See also: Medical-Marijuana Dispensary Sues Fountain Hills Over Competitors’ Distance From “Church” Run by Pot Marketer Al Sobol A judge has refused to overturn a decision by Fountain Hills to authorize medical-marijuana dispensaries near an alleged church run by by medical-marijuana marketer Al Sobol. Following a hearing on Tuesday, Maricopa…
Jennelle Long Curtis, a Casa Grande mother of four young kids, embezzled $780,000 in a three-year-period from the Pinal County Federal Credit Union, court records say. Curtis, whose 23-year-old husband was shot and killed at a truck stop in March, worked as an accounting assistant at the credit union from…
See also:Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk Probed Whether Prop 203 was Constitutional See also: Judge Orders Arizona to Implement Medical Marijuana Act, Tosses Out Four Rules for Dispensary Applicants Is the new Arizona U.S. Attorney, John Leonardo, going to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries as soon as they open? That’s…
See also: Conley Wolfswinkel, Smeared by Andrew Thomas in Stapley Investigation, Files Notice of Claim with Maricopa County Is Maricopa County responsible when the sheriff’s office or county attorney’s office fail to release documents to lawyers or the public? A federal judge believes so, but County Attorney Bill Montgomery has…
See also: MaryEllen Sheppard, Longtime Sheriff’s Office Employee, Gets Billboard Farewell by Lisa Allen, Arpaio’s Spokeswoman See also: SCA Report Details Depth of Conspiracy Between Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and State GOP; Repubs Took Anti-Dan Saban Ad Material and Dirty Money From Arpaio’s Buddies The high-profile farewell announcement to a…
MaryEllen Sheppard’s apparently one of the more likeable chiefs at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Last year’s departure of two of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s top administrators, Dave Hendershott and Larry Black, was a shameful episode for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who claimed he was “duped” by their corrupt ways. But Sheppard,…
See also: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Admits He Busted Mexicans to “Spite” Critics in 2009 Recording; Evidence Shows He Also Did It for Publicity, Not Legit Enforcement Brian Sands, one of Arpaio’s deputy chiefs, told a federal judge today that busting illegal immigrants wasn’t the goal of saturation patrols. Sands said…
See also: Joe Arpaio Struggles in Racial-Profiling Trial to Answer Examples of Seemingly Bigoted Leadership See also: Sheriff Arpaio Ratted Out Commanders Who Complained About Former Chief Deputy David Hendershott In one of his latest “wasn’t me” moves, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Tuesday blamed inflammatory statements about Mexicans…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a self-promoting bigot of a politician who influences his deputies with discriminatory ideas that flow down from the top. That was the underlying theme of hours of questioning by Stanley Young, one of the lawyers who represents Hispanics suing the county in a major racial-profiling…
Stanley Young, the lawyer for five people suing the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office for racial profiling, is doing a good job making Sheriff Joe Arpaio look like a racist this morning. Following testimony earlier in the morning from a deputy, Arpaio took the stand, starting off with the disclaimer that…
A county judge has put a halt to a state Department of Health Services rule that is preventing the approval of a would-be medical-marijuana dispensary. White Mountain Health Center wants to open a dispensary in Sun City, but it can’t get the county to acknowledge or reject its request for…
See also: Marijuana Is Real Medicine for a Long List of Ills See also: Medical Marijuana Is Under Attack in Arizona Again — But This Time, Voters and Patients Hold the High Ground Last week, the state Department of Health Services rejected the chance to add PTSD to the list…
Aircraft emergency slides aren’t always the bouncy-castle thrill they appear to be — as Tammie Dent knows too well. The Phoenix woman broke her tailbone on a slide after an Allegiant Air jet carrying 154 people made an emergency landing in Flagstaff two years ago. Dent and her husband are…
See also: ACLU Trying to Stop 20-Week Abortion Ban; Says “No Court Has Ever Upheld” Such a Law Bill Montgomery, Maricopa County Attorney, wants a lawyer for the unborn in a lawsuit targeting a state law that bans most late-term abortions. The Republican politician filed a motion in federal court…
Don Kenney, a former Arizona lawmaker and the “quarterback” of one of the state’s worst scandals, has been charged with five felonies related to his fraudulent California real estate license. In the infamous AzScam case, Kenney was among several lawmakers in 1990 who sold their votes to a man they…
See also: Shooting at a Midnight Screening of The Dark Knight Rises Leaves 12 Dead, 50 Injured in Colorado Chilling radio traffic by police and fire fighters released on the Web reveals the chaos found by first responders at the scene of the mass shooting at a Colorado theater. At…
See also: Tom Liddy was Andrew Kunasek’s Deep Throat; County Supervisor Describes Tip on Arpaio/Thomas Plot to Overthrow Board See also: Maria Brandon, Fired Maricopa Civil Attorney, Says County Retaliated Against Her for Defending Sheriff Joe Arpaio Tom Liddy, the son of notorious Watergate criminal G. Gordon Liddy, stole some…
See also: Medical-Marijuana Supporters Plan Rally at Phoenix PD Headquarters on Wednesday at 5 p.m. See also: Judge Orders Arizona to Implement Medical Marijuana Act Marijuana advocates rallied outside Phoenix police headquarters yesterday evening, demanding respect for state law. Motivated at least in part by police actions that may run…
See also: Arizona Cannabis Society Raided by Phoenix Police Two supporters of Arizona’s medical-marijuana law say they have dozens of people lined up to join them for a rally on Wednesday in front of Phoenix PD headquarters. Rain Baker, who says she’s a board member for the local office of…
See also: Peter Spaw, Deputy County Attorney, Under State Bar “Inquiry” for Role in Discredited Racketeering Case; Also Named in New Lawsuits See also: Rachel Alexander Wins Reprieve From Judge; Appeal Back on Track County prosecutor Peter Spaw is the subject of a new ethics probe related to the same…
See also: Medical Marijuana Compassion Club Raid by Phoenix Police Leaps Ahead of Court Case on Legality of Clubs Nature’s Healing Center, a would-be medical-marijuana dispensary, is suing the Town of Fountain Hills over its competitors’ distance from a church run by the “Reverend” Al Sobol. That’s the same Al…
One of the hottest Valley party spots in the mid-2000s was Scottsdale’s CBNC, short for Coyote Bay Night Club. Hip-hop stars and professional athletes flocked there. Rap artist and music producer Kasseem Dean (a.k.a. Swizz Beatz) was a regular and claimed he was one of the owners. Tucked in the…
