A Phoenix music teacher was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he used Craigslist to solicit sex with a dog.Patrick Trejo, a 25-year-old music teacher at Raul H. Castro Middle School in Phoenix, was arrested last month after an investigation by…
The Chandler man convicted of stabbing his roommate with the hopes of sucking his blood as part of a “vampire” ritual has been sentenced to three years probation.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Warren Granville spared 24-year-old Aaron Homer any jail time for the bizarre incident, during which Homer and his…
Somebody’s seen Psycho one too many times…A Tombstone horror film producer was arrested last week after his mother’s skeletal remains were found in her home — where they’d sat for about a year, despite the man knowing she was dead the entire time.Timothy Fattig, 34, was arrested Wednesday after his…
As we noted last week, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was more pissed off at New Times than usual after we prematurely published information about Friday’s Tent City jail shakedown (billed to be starring Under Seige II star Steven Seagal) after his office had asked the media to wait until…
Straight from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio: calling a press conference about a jail shakedown — when Hard to Kill star Steven Seagal just happens to be in town filming his new cop-u-drama Steven Seagal: Lawman at Joe’s infamous Tent City — was not a publicity stunt.Only it was.While we…
The man pictured is 49-year-old Michael Alan Jenks, of Mesa, and he allegedly likes to give little girls drugs and alcohol, and then feel them up.Jenks got popped on Tuesday for allegedly molesting three young girls, two of whom were blood relatives of his living in his home.According to court…
Say what you will about Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, but he’s a man of his word — at least when it comes to the word “suck.”In an apparent attempt to make up for his ruthless censorship of New Times” work, the mayor said the word “sucks” 11 times at last…
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, we learned earlier this week, is rumored to be planning to base her hypothetical presidential campaign in Scottsdale, but GOP sources tell New Times the one-time darling of the Conservative movement might be coming to the Grand Canyon State for a different reason: to run…
A Chandler woman escaped certain death a lousy breakfast yesterday morning — when she noticed her toast was burning, she panicked and jumped off the balcony of her apartment.Chandler fire officials say fire units responded to the “fire” at 800 North Federal Street near Ray Road and Loop 101 about…
For the first time in about seven weeks, doctors treating Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords held a news conference to update the public on the congresswoman’s condition after she was shot through the brain during the January 8 shooting rampage in Tucson.Things are looking good for Giffords.According to her doctors, Giffords is…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s most memorable quote isn’t a quote at all — it’s about 12 seconds of painfully uncomfortable silence, which the governor recreated Wednesday night in Mesa.Jan was discussing economic development and education when it happened…again.”As we limit the growth of the public sector and restrain unnecessary regulation,…
As we mentioned yesterday, HBO’s making a movie based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s bestselling book, Game Change, in which the authors air some of the McCain campaign’s dirty laundry — namely, Sarah Palin and her continual battles with campaign staffers. The role of Palin will be played by Julianne…
It’s only been about two months since Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot “through the brain” during the January 8, shooting rampage in Tucson, but her staff confirms today that she plans to attend her astronaut husband, Mark Kelly’s, April shuttle launch.Kelly is pegged to serve as the mission commander aboard…
Hollywood actually has taken an interest in Senator John McCain’s failed bid for the presidency in 2008, which raises an interesting question: who’s going to play the role of “The Maverick?”The movie is getting produced by HBO, and is based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s bestselling book, Game Change, in which…
allegedly being responsible for the deaths of three people in a make-shift death tent, snakeoil salesman James Arthur Ray reportedly told participants of his “Spiritual Warrior” self-help retreat near Sedona in 2009 that, when they emerged from the sweat lodge, they will have “faced [their] own death.”He also apparently considers…
Phoenix resident Mike Aley is the proud owner of a 4-year-old Staffordshire Terrier named Lexy, who happens to be one of the worst guard dogs in the world.On February 24, Aley’s house near 64th and Voltaire streets was burglarized. The thieves, Aley tells New Times, stole a watch, a laptop…and…
Following this week’s New Times feature about Rocky Point, Mexico’s tourism industry (which can be read here) and New Times’ own (less-restricting) guide to travel in Mexico, which can be read here, the Arizona Department of Public Safety issued a travel warning for people going to Mexico for spring break.The…
The man fatally shot by Phoenix police officers early yesterday morning has been identified as 26-year-old Ernesto Lopez. And Lopez, it appears, left two women in charge of the getaway car as he attempted (and failed morbidly) to rob a 7-11 convenience store.Those women, Lopez’s girlfriend, 26-year-old Jennathea Nozie, and…
Embattled state Senate Majority Leader Scott Bundgaard had a interesting yarn for his GOP colleagues in the Senate on Tuesday: he now claims that in addition to giving him a black eye during last month’s scuffle on the side of a highway, his now-ex-gal-pal Iron Aubry Ballard pulled out a…
Give it up, bub…After sitting on death row for more than two decades, Daniel Wayne Cook is still fighting to avoid his date with the executioner’s needle, which happens to be less than a month away.Cook’s attorneys filed a petition to review his death sentence, claiming he suffers from post-traumatic…
If there’s one thing 37-year-old alleged meth head Gerald Alfred Seyfried won’t do, it’s go quietly.Seyfried got popped over the weekend after setting a fire on a sidewalk for no apparent reason. Rather than explain the situation to the arresting officers, he started a fight with them — that only…
State Senate Majority Leader Scott Bundgaard may have staved off being ousted from his leadership position when he met with Senate Republicans yesterday to explain his involvement in last month’s alleged domestic-violence incident, but sources tell New Times that the chances of Bundgaard remaining majority leader after his colleagues revisit…
