sheriff's Department found a dead body buried in his yard.Pima County Sheriff's spokesman Jason Ogan tell ... More >>

Pro-Shawna Forde Site Pimped by Laine Lawless, Mexican Flag Burner Extraordinaire

Shawna Forde gets a little help from her pal, nativist Wiccan Laine Lawless​Just when you think the nativists have sunk to a new low, they limbo right down into the gutter a little lower. In this case, it's our old pal, Wiccan wackjob Laine Lawless (real name, Roberta Dill), known for her love of ... More >>

Shawna Forde Associate a Former Pima County Sheriff's Deputy in Training?

The Norwegian video interview of Shawna Forde and a fella by the name of Todd Hezlitt Someone recently sent me a link to the blog Immigration Talk with a Mexican American, which in turn links to the blog Crooks & Liars and a Norwegian news video featuring the infamous Shawna Forde of Minuteman A ... More >>

Shawna Forde, Alleged Kid Killer, Extremist, Phoenix Tea Party Attendee, and Ghost of Tea Parties Future

Shawna Forde, MAD-woman, Tea Partier, alleged murderer... A Petri dish of right wing insanity and goofiness. That was my impression of the April 15 Tea Party that took place on the grounds of the Arizona state capitol and drew thousands in a mass fit of anti-Obama rage. Sure, not eve ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon Torpedoes Arpaio Over the Sheriff’s Neo-Nazi and Nativist Pals, and One More Reason the Democrats Need to Take Boxing Lessons

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