U.S. Office of the Attorney General

Felecia Rotellini Making Another Run at Attorney General

Democrat Felecia Rotellini, 2010's Attorney General election runnerup, announced that she's making another run for the AG post in 2014.Also, we've found out what 2012 U.S. Senate election runnerup Richard Carmona's up to -- being the chairman of Rotellini's campaign.See also:-Terry Goddard Wants to ... More >>

"Fast and Furious" Report Pegs Phoenix ATF Office, U.S. Attorney's Office of Arizona

The Justice Department's inspector general has released the agency's novel-length report on the "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal, which mostly calls out the ATF's Phoenix office and the U.S. Attorney's Office of Arizona for the botched operation.Attorney General Eric Holder released a statement ... More >>

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton Announces Mayor's Office Staff Appointments

​About two weeks after being sworn in as Phoenix's newest mayor, Greg Stanton announced today members of his Mayor's Office staff, which includes some of the same individuals who worked for him while he was a city councilman or with him at the Attorney General's Office. As we already know, Paul Bl ... More >>

El Mirage Responds to AG's Investigation of Allegations Officials Used City Resources To Win November Bond Election

​The Arizona Attorney General continues its inquiry into El Mirage and allegations that city officials used city resources to influence the outcome of an $8.5 million bond election on November 8.The bond passed with a mere three-vote margin.El Mirage provided some rather interesting responses to q ... More >>

Authorities Go Gangbusters in South Phoenix; Dozens Arrested, Drugs Seized

www.mrgangbusters.com​A massive gang/drug bust called "Operation OGSTYLE" went down in south Phoenix this morning, resulting in the arrests of dozens of gang members, the Phoenix Police Department announced today."Operation OGSTYLE" was headed by the Phoenix P.D. but included law enforcement agent ... More >>

How Many Immigrants Can You Fit into Two Tractor Trailers? At Least 513

Chiapas Attorney General's Office X-ray images show immigrants crammed into the back of a truck heading to the U.S.​Immigrants will do just about whatever it takes to obtain a better life in the United States -- which apparently includes being crammed into two tractor-trailers with more tha ... More >>

Morning Poll: Is State AG Tom Horne the Latest to Cower to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

James KingAnything for you, Joe.​Last week, the much-anticipated SCA investigative report was released to the public (New Times staffers had a blast thumbing through some of the findings, which may or may not involve seducing a "live sheep." Check it out here and here).The case involves the lies, ... More >>

Tom Horne Defers SCA Investigation to Feds; State AG Won't Go After Sheriff's Office

Tom Horne has "elected" to defer the SCA case to the feds.​ Tom Horne, the state Attorney General, inherited the SCA case from his predecessor, Terry Goddard. The case is all about the dirty politics played by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the state Republican Party. Briefly, it in ... More >>

Four Phoenix Police Officers Indicted for Theft -- All From South Mountain Precinct

​Three Phoenix police officers, and one former officer -- all based out of the Phoenix Police Department's highly criticized South Mountain Precinct -- have been indicted for stealing thousands of dollars from various businesses that partnered with the department.The Attorney General's Office rele ... More >>

Arizona AG's Office Turns to Heavy-Hitters For New Anti-Meth Campaign -- Seventh-Graders

The ghoulish actors and actresses featured in state and county sponsored anti-meth campaigns apparently aren't cutting it, so the Attorney General Terry Goddard's office is now turning to children to get the job done.As part of the Arizona Meth Project's "Not Even Once" campaign, the AG's office is ... More >>

Hot Links: Power Outages, Sneaky Toddlers, and Photo Radar

​Representative Doug Quelland must give up his seat in the legislature. Quelland was found to have violated campaign finance rules earlier this year. Quelland plans to appeal the ruling in Maricopa Superior Court...A fire broke out in the auditorium at Red Mountain High School in Me ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Command Staff is Caught Up in a Serious Criminal Investigation, Newly Released Documents Show

Meth Warnings Drawn by Local Kids to be Put in Statewide Poster

This anti-meth artwork of three Valley kids will be incorporated into a widely distributed poster following a contest by the state Attorney General's Office: First Place: Alison Calabrese, Wigwam Creek Middle School, Litchfield Park (above)

On a Wing and a Prayer

Finding the Colorado City school district's airplane could lead to polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs' arrest

Hope I Die Before I Get Old

Arizona has the power to make nursing homes provide good care. Too bad it doesn't use it

Polygamy Puzzle

Furor over mysterious memo masks difficulties in prosecuting illegal acts

Good Sports, Bad Religion

Letters from the week of October 17, 2002

Sex and Colorado City

Letters from the week of October 10, 2002

Cover-Up (Arizona Attorney General internal memo)

Arizona faces a "Waco-level" threat from Mormon fundamentalists.

Cleaning House

A ragtag group of Valley janitors says a local maintenance company needs to come clean with how it does business

Contract Killers

After years of digging, Karen Ewers believes she's found that CIGNA stole benefits from her handicapped son

School Daze

New Deer Valley charter raises questions and a possible recall effort

Tough Love, Tougher Death

Boot camp the lastest in a string of questionable ventures by Charles Long

Whistle Stops

Proposed legislation a trap, critics say

Gotta Have the Phunk

Valley rap-rock pioneers return with a new record

Letters

A Proposition 200 Close-Up

A Different School of Thought

The state's unabashed enthusiasm for charter schools stops at the borders of Indian reservations

The Pain of Maryvale

How the state of Arizona went soft on polluters and mistreated the victims of the Maryvale cancer cluster

False Witness

Rob Carey lied even when truth would have served

End of a Smear

County Attorney Richard Romley thought he had parlayed a trivial investigation into the resignation of one of his chief political rivals. But Attorney General Grant Woods decided that his top assistant would not be sacrificed to prosecutorial overreaching

Trial By Media (Part I)

For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

Trial By Media (Part II)

For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

A Secretary's Revenge

Deborah Vasquez, a secretary in the Attorney General's Office, overstepped her authority to help a kidnaped child. After being upbraided, she spread fantasy and half-truth that have been used to discredit the attorney general's top assistant, Rob Carey.

Deep Fix

Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley went very, veryeasy on Governor Fife Symington and his cronies inthe Project SLIM bid-rigging case. After first assistant attorney general Rob Carey showed that the county attorney's investigation had been a sham, R

Soldier of Misfortune

Buffalo Soldier with sights on the Super Bowl has a long record of financial and legal problems

Upon Further Review

Auditors claim attorney general violated procurement law, overpaid outside lawyers

A No-Refund Policy

AG failed to require Symington campaign to return excessive donations from lobbyist

LIBERAL TO A FAULTA LONG-RUNNING POLITICAL FEUD HAS BROUGHT DEMOCRATIC SOUTHWEST PHOENIX LITTLE BUT INTRIGUE, PARANOIA--AND A GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION

SECOND HELPINGS

THE WHISTLE-BLOWER FLAW

THERE'S A LAW THAT PROTECTS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHO REPORT WASTE AND ABUSE. USUALLY. WELL, SOMETIMES. ACTUALLY . . . ALMOST NEVER.

BYE-BYE, CONSULTANTSIN A POLICY TURNABOUT, AHCCCS DECIDES OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS WILL BE PHASED OUT

FOLLOWING THE MONEYA NEW COURT FILING CLAIMS DEAN BREWER LOOTED CHARTER TITLE VERY THOROUGHLY, INDEED

PICKING UP THE PIECES OF CHARTER

WHY IS DEAN BREWER SMILING? OTHERS ARE CLEANING UP HIS FINANCIAL MESS.

HEIR OF OPTIMISM

RELATIVES OF SENIORS WHOSE ESTATES WERE PLUNDERED HOPE FOR JUSTICE

A FIXER TAKES OVER UNDER HOWARD ADAMS, ARIZONA'S LIQUOR DEPARTMENT HAS BECOME USER-FRIENDLY

THE LEADING MAN

IN HIS SCREEN DEBUT, WOODS GIVES PERFORMANCE OF A LIFETIME-AT $640 A HEAD

PRO-BUSINESS BILLS FIND THE FAST TRACK

GIVE ME THAT OLD-TIME CONSTITUTION

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND INDUSTRY OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS HAS TAKEN ON A RELIGIOUS FERVOR

WHERE'S THE HAM AND CHEESE?

AND WHAT ABOUT THAT MISSING MONEY? EVERYBODY'S GRILLING EVERYBODY ELSE IN CAVE CREEK.