Wendy Rogel-Pagasa* pleaded not guilty today to charges of second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of her 2-year-old son, Jorge Zamora-Rogel.Phoenix police say the 18-year-old mother called 9-1-1 more than three hours after the boy went unconscious due to being badly beaten by her boyfriend Juan Garcia –…
Phoenix police say there was a guy standing in the middle of the street this morning trying to flag down motorists.He shot two people who decided to go around him instead.Phoenix police Sergeant Tommy Thompson tells New Times this happened around 4:30 a.m. today on 16th Street, between Southern Avenue…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery sent out a gentle reminder yesterday that anyone paid to appear in a porno flick “may be guilty” of prostitution.He’s not saying the County Attorney’s Office is going after the porno industry — or that it isn’t — but with rumors of California-based porno companies…
Wil Cardon has been trailing Congressman Jeff Flake by a consistent near-50 point margin in the GOP Senate primary, and his latest ad can be placed on that campaign mantel next to his poll results.Someone misspelled “Tucson” in the ad that’s hitting TV tomorrow.It’s since been corrected, but we’re hardly…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s heard the news that several California porn-production companies may be planning to come out to Arizona, partially due to Los Angeles’ new law requiring porn actors to wear condoms.Now, Montgomery’s warning that bare-backing it on camera in Arizona may qualify as prostitution.”Under Arizona law, anyone…
Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce is actually going to defend Senate Bill 1070 before a US Senate Subcommittee in April.The spokesman for New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer just sent the information over, saying Pearce will answer questions before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration the day before the Supreme…
The political-correctness police over at the Arizona Republic have decided this week’s “Doonesbury” comics won’t be showing up in the dead-tree editions of the paper.The week-long story arc of the comic mocks the abortion laws in Texas, including a woman having a seat in the “shaming room,” meeting with a…
A light flashed during Fox 10’s traffic report last week, and since it’s Arizona, it turned into a nationwide international story.Example headlines: “Mystery surrounds bright light explosion caught on live television in Phoenix” from Fox Los Angeles, “Unexplained ‘Phoenix Lights’ explosion caught live on news broadcast” from Yahoo! News, and…
The Arizona Senate is currently considering a bill that would keep all of the existing prescription drug coverage for any medications your doctor prescribes for you, unless it’s contraception.It’s been the law in Arizona since 2003 that prescription contraception is treated just like any other medication for drug-coverage purposes, but…
Two days after the news broke that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, actor Steven Seagal, and others were named in a lawsuit stemming from a raid last year where Arpaio and his boys brought the dog-and-pony show to arrest a single cockfighting suspect, the sheriff’s office tried that one again.This…
The Arizona Senate is currently considering a bill — which has already been passed by the House — that would keep all of the existing prescription drug coverage you’re getting through your employer or health insurance company… if you’re a dude.If you’re a woman, and Jesus or a similar figure…
Police have arrested the seventh person in connection with the murders of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro or Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet.Maricela Sanchez has been arrested on a warrant for Gaudet’s murder — and related robbery and kidnapping charges — Maricopa County Attorney’s Office spokesman Jerry Cobb confirms…
If you’re depending on a bus ride to get somewhere in Phoenix, good luck with that.The Amalgamated Transit Union went on strike this weekend to protest contract issues with Veolia Transportation, the French-based company that’s under a $388 million contract to run the city’s buses.As of 6:45 a.m. today, Veolia…
Well, Tempe police aren’t suspecting “the Left” or blog commenters are responsible for the vandalism at Congressional Candidate Wendy Rogers’ house on Saturday.Nor did police mention that they “recommended they investigate because of the coincidental timing of this attack with Rogers’ campaign announcement amid the backdrop of recent history of…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio put out a press release today to brag about how many friends he has on the Internet — again.We’re not aware of any 15-year-old girls who run large law-enforcement agencies, but we’re pretty sure this is the exact kind of thing they’d write a press…
The Southern Poverty Law Center rolled out with its new round of “hate group” labels, adding the Arizona chapter of the charity/religious advocacy group United Families International to the list for being “anti-gay.”Republican state Representative Andy Biggs is the former policy adviser to the group, and his wife Cindy Biggs…
For the latest dive into the loony bin from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “Birther” posse, they’ve concluded that President Obama — get this — “might be Kenyan.”Arpaio’s pals over at World Net Daily continue to release the latest conspiracy theories from the posse, and it’s not getting any more…
Yesterday, the campaign for Republican Congressional candidate Wendy Rogers announced her house was vandalized the day she announced her candidacy, and one of her campaign staffers thinks “the Left” might have something to do with it.The campaign for Rogers — who’s running in the newly formed Ninth District — noted…
One of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys in beige was booked into jail on five felony charges today.According to the sheriff’s office, now-former Deputy Torrey McRae skimmed $5,000 out of the sheriff’s office that was meant for drug investigations.The internal investigation into McRae started in January, when one of…
Thirty-four-year-old Matthew Williams got cut off from the booze last night at a Chandler bar after getting into a verbal spat with another bar-goer.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Williams left the joint after the bartender said she was holding on to his credit card and calling the…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, action-movie star Steven Seagal, and others have been named in a lawsuit stemming from a raid last year where Arpaio and his boys brought the dog-and-pony show to arrest a single cockfighting suspect.Attorney Robert Campos — who filed the lawsuit on behalf…
Republican Congressional candidate Wendy Rogers says her house was vandalized the day she announced her candidacy, and one of her campaign staffers thinks “the Left” might have something to do with it.An email from the Rogers campaign says her Tempe home was vandalized on Saturday night, about 12 hours after…
