Tempe PD Know this guy? Call the cops. Do you know a dude with a ponytail who just happened to get a lot richer in the past few days? Because the Tempe Police Department is looking for a bank robber just like that. About 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, the guy pictured…
Some people just don’t know when to give up — like the three men arrested in Phoenix today after the cops say they committed an armed robbery at a pawn shop, then proceeded to lead police on a car chase, break into a house, kidnap a woman and her 5-year-old…
Is your basement full of bombs that you don’t know what to do with? Hopefully not, but the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is fed up with people coming to them with their bomb collections. Apparently there’s a new trend of people trying to drop off explosives they don’t want anymore,…
sports.yahoo.com Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster got wrecked last night. Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Ryan Dempster’s had a bad outing last night — far, far beyond miserable. Dempster pitched 1/3 of an inning in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 11-2 home win over the Cubs Thursday — yes, one third of…
In case you’re wondering what 350 Arizona police officers were up to today, they were learning how to deal with any voodoo, witchcraft, or demonic possession that Mexican drug cartels might try to cast on law enforcement. According to the East Valley Tribune, Robert Almonte, the U.S. Marshal for the…
For the second time this month, a random person in a Philadelphia suburb received an unanticipated brick of weed in the mail from an Arizona address. Just two weeks ago an elderly couple in the town of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, opened a package with an Arizona return address with five…
What event could possibly combine collector cacti, the cast of “Glee,” and baseball into one package? If your guess was this year’s MLB All-Star Game — the first to be hosted in Arizona — then you’re right, oddly enough…
fromtheleft.wordpress.com Apparently it takes a federal judge to tell the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that being Hispanic isn’t actually illegal. More than two years after a Hispanic father-son combo was arrested by MCSO deputies near the site of one of their infamous worksite raids, a federal judge ruled Monday that…
When four home runs are just enough to eke out a win, you know you’re watching Arizona Diamondbacks baseball. With two home runs from third baseman Ryan Roberts and six solid innings of pitching from starter Armando Galarraga, the D’Backs won 5-4 against the Cincinnati Reds last night in Ohio…
Sometimes criminals defy the bounds of political correctness — like whoever stole a statue depicting a cancer patient from a Phoenix park. Phoenix Police Sergeant Tommy Thompson tells New Times that someone broke a 4-foot-high bronze statue from its base and stole it from the Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer…
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal apparently is trying to steal some of Arizona’s far-right-wing “birther” thunder. As you’ve probably heard, the sudden rash of “birther” legislation is a ludicrous response to the repeatedly debunked conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya, and is therefore not a U.S. citizen. After…
A San Diego-based psychiatrist was appointed today to evaluate Jared Loughner, the 22-year-old, lone suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage on January 8. U.S. District Judge Larry Alan Burns appointed Dr. Matthew Carroll to perform Loughner’s mental-competency exam, according to the Associated Press. The AP says the decision to appoint…
It’s that time of the month for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office jail staff, who uncovered an inmate scheme of smuggling drugs into the jails through tampon deliveries. The Sheriff’s Office is happy to report that they “dashed the plans of some inmates to get high on heroin and the new…
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley accuses the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives of instructing Arizona gun dealers to sell firearms that eventually landed in the hands of Mexican drug cartels — a strategy the senator says may have led to the southeastern Arizona shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Brian…
hempbeach.com Thursday was the first day for hopeful medical-marijuana patients to apply for their voter-mandated medicine, and spokeswoman Laura Oxley tells New Times that the Arizona Department of Health Services approved 44 out of the 65 applications processed by 3 p.m. The department had 110 applications for medical pot by the end…
Instead of getting high off those expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs you have at home, give them to the Chandler Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration. At an April 30 event, Chandler police and the DEA will accept any of your prescription drugs — no questions asked…
Pending a signature from Governor Jan Brewer, the Arizona Legislature has made it official — show us the birth certificate. Or your circumcision certificate, early baptismal certificate, hospital birth record, postpartum medical record, or an early census record. That’s right, the state House passedthe “Birther Bill” to the governor, just…
Some things in life require intense courage and willpower — like the guy who went to the Surprise Police Department to tell the cops he was raped by his meth dealer. According to documents obtained by New Times, the man told police he was at the Surprise house of 41-year-old…
Senator Jon Kyl’s press secretary is taking the blame for the senator’s reporting “statistics” last week about Planned Parenthood that he found in the land of make-believe — and later saying his “was not intended to be a factual statement.” In case you missed it, Kyl completely BSd the amount of…
One man is dead and another wounded after they were shot in Pinal County while smuggling marijuana from Mexico, according to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office. PCSO spokesman Tim Gaffney tells New Times that six individuals believed to be in the “rip crew” — a gang that rips off drug smugglers…
Would you be surprised if we told you former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is trying to hide something from the public? As Thomas faces possible disbarment — stemming from 32 alleged ethical violations ranging from prosecutorial misconduct, perjury, and conspiracy to violate people’s civil rights — he doesn’t want to…
demotivationalpics.com After a four-year hiatus from the top five of Playboy’s annual party school ranking, Arizona State University is back in its old form for 2011. ASU placed third in the magazine’s annual list of party schools for 2011, improving in rank from number 6 in 2010 and 15th in…
