Just in case you thought there was a snowball’s chance in hell that shamed former County Attorney Andrew Thomas could ever hold public office ever again, enter his attorney, Don Wilson. Wilson is representing Thomas in the disciplinary proceedings that potentially could conclude with the former CA’s disbarment. Regardless, in…
A recovering heroin addict took his cat to the Arizona Humane Society for treatment earlier this month after the cat was injured while crawling through some razor wire. That turned out to be a mistake — because Daniel Dockery was unable to immediately pay for the cat’s treatment, the AHS…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s been in Iowa for the past few days to help his horse in the GOP presidential primary, Texas Governor Rick Perry, in his final push before state’s January 3 caucuses.Apparently, Perry still thinks the sheriff’s support is a good thing — despite Arpaio’s recent (ahem)…
Since July, Phoenix police have received at least 33 reports that Gregg Pfeifer, 35, has been stalking a former girlfriend. He’s allegedly made multiple harassing phone calls, drives by the victim’s house repeatedly, and has sent several threatening emails.Early yesterday morning, police say, Pfeifer set the victim’s car on fire…again.According…
Yesterday marked the two year anniversary of the day Gabriel Johnson was first reported missing. At the time of his disappearance, Gabriel was just eight months old.The boy’s mother, Elizabeth Johnson, is suspected to have been involved in his disappearance — she currently is charged with kidnapping and child abuse.Initially,…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s humiliating “Birther” investigation apparently has hit a snag in the funding department.According to Arpaio, the “investigation” is being funded by donations to his “Birther” posse, and not with taxpayer money (which is a huge relief). However, the money, it seems, has dried up — with,…
The Center for Responsive Politics recently released its list of the net worth of every member of Congress, and we’ve learned a few things about Arizona’s Congressional delegation.For starters, Arizona’s 10-member delegation is worth a collective $60,806,459, with fagala-phobic Congressman Trent Franks’ $33,925,002 making up more than half of the…
By now, most of you have seen the video of Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detention officers using a Taser on Marty Atencio, an assault suspect who died after getting zapped while already in jail (see our story on Atencio’s death here).However, some of you might have missed it — you…
An Arizona State University student who jumped off the Arizona Republic building in downtown Phoenix last night in an apparent suicide attempt was an intern at the newspaper, sources tell New Times.The student lept from the roof of the Republic’s parking garage at Second and Taylor streets near the Sheraton hotel…
Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos confirms to New Times that the deaths of two people found in a Phoenix home last night is suspected to be a case of murder/suicide.Martos says it appears Dylan Bell fatally shot 24-year-old Marilyn Guerra before turning the gun on himself.When the bodies were found, Guerra’s…
Bryan Stewart, a.k.a. “Rick Valentini,” was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the presumed murder of his ex-girlfriend Jamie Laiaddee.Laiddee’s body was never found, but while Stewart was in police custody, he was heard telling other inmates that he…
A Phoenix woman’s 10-month-old baby was found crying in a Phoenix home last night as she sat next to the bodies of her murdered mother and her mother’s boyfriend.The victims have been identified as 24-year-old Marilyn Guerra and Dylan Bell, who’s in his mid-20s.Phoenix police say officers responded to a…
According to Troy Allen Puetz, his ex-girlfriend — who currently has an order of protection against him — is into some real “kinky shit.”She’s not kinky enough to ask him to stand outside her window and videotape her having sex with another man, though — which is what police say…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced yesterday that no criminal charges will be filed against any of the more than two dozen state legislators who accepted questionable gifts from the scandal-plagued Fiesta Bowl organization while it was headed by former CEO John Junker.The gist of Montgomery’s explanation as to why…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office tells New Times that it plans to release surveillance video of Ernest “Marty” Atencio getting tased while being booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail some time in the next 48 hours.Atencio died yesterday afternoon after spending several days on life support at St. Joseph’s Hospital…
It’s official: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detention officers no longer have the authority to act as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in MCSO jails — as was announced during an overly dramatic badge-piling ceremony at the sheriff’s training facility this afternoon.That’s right, rather than simply collecting the detention officers’ ICE…
No politicians will be charged with crimes for accepting gifts from the scandal-plagued Fiesta Bowl organization under the leadership of former CEO John Junker — but that doesn’t necessarily mean they didn’t do anything wrong (just look at ousted former state Senate President Russell Pearce, who accepted nearly $40,000 in gifts from the…
The Glendale Police Department says it now believes the body of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley was thrown in a trash can in Tempe and may be in a landfill just south of the Valley.Glendale Officer Tracey Breeden tells New Times that the case is now a homicide investigation and that Jhessye Shockley’s…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is holding a press conference this morning to announce the findings of an eight-month investigation into elected officials who received gifts from the allegedly corrupt Fiesta Bowl organization.It’s unclear what Montgomery will announce — the Arizona Republic reports he’ll propose a plan to ban lawmakers…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — at 79 years old — claims to be mulling over a run for the Senate seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl.Anyone who knows anything about America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” knows he’ll do whatever…
Maybe Iowa Congressman Steve King didn’t get a chance to read the Department of Justice’s scathing 22-page report on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his agency’s historic racial profiling paractices — because that’s the only logical explanation for why he produced a Youtube video defending the sheriff, and is…
The Sinaloa drug cartel recently suffered what local law enforcement agencies are considering a “significant blow” — a 15-month investigation has led to the arrest of more than 200 people, the seizure of hundreds of pounds of various drugs, and close to $8 million in cash.Just how “significant” a blow…
