Daniel Horne of Mesa describes himself as an experienced high-tech guy — a mild-mannered family man. Not your typical felon. But Horne spent a year of his life in the Maricopa County Jail system’s Tent City after plowing into a couple of women in his car while drunk. His victims…
Sales of Arizona Lottery scratcher tickets are up 10 percent over last year, making it a no-brainer for the state to ink a new five-year service contract with its instant ticket provider, Scientific Games. About 53 percent of the lottery’s $453 million in sales last year came from instant tickets,…
I’ve just received confirmation from Monica Sandschafer, ACORN’s lead organizer in Arizona, that the Rev. Al Sharpton will be in Phoenix this Friday, June 19th. For those unaware of it, that date is known as Juneteenth, and it commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.According to Sandschafer, Sharpton’s…
Phoenix stripper Samantha Abernathy (pictured) was arrested yesterday after cops discovered she’d left her two little kids, 1 and 3 years old, alone in the house for hours. Neighbors called the cops at about 7:30 a.m. because the kids were running around loose in the apartment complex. Abernathy had left…
A Queen Creek mom is under investigation over the possibility that she failed to report her 14-year-old daughter’s sexual tryst with a young transient she’d invited to live in her home. Angel Green, (a.ka. Daniel Green — pictured above), was 18 when the mom-of-the-year candidate invited him to move in…
Brenda Combs is a former crack addict from Phoenix whose successful efforts at turning her life around will be featured in a planned book. And that same book may help Slim Smith, (right), a disgraced local newspaper columnist and former alcoholic, turn his own life around. Smith, who was fired from…
A Phoenix police officer accused of taking old baseball cards from a vacant home will get her job back, reports Channel 5 (KPHO-TV). Channel 5’s Cara Liu put out a report in April about Marysol Larrison and Al Jackson, two officers who were disciplined for stealing property out of the home. Liu’s…
One step forward, two steps back. That was the story of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ three-game weekend series against the Houston Astros. In Friday night’s 8-1 win, the D-Backs played what might have been their best all-around game of the year. In Saturday’s and Sunday’s losses, the D-Backs were simply outpitched…
A fire burning in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness area near Tucson has grown to 5200 acres. The blaze, dubbed the Elk Horn Fire, was about eight percent contained by Sunday…A Valley man is in critical condition after he was stabbed at a trailer park in Glendale. The man, 53, was…
Dennis Gilman’s account of Joe Arpaio’s car wash raid, and an interview with one of Arpaio’s littlest victims. This Saturday, while real cops were out hunting down murderers, rapists, burglars, and so on, Sheriff Joe Arpaio — true to his nickname, “Nickel Bag Joe” — was at Lindstrom Family Auto Wash in Phoenix as…
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: Arizona’s Apartheid: Anti-Immigrant Legislation Advances in Arizona State Senate Up on the Sun: Lifted Triumphs…
A card dealer at an “illegal poker room” in Scottsdale was found guilty last week of gambling-related charges, one of five people in legal trouble over the business. Dealer Brian Sitko, who was also employed at Casino Arizona when he was arrested earlier this year, was convicted of benefiting from…
Maybe this Phoenix police recruitment billboard does wonders for recruitment… … but it sure as heck doesn’t inspire confidence in the police force…
The process of ethnic cleansing in Arizona is a step closer to fulfillment today thanks to neo-Nazi-hugger and state Senator Russell Pearce and his allies. Pearce’s Senate Bill 1175, which passed the Committee of the Whole and is likely headed for its third and final read on Monday, will force law personnel in all…
A company transforming a 160,000-square-foot building into a massive data-management center touts Phoenix as “one of the few disaster-free areas in the world.” The local company, Global Datacenter Trust, hopes the tag will make future customers feel secure enough to store their most sensitive computer data in the “Phoenix NAP” facility, which is slated…
If things weren’t bad enough for Doug Grant, now serving a five-year prison term after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the death of his wife Faylene, get this: Jenna Stradling, his 19-year-old stepdaughter (and a key witness against him in the controversial, high-profile case) has filed a lawsuit against…
Robert J. Maynard Jr., the LifeLock founder who resigned from his own company after New Times revealed his lies and shady past, is now the CEO of an ocean adventure business in Waikiki. A Federal Trade Commission order from the 1990s apparently bars Maynard Jr. from returning in an official capacity to the…
The East Valley Tribune is losing another member of its Pulitzer-prize-winning team: Reporter Ryan Gabrielson (right), the lead writer of the award-winning series on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, is heading to UC-Berkeley to work as a journalism fellow…
The 1930s-era post office on Central Avenue and Van Buren Street is preparing to undergo at least $2 million in renovation by its owner, Arizona State University, in collaboration with the city of Phoenix. As New Times writer Robrt L. Pela explained a few months ago, the stylish building was purchased…
After more than 56 years, GM is closing its Mesa test track, the Desert Proving Ground. Most employees have already moved to a new facility in Yuma. The move is termed “only coincidental” with GM’s recent bankruptcy…A Valley street was closed last night after a group of people fired guns at…
Some of you may be familiar with the legal donnybrook Scottsdale’s 944 Magazine is engaged in regarding the handling of its 2008 Super Bowl party, which 944 hosted along with its business partner in the venture, California-based Explosive Productions. On March 27, Explosive Productions filed suit against 944, alleging that…
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: Up on the Sun: The Valley’s Biggest Beatsmiths Battle for Supremacy Tonight at PHX Nightclub Summer of…
