Legal same-sex marriages could take place in Arizona by the end of 2014, says an attorney representing a lawsuit by same-sex partners. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to consider appeals of lower-court decisions supporting the challengers of same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia…
Maricopa County will appeal a jury award in the case of a lawyer fired for speaking to the press, ignoring a judge’s harsh criticism of the county’s actions. Maria Brandon, who worked for the county as a lawyer for more than 30 years, was fired in June 2011 after she…
A Seattle hiker whose disappearance on Camelback Mountain in June launched a tepid, three-day search died of heat-related complications, officials say. The body of Eric Fernandes, 23, was found on June 3 by a hiker who, along with some friends, had taken it upon themselves to keep searching after authorities…
The first member of the U.S. House of Representatives who publicly admits to “dabbing” could be Arizona Democrat Mikel Weisser. The odds may be slim of this occurring since Weisser’s facing off against incumbent Republican Paul Gosar in expansive and conservative Congressional District 4, which includes Kingman, Prescott and part…
An unoccupied pickup truck on a farm near polygamist enclave Colorado City was blown to bits Sunday evening in an explosion being investigated by federal agents. A commercial explosive like dynamite is believed to have been used in the blast, says Tom Mangan, spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,…
A bloody fight between fans at Sunday’s Arizona Cardinals game was caught on video. The Cards beat the San Francisco 49ers 23-14 at the University of Phoenix Stadium. Plenty of action also took place in the stands, as the video shows…
Details released in the Rex Chapman shoplifting case show that North Scottsdale Loan and Gold paid the ex-NBA star thousands for the brand-new goods he brought in. Alfonso Larriva, owner of the Scottsdale store as well as other Valley pawn shops, tells New Times that the store’s employees didn’t find…
Rex Everett Chapman, a former star Phoenix Suns player, was arrested today by Scottsdale police in connection with an Apple Store shoplifting scheme. Chapman was transported to the Maricopa County Jail, suspected of nine counts of organized retail theft and five counts of trafficking in stolen property, all felonies…
Proponents of a 2016 citizens’ initiative in Arizona that aims to legalize marijuana for adults 21 and older filed paperwork with the state on Thursday, the first step in their campaign. The Marijuana Policy Project of Arizona initiative still has a long way to go before becoming a law. But…
The owners of 23 dogs found dead on June 19 at a home-boarding business in Gilbert are suing the four suspects in the related criminal case, including the son of Senator Jeff Flake. Twenty-one people, represented by four local lawyers, filed a 23-page complaint today in Maricopa County Superior Court…
Sherman Unkefer, the Scottsdale gold-and-juice scamster targeted in a $54 million RICO suit, supposedly sold $5.4 million in gold and silver in 2013 to stop it from going to his victims. Marc Olivieri, who worked with one of Unkefer’s associates, detailed the alleged sale in an affidavit filed in Maricopa…
The First Amendment Coalition of Arizona filed an amended complaint on Thursday to join a lawsuit by Federal Public Defenders seeking information about execution drugs. The public defenders filed their lawsuit on June 26 on behalf of Arizona’s condemned prisoners, hoping to find out more about the drug Midazolam and…
Arizona State University police obtained 70 semi-automatic M-16s from a military program in 2013 that the force doesn’t actually need. The ASU police department has 71 sworn officers, according to its website, meaning the junior-league offshoot of the state Department of Public Safety has upped its firepower potential considerably. But…
We just talked to an Arizona Republic reporter who tells us, predictably, that the process of having to reapply for a job is “insulting.” Reportedly, editors at the state’s largest newspaper figured the process would be less painful — for them — than pointing fingers at specific people to get…
A federal judge blasted the ATF in a recently released ruling that described how the agency mistreated an Arizona ex-agent who had infiltrated the Hells Angels. Jay Dobyns, sued the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in 2007 for failing to handle death threats against him following his…
Ray Chatman has been behind bars since 1970, when he was convicted of killing a Circle K clerk in a robbery at age 17. He was supposed to spend the rest of his life in prison, but he’ll soon get out because of efforts by prosecutors at the Maricopa County…
Arizona State University engineering student Jason Kerestes’ jetpack won’t let its wearers fly — but running like the wind may be the next best thing. Kerestes, a graduate student and welding expert, is the “mastermind” behind the 4MM project, a combined effort by ASU and the Defense Advanced Research Projects…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery lowered expectations for charges in the Green Acre dog-death case this week, sparking a brief tiff with Sheriff Joe Arpaio. A Republican elected in 2010 and 2012 with Arpaio’s support, Montgomery apparently sounded too uppity for the sheriff in a news conference on Wednesday and…
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Colorado man on Wednesday on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bestiality after he put an ad on Craigslist that was answered by a police officer. Terry Wayne Haupt, 52, apparently thought his dreams of puppy love had come true when a woman answered the ad he…
Sue Sisley, M.D., is nearly blind. She can’t see out of her left eye and has minimal vision in her right, resulting from amblyopia, a condition she’s had since birth. Her remaining eyesight “doesn’t seem to be deteriorating further,” she says. But in recent months, Sisley’s been trying to train…
Four suspects in the Green Acre dog-death case, including the son of Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, should be charged with 21 felonies each, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said on Tuesday. “I’m confident that we have the proper evidence” for criminal charges, Arpaio told reporters at the office’s headquarters in…
Maricopa County officials violated the rights of a former deputy county attorney by firing her after she spoke to a local newspaper, a federal judge confirms. In an eight-page ruling last week that upholds February’s $638,148 jury verdict in the case, U.S District Judge Frederick Martone wrote that “more than…
