New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer sent a letter to Governor Jan Brewer last week, asking her to give testimony before his Senate Subcommittee on Immigration about Senate Bill 1070. Schumer’s office said the point of Brewer’s testimony would be “to hear whether she still believes the law to be…
As you may have heard, it’s 2012, and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio actually thinks the President of the United States got into the White House using a forged birth certificate.It’s the latest entry in a long line of publicity stunts for Arpaio, and this one just so happened to…
Conservative writer Andrew Breitbart died early this morning at the age of 43, and according to Jerome Corsi, Breitbart’s last interview could have been with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Corsi, however, is a conspiracy-theorist extraordinaire who doesn’t always tell the truth.If he is to be believed (at least on this…
We actually looked at the report given out today during Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s announcement that he believes President Obama’s birth certificate is a forgery, and there is a grand total of zero new information in it.In fact, the report prepared by Mara Zebest — who was at the…
There you have it — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio actually thinks the President of the United States got into the White House using a forged birth certificate.Yes, the year is 2012, and yes, New Times and several dozen other media outlets just listened to more than two hours of…
Sex offender Devon Anderson allegedly told police he “fights the urge” to molest kids by meditation.He apparently forgets to meditate quite often, as Phoenix police say he molested two 4-year-old girls at a public library — his third and fourth alleged molestation victims.According to court documents obtained by New Times,…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s playing Santa Claus for the “birther” crowd today, as he’s delivering the “preliminary findings” of his Cold Case Posse’s “investigation” into President Obama’s eligibility.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong says it’s unknown how many media members will be in attendance for the announcement, “but we are expecting…
Robert Moorman, who sat on Arizona’s death row for nearly three decades, was executed yesterday for chopping up his adoptive mother.Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne responded by saying there was “no rational reason” for it to take that long.”We have been working hard to help reform a system in which…
Eleven members of Vagos, a rival motorcycle gang of the Hells Angels, were arrested today by an Arizona Department of Public Safety gang task force in connection with several violent crimes around Bullhead City.Six of the 11 arrested during “Operation Catch 22” are repeat customers to the DPS task force,…
Phoenix cops have been working since Saturday to find Juan Garcia — who’s accused of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son late Friday night — and police say the leads have been scarce as of yet.”We’re going to track him down — it’s just a matter of when,” Phoenix Sergeant Trent…
Attorney General Tom Horne acknowledges “[j]ustice was carried out” today against Brian Moorman, who was executed this morning for chopping up his adoptive mother.He’s also wondering why exactly it took until 2012 to execute a guy who hacked up mom in 1984.As we’ve previously noted, Arizona spent an estimated $586,000…
Robert Moorman, who sat on Arizona’s death row for nearly three decades, was executed today at the state prison in Florence.Moorman, 63, was originally in prison for a kidnapping conviction out of Coconino County in 1972.During that prison stint, Moorman was granted a 72-hour “compassionate furlough” from the prison so…
Yesterday, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that his detectives found people on Craigslist trying to have sex with dogs — again.The plan, according to Arpaio, was that the three people arrested by the MCSO Monday night were using Craigslist to find a dog to “fornicate” with the woman, while…
With more than 91 percent of the precincts reporting to the Secretary of State’s Office, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s going to win Arizona’s presidential primary.Shortly before midnight, Romney had 48 percent of the vote from Arizona Republicans, with Rick Santorum lagging behind him at more than 26 percent.A poll…
Peoria Police Sergeant Pat Shearer is now Officer Pat Shearer after posting a picture on Facebook of a bunch of kids who’d apparently just shot up a T-shirt depicting President Obama.You can read about the incident from our colleague Stephen Lemons by clicking here.According to Peoria police public-information officer Jay…
The decision between not wearing clothes or hitting a woman and a cop must be a difficult one, because cops say 21-year-old Kyle Seaman went with both.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Chandler police got a call Saturday night from Seaman’s neighbors about the gentleman wandering around the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and company say they’ve found more people surfing Craigslist trying to find dogs that are DTF.The plan, according to Arpaio, was that the three people arrested by the MCSO last night were using Craigslist to find a dog to “fornicate” with the woman, while her…
Here’s a feature of the Arizona Legislature that Republican state Rep. Kimberly Yee is happy about — how her bill regulating contracts between the state and private attorneys, passed by the House a month a go, went to the Senate and magically turned into her abortion bill that was previously…
Congratulations to the New Times reader known as scobob, you’ve won this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Last week, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio shaking a carrot at things.We picked the five best captions, and put…
UPDATE: We played phone-tag with Patterson for a few hours last night, but while we had him on the phone, he very much denied what he called “false” accusations.Sixteen Democrats in the Arizona House signed off on an ethics complaint against fellow Democratic Rep. Daniel Patterson, of Tucson, following a…
Henry Eric Young — who beat an 81-year-old man into critical condition in Mesa last year — was sentenced to 21 years in prison.Young, now 42, beat 81-year-old Gene Fitzsimmons so badly that he could only respond with moans to police when they found him bruised and bloodied in his…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — the man who says, “I don’t have press conferences just to get my name on television” — held a press conference today outside Tent City to talk about a sign on the fence.It’s the early 19th-anniversary present for the jail — a sign displaying…
