Despite what you may have heard, Governor Jan Brewer did not endorse the “Gang of Eight” immigration-reform bill.However, it certainly may have sounded like she endorsed the bill, given her apparent inability to speak clearly…
Bank robberies seem so blasé these days — the creepy man walking into the bank, handing a note to a teller demanding money, and taking off before cops arrive.But so much more goes into it: what to wear, how to conceal your face, and how to haul away your loot…
Despite (false) claims that Obamacare killed all the available jobs, in addition to burdensome government regulations and red tape, former Republican Congressman Ben Quayle has found gainful employment.Quayle has joined the Clark Hill PLC law firm and will be the “Senior Director in the firm’s Government and Public Affairs Group,”…
Yesterday, we brought you a story about residents in the north Phoenix neighborhood of Moon Valley trying to fight a Goodwill store from opening nearby.”This is a great opportunity to let the city know we don’t appreciate what they have done to us and to demand that they do whatever…
An actual person has agreed to pay thousands of real, American dollars for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s (likely) smelly and dead-skin-encrusted arm sling.The buyer, retired California cop Buck Dikes, won the eBay auction with a $2,600 bid…
If you speed through the streets of Scottsdale, here’s a heads-up: The city will be using two photo-radar devices that aren’t as obvious as the big white vans.The city has been testing two photo-radar units that are the size of phone booths, contained in tan metal boxes that kind of…
Well, it looks like the human-caused fire burning near Prescott might not burn down the entire city — or any of it, really.The Doce Fire was 50 percent contained as of Sunday night, and all the evacuations orders since have been lifted…
Paul Goldschmidt’s ass-kicking just doesn’t seem to end.Goldschmidt got at least one hit in each game — including two home runs on Friday — and set up a walk-off win on Saturday, as the Diamondbacks won two of three games in a weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds at Chase…
Portraying all the day’s news in such a way to make it all agreeable to people who hate “liberals” seems to be an exceedingly difficult task for the folks at Fox News.This seems especially true with Arizona issues, which the network seems to butcher in one way or another every…
Some homeowners in the North Phoenix country-club enclave of Moon Valley can’t believe that Goodwill is trying to open a retail store in their neighborhood.A few of the residents, like former Republican U.S. Congressman John Shadegg, are rallying others to demand City of Phoenix officials not allow Goodwill to open…
Ousted Senate President Russell Pearce is a believer in the old adage that “good people do stupid things sometimes.”The problem is, Pearce was talking about Chris Simcox being the “good people,” and allegedly molesting multiple children being the “stupid things.”…
You can be sure of this, if Chris Simcox’s last name was “Sanchez” and, if Senor Sanchez had been in the United States unlawfully, Russell Pearce never would have let us hear the end of it. Instead, when Channel 3’s Dennis Welch asks him about his old minuteman pal’s arrest…
Ah, it’s like disgraced, disbarred ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas never left office. Granted, our current county attorney Bill Montgomery is no prince of darkness, yet. But give him time, as he is currently duplicating his forerunner’s abuse of power, by seeking to silence the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lawyers submitted a notice of appeal in Melendres v. Arpaio, the ACLU racial-profiling lawsuit, which Joe recently lost, big-time. Currently, both sides in the case are attempting to come to some agreement on a consent decree that would enforce federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s order to the…
Paying someone to star in your own porn movie appears to be frowned upon by the Phoenix Police Department, especially when the “studio” is providing the “model” you’ll be having sex with.The cops raided “Self Serve Porn Studios” Thursday, alleging that the whole business is just a classic brothel and…
Cheryl Chase, who represents District Two on the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, recognized Deputy Andrew Goode with a certificate of achievement for devoting many hours of community service to help troubled youth and families in crisis. We’ve got a call in to Chase’s office for specifics on Goode’s community…
An officer-involved shooting Thursday evening in Glendale left bullets in a police officer, his police dog, and the man they were tracking down.Police spokesmen say they won’t be releasing the identities of anyone involved until later today, but the dog and suspect both died, and the cop is in stable…
A 29-year-old charter school teacher in Gilbert had sex with a student, according to police.Andrew “A.J.” Teaters, a sixth-grade teacher at the school, Gilbert Early College, admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old student at the school in his classroom, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
The Doce Fire burning northwest of Prescott is now 10 percent contained, authorities said this morning.Although only part of one neighborhood was evacuated Thursday — while previous evacuations remain in place — officials are estimating that the fire is seven miles northwest of Prescott, which is a mile closer than…
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, all of our alleged offenders look…
It’s hard not to notice, but a few of the people who have seemed to be extremely concerned about migrants crossing the United States-Mexico border have also been accused of being involved in serious criminal activity.The latest, of course, being Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox, who has been arrested on…
Minuteman Chris Simcox could end up being Chris Simcox, 25-to-life man, if the allegations against him are true. Simcox’s new home is Maricopa County’s Lower Buckeye Jail, where he is being held nonbondable on several charges related to child molestation, attempted child molestation and sexual conduct with minors. Phoenix police…
