Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is being sued again — this time by four immigration activists arrested last summer during a protest at the 4th Avenue Jail.Two of the plaintiffs are lawyers who acted as legal observers during the protest; one demonstrator claims he was beaten by guards.Their allegations stem…
It was a close one, but Jeffery Hendershott won out on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Mugshot of the Day.The 29-year-old son of Arpaio’s fired chief deputy, David Hendershott, beat accused probation violator Carla Atkins for the honor, seemingly proving that no favoritism exists on Arpaio’s automated, online version of a public…
The story of discrimination faced by an Egyptian Muslim couple who once lived in Tempe is a troubling one.The couple, Soha Abdelrahman and her husband, Hany Ibrahim, were paid $197,500 by the owners of the apartment complex they used to live in, thanks to a settlement negotiated by the office…
Jeffery Hendershott, who was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and DUI two days ago, is in a close race with an alleged probation violator for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Mugshot of the Day contest.Someone out there seems to really want Carla Atkins, a 43-year-old blonde, to win. She’s been staying ahead…
Six years after construction began, and following nearly three years of inactivity, one of the towers at Sixth Street and Maple Avenue in Tempe will welcome its first residents on Monday.The project began in 2005 as the overly ambitious Centerpoint Condominium towers, a brainchild of developer Ken Losch and his…
Jeffery Hendershott, the son of former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy David Hendershott, was among several people named in a recent probe of questionable hiring practices at the office.Hendershott, a 29-year-old who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run, worked for the sheriff’s office as a communications…
Jeffery Hendershott, son of former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy David Hendershott, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run.Thanks to Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Mugshot of the Day program, you can vote to make Hendershott’s kid’s picture No. 1 on the MCSO Web site. (For some reason, though,…
A Tempe couple who alleged discriminatory treatment by their apartment manager were paid $197,500 in a settlement with a Texas company.That’s the largest fair housing lawsuit settlement in the history of the civil division of the state Attorney General’s Office. The case began in 2007 under former AG Terry Goddard,…
Aaargh!The Maricopa County Sheriff Office took two months to produce a report about a stated criminal investigation into former gubernatorial candidate Len Munsil — and it turns out Munsil was the victim, not the alleged perpetrator.We didn’t mean to mislead you. The 1,022-page report on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office released…
Two Northern Arizona University students were struck with Pontiac Fever after staying at the Aria in Las Vegas, which has been struggling with lingering bacteria problems.Joseph Dougherty and Erika Keller arrived at the hotel on July 5, stayed two nights before driving back to Flagstaff, then fell seriously ill two…
Local attorney Grant Goodman had his law license suspended for up to five years following a finding that he habitually exploited “vulnerable” Probate Court clients.In an order signed yesterday by William O’Neil, the presiding disciplinary judge for the Arizona State Bar, Goodman’s actions are described as potentially harmful to the…
The criminal speeding case of Brett Mecum, former executive director for the state Republican Party, ended last month after a two-year odyssey through the court system.Mecum, 32, was fired from his GOP post in May following scandals that included the speeding incident, a stalking complaint and an allegation that he’d…
Governor Jan Brewer told the state’s police chiefs today that they should have tried harder to stop voters from passing the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. We’re a bit perplexed why that makes a difference to Brewer — she and state Attorney General Tom Horne are effectively thwarting the voter-approved act despite the fair election…
Will Humble, director of the state Department of Health Services, got the notion to ask the state Attorney General’s office whether cannabis clubs were legal after reading last week’s feature article in New Times, says a DHS spokeswoman.We figured that might have been the case and wrote in a blog…
When the tremendous sound and rumble shook the Mesa house at 3:30 a.m., 19-year-old Sepi Tengei’s first thought upon awakening was “earthquake.”She and other family members quickly found out what had happened: An SUV had slammed into the home’s wall outside the master bedroom and crashed into the bed where…
Cox Communications has agreed to try and settle a lawsuit launched by Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office over the release of his “love letter” e-mails.Fox filed the federal complaint against Cox on the same day that New Times published excerpts from the emotional expressions of man-love…
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie isn’t scared of the feds anymore when it comes to medical marijuana dispensaries.Though the Republican governor said last month he would wait for assurance from the U.S. Justice Department before allowing dispensaries, which were approved by his state’s Legislature two years ago, Christie reversed course…
Nothing against the Sudanese, but “haboob” is a dumb-sounding name to English-receiving ears. It inspires more ridicule than the awesomeness these wind-blown monsters deserve.The news media has been using the word more often in the last few years, and the Grand Haboob that blew into town on July 5 made…
Starting tomorrow, photo-enforcement-violation notices must finally state the truth about what’s going on — namely, that you don’t need to respond or identify the driver in the picture.Cities and, for a while, the state of Arizona, have for years employed something of a ruse to help get speeders and red-light…
A Flagstaff man was among 14 people arrested today by the FBI as part of an investigation into last December’s hack of PayPal.Ethan Miles, 33, is suspected of helping to carry out a “denial-of-service” attack on PayPal in early December, says the U.S. Justice Department.The feds are accusing Miles of…
The Arizona Republic ran a so-so shot of last night’s dust storm (we’ve got better pix in our latest slide show) below this headline in this morning’s edition. Here’s the picture we thought better accompanies such a silly title:…
The rise of medical-marijuana clubs in Arizona is giving state officials an anxiety attack. Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, writes in his latest blog post that his agency has asked the state Attorney General’s Office to check into whether the clubs can operate legally. We’ve been telling you…
