The Monday arrest of Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley triggered a 48-hour window in which to file charges. Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office, which apparently made the arrest in the white-collar case without first consulting a prosecutor’s office, recommends Stapley be charged with 93 felonies and seven misdemeanors related to alleged slush…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office confirmed information it apparently gave Channel 15 (KNXV-TV) earlier today about wanting Don Stapley charged with 93 felonies and seven misdemeanors. In a likely nod to suspicions about the timing of Stapley’s arrest on new charges so soon after his old ones were dismissed, Sheriff Joe Arpaio…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, via Channel 15 (KNXV-TV), says County Supervisor Don Stapley is being accused of 93 felonies and seven misdemeanors related to illicit finances. And we heard something interesting from our own sources: This arrest didn’t involve a grand jury indictment or even a prosecutor’s office. It…
Don Stapley (pictured) was arrested this morning by Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies and booked into jail. What a difference a weekend makes! On Friday afternoon, it looked like Stapley’s legal troubles were all but over. The Yavapai County Attorney’s Office had moved to drop all remaining charges against Stapley related to his alleged…
Don Stapley won. Andrew Thomas and Joe Arpaio lost. The Maricopa County Supervisor has been under a legal black cloud since December, when County Attorney Thomas slammed him with 118 felony counts of violating campaign finance law. But Thomas tossed the case to Yavapai County prosecutors after losing several key court battles,…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has been ordered to personally attend a settlement conference in a death penalty case — and may have attend many more such hearings. Two years ago, Thomas wanted Judge Timothy Ryan to recuse himself from cases involving the County Attorney’s Office, claiming Ryan showed bias…
Phoenix police tried to “cover up” last year’s mistaken shooting of a homeowner who’d been holding an intruder at gunpoint, a lawsuit against the city claims. Tony Arambula, 35, was shot six times by Officer Brian Lilly — including twice after he fell to the ground — on September…
Authorities had searched high and low for 53-year-old Kelley Tate (above), who went missing in the rugged Superstition Mountains last Thursday. But they didn’t search low enough. After 150 searchers combed the mountains for days, utilizing dogs, horses, and a helicopter, a phoned-in tip led to the discovery of Tate’s…
Three unidentified sources “from different parts of the political spectrum” hint that a state investigation of Governor Janice Brewer may be coming down the pike, says the Phoenix Business Journal.A September 5 article by Mike Sunnucks says that questions have arisen about the way Brewer uses her power and how,…
Dennis Burke, one of former Governor Janet Napolitano’s chiefs of staff, has been confirmed as the next U.S. Attorney in Arizona. Burke’s ultra-qualified for the job. He’s a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Arizona, worked as counsel under former Arizona U.S. Senator Dennis DeConcini, is a former…
It was a sluggish summer for Metro light rail, but ridership is ramping up again thanks to a new semester at Arizona State University. Officials estimate the trains were boarded 882,328 times in August, which was far more than in either June or July. Traffic on the rail dropped from…
You’re the city’s chief spokesman, home on administrative leave for allegations your bosses won’t specify to the public. A reporter calls, and you tell him you don’t want to say why you were put on leave. And then you say, out of the blue, “In my career, I have never touched…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will try another venue to appeal his lost lawsuit against the county after being turned down by the state Supreme Court. Barnett Lotstein, a top aide to Thomas, tells New Times that the case — which involves the county’s strip of Thomas’ power to handle civil lawsuits — will be…
Arizonans Janet Napolitano and Meghan McCain are two of “D.C.’s Most Eligible Singles,” according to an article in Politico.com. Writer Patrick Gavin says of the 20 “eligible singles:” They’re cute and connected, charming and compelling. To be sure, many won’t be single for long so it’s best to work on your pickup…
That was quick. The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ appeal of his failed lawsuit over the power to handle the county’s civil lawsuits. Click heref or the short, to-the-point ruling. …
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is making what may be his final stand against his enemies in county management with an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. In a 37-page brief filed today, Thomas tells the Court he wants it to strike down as illegal the County Supervisors’ takeover of civil…
Colleen Clark, a conservative Christian activist and governing board president for the Maricopa Community College District, revealed at a recent board meeting she’d gotten a DUI in July. This should disabuse anyone of the notion that just because you say you love Jesus and campaign vigorously against sex…
Alice Cooper got a speed-camera ticket: …
It’s hard to keep track of all the facts, rumors and spin-jobs in this SCA story. For instance, Captain Joel Fox claims he never “filed” nominating petitions in 2004 for his boss, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as had been previously reported. He merely collected eight signatures and handed…
A Phoenix charter school believes that when it comes to a “biased” news report, the best defense is a good offense. After Channel 3 News (KTVK-TV) aired a sensationalized report about asbestos at North Pointe Preparatory, the school published a retort prominently on its home page headlined, “Faltering Station Creates News. The un-bylined article (which we…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is so concerned about recent hate crimes in his hometown of Fountain Hills, he decided to cancel a trip to Tucson today for a planned speech. The weird part is that he posted a message on his Twitter account at about 3 p.m. today that he…
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, there was no “Sheriff” Joe Arpaio. But in the mid-1980s, there was a ex-DEA agent named Joe Arpaio who was selling flights into space from a Scottsdale travel firm. New Times has written about Arpaio’s former life as a space…
