As Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery fights to keep Debra Milke behind bars pending a retrial on her overturned murder conviction, he also is fighting a proposed rule to the State Bar of Arizona that would require prosecutors to act on new evidence of a wrongful conviction. For the past…
Arizona State Forestry Division officials don’t seem to be in agreement about a report that the leader of the Granite Mountain Hotshots crew made a few errors before he and 18 members of his crew died in the Yarnell Hill Fire.Former New Times reporter John Dougherty’s original report in question…
A gang member used an automatic rifle to shoot and kill a member of his own gang in the middle of Baseline Road, police say.The two alleged gangsters, who had arguments over a woman, were passengers in separate cars on Tuesday morning when 22-year-old Moises Gutierrez grabbed his rifle from…
Laci Caldwell’s vagina may hold less cargo than Claudia “Home of the One-Pounder” Ibarra’s, but the 25-year-old accused smuggler wins points for creative storytelling. Caldwell was stopped on Monday while walking from Mexico at the San Luis port of entry south of Yuma after agents noticed she “seemed to be…
Senator John McCain certainly has a strong opinion on reports that the Russian government has granted temporary asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden.McCain’s trying to bring hatin’ on Russia back in style, issuing a statement that says, in part, “We cannot allow today’s action by Putin to stand without serious…
Every so often, you’ll see stories from around the country about wannabe car thieves who don’t make off with their new ride because they don’t know how to operate a manual transmission.However, police say a woman who tried to steal a car in Phoenix got stumped by an automatic transmission…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us.Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From a cocaine-thieving plastic surgeon, to a guy barfing on a dog and shooting its…
Ian Kennedy, the supposed ace of the Arizona Diamondbacks, was traded yesterday to the San Diego Padres.It was one of the few moves of a high-profile player before the MLB trade deadline, and in return, the Diamondbacks get left-handed reliever Joe Thatcher, a AA-level pitching prospect, and a draft pick…
I’m curious as to the meaning of the term “Viva la Raza” that I have often heard expressed by my friends and family. I know what it translates to, but I don’t know why we say it. I happen to be what some call a “half-breed,” and therein lies my…
Gary Hanna’s cruising through the desert wildlands east of Phoenix in his white SUV, hunting for shooters. On this warm early morning in late June, the forest ranger is one of several state and federal officials patrolling the southern Tonto National Forest on the lookout for one of the most…
It appeared just moments before midnight that a bus-driver strike expected to affect thousands of Valley bus passengers had been averted. But no go. A last-minute deal fell through, says Bob Bean, a union leader of the Amalgamated Transit Union representing East Valley bus operators…
The lawyer for Debra Milke, whose 1990 murder conviction was overturned earlier this year by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, is asking the court to disqualify Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery’s office from being the prosecuting agency in the case. On the eve of an August 1, hearing on…
Another favorable court ruling for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act means that would-be dispensaries have much more time to set up operations. Maricopa Superior Court Judge Randall Warner’s July 29 ruling, released Wednesday, stops the state from denying dispensary approvals because of failure to meet a set deadline…
President Obama will be visiting Phoenix next week, which probably means traffic’s going to be a bitch, more than anything.There aren’t many details about the visit, other than that he’s coming. Tuesday…
The number of murders in the Mexican state of Sonora — which borders Arizona — decreased for the second year in a row, according to the Mexican government.Although Arizona’s population is more than double that of Sonora, there have been more murders in Sonora than in Arizona during each of…
The clipboard-wielding people are getting a little hard to avoid — whether at your home, or out in public, there always seems to be someone with a clipboard, who wants your signature for something.Right now, there are nine applications with the Secretary of State’s office to gather signatures for initiatives…
Phoenix police officers have arrested a candy thief so prolific that detectives dubbed him the “Candy Man.”According to police, the “Candy Man,” 23-year-old Jordan Newman, pocketed nearly $3,000 worth of candy from Circle K stores over the past 10 months…
The Arizona State Forestry Division apologized for the “unauthorized opinions” one of its employees gave to former New Times reporter John Dougherty about the deaths of the Granite Mountain Hotshots.Heaven forbid the public gets answers outside of the Official Government Report™…
We came across an interesting story at trivalleycentral.com about a “friend” of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and his minions getting hired to a swell-paying job — even though he’d been placed on the county’s “do not hire” list. Reporter Adam Guab wrote that Manuel Vega, 24, was on that…
You may have noticed the above-pictured signs around Phoenix, and it turns out that they’re actually not advertisements for erotic services.The “I (heart) Head” signs are campaign signs for Phoenix City Council candidate Austin Head, a local DJ and LGBT advocate…
Over the weekend, someone dropped off a dog at a Florence animal shelter with a chain-link collar wrapped so tight, and for so long, around the dog’s neck that its skin was growing around the metal. The dog will stay in a foster home until she heals up, and then…
A group of automotive enthusiasts is trying to prevent any roads and highways in the state from becoming toll roads, including potential toll lanes on highways, which would allow solo drivers to pay to use the carpool lane.The Arizona Automobile Hobbyist Council has until July 3, 2014, to collect 259,213…
