A deputy and a dog from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department were both pretty sure they smelled weed in a car during a traffic stop, but there was no pot found in the car.While they were still there, though — in front of the driver’s house — the dog happened…
In the past few weeks, we’ve ranked the dumbest moments of two of Arizona’s most trusted elected officials, Governor Jan Brewer and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. We decided to give the politicians a break this week and rank the dumbest moments of individuals who we’d actually expect to have really stupid…
A DNA match led to the July 5 arrest of a man who police say is responsible for at least two sexual assault cases from 2004 and 2006.Phoenix police recently arrested Ramon Manuel Rivera, 50, on several counts of felony sexual assault, sexual abuse, and kidnapping. In May, police were…
Dozens of protestors converged on the Sandra Day O’Connor federal courthouse today to monitor the opening proceedings of the ACLU’s racial-profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office.Melendres v. Arpaio, filed about four years ago, is a class-action lawsuit that includes plaintiffs alleging civil-rights violations committed by the Maricopa…
Photo by Jamie Peachey Arpaio telling everyone what he contends is some really serious stuff. An elderly man and his friend shouted about the president on Tuesday. And Sheriff Joe Arpaio and so-called Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo added nothing to their running total of zero evidence that President…
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The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a complaint in Arizona Federal District Court Thursday to knock down the Arizona law that will make it illegal for women to receive an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The threshold was set as the point at…
Sending teenage boy scouts out overnight to fend for themselves in the middle of the Santa Rita Mountains — a popular spot for human and drug smuggling — might not be the brightest idea. It apparently sounded like a good plan to the troop masters of the 14-year-old Boy Scout…
A Phoenix man was arrested on felony animal-cruelty charges for the mistreatment and neglect of his two horses, marking the second time in just more than a week that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has nabbed somebody over abused horses. MCSO deputies arrested Jesse Noriega, 33, for alleged neglect of…
It ain’t no party about off-the-wall statements by Arizona politicians unless Governor Jan’s invited. Last week we took a look at some of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s most puzzling moments of 2012 (so far). Given the infamous embarrassing moments the Guv has did have — such as the brain-fart of the…
Three middle-aged women were arrested in a coupon scam so big and elaborate that it involved millions of dollars in cash, guns, and a speedboat. Yes, a coupon scam. Phoenix Police arrested Marilyn Johnson, 61, Robin Ramirez, 40, and Amiko Fountain, 42, for their alleged involvement in the counterfeit coupon…
A Chandler defense lawyer who helped his client beat a serious marijuana charge says he probably will run for Republican Jon Kyl’s soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat, running as a Libertarian. On July 2, attorney Marc J. Victor’s client, 53-year-old, Maria Carillo-Tremillo was found not guilty of knowingly transporting 83 pounds…
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A woman accused of burglary and kidnapping was arrested Sunday after one of her victims saw on a Facebook update that the suspect would be at a Phoenix restaurant. Brandi Lynn Rogers, 37, was arrested Sunday and charged with armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping. One of her accomplices led police…
From an authoritative book review on a book he never actually read to backlash from a cockfight with Steven Seagal, it’s been a busy first six months of 2012 for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. With the Fourth of July upon us, it’s only right that we honor this self-anointed…
See also: There’s Actually a “World Elder Abuse Day” See also: Nightmare Nurse Arrested on 69 Counts of Abusing Vulnerable Adults A woman was arrested on Thursday after she allegedly beat her cancer-stricken mother and attempted to poke her eye out, records show. On June 27, Joni Lynn Potasky, 55,…
Governor Jan Brewer said Thursday’s Supreme Court decision on health care will lead to the “erosion of individual liberty.” Congressman Ben Quayle said “[Thursday’s] decision was a disaster for the American people and the American healthcare system.” Beyond the expected trigger-happy partisan rhetoric surrounding health care, the Arizona Hospital and…
