The number of people killed by drunk drivers in Arizona went down slightly compared to last year — but only because fewer people overall died on state roadways. As a percentage of the total fatalities, more drunk drivers were responsible for killing people in 2012 than the year before, according…
Maureen Kerley believes that her son, Ty Thomasson, might be alive today if a local trampoline park had adhered to certain standards. Thomasson, 30, died on February 2, 2012, after jumping into the foam pit at the SkyPark Indoor Trampoline Park in Phoenix about one week after the park opened…
A video by the Dollar Shave Club that markets a new line of ass-wipes for men is going viral, but the product itself stinks. Sure, they’re peppermint-scented and will leave your butt literally as clean as a baby’s. They’ve got a somewhat manly name — “One Wipe Charlies,” and that…
Six lawyers fired by Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles are satisfied with Voyles’ public “clarification” of a news release that dissed them, their lawyer says. Michael Manning, the lawyer representing the six former Pinal prosecutors, tells New Times that his clients were “never in it for the money” — which,…
The Arizona Supreme Court won’t be reviewing the Jodi Arias case based on her previous claim that prosecutors can’t use “especially cruel” as an aggravating factor for her sentencing. The ruling means that Arias, who was convicted on May 8 of premeditated first-degree murder, is still facing potential execution. See…
Richard Wintory, the chief criminal deputy for Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles, is being investigated by the State Bar for possible ethical misconduct related to a murder case. Rick DeBruhl, spokesman for the Arizona State Bar, tells New Times this morning that the investigation concerns the allegations of possible impropriety…
Arizona resident Alexander Michael Herrera, 23, made “unusual statements” before trying to open a door in the emergency exit row of an Alaska Airlines jet preparing to land this morning in Portland, Oregon, the FBI says. Herrera was one of 137 passengers on Flight 132, originating from Anchorage. After the…
Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles wants the public to know that a group of prosecutors he fired a few months ago were never suspected of any crimes. The unusual email blast sent to reporters and others today is intended to clarify a January 2nd email that “may have left the…
David Talkington, the accused sex maniac busted this week for grabbing women in Scottsdale, is an aspiring rapper and — possibly — a Scottsdale hospital employee. The booking sheet for Talkington states he’s currently employed at Thompson Peak Hospital, but Scottsdale police don’t know what he does there. (Or should…
A video posted on YouTube this morning shows the pain of five U.S.-citizen children are feeling because their undocumented mom was arrested six months ago. We dare you to watch the video (see below) and not be moved by the tears and pleas of these kids, two of whom go…
U.S. Senator John McCain sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday demanding more information about why the immigrant suspect in Phoenix cop’s death was released from custody in 2012. Jesus Cabrera-Molina owns the green SUV from Sunday’s hit-and-run collision that claimed the life of Phoenix Officer…
The failure of the Jodi Arias jury to agree on the death penalty sparked thousands of tweets and comments to various blogs and news sites. While many would prefer to see the vicious, calculating killer fry, we thought we’d check out one blog site that caters to Arias’ supporters and…
Jury members in the Jodi Arias case wrapped up nearly five months of work today, causing a mistrial due to their failure to reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty. Some women jurors were crying and one even said “sorry” to the family of slaying victim Travis Alexander, according…
He’s baaaaack. Conservative activist and former state lawmaker Greg Patterson has cranked up his controversial “Espresso Pundit” blog again, but has sworn off covering university issues because of his position as a state Board of Regents member. Patterson let his popular news-and-opinion blog go dark for a year after he…
Ninety percent of medical-marijuana cardholders didn’t qualify for nothing but “chronic and severe pain,” as Channel 5’s Morgan Loew reported last week, the director of the Arizona Department of Health Services told us this morning. New Times writer Matthew Hendley wrote several articles recently about Loew’s May 15 report on…
Medical-marijuana cardholders can be prosecuted when they possess too much weed or do something else that falls outside the boundaries of state law, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled last week. It sounds like a no-brainer — break the law, you could be prosecuted. But the voter-approved 2010 Medical Marijuana…
A few short years ago, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer became the hero of most conservatives and the villain to most liberals when she signed the anti-Mexican SB1070 bill into law. Now, with Brewer possibly staking her legacy — as USA Today put it recently — on the Medicaid fight, she’s…
The jury in the Jodi Arias case announced just before noon today that they can’t reach a unanimous decision on whether Arias should be executed. Maricopa County Judge Sherry Stephens sent the jury back to try again. Under Arizona law, the jury will be dismissed and a new jury convened…
Just watched the interview of Jodi Arias by Mark Curtis of Channel 12 (KNXV-TV), Troy Hayden of Channel 10 (KSAZ-AZ) and Ryan Owens of ABC News. In what may be one of the last TV interviews of Arias, since prison interviews aren’t normally allowed, Curtis and Hayden — who’d been…
Jury members in the Jodi Arias trial have begun deliberating whether to sentence the cold-blooded killer to execution. The jury was dismissed just after 3 p.m. to begin their decision-making. With nearly five months of their lives invested in this trial, jury members probably can’t wait to finish up. It’s…
Jodi Arias asked the jury in her long-running murder trial to spare her life, contradicting previous statements that she preferred the death penalty to life in prison. She failed to apologize for killing ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander in her highly anticipated statement to the jury today. See below for live blog…
The day after a high-ranking Justice Department official blasted former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke for lying about one memo leaked to a reporter, Burke committed an even worse leak. That’s just one damning finding in a U.S. Inspector General report about the actions of Burke in the Fast &…
