The above video (posted by a reader) is our best, hilarious guess as to how the conversation went between Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Chief Deputy Steve Henry, as Babeu essentially had to let Henry know he was reducing his shot at becoming Pinal County Sheriff to zero. You know,…
The battle between supporters of Tempe mayoral candidates Mark Mitchell and Michael Monti over whether “your” public employees can endorse people in campaign signs seemed to end with City Manager Charlie Meyer’s ruling that it was all pretty much OK.That question apparently has not been completely answered, thanks to a…
When the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office announced yesterday that a six-month “bootlegging” investigation ended with 10 arrests, we were thinking it was a trip back to prohibition, involving Tommy guns, fedoras, and the phrase “G-Men.”Nah, we checked out the criminal complaints, and it took six months to round up…
Of some of the more controversial ideas tossed around the Arizona Legislature, the “birther” bill is the most popular to voters, according to a recent poll. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy quizzed Arizona voters on five of the more controversial bills brought up by the right-hand side of the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was sued by the Justice Department yesterday over racial-discrimination claims, and not surprisingly, Arpaio had a little more than two cents to give to everyone yesterday.His responses ranged from the Justice Department having the wrong guy, wanting to play basketball with President Obama, and saying…
A sergeant with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office does not have his automatic rifle, pistol, or Taser after the weapons were stolen out of his vehicle yesterday morning.The Colt M-16A1 automatic rifle, Taser X-26 and its loaded cartridge, as well as Glock 27 pistol with a magazine were stolen out…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery — who’s publicly endorsed Tempe mayoral candidate Michael Monti — transferred the case involving allegations against Monti’s opponent, Tempe Councilman Mark Mitchell, to Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk.The case, as we wrote about yesterday, involves a woman claims Mitchell engaged in some sexual activities with…
After a few rounds of threats, the Justice Department announced finally its lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio this morning.The lawsuit addresses that “culture of bias” the Justice Department’s been alleging since it released its findings in December, claiming that Arpaio’s office conducts the worst racial-profiling…
Marion Patterson III will soon learn his fate for his role in the 2010 shooting death of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco.Patterson, one of two men charged in Marco’s murder, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February, and this morning, a judge scheduled his sentencing for 9 a.m. on…
This week, folks not too fond of Tempe mayoral candidate Mark Mitchell have been pushing a report from the Phoenix Police Department, in which a woman claims Mitchell engaged in some sexual activities with her when she was a kid, and Mitchell was 13 or 14 years old.As we mentioned…
In case you’re out of town, in a bomb shelter, or otherwise oblivious to the world around you, there’s a bit of a storm going on in the Valley right now.According to the Weather Channel, the rain part of it is going on until around 7 p.m…
Miles the pit bull puppy — whose owner is accused of bragging about using a 16-pound sledgehammer to break his legs — is looking like he’s going to make it, although the rescue group caring for him says “euthanasia was considered” when the puppy was brought in.Miles may even get…
There are people out there who really, really don’t want Mark Mitchell to be the next mayor of Tempe.Recently, his opponent, Michael Monti, pulled out a police report involving an incident Mitchell was involved in with the cops in 1993 on Mill Avenue, when Mitchell was 24 years old.Mitchell said Monti…
UPDATE: As a reader pointed out, the Wall Street Journal says “people familiar with the matter” claim the lawsuit’s being filed tomorrow. The Department of Justice sent letters notifying Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lawyers that the DoJ’s suing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office “in order…
Congressional candidate Vernon Parker, who once kind of ran for governor for a bit, now has the stamp of approval from his ex-boss, former President George H.W. Bush.Parker’s among the approximate truckload of candidates running for Congress in the newly formed Ninth Congressional District, which just had another addition –…
Phoenix police have identified 19-year-old Pedro Ramirez as the allegedly drunk driver who got in a head-on collision on the morning of April 30, killing a 5-year-old boy.The boy’s mom was arrested, too, and faces child-abuse charges for putting her youngster in the car driven by Ramirez, and not placing…
Yesterday, former middle school teacher’s aide Gabriela Compton was sentenced to a lifetime of probation for having sex with one of the school’s students, and other related incidents.Compton, now 21, was arrested in March 2011 after principals at Phoenix’s Western Valley Middle School found out Compton had been sending nudie…
If about two-thirds of the signatures Mike Stauffer hands over to the county elections office tomorrow are legit, he’ll be on the ballot for Maricopa County Sheriff come November.Stauffer, a Scottsdale police lieutenant, is running as an Independent, which — as the Feathered Bastard previously pointed out — requires 19,410…
Jeff Huelster, a teacher at Cortez High School — and the school’s head football coach — is accused of sex crimes against children, including live-streaming video of his penis over the Internet to a person he thought was a minor.In classic To Catch a Predator style, Huelster met the minor…
Gilbert police released the recordings of the 9-1-1 calls yesterday made before and after neo-Nazi J.T. Ready allegedly murdered four people before icing himself last week, and not surprisingly, local news outlets weren’t too hip to the idea of playing the entire recordings.Since we’re not in the business of sugarcoating,…
Update: Gabriela Compton Sentencing: Lawyer Weighs in on the ControversyWelcome to the wide world of teacher sex-scandal sentencing, as former middle school teacher’s aide Gabriela Compton was sentenced this morning to a life on probation.Compton, now 21, was arrested in March 2011 after principals at Phoenix’s Western Valley Middle School…
How many pitchers does it take to give up nine runs — including five home runs — to the St. Louis Cardinals? For the Arizona Diamondbacks last night, the answer was half of them. There are 12 pitchers on the D’Backs active roster, and six of them pitched last night…
