Dana Marie Kennedy sharply criticized Sal DiCiccio at a press conference this morning in front of City Hall, saying the councilman has “a lot of questions to answer” about his real estate holdings in the path of the proposed Loop 202 extension.Kennedy is challenging DiCiccio, who was appointed to his…
Police in Regina, Saskatchewan have got themselves a little pen pal at an Arizona prison. The inmate isn’t writing about how cozy his cell is, life on the yard, or being a prison-gang gossip queen, he’s writing to let them know that he murdered a woman in Regina back in…
It turns out illegal alien Halloween costumes aren’t even welcome in Arizona — or America for that matter.Two different “illegal alien” Halloween costumes have been yanked off the shelves of retail stores because consumers say they are offensive. As far as we know, the removal of the costumes wasn’t the…
Kevin Tyne, the governor’s long-time friend and adviser, is leaving his post as her chief of staff to take a job with the Republican Governors Association.That, of course, is how the Governor’s Office is putting it. Another way to say it: Tyne got pushed out…
So a thief and a violent sex-offender escape… It sounds like a joke, but it’s not. In the past week, two Arizona inmates have gotten away. The good news is that as of Monday afternoon, the thief is back in jail where he belongs. The bad news? The violent…
Ladies and gentlemen, the world will go on. Meghan McCain has promised to keep her Twitter account up and tweeting. …
Sheriff Joe is sued. Again. Only this time it isn’t on account of abuses of undocumented immigrants; apparently Joe feels like part of his duty as “America’s Toughest Sheriff” is to make it as hard as possible for inmate women to get abortions. Today, inmates will request that a Maricopa County…
As always, we would never encourage anyone to drive drunk under any circumstance — especially in this county — but if you do and your drunk route home doesn’t run through Mesa, maybe it should. Mesa Police Sergeant Fabian Cota says budget cuts and processing time in the Mesa Police Department…
More than 13,000 students in the Glendale Elementary School District will receive free seasonal flu vaccinations from the Maricopa County Department of Public Health. All shots will be administered by November 6, and parents must sign a permission form for their child to get vaccinated…The Potato Fire that broke out…
Here’s the latest walnut of wisdom from Maricopa County’s tin-pot tyrant of a sheriff, courtesy of CBS 5/KPHO. It pretty much falls in line with many of the dumb as dirt statements Arpaio’s made on Glenn Beck and elsewhere recently regarding how he will magically pinpoint illegal aliens during his…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio’s Racist Rampage, and ICE Honcho John Morton’s Hypocrisy Up on the Sun: International…
Above is a new photo sent to New Times by the Arizona Department of Health Services of the violent sex offender who escaped from the state hospital on Saturday and is currently still on the loose. Jorge Murillo is considered dangerous, and anyone with information as to his whereabouts is…
Did you hear the one about the violent sex offender who escaped from a state hospital by scaling two 16-foot razor-wire fences without anyone even noticing? If you haven’t, it’s probably because it’s no joke; it really happened Saturday night in Phoenix, and the suspect is still on the loose.Health Department…
You could say prosecutors are dropping like flies at this point: First, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas tossed the first Stapley case to Yavapai County. Then, after losing that case, the Yavapai prosecutors declined to work on the most recent potential charges against Stapley. Thomas then found the two D.C. lawyers and Phoenix attorney David Eisenberg…
Governor Jan Brewer told state agencies last month to submit budget plans that would incorporate a 15 percent cut in current funding.Brewer says the cuts are not necessarily going to happen but wants to use the plans to determine the impact they would have on each agency, if and when the…
Embedded video from CNN VideoOn Friday’s Rick Sanchez show on CNN, Immigration and Customs Enforcement head John Morton made it sound like the link between Arpaio and ICE was forever severed — that ICE would no longer have anything to do with Arizona’s corrupt top constable.According to Morton, Arpaio’s sweeps…
The family of Carol Gotbaum, who died two years ago in an airport security holding cell, will receive just $250,000 from the city of Phoenix under settlement terms awaiting court approval. Gotbaum’s three children (seen with Gotbaum in the above photo) — through the estate’s lawyer, Phoenix’s own Mike Manning –…
The Mormon Church has an interesting voice in a new television ad being aired in Arizona and Utah — a seven-foot tall transvestite hooker.Well, he’s not an actual transvestite hooker (as far as we know) but he played one on TV. …
Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley didn’t order anyone to interfere with his September 21 arrest in a county parking garage — and that’s according to the deputies who arrested him. If you’ll recall, Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott told us a couple of days after the arrest that Stapley had “ordered his…
More than a week after a sweat lodge “spiritual warrior” self-help retreat took the lives of two people, the sweat tent has claimed another victim. A Minnesota woman, 49-year-old Liz Neuman, died Saturday after more than a week in a coma. Authorities say Neuman suffered multiple organ damage before dying…
The Seattle Seahawks’ folically challenged quarterback Matt Hasselbeck didn’t stand a chance yesterday. His offense mustered a measly 128 total yards, he completed only 10 of 29 passes, and he was sacked five times throughout the 27-3 Cardinals victory. The big news coming out of Seattle Sunday wasn’t Hasselbeck’s seemingly reserved seat on the…
An inmate escaped from the State Prison Complex in Florence Sunday morning, after cutting a hole in a fence. Police are still searching for the escapee, Yelson Moreno, 20, a Mexican national who was serving a 30-month sentence for theft…Transportation officials at the Maricopa Association of Governments will vote Wednesday…
