Sounds like forgery is rampant in Tempe. Will Bill Montgomery respond? Are all truly equal before the law? When it comes to forgery in Maricopa County, the answer is a decided, “Hell, no.” Yesterday, the Tempe Police Department issued statistics showing that last year they had confiscated “1,761 fictitiously used…
The Valley TV station that claims it’s “Telling It Like It Is” seems to report on mythical creatures a lot more than any other news outlet in the state.This time, the news-hounds at KPHO — often glorified by New Times for their ongoing Chupacabra hunts — are reporting on the…
Earlier this week, we told you about the proposed bill that would make it illegal for cops to use drones to gather information without a search warrant.House Bill 2574 is very similar to bills being proposed in several other states, although the legislators proposing the Arizona edition happen to be…
I’m 39. My stepdad — who raised me — just died. This freed my mother to tell me (stepdad always forbade it) that the man I thought was my biological father all this time was not. The man who is my biological father is Mexican . . . totally (i.e.,…
The fatal shooting of a lawyer and a businessman on January 30 just outside a Central Phoenix office building would have been bigger news on any other day. But it happened to occur at the exact time that Mark Kelly, husband of former Arizona Congresswoman and mass-shooting victim Gabrielle Giffords,…
The most emotional day of Rafael Lavallade Gonzalez’s recent weeklong trial in Maricopa County Superior Court occurred when Gonzalez took the stand in his own defense. Thin and frail, with a lion’s mane of white hair and dark-rimmed glasses, Gonzalez, a 70-year-old diabetic, stood charged with four counts related to…
President Obama got some heavy applause during his bits on immigration reform during yesterday’s State of the Union address, as he delivered points that were almost echoed in Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s response.Then, we read what seem to be some unintentionally hilarious accounts of Governor Jan Brewer’s apparent response to…
Despite protests and calls for him to apologize, Phoenix City Councilman Michael Nowakowski defended himself on Tuesday for brokering a meeting between scores of Latino pastors and Sheriff Joe Arpaio just days before Arpaio’s anti-immigrant raid on a Tempe apparel company, his 71st such operation to date. See also: -Joe…
The El Mirage man who stabbed his 76-year-old father to death in April was sentenced today to 16 years in prison, as part of a plea agreement.Albert Arias had told police shortly after the stabbing that he had been “abused by his father his whole life,” and Arias, 47, also…
Please reset the “days without an Arizona-related Comedy Central news segment” counter back to zero.Thanks to Sheriff Joe Arpaio taking this weekend to exploit dead children by inviting the media and a pseudo-celebrity to a simulated school shooting, Arpaio and Steven Seagal were featured on yesterday’s edition of the Colbert…
The Arizona Department of Corrections says convicted murderer Christina Black apparently killed herself on Tuesday.Black, a 52-year-old former Apache Junction resident, had been in prison since 1999, when she was sentenced to life after fessing up to murdering her grandmother with a piece of fruit…
Phoenix Police Chief Daniel Garcia has fired Sergeant Phil Roberts. Garcia ended Roberts’ nearly 30-year career with the Phoenix Police Department on January 25, about three months after an in-house disciplinary review board recommended the sergeant be terminated. See also: A Review Board Recommends Firing PPD Sergeant Phil Roberts for…
Bryan Teague of Peoria, the suspect in a 5,220-acre wildland fire east of the Valley in August, has been thrown in prison several times for his persistent drinking and driving since 2000. Being a prohibited possessor, he wasn’t allowed to own or carry a firearm when he wandered around 29th…
If you’re looking for evidence that some city slickers have made their way into the state Legislature, look no further than House Bill 2631.The bill, sponsored almost entirely by Democrats, would make it a felony to negligently shoot a gun with a blood-alcohol level of drunk-driving caliber — .08…
In case you missed it, Phoenix police arrested 35-year-old Jennifer Dempsey yesterday for allegedly having sex with a pair of boys, ages 14 and 16.According to Phoenix police, Dempsey had convinced the boys she was 16, and then lied about being pregnant. On a related note, police say that for…
Family Guy fans are no doubt familiar with Consuela, the Griffin family’s dutiful Mexican housekeeper. And Family Guy creators are clearly familiar with Arizona and its anti-immigrant reputation. In last night’s Valentine’s Day episode, watched by millions of people across the country, they took a shot at the state by…
An armed Phoenix man was shot and killed yesterday as he entered an apartment unit he owned after suspecting that someone might be inside.Police found 31-year-old transient Bobby Hoover minutes later in front of Cortez High School, not even a half-mile away, walking down the street with his meth, a…
If you know the woman in the picture to the right, Jennifer Dempsey, we have news for you — no, you probably do not know her.According to Phoenix police, Dempsey, 35, lied about her age to teenage boys she had sex with, then lied about being pregnant, and for the…
Police officials have Christopher Dorner, the alleged murderer and former Los Angeles police officer, in a gunfight right now in the Big Bear area of California. Just a few minutes ago, the action-packed audio feed included CBS correspondent Carter Evans saying by phone that he was “in the middle of…
A handful of Republican state legislators are proposing a bill that would make it illegal for cops to use drones to gather information without a search warrant.House Bill 2574, proposed by some of the black-helicopter-phobes at the Leg’ — including Representative Carl Seel and Senator Judy Burges — actually says…
The BBC has released the footage of a 2012 helicopter crash in Coolidge, which happened during the filming of a scene for the South Korean version of the automotive show Top Gear.The crash — which was not planned — took place almost a year ago, and involved a military helicopter,…
After three weeks of thinkin’, Governor Jan Brewer’s finally figured out what she’s going to do about her order denying driver’s licenses for deferred action beneficiaries — nothin’.Brewer’s August order says that participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program do not have “any lawful or authorized status and does not…
