Arizona’s liquor laws dictate that people within the state’s borders can’t purchase alcohol between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. But they can still steal it — or at least try to — which is apparently the route a San Tan Valley man took on his quest to get sent back to…
For the past several weeks, the Tempe Police Department has been investigating a string of incidents where a man would expose himself and masturbate in front of young women at apartment complex pools, and over the weekend, they arrested a guy doing exactly that.Matthew Marvin Flentge, 43, was busted Saturday…
Good news: According to the president of the United States — in a speech that could give even Sean Hannity an O-boner — Osama bin Laden is dead.Better news: the U.S. government reportedly has the photos to prove it.Rather than take the government at its word, conspiracy theorists across the…
New York Congressman Gary Ackerman calls Governor Jan Brewer’s putting her Jan Hancock on a bill that allows the creation of license plates that benefit the Tea Party movement “shameful.” Now, he’s called on U.S. House Speaker John Boehner to schedule a vote on a bill he’s devised that cuts federal…
When authorities from the U.S. Forest Service and Arizona Department of Public Safety responded to a report of a fire off a Forest Service road in the Tonto National Forest last night, they thought a fire was all they were dealing with. Then, they found a dead body inside of…
The guy who put the ridiculous tribal tattoo on the face of former Valley resident/former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has filed a lawsuit against the movie studio responsible for the upcoming film The Hangover 2.St. Louis tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill has asked a federal court judge to bar Warner…
Welcome to Arizona, the official billboard for the Connecticut-based Colt gun company. Following intense lobbying of state legislators by the gun company, Governor Jan Brewer yesterday signed a bill into law that makes the Colt single-action Army revolver the official firearm of the state of Arizona — which will undoubtedly…
If in coming months you get pulled over by a police officer in Chandler, don’t freak out, it’s not Robocop — just your run-of-the-mill Chandler traffic cop who will look a lot like Robocop. The look is thanks to a grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety that’s being used…
Governor Jan Brewer signed bills into law yesterday that allow for the creation of 11 new Arizona license plates, one of which depicts the Tea Party favorite Gadsden Flag and its “Don’t Tread on Me” slogan.Anyone who wants a Gadsden Flag plate would have to pony up $25, $17 of…
The circus that is the family of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock will continue to play out publicly, the judge hearing Brock’s divorce case from his somewhat-estranged wife Susan ruled yesterday. Mrs. Brock is serving a 13-year prison sentence for molesting a teenage family friend for more than three years The…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne turned over some of the investigation into the Fiesta Bowl corruption fiasco to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office citing a conflict of interest that exists because many of the people being investigated are “clients” of the AG’s office because they’re elected officials.However, he’s hanging onto…
The National Football League announced today that Arizona is one of two finalist cities to host the 2015 Super Bowl, which means one thing: thousands and thousands of underage hookers will invade the state to cash in on the testosterone of Super Bowl weekend — at least that’s what self-righteous…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today that he’s turning over some of the investigation into the Fiesta Bowl fiasco to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office because a conflict of interest exists between his office and elected officials who allegedly accepted — and failed to report — gifts and tickets to…
State Representative Andy Tobin has been pegged to serve as the new speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives following former Speaker Kirk Adams’ announcement that he’s leaving the Legislature.As New Times pointed out on Tuesday, Tobin is now tasked with keeping the Legislature in its place as a tool of…
Former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth’s ego may have met its match — in the form of Congressman Jeff Flake and his well-stocked campaign coffers. We’re told by those in the know that Hayworth has decided to not square off against Flake in what would be a GOP primary for the…
Former Congressional candidate Mark Spinks is a big fan of state Republican Party Chairman Tom Morrissey. In fact, he recently sent a scathing e-mail to those looking to get the chairman booted from his post (we got a copy of it, which you can see below). However, sources tell New…
Mesa woman was asleep in her bed when she heard some rocks being thrown at her window. Curious, she went outside to see what was going on — and that’s when her ex-boyfriend — accompanied by his new girlfriend — started shooting at her.According to the Mesa Police Department, 18-year-old…
A Scottsdale man was arrested yesterday for allegedly beating the crap out of a 62-year-old man after hitting on the guy’s fiancee at a Phoenix restaurant earlier this month.Jason Peter Bonal, 36, got pinched yesterday afternoon for the violent attack on the man after witnesses identified him as the attacker.According…
The Tempe Police Department is asking the public’s help in tracking down a guy authorities say has been exposing himself — and masturbating in front of — sun-bathing female 20-somethings as they lounge around pools at area apartment complexes.In the latest incident, which happened this afternoon, the unknown suspect was…
Good news, Phoenix Coyotes fans: the team’s not moving to Canada and will remain in the desert — according to the mayor of Winnipeg, anyway.The bad news: he’s probably wrong.Today, as Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs rejected a plan that would have partnered the city with the Tohono O’odham Indians in…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio recently unveiled a controversial contest on his website asking the general public to vote for their favorite mugshot of an alleged criminal who’s been booked into one of the sheriff’s jails — the winner earning the coveted “Mugshot of the Day” honors.As we’ve mentioned, the…
A man convicted of fatally running down a Mesa bicyclist in Tempe last summer has been sentenced to a year in jail, and three years probation, after pleading guilty to charges that he left the scene of a fatal accident.Cody Ryan Davis, 23, was arrested last July at his home…
