The Arizona Legislature didn’t really feel the need to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, so Attorney General Tom Horne’s pulling out Plan B.The AG’s office announced today that it’s sending $420,000 to the Sheriff’s Office for overtime pay to patrol…
Lee Charles Lubonne, the self-described “sex pig” charged in two sexual assaults, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment this morning.Judging from what sex-crime detectives found in his house, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office thought there was a “possibility” there were more victims, and Lubonne, a 44-year-old father of two from Litchfield…
The Casa Grande fatso who’s trying to be the fattest woman in the world is getting fatter.We told you about Susanne Eman last year, when she clocked in around 700 pounds, around a half-ton short of her goal of topping 1,600 pounds.She’s now getting married — to a chef, nonetheless –…
Now that embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu isn’t running for Congress in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District, the race is down to two Republicans — Congressman Paul Gosar, and state Senator Ron Gould…
Well, right after we tell you about Congressman Ben Quayle not trash-talking President Obama for once, we opened an email from the Congressman’s campaign about his first TV ad for this election cycle.This advertisement features the whole Ben Quayle family, including wife Tiffany any baby Evie. (No, they’re still not…
It seems Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s not ready to give up on his theories for what happened to the five people killed in the Vekol Valley over the weekend, as the Tempe Police Department has declared it as a murder/suicide.Babeu initially declared that “[a]ll information is pointing that this…
Residential burglary is a slightly safer activity than Russian roulette, but sooner or later, burglars are bound to run into someone with a gun who does not take kindly to scumbags in his house. One of those types would be cops, who all have guns, and aren’t too sympathetic toward…
Of course, embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s not apologizing for labeling the likely murder-suicide involving a family of five as the work of a “violent drug cartel.”In fact, Babeu’s now saying he gave “no conclusions” about the case, and is blaming everyone else for being on “their high horse.”For…
Say what you will about unorthodox parenting techniques, but Surprise police officers think discipline shouldn’t involve two “highly intoxicated” boys in their underwear crying, screaming, and vomiting.Cops say that’s the route Kristopher Harvey took on his boys Monday, and that earned him a trip to jail.According to court documents obtained…
President Barack Obama signed the Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012 into law yesterday, which raises the penalties for constructing tunnels from Mexico into the United States.Congressman Ben Quayle’s been pushing this bill for some time, and equally noteworthy, Quayle avoided talking smack on the president after he signed it.”I’m proud to…
Steven Saldana took a plea agreement that sends him to prison for a little more than two years, stemming from the case of the 4-month-old baby found with a cigarette burn, 14 broken bones, and bruising all over her body.Angelica Jimenez — the Chandler woman designated by Child Protective Services as…
Tempe police detectives are pretty sure the family of James and Yafit Butwin was killed in a murder/suicide, not “connected to the violent drug cartel,” as Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu suggests.The five charred, still-unidentified bodies were found in an SUV in the Vekol Valley this weekend, and the embattled…
The 4th Avenue Hotel (read: jail) had two visitors this weekend who just love their Valley hometowns.So much so, apparently, that they both got the cities’ respective logos tattooed on their friggin’ heads.Moses Ulloa, a fan of Glendale and “Murdercopa County,” and Vicente Valles — who’s a fan of Tempe…
According to the embattled sheriff, the burned bodies probably were the work of a “violent drug cartel.” Babeu added, “The border is NOT more secure than ever, Ms. Napolitano!”Tempe police have just informed us that the vehicle is registered to the address of a missing family from their city. Tempe police…
A 22-year-old mentally disabled man is dead after sustaining at least a dozen injuries, allegedly at the hands of family members.Joshua and Carlena Pinkerton, the man’s brother-in-law and sister, brought him to the hospital Friday after he collapsed in the bathtub, and a doctor called Phoenix police after noticing bruising, scrapes, puncture…
Browsing through the “Mugshot of the Day Leader Board” on the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office website always brings a surprise, like the Sunday booking of Vicente Valles, who has the City of Tempe logo tattooed on his chin, and an Arizona State University logo on his cheek.It kind of reminded…
A mostly online-based political-action committee is considering getting involved in Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District primary between Republican Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert.Test PAC loves the Internet. Quayle, several of the PAC’s members believe, does not.”Quayle co-sponsored [the Stop Online Piracy Act] before he withdrew his co-sponsorship,” Test PAC treasurer…
Every other year, a commission is supposed to gather info and decide how much the state’s legislators should be paid, and they pass that recommendation on to the ballot to let voters decide if it’ll stick.(When you’re done laughing your ass off at the thought of giving Arizona’s legislators another…
Congratulations to the New Times reader known as LD25 and not voting for Russ, you’ve won this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce — who’s actually trying to get…
Former state Representative Richard Miranda is going to prison for a couple years for treating his charity to help out the impoverished as the Richard Miranda Wants More Money Fund.Miranda, a 55-year-old Democrat, won a 27-month trip to prison this morning for stealing from his charity, and then evading the…
Turns out, the baby belonging to 19-year-old Catalina Clouser was allegedly put into harm’s way by two acts of moronic driving Friday night.As we told you this morning, Phoenix police say Clouser put her kid in a car seat late that night, but forgot to put the baby/car seat into…
New Times has come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass — and we’re all out of bubblegum.New Times writers and designers have been nominated sixfold for this year’s Association of Alternative Newsmedia’s AltWeekly Awards.This comes a month after raking in 30 journalism awards, including first places for investigative reporting,…
