Glenn Winningham Fearn, a sovereign-citizen nut from Arizona and Texas, has been accused by Canadian authorities of trying to smuggle banned weapons across the international border. Fearn, who in his many civil court filings over the years refers to himself as “Glenn Winningham; house of Fearn,” was caught on October…
Despite all the negative attention surrounding the fraternities at Arizona State University, it looks like the frat boys at the University of Arizona aren’t exactly angels, either.According to Jackass star Johnny Knoxville, he was drugged with Ecstasy while attending a frat party, at U of A, where he was filming…
Homecoming was this weekend at Arizona State University, which included ASU’s football team trouncing the Washington Huskies, 53-24.New Times was in Tempe to document the festivities. Check out the photos below:…
Twenty-one people who served in the Arizona Air National Guard have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the federal government of more than $1.4 million.According to Arizona Attorney General Horne’s office, the 21 — including eight officers and 13 enlisted guardsmen — falsified military records in order to get “Temporary Duty…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, a former elementary school teacher was sentenced to prison for his child-porn collection, a child molester got more prison time than a murderer, and more:…
Maybe Attorney General Tom Horne ought to think about resigning.Again, Horne and one of his employees were found to have circumvented state campaign-finance laws, by coordinating Horne’s AG campaign with an independent-expenditure committee…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
Christine Jones, the former Go Daddy executive who’s running for governor, is a big fan of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.3TV has the footage of Jones giving a gushing review of the sheriff in front of a crowd, including Arpaio, at a charity event. 3TV also has the footage of Jones, a…
A man who crashed his car into a tree and a wall on the side of Interstate 10 earlier week, killing one passenger and injuring another, was extremely drunk, according to police.According to court documents obtained by New Times, 34-year-old Edwin Hurt had a blood-alcohol level of .317, which is…
How bad would things have to get for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne to do the right thing and resign? You’d think pleading no contest to a vehicular hit-and-run witnessed by two FBI agents who’d been tailing him would be enough, at least for the state’s top prosecutor. Then there’s…
Good news: The Arizona Cardinals lost by fewer than 58 points to the Seattle Seahawks Thursday night.The Cards still lost, and it was still pretty ugly…
A Phoenix grandmother shoved her grandson into rush hour traffic, according to police.Juanita Ramer’s grandson was hit by a car on Thomas Road near the ramps for Interstate 17 and suffered multiple broken bones in his leg, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we observe one minor detail of…
One analysis says Tempe and Scottsdale are among the top 100 places to live in the United States.Livability.com, using a number of factors, ranked Tempe 43rd, and Scottsdale 89th…
Late Thursday evening, the plaintiffs in the ACLU’s big civil rights lawsuit Melendres v. Arpaio fired back at Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s surprise announcement that the MCSO would begin one of its notorious Hispanic-hunting sweeps on Friday. Responding to a filing by Arpaio’s lawyer Tim Casey earlier in the day, plaintiffs’…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is sticking his tongue out at federal Judge G. Murray Snow, telling the jurist that the MCSO will execute one of the sheriff’s infamous crime suppression sweeps beginning Friday, October 18. Though Snow recently ordered that a monitor be appointed to oversee 59 pages of instructions on…
Republican Congressman Paul Gosar and some of his colleagues have been investigating why federal parks were closed during the federal government shutdown.Perhaps someone should send a calculator to Gosar’s office to help him put two and two together…
By one measure, Tempe and Scottsdale are among the top 100 places to live in the United States.According to Livability.com, Tempe is 43rd, and Scottsdale’s 89th…
In June 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s then-director John Morton issued a memo outlining the agency’s exercise of its “prosecutorial discretion” in civil immigration cases. Morton emphasized that ICE would use this discretion to ensure the agency’s “enforcement priorities.” And ICE’s number one enforcement priority, as described in a…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a 16-year-old Canadian kid for sending some mean e-mails to self-proclaimed tough guy Sheriff Joe Arpaio.The e-mails contained “death threats,” according to the MCSO. The 16-year-old was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, because this imminent threat was sitting at…
There have been at least 12 people “accidentally” shot and killed in Arizona this year.Just this week, a Pinal County man tried to “scare” his girlfriend by pointing a gun at her and pulling the trigger. There was a bullet in that gun, and the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says…
A Phoenix man drove 100 miles per hour to a Scottsdale family’s home, broke down the door, and started yelling and screaming at the family inside.That man, 54-year-old Norman Floyd, told police he was following the advice of “the Holy Spirit,” according to court documents obtained by New Times…
