We’ve been checking the Web site of sweat lodge organizer James Arthur Ray just about every day, and it has proven to contain a never-ending fountain of insensitive comments. That said, even we were a little surprised today when the organizer of the “Spiritual Warrior” sweat lodge retreat that left…
The Mesa Police Department has announced that the city has seen the greatest reduction in crime since 1963. According to police, among other declines, there has been a 39 percent drop in auto theft and 31 percent decrease in homicides…
A fundraiser for potential Attorney General candidate and Anthem Republican Sam Crump was spoiled last month by the release of the infamous Desert Divas client list, according to Crump’s now former campaign manager Jeremiah Wilson. Wilson was canned by the Crump campaign earlier this week because the campaign couldn’t afford to…
Arizona State University police have released the audio of the 911 call made after a graduate student shot himself in his professors office Monday.You can listen to it here.The call was placed by Professor Jason Griffiths, whose office is two doors down from the office of Professor Mookesh Patel, where…
A Scottsdale man pleaded not guilty yesterday for allegedly passing a bogus check to the Steve Miller Band for a show the group played in Casper, Wyoming last November…
A California company called “Searching for Bigfoot Inc.” claims to have made a discovery in the hills near Flagstaff that could change everything you may think you know about Sasquatches. In a press release from SFBF, the group claims a man named Larry Jenkins, who lives in “the hills near…
A U.S. District Court shot down a request by Sheriff Joe Arpaio for a summary judgment in the Robert Daniels lawsuit.In a court ruling obtained by New Times, Judge Susan Bolton ruled that there are “several issues of material fact” that still remain in regard to the sheriff’s involvement in…
The self-help guru who organized the “Spiritual Warrior” sweat lodge retreat near Sedona that left three people dead and dozens injured is offering his condolences in the form of a check — too bad it’s for about half as much as the victims paid to go and sit in a…
We caught wind of this a few hours ago but couldn’t confirm it until now — Jorge Murillo, the state hospital “patient” who escaped custody last week by hopping two fences without anyone seeming to notice, has been captured. Murillo, a 40-year-old Honduran national, who recently finished a 10-year prison…
A Mesa woman has filed suit in Maricopa County Superior Court accusing a local sports bar of violating city codes by not applying for a building permit for a stripper pole that she toppled from, cutting her ring finger. ReAnna M. Hedrick, 28, claims in the October 16 suit that on September 3,…
A new Cronkite/Eight poll finds that county residents mostly approve of Joe Arpaio’s performance as sheriff. The poll, conducted between October 22-25, asked 389 registered voters in Maricopa County if they approved or disapproved of the job the sheriff iis doing. It found that 61 percent of county residents either “approve”…
Phoenix New Times is asking local meth-heads to put those euphoric buzzes or even shattered dreams to use by applying to write a new weekly column called, “You Do the Meth.”New Times’ sister paper in Denver, Westword, announced last week that it’s taking applications for a marijuana critic to review different…
A Scottsdale dentist is putting Valley kids in tough spot this Halloween — she’s making them choose between cash or candy…
Good news! Black-tailed prairie dogs are back in Arizona (you were concerned, we’re sure). However, a hunter outside of Tucson felt the need to blow one to bits with a high-powered rifle, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department. The black-tailed prairie dog once roamed Arizona in abundance…
Sheriff Joe has activated his infamous posse to hunt down a serial cat killer roaming the streets of Tempe, Chandler, and Mesa.Sounds like a nice change of pace from walking around malls at Christmas-time pretending to be real cops. The upcoming depolyment reminds us of the time a few years ago when the…
Joe Shirley Jr., president of the Navajo Nation, was placed on administrative leave today, pending an investigation into ethical, civil, or criminal involvement with two companies with tribal contracts.During a special session of the Navajo Nations Tribal Council, members voted 48-22 to place Shirley on leave during the investigation as…
Arizona State University police are reporting that a graduate student shot and killed himself inside a professor’s office a little over an hour ago…
A White House basketball game featuring Arizona congressman and national beefcake Jeff Flake has brought some heat on the Obama Administration. A couple of weeks ago, President Obama had members of his Cabinet, as well as members of Congress, including Flake, over to the White House for a game of…
As the Corleone saying goes: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” Didn’t President Obama tell us we were leaving Iraq? Tell that to the troops in the Army’s 653rd Support Group…
So we watched Sunday night’s Cards Giants game with a New York fan and must say there was nothing in the world more gratifying than watching him eat his words as the Birds laid down some serious smack on the “G-g-g G-Men.” New York sports fans are a rare breed,…
Department of Public Safety officers served a warrant at a home in Scottsdale today and found just about everything needed to make fake IDs, as well as two Mexican men they believe were running the operation.Considering what DPS officers found, we’re gonna go ahead and assume the two guys weren’t trying…
Governor Jan Brewer today named a replacement for former budget chief Eileen Klein, whom she bumped up the totem pole this week to serve as her new chief of staff. John Arnold, executive director of the School Facilities Board, will be the new state budget director…
