A Phoenix woman was arrested on Tuesday after witnesses at Peter Piper Pizza saw her 2-year-old kid fall out of his chair — possibly because he was drunk.Valerie Topete, 32, was at the pizza parlor in Chandler in the evening when — a witness told police — she poured beer…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s probably the only person who could convince his faithful fans to watch him open Al Capone’s empty vault over and over again.That’s pretty much what Arpaio’s set to do in a couple of weeks, as the sheriff announced through his other PR team (WorldNetDaily) that he’s holding…
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If you watch Fox News, you may have been led to believe that drugs known as “bath salts” are causing people in Arizona to get naked and steal cars, like in the case of John Brigham’s alleged carjacking/car-crashing spree last week.If you’re trusting the cops on this one, it was…
Buzzfeed posted a list earlier this week of “69 Politicians As They Were In High School,” including some vintage yearbook shots of Governor Jan Brewer, Senator John McCain, and former Governor Janet Napolitano.That prompted us to check out the Museum of Natural History 1950 yearbook from Commerce High School in…
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I despise the United States Border Patrol. One-hundred miles from the U.S. Border, the entire U.S. border, they are a law unto themselves, in what the ACLU refers to as a “constitution free zone,” that encircles the entire contiguous United States.They regularly treat U.S. citizens with contempt. This, despite the…
People around the country reacted differently to last week’s Supreme Court decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as “Obamacare.”Amber Leah Gardner sure had a unique reaction.Gardner’s apparent response was to go to a Mesa deli with a stone hammer, rant about Obama and shout…
Kenneth Robert Evans apparently would like his ex-wife to be in bed when he drops by her place for a visit.That seems to be the case because when his ex-wife’s not in bed, Evans, 38, has a tendency to light the bed on fire.Evans was arrested Monday for the latest…
Well, there’s a first time for everything. Unfortunately for the Dbacks, this first — the Padres’ first three-game sweep at Chase Field in franchise history — wasn’t so fun. The D-Backs fell to the Padres 8-6 Wednesday night in front of a disgruntled sold-out crowd of 46,819. It was the…
Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash is now former Suns point guard Steve Nash, as he’s headed to Los Angeles to play for the Lakers.According to ESPN, it was Nash’s decision to join the team he’s been battling for years — the same team that denied the Suns a spot…
On a hot evening in June, a petite young woman with long, black hair briskly walks a decade-old Avondale neighborhood lined with stucco homes, cradling a clipboard. It’s after dinnertime, but a stubborn summer sun stretches out the day, providing plenty of light as she approaches the doors. Some families…
Suppose the U.S. government and the American public were as progressive and conscious of its country’s true self-interest as, for example, many European countries. And suppose this had been true in the decades immediately following World War II, when Northern and Western Europe subsidized the development of Southern European nations,…
I’m not used to political candidates offering up skeletons for scrutiny, but that’s what happened when I sat down for coffee with ex-Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone, who is hoping to turn Sheriff Joe Arpaio out to pasture this election season. Needless to say, Penzone has his work cut…
On July 11, 2008, the price of oil rose to $147 per barrel, a record high. Gas stations engaged in hot pursuit as the price of a gallon rocketed past $4. All hell was about to break lose. The country’s largest banks already had begun to implode through arrogance and…
A woman accused of burglary and kidnapping was arrested Sunday after one of her victims saw on a Facebook update that the suspect would be at a Phoenix restaurant. Brandi Lynn Rogers, 37, was arrested Sunday and charged with armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping. One of her accomplices led police…
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In the Fugitive TV series and movie, nobody saw the “one-armed man” commit murder. That wasn’t the case on Sunday in a Mesa parking garage, where a witness told police he saw the one-armed Roderick Deshan Wagoner repeatedly stab a man who then fell three stories. The witness, unidentified in…
From an authoritative book review on a book he never actually read to backlash from a cockfight with Steven Seagal, it’s been a busy first six months of 2012 for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. With the Fourth of July upon us, it’s only right that we honor this self-anointed…
The legs of a 46-year-old man were severed after he was run over by a Union Pacific train in Gilbert early this morning. The man later died.Gilbert police got a call around 3:45 a.m. from the train company that a pedestrian had been hit near Gilbert Road and Park Avenue.A…
Bad times have been afoot for the Arizona Diamondbacks as of late, unless you happen to be named Wade Miley. The team’s current ace pitcher was selected to play in next week’s All-Star Game yesterday, the latest achievement in what’s shaping up to be a dream season for the 25-year-old…
