By most standards, Thomas O’Rourke got a bit rowdy this weekend.After consuming some alcoholic beverages at his Phoenix home Sunday evening, a kid ended up getting shot with a BB gun, a cat was killed, and that dead cat was thrown at a moving vehicle.According to court documents obtained by…
William Null pleaded guilty today to a few charges, including second-degree murder, for beating his aunt to death in Mesa in November.Cigarettes sparked an argument between Null and Cynthia Pesek — at least, that’s what Null told police at the time of his arrest — and after three days of…
A woman attending her daughter’s middle-school graduation ceremony was killed in an Avondale school’s parking lot Friday, in a shooting police believe was carried out by her ex-boyfriend.Takesha Barnes — a domestic-violence victim who had just taken out an order of protection against 38-year-old Thomas Moton earlier that week –…
For anyone still trying to vote in the 2004 election for Tempe mayor, we’d like to inform you that Hugh Hallman is no longer endorsed by “Tempe firefighters and police.”Sure, Hallman was elected mayor in 2004, but why not hit him with a complaint while he’s on his way out…
Congressman Trent Franks — the “self-appointed Mayor” of Washington D.C., as an area advocacy group calls him — had his office protested last week, as his new-found “constituents” aren’t quite happy with the job he’s doing.As you may recall, a group called “DC Vote” isn’t quite pleased Franks — the…
The Center for Arizona Policy has offered a response to the Internal Revenue Service complaint filed against it — claiming the organization doesn’t meet tax-exemption requirements — and that response includes the exact three things we expected: they’re atheists, homosexuals, and wrong.The Secular Coalition for Arizona and No Longer Silent,…
Public Policy Polling released the last of the results from its probe of Arizona voters today, which show that if you’re one of Arizona’s two most-famous sheriff’s, most people don’t like you.More people said they liked the City of Yuma than said they liked Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. Yuma.A…
Sometimes it’s hard to ignore how adorable local TV reports are — like the endless chupacabra chases from KPHO.This time around, it’s ABC 15, which sent its reporters northwest to Wittmann to find out if serial cat-hoarder Lucienne Touboul — an 81-year-old woman — was really eating her cats.For the…
There’s a source to the religulous bills in the Arizona Legislature every year, and that source is called the Center for Arizona Policy.The atheists over at the Secular Coalition for Arizona have a problem with that, but it — and other groups — want Uncle Sam to see if there’s…
The dolt dropping off improvised explosive devices around Glendale in the form of flashlights may have delivered his third yesterday — this time in Phoenix.Someone dropped a flashlight in the donations at a Salvation Army in Phoenix yesterday, and when an employee clicked it on, it blew up.Phoenix police say…
A filing submitted in federal court Wednesday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains that the feds don’t want a bunch of information to be publicly disclosed in the case because of “other investigations,” which are “both closed and ongoing.”Who or…
The best way to respond to a publicity stunt is with another publicity stunt, so the news that taxpayers are funding a Maricopa County Deputy Sheriff’s trip to Hawaii for “birther” purposes led activist Randy Parraz and friends to hold a little luau at Arpaio’s office in downtown Phoenix today…
If you’re doing shady stuff at the City of Tempe or the Arizona Legislature, go buy a shredder, or book a ticket to Morocco or something.A filing submitted in federal court yesterday in the bribery, fraud, attempted extortion and false statements case of state Representative Ben Arredondo explains that the…
Jonathan Knight — who taught Tae Kwon Do to children in Gilbert — will be updating his address to a prison cell for sending pictures of his penis to a 12-year-old former student of his.Knight pleaded guilty last month to two counts of furnishing obscene or harmful items to a…
Sarah Walker’s doing a rare and brave thing — going public as an alleged victim of a sexual assault.Walker wants any people who believe they’re also victims of Lee Lubonne — the self-described “sex pig” currently jailed on suspicion of two sexual assaults — to come forward to the Maricopa…
Congressman Trent Franks — the “self-appointed Mayor” of Washington D.C., as an area advocacy group calls him — didn’t really want to meet with his new-found “constituents.”As you may recall, a group called “DC Vote” isn’t quite pleased Franks — the Arizona Congressman — is taking it upon himself to…
Everyone on the Arizona Diamondbacks had a float in the hit parade last night at Chase Field, as the Snakes drowned the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4.Sure, 36-year-old Ted Lilly was on the mound for the Dodgers, but the D’Backs handed him his first loss of the season as he…
We’re not even through the 2012 election season, but let’s talk 2014.Secretary of State Ken Bennett was the highlight of Arizona news this week, after taking up the request of “birthers” to ask the State of Hawaii to verify President Obama’s birth certificate.The end to that was not so controversial…
Is GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney a businessman? Or is he really a unicorn? At the time of this post, more than 17,000 people would like Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett to find out.In response to the 1,200 “birthers” who asked Bennett to verify with the state of Hawaii…
Robert Fischer, the California divorce lawyer accused of murdering his stepdaughter’s husband in Queen Creek in 2010 and staging it as a suicide, pleaded not guilty today.Fischer — not to be confused with the Scottsdale man of a similar name who blew up his family — is accused of shooting…
Believe it or not (the “birthers” still won’t), President Obama was born in Hawaii, according to the Hawaii Department of the Attorney General.Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett’s appears to have convinced the State of Hawaii to “verify” the president’s birth certificate, and as has been the case since 1961…
The Phoenix Coyotes’ season came to an end last night, in the form of a 4-3 overtime loss at home to the Los Angeles Kings in game five of the Western Conference finals.It was really only a slightly disappointing end to what was the greatest Coyotes season in franchise history.The…
