Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu officially became part of late-night comedy TV yesterday, as The Tonight Show’s Jay Leno took up the sheriff’s situation as an opportunity for some Leno-esque jokes.Off the late-night laugh track, it looks like Babeu may have to deal with the state’s Public Integrity Task Force…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced today that the FBI’s Portland, Oregon office raided a house belonging to the person they believe was running a website that glorified killing cops and “threatened to kill” the sheriff.The suspect, 35-year-old Clifton Dawayne Brooks, wasn’t arrested, but FBI Special Agent James Turgal said…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio took the stage today in an event hosted by the county’s Republican Party, saying — among other things — that President Obama should thank him every time the sheriff’s office goes on an illegal-immigrant roundup “employer sanctions operation.”Arpaio didn’t exactly stick with a topic during…
Michael Crane — who’s facing first-degree murder charges for the deaths of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet — “refused” to be transported to his court date today, according to a Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman.Crane was scheduled to be in court…
Former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum is meeting with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today — at least, according to the sheriff — to become the next in the line of GOP candidates to come kiss Arpaio’s rings.According to Arpaio, or his flak, presidential candidates Mitt Romney and…
Yesterday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo, a self-portrait of Pinal County Sheriff’ Paul “studboi1” Babeu.The photo came out after New Times broke the story of Babeu’s ex-boyfriend claiming he was threatened with deportation if he disclosed the details of their relationship, which you can…
Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar released two statements over the weekend in response to the New Times story of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu’s ex-boyfriend claiming he was threatened with deportation.Gosar’s not exactly complaining about the accusations from Babeu’s ex-boyfriend — he’s more concerned about the press conference the sheriff had…
If public-opinion polls are to be trusted, then Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s endorsement still is worth something to Arizonans.Arpaio’s endorsement of some candidates hasn’t worked out too well — like former U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth, ousted Senate President Russell Pearce, former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and failed presidential candidate…
The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers traded wins over the weekend, with each team grabbing 12-point victories at home.The Suns got the Kobe Bryant treatment in L.A. on Friday, as he dropped 36 points in a 111-99 victory.Last night, the Suns turned it around in Phoenix — despite Bryant…
Pinal County Sheriff’ Paul “studboi1” Babeu had quite the weekend after New Times broke the story of the sheriff’s ex-boyfriend claiming he was threatened with deportation if he disclosed the details of their relationship.Babeu held a press conference on Saturday, denying his ex-boyfriend’s allegations and announcing his resignation as the…
Less than 24 hours away from a candidate forum in Sun City West that was supposed to host both Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his opponent Mike Stauffer, the Stauffer campaign tells New Times that he’s been officially uninvited.If you’re a fan of coincidences, get this — Stauffer’s campaign…
There’s a very important piece of legislation proposed in the Arizona Senate that could affect people all across the state.Yes, jumping off cliffs could become a crime.Senate Bill 1499 is the work of Republican State Senator Judy Burges, and would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to “knowingly jump or…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his opponent Mike Stauffer are going to be in the same room tomorrow for a candidate forum in Sun City West, according to the Stauffer campaign.New Times tried to confirm that Arpaio would be at the event, but his campaign manager Chad Willems literally…
For a 32-year-old man, following around a random 14-year-old girl and running away after grabbing her butt is pretty creepy. Finding out where the girl lives and showing up at her apartment on Valentine’s Day takes it to a whole new level.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Octavio…
Yusra Farhan — the Phoenix mother who cited “Iraqi culture” as the reason for alleged assaults on her daughter — said at her initial court appearance yesterday that she was disciplining her daughter “like any parent would.”Most parents haven’t been arrested twice in the past week for tying their children…
Republican State Senator Sylvia Allen is pushing her legislation to spend more than $1 million to form a civilian militia of folks to play Border Patrol agents down at the border.Allen has called the training these people would receive “comparable to Sheriff Joe [Arpaio]’s posse,” and assures the training will…
Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva released a statement about State Senator Sylvia Allen’s bill to create a volunteer militia to guard the border, and as you can imagine, he’s not too hip to the idea.”This legislation is not just silly and irresponsible, it’s a public safety threat,” Grijalva says. “To arm…
With nearly 200 days to go before the August 28 primary between Republican Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert in Arizona’s newly formed sixth Congressional district, there’s already drama.It started earlier this week, with the Schweikert campaign sending an email to supporters about Quayle’s intention to “carpetbag” into the new…
In 2009, Haider Abdullah was busted by one of his sister’s buddies dancing at a Phoenix bar and throwing dollar bills at strippers.After that information was relayed to his sister and her husband, Abdullah’s sister gave him a talk about how dancing and strippers “were contrary to their Muslim culture.”Abdullah…
A statement yesterday from State Senate President Steve Pierce proudly announced that the Senate passed a House bill against “bath salts” with a 28-0 vote, and it was sent straight to Governor Jan Brewer.That’s great, except for a bill touted as an effort to “keep dangerous synthetic drugs out of…
Yusra Farhan, the woman who police say beat her daughter with a shoe and tied her to a bed because she was seeing a boy — and cited “Iraqi culture” as the reason for it — was arrested again yesterday.This time, her husband and another daughter were also arrested on…
The results of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into whether President Barack Obama is eligible for office are scheduled to be announced on March 1.The look into the conspiracy that’s been debunked again and again has been going on for months now, and two weeks from today Arpaio’s going…
