State Senator Lori Klein has an interesting yarn about how her loaded gun ended up pointed at the chest of Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas.Amongst heavy criticism, Klein issued a statement, in which she claims that Ruelas moved in front of her gun sight as she was showing him the gun.Ruelas…
Convicted murderer Thomas Paul West pleaded his case for his death sentence to be reduced to life in prison in front of the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency today, and the majority of the Board was apparently unmoved.In a 3-2 vote, the Board denied West’s request for a commutation of…
A Colorado-based Army private getting explosives training in Yuma was arrested yesterday after police say he tried to board a commercial airplane while carrying explosives.U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Robbie Sherwood says Army Private First Class Christopher Eric Wey, 19, tried to board a United Airlines flight from Yuma to Los…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on the scene as his boys in beige raid a Valley bread company in search of illegal immigrants, the MCSO announced this morning.According to the MCSO, Arpaio’s boys got word that 31 employees at Mesa’s Alpine Bread Factory near 300 West Southern Avenue were…
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s homicide unit is investigating the “bizarre” death of the girlfriend of a Scottsdale business executive at his Coronado, California mansion yesterday. However, the SDSD says, pharmaceutical tycoon Jonah Shacknai was not at the home when the woman died.Just before 7 a.m. yesterday, police received…
Thomas Paul West, 52, has been on death row since the Reagan administration. He’s scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday, but is now seeking the same last-minute appeals many condemned inmates seek before their state-ordered date with death.West is scheduled to appear before the Arizona Board of Executive…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s got a hankerin’ for rocker Alice Coopers’ two-foot wiener.Apparently so impressed with the two-foot hot dogs served at Coopers’ Cooperstown restaurant in Phoenix, the sheriff has challenged “any reporter” to an eating contest.”After signing autographs at Cooperstown yesterday, I’m now ready to challenge any reporter…
the Arizona Cardinals miraculous 2009 NFL playoff run — and Super Bowl loss — the team had only one playoff win in 60 years. However, the team’s tradition of losing aside, the franchise is still worth some serious coin.According to Forbes’ list of the 50 most-valuable sports franchises released Tuesday,…
Marciopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claimed yesterday that “intelligence sources” tell him that illegal immigrants and drug smugglers are avoiding Maricopa County to avoid him and his tough guy antics.He says smugglers are now choosing to use alternate routes through Arizona after crossing the border.However, the claim came in the…
Maricopa County’s corrupt top cop, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, claims smugglers transporting drugs and illegal immigrants are avoiding Maricopa County to avoid run-ins with him.That said, 10 illegal immigrants smuggled into the United States on their way to California and North Carolina, were arrested by the MCSO’s Human Smuggling Unit in the…
As New Times reported last night, Keith Carmickle — the Kingman numskull who nearly fell to a likely death while trying to catch a baseball at Monday night’s MLB Home-Run Derby — was whisked away to New York City to appear on Good Morning America this morning.Carmickle, it appears, realizes…
Patrick Trejo, 25, was a music teacher at Raul H. Castro Middle School in Phoenix. He also used Craigslist to try to solicit sex with a dog, which — shocking as it may (not) seem — is a crime.Trejo learned his fate in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning after…
For anyone in the armed-robbery biz, here’s a tip: try robbing a store where the highest-priced item costs more than a buck.That said, after apparently weighing his options of which store to rob at gunpoint, a thief in Mesa settled on the Family Dollar Store near Broadway and Dobson roads…
omparing the victims of snake-oil salesman James Ray’s deadly sweat lodge to dogs left in hot cars has ruffled a few feathers.Imagine that.People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, as we reported last month, was attempting to capitalize on the publicity Ray’s manslaughter case received by comparing the victims of his…
A shooting early this morning in the parking lot of a Phoenix strip club’s left one man dead and police scratching their heads.Mark Curtis Hill, 38, was shot multiple times in the parking lot of Cheeta’s strip club near 7th Street and Indian School Road…
Phoenix survived Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, but not everyone’s satisfied with the level of entertainment provided by baseball’s best.Arizona Republic columnist Paola Boivin is among those not thrilled with the festivities.Boivin penned a column arguing that All-Star festivities need a “facelift,” claiming the events surrounding the game are “fun…
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. How do you get to the set of Good Morning America? Apparently, all it takes is acting like a dipshit at the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby.As we noted yesterday, Kingman resident Keith Carmickle nearly died when he tried…
At three games out of first place in the National League West, the Arizona Diamondbacks would have home field advantage in the World Series — should they miraculously make it — thanks to the performances of Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder, and the rest of the NL’s best in…
Big ups to Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista — for showing a little class in a game that means almost nothing.Lest we forget, that’s more than we can say about baseball’s No. 1 reject, Pete Rose.In the top of the fourth inning during tonight’s Midsummer Classic at Chase…
Former Calgary Flames (that’s a hockey team, Zonies) forward Brett Sutter pleaded guilty yesterday to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct for attacking a Scottsdale cab driver — for no apparent reason — last year.Initially, Sutter, 24, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault.Sutter and the Flames were in…
As state Senator Lori Klein refuses to discuss why she pointed a loaded gun at a reporter during an interview last week, she might learn a thing or two from a Tempe man who found out the hard/deadly way what can happen when you ignore basic firearm-safety rules.The senator might…
The Congressional intern whom many credit with helping to save the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will throw out the first pitch at Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game tonight at Chase Field in downtown Phoenix.While most interns spend their time filling Starbucks orders and finding ways to screw up making…
