Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today ended months of speculation about who he’d support in the GOP presidential primary by officially throwing his weight behind Texas Governor Rick Perry.Arpaio is currently in New Hampshire campaigning with Perry, which is where he gave his official nod. “I’m endorsing Rick Perry because…
The Arizona Supreme Court today will consider whether to issue an execution warrant for a man convicted of murdering his adoptive mother back in 1984. After murdering her, he chopped her body up into several pieces, and scattered them in dumpsters near the Florence Prison — where he was an…
As you’ve probably heard, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be in New Hampshire today where he’s expected to endorse Texas Governor Rick Perry in the Republican presidential primary.Arpaio’s nod could be a double-edged sword for Perry, though, who many far-right-wingers — a.k.a. the people who typically vote in Republican…
The trails on the Superstition Mountains near the site of last week’s plane crash are now open for business, even as wreckage from the crash — including human bone fragments, apparently — remains on the mountain.The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says one hiker’s already found a bone fragment near the…
For the first time since 2009, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback/2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart played in a professional football game. By halftime, Leinart was back on the bench, which is where he’s likely to remain for the rest of the season.In what was to be Leinart’s latest chance to…
If you’re in need of child-size crutches — and have some smokes to spare — you’re in luck: Someone in Chandler is willing to make a trade.The only catch is that the previous owner of the crutches — according to the person who posted the ad (pictured above) on Craigslist…
Jerice Hunter, the mother of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley — who is suspected in the girl’s disappearance — has been released from jail.Hunter, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says, was released about 10:40 a.m today.Jerry Cobb, spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, tells New Times Hunter was released because…
A Tempe man and his baby-mama have each pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse after leaving their 11-month-old baby in a running bathtub earlier this year.Initially, Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, and Jasen Anchondo, 28, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. The couple was arrested in August after…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man who’s made a career out of bootin’ brown folks back across the border, is reportedly going to endorse Rick Perry as the Republican nominee for president — which is more than a little surprising (if it’s true, that is), when you consider some…
A Democrat hasn’t held a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona since 1995, but a recent poll suggests that the seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl is within reach for Arizona lefties.According to the pollsters at the left-leaning Public Policy Polling, Republican Congressman Jeff Flake — the presumed GOP…
Glendale police announced yesterday that they don’t expect to find missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley alive, and now we know why: it appears her mother, Jerice Hunter, who was arrested yesterday on child abuse charges “directly related to the disappearance,” beat the girl weeks before she was ever reported missing. She…
As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio stands by his hawkish approach to solving the illegal immigration problem, Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, the man who hopes to put an end to Arpaio’s reign, has come out in favor of a more moderate approach to immigration reform.Stauffer, a life-long Republican who’s running…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Bnbk, 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 presidential candidate Herman Cain…
Scottsdale defense attorney David Appleton fatally shot a father of three during an apparent road-rage incident earlier this month. Yesterday, we learned that the second-degree murder charge against him has been dropped — for now.”We’ve asked the Scottsdale Police Department for some additional investigation before making a final charging decision,”…
The second-degree murder charge against David Appleton, a Scottsdale defense attorney who fatally shot a motorist during an apparent road-rage incident earlier this month, has been dropped, the County Attorney’s Office confirms to New Times. However, that doesn’t mean he won’t eventually be charged with a crime.”We’ve asked the Scottsdale…
The Glendale Police Department confirmed this afternoon that Jerice Hunter, the mother of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley, has been arrested for child abuse “directly related” to the disappearance of her daughter. Additionally, Glendale Sergeant Brent Coombs says, it’s unlikely the girl will be found alive.”With the information that has come…
A teacher accused of feeling up two female students will not be charged with any crimes, the Maricopa County Superior Court announced this morning.However, the County Attorney’s Office can still file charges against Thomas Weaver — evidence permitting, that is. Jerry Cobb, a spokesman for the MCAO, says his office…
Picture this: you wake up to find a man with no pants on — wearing nothing but a condom and a tee-shirt — carrying your 4-year-old daughter out of your house at about 6 a.m. That nightmare scenario was a reality for a Phoenix family yesterday morning, compliments of 21-year-old…
The mother of a 5-year-old Glendale girl who’s been missing for over a month reportedly has been arrested.Jerice Hunter, the mother of Jhessye Shockley — who was last seen on October 11– was taken into custody this morning, family members have told various news outlets.Glendale Sergeant Brent Coombs did not…
Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for an appropriate caption for the above photo of presidential candidate Herman Cain in the midst of a rather epic brain-fart for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest.If you missed Cain’s cranial flatulence, click here to watch the…
For the second time this month, a Valley teacher is accused of feeling up a student. The latest: Richardo Moreno, a teacher at Basha High School in Chandler.According to Chandler police, a 16-year-old female student told school administrators that Moreno, 51, inappropriately touched her and another girl while the three…
Oprah-approved snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray is going to prison.Ray, who was found guilty of three counts of negligent homicide, was sentenced this afternoon to two years in prison for each of the three people who died during a 2009 “self-helf” sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona.The sentences, however, will run…
