Despite a humiliating 2011 — complete with a Mexican drug cartel infiltrating his office, a scathing Department of Justice report claiming he’s guilty of the worst racial-profiling practices in U.S. history, and the fallout from the Munnell Memo — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will once again run for sheriff,…
A Tempe woman who left her 11-month-old son in a running bathtub last year was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where she was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years probation.Additionally, Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, was given a deferred six-month sentence.Angelly pleaded guilty to one count…
We finally got our hands on the arrest report for alleged kiddie-porn connoisseur John Landrum Jr. Aside from having hundreds of images and videos of “child erotica” stored on his computer, he was actually downloading more as the cops entered his home to arrest him.It also turns out that Landrum’s…
Valley radio legend Bill Heywood and his wife, Susan, were found dead yesterday afternoon at a Scottsdale hotel in what police suspect to be a double-suicide.About 1 p.m. yesterday, housekeeping staff at the Homewood Suites hotel — near the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard — found the Heywoods’…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent a letter to the Department of Justice yesterday saying he planned to cooperate with the federal government in fixing the alleged racial-profiling practices within the MCSO that the DOJ says are the worst in U.S. history.A defiant sheriff, however, also says he “will not…
A Phoenix man was arrested this morning after police found in his home hundreds of videos and images of kiddie-porn that investigators are calling “some of the most egregious child porn” they’ve seen in a long time.John Landrum Jr., 52, was booked into a Maricopa County jail this morning on…
There’s good and bad news about the deadline the Department of Justice gave Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to decide whether he’d cooperate with the feds in fixing the problems outlined in the DOJ’s report on the MCSO’s racial-profiling practices (last month, the DOJ concluded that the MCSO is guilty of…
Say what you will about the local TV news-hounds at KPHO, but the station is again leading the way in chupacabra-related journalism — for the third time in less than a year, KPHO is reporting a sighting of the mythical animal, which doesn’t actually exist.If you’re unfamiliar with the fictitious…
It seemed like only a matter of time, but Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced this morning that he’ll run for Congress in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District.”The American people are sounding a giant 911 call on Washington,” Babeu says. “And I’m responding.”In a press release issued this morning, Babeu regurgitated…
Happy January 4! Today’s the day we’ll find out whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will cooperate with the federal government in correcting some of the problems outlined in the Department of Justice’s report on the MCSO’s alleged racial profiling practices — or lead taxpayers head-first into another pricey lawsuit.As…
*UPDATE (7:13 p.m.): Good news — the weapon is semi-automatic. After publishing this post, Tempe police spokesman Steve Carbajal says he got word that the rifle is not automatic — despite his telling us about an hour ago that the TPD would not be releasing any additional information about the…
In a move that doesn’t come as much of a shock to anyone familiar with state politics in Arizona, Democratic state Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced today that she’s resigning from her Senate seat and running for Congress — potentially against Congressman Ben Quayle (although, that’s unlikely. More on that below)…
It’s been more than a year since Senator John McCain mopped the floor with former congressman/phoney conservative/free government-money huckster J.D. Hayworth in Arizona’s GOP Senate primary, and the former congressman’s finally gotten around to getting himself a full-time job.A right-wing San Francisco radio station announced yesterday that it’s hired Hayworth…
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has denied state Senator Scott Bundgaard’s request to put a stop to the State Senate ethics hearing over the fight the senator got into with his former gal-pal on the side of a Valley highway last year.See our coverage of the scuffle the senator…
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge today will consider whether to put a stop to the State Senate ethics hearing over the fight Senator Scott Bundgaard got into with his former gal-pal on the side of a Valley highway last year.Bundgaard’s attorneys have requested that Judge John Buttrick issue a…
There probably aren’t too many people as happy to see 2011 come to an end as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — the 79-year-old sheriff had a particularly rough year in the PR department.Sadly, the sheriff’s actions (and in some cases his inaction) often reflect poorly on Arizona and the…
The above video was brought to our attention by our friend Pete at Scottsdale Arizona News. Apparently, it’s of “two gays” beating up “one straight” at the Metrocenter Mall in west Phoenix. The identities of those involved are unknown, and we’ll (ahem) leave it up to you to pick out…
At the ripe, old age of 15, Edward Angelo Jr. already is a convicted felon, which is why he’s now charged with another crime, this one stemming from the September Russian Roulette shooting death of one of his friends, 16-year-old Kevin Jervey Hudgens. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office told New…
Saturday is New Year’s Eve, and for a lot of Valley residents, that’s apparently an invitation to randomly fire bullets into the sky. If you didn’t already know, the Phoenix Police Department wants to remind city residents that not only is blasting away at the sky an incredibly stupid thing…
A former Arizona Department of Corrections officer accused of killing his wife earlier this month pleaded not guilty to murder in a Maricopa County Superior Court this morning. “She is definitely dead — I put two to the chest and one to the head.”That’s what the officer, Anthony Rinaldi –…
Brian Bizzell, a band teacher with the Buckeye Unified School District, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to charges that he had a sexual relationship with one of his underage students — prior to his arrest, Bizzell tried to arrange a “quickie” with…
Arizona state legislators have redrafted legislation that would allow guns on college campuses, despite Governor Jan Brewer’s vetoing of a similar bill earlier this year.The new bill is just a modified version of the old bill, which Brewer felt was too vague. However, after vetoing it, the governor said she…
