U.S. Attorney's Office

Anti-Pot Pinal County Attorney Thanks CBS 5 for Medical Marijuana "Investigation"

Rushing to the defense of CBS 5's severely flawed "investigation" of the state's medical-marijuana program is Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles, who wants to add to the disinformation campaign.In fact, Voyles sent out a press release including a public thank-you note to CBS 5, thanking them for the ... More >>

Abdullatif Aldosary Pleads Not Guilty to Charges in Casa Grande Bombing Case

Abdullatif Aldosary -- the Coolidge resident accused of detonating an "explosive device" outside the Social Security Administration building in Casa Grande a couple weeks ago -- pleaded not guilty today on two charges related to that bombing.Aldosary, an Iraqi refugee, faces just one charge related ... More >>

An Eccentric Ad Man Loses His Helicopter to the Feds

Joe Arpaio's Victim Deborah Braillard: Family Agrees to $3.2 Million Settlement, ABC15 Reports

ABC 15 and star reporter Dave Biscobing have the scoop again on the civil trial in Pinal County regarding the 2005 wrongful death of diabetic mom Deborah Braillard, who was denied medical treatment while in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's gulags and later died because of that lack of treatment. Earlier this m ... More >>

John Leonardo, New AZ US Attorney, Recuses Himself From Sheriff Joe Arpaio Abuse-of-Power Investigation; As Judge, Ruled That Arpaio Did Abuse Power

See also: John Leonardo, Arizona's New U.S. Attorney, is No Fan of Sheriff Arpaio John Leonardo, the new Arizona U.S. Attorney, believes that Joe Arpaio abused his power as Maricopa County Sheriff. Leonardo said so in a ruling back in 2010, when he was a Pima County Superior Court judge. Howeve ... More >>

DEA Agents Pretended to Be Hells Angels to Bust Phoenix Bath Salts Manufacturers

See also: DEA Makes Raids Nationwide for Making Chemicals Similar to Illegal DrugsThe Drug Enforcement Administration's nationwide "synthetic drug takedown" led to the arrest of five Valley men this week. Two of the men were uncovered by DEA sources, two were busted by DEA agents pretending to be me ... More >>

J.T. Ready's Work for "U.S. Border Guard" Detailed in U.S. Border Patrol Documents

The U.S. Attorney's Office blew two chances to prosecute J.T. Ready for pulling guns on illegal immigrants months before the neo-Nazi gunned down four people in Gilbert, records show.The documents were released by Nick Martin of Talking Points Memo (and former Valley reporter), who broke the story a ... More >>

Tucson Man Convicted of Stalking New York Woman...For 18 Years

​Say what you will about 47-year-old Moses Antonio Shepard, but at least he's persistent -- he was recently convicted of stalking a New York woman...for the last 18 years.Shepard was convicted last week of two counts of interstate stalking for stalking the same woman for nearly two decades, the U. ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fiasco: Former COO Natalie Wisneski Pleads Not Guilty

​Natalie Wisneski, the former chief operating officer for the Fiesta Bowl, was in a Phoenix U.S. District Court this morning where she pleaded not guilty to multiple charges that she was involved in a scam to make illegal campaign contributions to several federal, state, and local political candid ... More >>

Border Patrol Agent Charged With Accepting Bribe to Allow Contraband-Filled Truck to Pass Through Checkpoint

www.funnyshirtshack.com​For the second time this month, a federal agent in Arizona has been charged with a corruption-based crime.The U.S. Attorney's Office announced today that U.S. Border Patrol agent Abel Canales has been indicted for accepting a bribe to allow a U-Haul truck he thought was fil ... More >>

James Chaney, Owner of Tempe Pot Club Raided by DEA, Also Suspected of Possessing Meth

The owner of a Tempe medical marijuana club raided by the DEA last week was already being sought by cops for possession of methamphetamine, records show.James Chaney, 37, was arrested along with co-worker Rachel Beeder, 25, on September 29 during the morning raid of the Arizona Go Green Compassion C ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Not Out of Loop According To Latest Attorney General Docs

Arpaio out of the loop? Not a chanceWell, here's some fresh proof that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's Munnell memo report is a complete whitewash, and that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was, is and always will be in complete control of his agency. While he's still sheriff, that is.Today Ariz ... More >>

Russell Pearce Is Going Down, But the Recall Still Needs Your Help

Randy Parraz (in black) with volunteers and staff at recall headquartersAs I type this, Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and a number of local activist groups are having a press conference calling on Sheriff Joe Arpaio to resign and for the feds to take the sheriff's office and the jails ... More >>

Munnell Memo Report Complete, in Hands of Sheriff Arpaio; Public Release of Document on Hold

  David Hendershott, Arpaio's No. 1 guy, figures large in the Munnell Memo report about to be released.​The long-awaited report on the so-called Munnell Memo investigation is complete, but public release of the findings will have to wait, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office says.   ... More >>

Mesa Man Helped Murderous Hells Angel Flee Country, Authorities Say

Paul Merle Eischeid​When Hells Angel Paul Merle Eischeid fled the country following the 2001 kidnapping and murder of Cynthia Garcia, he didn't do it alone, authorities say -- he had help from a Mesa man.Tuesday morning, U.S. Marshals arrested 43-year-old Robert Tutokey at his home near Powe ... More >>

Hells Angel Accused of 2001 Murder Arrested in Argentina After Nearly Four Years on U.S. Marshals' Most Wanted List

KPHOPaul Eischeid and his Angel ink.​A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who authorities believe is responsible for "one of the most grisly" murders in recent American criminal history, has been captured in Argentina, the U.S. Marshals Service announced today. Paul Merle Eischeid, one o ... More >>

John Roll, Chief Judge of District Court in Arizona, and the Ninth Circuit's Release

Photo issued by the 9th Circuit of deceased jurist John Roll Normally, I do not post press releases in their entirety on this blog, but I think an exception is warranted in the case of this statement from the United States' Ninth Circuit Court regarding Arizona's Chief District Judge John ... More >>

Andrew Thomas May End Up Disbarred, But He Really Belongs in a Prison Cell

Sidebar: Fantasy Voter Fraud

The ATF Agent Who Put the Mahon Brothers in the Hoosegow; Plus, Why the MCSO Has Something Else to Worry About

Lisa Aubuchon Appeal in State Bar Investigation Declined by Arizona Supreme Court; Speculation Rampant on Possible Upcoming Bar Action

  Image: www.aubuchonlaw.com The state Supreme Court has declined to consider a last-ditch effort by Lisa Aubuchon to block the distribution of answers she gave in a State Bar investigation.​What some see as the last remaining obstacle for State Bar action against former Maricopa Coun ... More >>

Michael Turney Gets 10 Years for Bomb Possession; Stepdad of Missing Girl Planned to Attack Local Union

Michael Turney​Michael Turney, the stepfather of a girl missing since 2001, was sentenced today to 10 years in a federal prison for possessing a large cache of fully functional, homemade bombs.He pleaded guilty back in April.Federal agents who raided Turney's home at 17218 North 34th Street in Dec ... More >>

Convicted Scottsdale Bank Robber Possibly Lookin' at 80 Years in Clink

WTRF OhioMichael Yanni​It seems nearly every other day we get a press release from a Valley law enforcement agency asking for the public's help in tracking down someone who robbed a bank. It's rare that we hear any news of one of those robbers being caught or convicted.Today is one of the rare day ... More >>

Feds Finally Get Serious With Convicted Murderer From Mexico; Man Deported Twice After '88 California Slaying

​ The feds are finally getting serious about folks like Evelio Padilla-Ortega. Padilla-Ortega served just six years in a Mexican prison for a 1988 murder he committed in California, then snuck back into the United States. The Mexican national, now 47, was caught by U.S. authorities in 2003 a ... More >>

Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Cancer Drugs in Arizona and Abroad

www.icanhazcheezburger.com Chuck Norris​At the federal courthouse in Phoenix this morning, a Canadian man pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit cancer medication over the Internet to victims in Arizona and as far away as Belgium.Hazim Gaber, 22, of Edmonton, Canada, pleaded guilty to f ... More >>

Boyd Dunn, Cleve Lynch, Andrew Pacheco and Rick Romley Recommended as Replacement for Andrew Thomas

Rick Romley is considered a favorite by the Board of Supervisors.​ A citizens' panel has made its recommendations to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on the replacement of former County Attorney Andrew Thomas: *Boyd Dunn -- Chandler Mayor and divorce lawyer *Cleve Lynch -- a deputy ... More >>

Eric Holder on Joe Arpaio Probe: DOJ Expects "Results," Investigation Ongoing

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder: Still waiting on the "results" of the Arpaio probeWith demonstrators outside the Phoenix federal courthouse clamoring for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's head, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today characterized the Department of Justice investigation into Arpaio's office a ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 21, 2010

Joe Arpaio Grand Jury Probe Begins, One Witness' Lawyer Expects Investigation to Last "Six Months"

Maricopa County Manager David Smith (left) with his attorney Michael Black, outside the federal courthouse in PhoenixThere was a chill, and dare I say it, a thrill in the air for some, on this winter Wednesday morning, the first day of a federal grand jury looking into criminal abuses of power by Sh ... More >>

A Skinhead-Collaring Cop, Nazis at the State Capitol, and a Lesbian Nativist Reveals Homicidal Fantasies Toward Mexicans

Scottsdale Man Pleads Guilty to Bringing in Chinese Viagra-Type Drug and Fraud Charges

What a scammer! Timothy Keay Isaac, 47, pleaded guilty today in federal court to a slew of charges related to his illicit company, which brought into the country a Chinese Viagra-like drug without prescriptions. But this is the part that bugs us: In 2006, Isaac applied for disability benefits from ... More >>

Jarrett Maupin II Pleads Guilty to Lying to Federal Agent; Resignation From School Board Part of Plea Deal

Image: Jeff Newton Jarrett Maupin II pleaded guilty today to a felony count of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement agent. Prosecutors are recommending probation for the former candidate for Phoenix mayor; his sentencing is scheduled for late July. U.S. District Court Judge Da ... More >>

Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Passing Secrets to Potential Terrorists

A former sailor and Phoenix UPS driver was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison today for passing secrets to a Pakistan man who ran an Al-Qaeda recruitment Web site.Paul R. Hall, who has apparently changed his name to Hassan Abu-Jihaad, was arrested in Phoenix in 2007 and charged with terrorism ... More >>

Can Maricopa County’s Juvenile-Justice System Fix Troubled Teens? Rarely, One Judge Laments

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Algiers Connection

Sofaine Laimeche's long friendship with a 9/11 suspect has put his future in America in doubt

The New Boss

Police have shut down most of the meth labs in Phoenix, but now the drug is a big import from Mexico -- cheap, pure and more plentiful than ever

Dangerous Mind

Imagine Joe Arpaio as a dewy intellectual, and you've got County Attorney wanna-be Andy Thomas

Collateral Damaged

Cruise's hit-man flick misses target

Just Desserts

County attorney candidate ditches debate to fund-raise with Fife

Here Comes the Fudge

From U.S. District Court to the Arizona State Fair, attorney Steve Silver's baked goods are under every judge's nose

Flashes 08-19-1999

It's the Media Violence, Stupid

Mom and Pop Go to Washington

Local shopkeepers stung in Mini Thins case get help from national Arab-American leaders

Requiem for a Rogue

Legal community pays its respects to flamboyant attorney Mike Scott

Countdown to Indictment?

Washington to decide Fife's fate in next six weeks

Cinema Verite

Opiate for the Mrs.

When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

IS THIS THE PARTY TO WHOM I AM SPEAKING?

SHE WAS ONLY FOLLOWING ORDERS

Republican Revenge