Augustus Shaw: Not His Grandpa’s Candidate

Augustus Shaw is a legendary name around these parts, but not because of the ethics-bending Tempe HOA attorney who’s candidacy for the State House has been challenged. We’re not sure that the “original” Shaw, who died in a Saguaro Lake boating accident in 1977, would be all that proud of…

Augustus Shaw, Arpaio-Endorsed State Rep Candidate From Tempe, was Target of Two State Bar Disciplines; Fired in 2006 From Republic Column-Writing Gig

  Augustus Shaw IV, a Republican candidate for state representative in Tempe’s District 17, has been disciplined twice by the State Bar and was scolded by a judge in 2006 for his aggressive tactics as an HOA lawyer. The case, easily findable with a Google search for Shaw’s name, spurred a Maricopa Superior Court judge to write in…

Moniza Murillo Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Young Champions Arson Fire

The last of the three surviving karate instructors who burned down the Phoenix headquarters of a youth-instruction firm has been sentenced to four years in prison. Moniza Murillo, 20, received the lightest sentence of the three, apparently as reward for providing the most help to authorities following the June 14 blaze. As New Times reported in January’s…

GPS Tracking on Vehicles by Cops Without Warrants Upheld (Again); “Wholesale Surveillance” Imaginable, Says Eighth Circuit Court

Imagine a society in which cops have the power to place GPS tracking devices on thousands of vehicles, arbitrarily, without need for a single warrant. We’re already there, says the Eighth Circuit Court. In upholding the conviction of Josue Acosta Marquez, (a.k.a. Martin Contreras-Pulido) in an interstate marijuana-smuggling case, the Circuit…