We’re not the only ones still trying to comprehend how a 31-year-old man from Missouri died after hiking for a mere four hours on Sunday morning with a friend at South Mountain Park.”It’s very unusual,” says Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Jorge Enriquez. “Maybe they underestimated the hike, coming from another…
id a cabal of county supervisors, judges, lawyers and others work together to block legit police investigations into allegations of public corruption?Or did a political hack and his underlings join forces with a corrupt sheriff to trample over civil rights and legal ethics in order to retaliate against their political…
The hearings that may result in the disbarment of former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas begin this morning with opening statements from each side. Thomas and two of his ex-henchwomen, former deputy county attorneys Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander, are in for the fight of their professional lives as an investigator…
CSK Auto Corporation has agreed to pay $20.9 million to the feds due to the crimes of its former top executives.CSK Auto is the parent company of O’Reilly Auto Parts, which used to do business under the names of Checker, Kragen and Murray’s auto parts.One of those former execs, Don…
Magazines and paperbacks sent to the Pinal County Jail were rejected by mistake, a spokesman for Sheriff Paul Babeu said today in response to news of a federal lawsuit.As we reported earlier today, the national Prison Legal News launched a federal complaint against Babeu and Pinal County this week after…
A national news magazine for prisoners is suing Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu in federal court for the right to distribute its publications to jail inmates.Paul Wright, editor of the Vermont-based Prison Legal News, says he fully expects to win the case. He’s forced jails and prisons in other states…
John Woods, a former umpire recovering from a brain injury, was fired from an Outback restaurant because of his disability, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleges in a federal complaint.The subject of several media reports in recent years, (the Arizona Republic had a long write-up on him in February), Woods…
Former U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke’s apparently forced resignation last week stemmed not only from the “Fast and Furious” scandal, but also from a botched case involving grenades.The Wall Street Journal reports today that Burke may have approved an attempted sting in 2009 by the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms bureau…
An Arizona company formerly known as iCloud Communications has dumped its trademark lawsuit against Apple and apparently changed its name.The Phoenix-based iCloud caused a ruckus in the tech world earlier this summer with its federal complaint, which was filed just days after Steve Jobs officially unveiled Apple’s iCloud, an online…
Assault rifles, a cool-looking off-road machine and a bored deputy who evidently has too much time on his hands — what’s not to love about today’s shot for “You Write the Caption?” The photo features a “Deputy Templeton,” who apparently submitted his picture for humor’s sake to a fitness Web…
A Sedona-based hiking guide has been sentenced to two days in jail and is banned from national forests for six months after getting caught running a tour service on federal lands without a permit.James Reich of Sedona Hiking Adventures is also prohibited from working as a guide in national forests…
Three boys whose grandfather forced them on torturous marches across tough Grand Canyon trails told rangers their entire summer had been filled with travel and abuse.The three boys — 8, 9 and 12 — told how their grandpa, Christopher Carlson of Indianapolis, injured them repeatedly during trips to various states,…
No settlement for now between Fox and Cox.The communications company and Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office attended a settlement conference on Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark E Aspey, but no resolution was made in Fox’s lawsuit over the release of his embarrassing “Zorro” e-mails. The…
Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, having previously submitted $47 million in claims against the state and county, has now apparently decided to man up. Though he was fully prepared to soak the taxpayers for tens of millions, he now realizes — according to an e-mail he sent to Arizona Republic…
The executives who ran former Tempe-based TV maker Syntax-Brillian have been accused of defrauding investors in a complex scheme that used bogus sales figures to inflate stock prices.James Li, Thomas Chow, Wayne Pratt habitually misled and lied to investors and regulators between 2006 and 2006, says a federal complaint filed…
The suddenly former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke told his staff in a letter this morning that he planned to “take a good bit of time off” before deciding his next move. Burke also praised the work of his office for its response to the January 8 Tucson massacre and…
The resignation of Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke, announced minutes ago by his office, comes a couple of weeks after he testified before Congress on the Fast and Furious scandal. Kenneth Melson, acting director of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, lost his office today over the scandal…
Just received this e-mail from the U.S. Attorney’s Office PHOENIX – Dennis Burke, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, has delivered his letter of resignation to President Obama. A copy of the letter is below. In an email to staff, Burke said: “The work in every corner of this…
Next time some worrywart warns that “you could put an eye out,” just scoff and mention the name Leroy Luetscher.The 86-year-old Green Valley resident managed to prove last month that eye injuries aren’t always as bad as they seem — especially when you have access to the awesome surgeons of…
The Arizona U.S. Attorney isn’t likely to launch a “bad faith” prosecution against state workers administering the new medical pot law, says a group opposing Governor Jan Brewer’s federal lawsuit on the issue.Besides, say lawyers for the group of defendants, those state workers wouldn’t be violating federal law, anyway.The case…
Anna Maria Chavez, a former Arizona gal who worked under ex-Governor Janet Napolitano has been named the new CEO for the Girl Scouts of the USA.Chavez, 43, grew up in Eloy and joined the Scouts there at a young age with one of her friends. She also lived in Phoenix…
Bravo, Ryan Curry, attorney at law! Keepin’ them drunk drivers on the road!This sharpshooting young lawyer is a “rising star” at Alcock and Associates in Phoenix, according to a news release put out today by the law firm.The firm boasts in the release that Curry just got a case dismissed…
