The trial began today for Christopher Carlson, who’s accused of forcing his three grandkids — ages 8, 9, and 12 — to go on Grand Canyon hikes from hell last summer, and generally abusing the boys along the way.On a pair of 100-degree-plus days at the Grand Canyon, park rangers…
Retired Colonel James Burnes pleaded guilty today to two felonies related to thefts totaling $2 million — from charities. Military charities.According to a court spokesperson, Burnes entered a guilty plea for two of the initial eight charges for stealing the money that was supposed to go to military families.Instead, Burnes…
Here’s a Valentine’s Day gift Jesse Perkins’ girlfriend will never forget — the bullet police say he shot into her forehead yesterday.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Perkins, 21, was talking to his girlfriend at their Peoria home about “issues they were having,” including how he was planning…
The results of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into whether President Barack Obama is eligible for office are set to be announced.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times the findings are set to be released on March 1.Arpaio’s been mostly hush-hush about the probe, but has promised his “birther”…
If you’ve heard enough about abortion in Arizona recently, that’s apparently too damn bad.Between Arizona Congressman Trent Franks’ and the state Legislature’s fascination with abortion-related legislation, there’s plenty of abortion bullying to spread around.Still, the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List organization is spending some time in the desert this week…
Arizona Congressman Trent Franks recently addressed accusations that his attempt to ban the imaginary problem of race/gender-based abortions in the United States was just part of some agenda to end all abortions in the country.Well… yeah.Franks was on the Concerned Women for America radio show last weekend to pimp his…
If you’ve got boobs and can be in Tempe on March 1, Playboy would like to have a word with (and glance at) you.The nudie mag isn’t releasing the exact location of the, uh, interviews (gotta keep the perverts at bay), but the casting call offers the opportunity to be…
If it’s any consolation, parents of little girls in alleged kiddi-porn connoisseur/fourth grade teacher Thomas Warner’s class can rest a little easier — apparently, he’s only into little boys. Warner, a 54-year-old teacher at North Ranch Elementary in Scottsdale — who’s worked in the Paradise Valley School District for more…
To some people, today may be called Valentine’s Day. To others — sometimes referred to as “singles” — it’s the Arizona Centennial.Yep, President William Howard Taft let Arizona join the club that is the United States of America on February 14, 1912, and we’re celebrating the fact that Arizona exists…
Marion Patterson III, one of two men charged with murdering Arizona State University student Zachary Marco in October 2010, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, according to a Maricopa County court spokesperson.Marco was 21 years old when he was gunned down after refusing to give up his belongings in a…
According to Thomas Warner, he’s been an elementary school teacher in the Paradise Valley School District for 11 years.According to the Phoenix Police Department, he’s also a kiddie-porn collector.Warner, 54, was arrested this morning after Phoenix cops from the Arizona Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant…
The search of the landfill where police believe they may find the the body of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley continues into week two with no sign of the girl, as police say today that nothing related to disappearance has been found.What has been found, however, are documents in the area…
Dancing naked in a cemetery in the middle of the night might seem like some sort of necromancy or part of a satanic ritual. But naked cemetery dancing at 11 a.m. on a weekday — like what 24-year-old Kara Rene Mitchell was allegedly doing — that’s what the cops call…
Here’s a tip: Next time you go moose hunting in Alaska, you have to fill out your “hunting report card” whether you manage to snag a moose or not.Unfortunately for 57-year-old Phoenix resident Peter Amador, he didn’t know that — and he’s now charged with failing to report a permit…
stwnewspress.com Almost-mayor and still-convict Christopher LinderWe’re not sure which bit of news is worse for the townspeople of Pawnee, Oklahoma — the fact that the state of Arizona effectively banned their newly elected mayor from taking office or that voters there picked a marijuana-transporting, drive-by-shooting convict as their mayor in the first…
Just three days after Public Policy Polling found that just about no one likes Sarah Palin or Donald Trump, the pollsters say today that Arizonans don’t like their senators either.Arizona Senator John McCain — who had a 40 percent approval rating in the firm’s January polling — now has a…
For eight innings, Arizona Diamondbacks hitters looked like they were swinging at golf balls with tooth picks — seemingly en route to being shut out by the Colorado Rockies in the last of a three-game series at Chase Field.Yet with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, Diamondbacks…
While Governor Jan Brewer is pretty sure she can run for a third term (which she can’t), her camp is already cooking up some wild explanations to let it happen.Brewer’s spokesman Matthew Benson tells New Times that folks inside the governor’s office believe that the law stopping her from running…
Governor Jan Brewer is trying to weasel her way into a third term as governor by calling the Arizona term-limit law “ambiguous.”Brewer is convinced that she can legally be governor for another term, even though the Arizona Constitution says she cannot.The governor seems to think that since she took over…
politisite.com A poll of 623 Arizona voters released today reflects a couple things — almost nobody likes Donald Trump, and most people would prefer Sarah Palin not move here. In the poll — from Public Policy Polling — opinions are recorded about possible GOP nominees for the 2012 presidential election,…
Clifton Wilkinson had two plans yesterday after getting caught in the act of allegedly sexually assaulting his estranged wife: Plan A was to convince her that it wasn’t rape. Plan B was to hang himself. He failed miserably at both. According to documents obtained by New Times, Wilkinson’s estranged wife…
facebook.com Undie Run 2010. If you’ve attended Arizona State University since 2008, then you know that the last day of spring classes is dedicated to taking a drunken jog around campus in your underwear — so why not make a world record out of it? The fourth-annual ASU “Undie Run”…
