Joe Arpaio’s “Birther” Investigation in You Write the Caption

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have blown it on 432 sex-crime investigations, but there’s one “investigation” he’s quite proud of: his “Cold Case Posse’s” investigation into whether President Barack Obama’s eligible to be president.In honor of the sheriff’s (embarrassing) investigation into the continuously debunked “birther” conspiracy theory (and the…

Garrett Selleys: Xanax Makes Me Want to Burglarize Cars

According to the medical website drugs.com, some of the side effects of Xanax include decreased sexual desire or ability, diarrhea, dizziness, drowsiness, dry mouth, light-headedness, nausea, tiredness, and weight changes. One of the more severe side effects (as you can see in the mugshot to the right) is red, swollen…

Joe Arpaio’s “Birther” Investigation Wages On as Outrage Over Sheriff’s Bungling of Hundreds of Sex Crime Investigation Grows

As the outrage over Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s mishandling of several hundred sex crimes continues to spread, the sheriff’s crusade to prove that President Barack Obama is a Kenyan version of the Manchurian Candidate wages on.Arpaio, as we’ve reported, agreed to investigate the president’s citizenship at the request of…

Did Rachel Brock Get Off Easy? New Times Readers Seem to Think So

Rachel Brock, the daughter of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years supervised probation and a deferred one-year in jail after pleading guilty to charges that she sexually abused the same boy her mother, Susan Brock, was convicted of molesting. See our cover story on the…

Joe Arpaio (Unintentionally) Holds Second Press Conference About Botched Sex Crime Investigations. Won’t Resign, Claims Other Agencies Have Way Worse Problems

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to think Democratic politicians are using his office’s bungling of more than 400 sex crime investigations as a reason to call for his resignation — not because of his incompetence, but because they don’t like his policies on immigration.He also seems to think other…

Best Reader Caption For Arizona’s Machine Gun Christmas: Ross

Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Ross, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of the Scottsdale Gun Club’s…

Sergeant Sean Drenth Death a Suicide?

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office today will issue its official ruling in the October 2010 shooting death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth.As we reported last night, the ME’s Office has ruled that the death was a suicide — despite multiple lingering questions about the shooting.The Phoenix Police Department doesn’t…

Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth’s Death a Suicide, Medical Examiner’s Office Says. But Phoenix P.D. Still Considers Bizarre Shooting a “Death Unknown”

Tomorrow, the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office officially will rule that the bizarre shooting death of Phoenix Sergeant Sean Drenth was a suicide — more than a year after Drenth’s body was found fatally shot in a parking lot near the State Capitol in October 2010.The Phoenix Police Department, however, still is calling the…

Joe Arpaio Cites The Globe’s “Inside” White House Sources About First Lady’s “Panic” Over Sheriff’s “Birther” Probe

First Lady Michelle Obama apparently is in a “panic” over Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s probe into whether her husband, President Barack Obama, is a U.S. citizen — if you believe the supermarket tabloid The Globe’s “inside” White House sources, that is.Arpaio, who applauds supermarket tabloids as having “the best…

Best Reader Caption For Photo of Arizona’s Machine Gun Christmas?

Last week, in honor of the Scottsdale Gun Club’s celebrating the holidays by giving people the chance to have holiday photos taken of their children holding machine guns, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo for this week’s New Times’ You Write…

Should Joe Arpaio Resign Over Hundreds of Botched Sex-Crime Cases?

Maricopa County Sheriff is again under fire over hundreds of admittedly botched investigations into sex crimes over a three-year period ending in 2007.One of his biggest critics: Congressman Raul Grijalva, who is calling for Arpaio to resign over the bungled investigations.See our story on Arpaio’s oopsies here.Grijalva, whose Congressional district…