We’re not at the Maricopa County Superior Court, but a court spokesman tells New Times that “Burning Man” Michael Marin collapsed after his guilty verdict was announced.The Arizona Republic’s Michael Kiefer was in the courtroom, and is saying Marin had a seizure after the verdict was read — as Marin…
UPDATE: Michael Marin has been transported to a hospital. He collapsed shortly after the verdict was read.A jury found “Burning Man” Michael Marin guilty of arson of an occupied structure today for burning down his Biltmore Estates mansion in July 2009. Marin gave his explanation to New Times writer Paul…
Here’s something Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin will learn today: when you’re posting in a public forum on the Internet, everyone can see it.Like this morning, when he called Democratic National Committee executive director Patrick Gaspard “very ghetto.”Gaspard drew the ire of many people who weren’t happy with the Supreme…
Republican state Senator Nancy Barto is the chairman of the Senate Healthcare and Medical Liability Reform Committee, which would make you think Barto knows a thing or two about how health care works.After taking a look at her comments on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Patient Protection and…
Brian Dicamillo, 39, is accused of offering a 10-year-old boy one whole dollar to have sex with him.According to police, that’s just the start of what landed Dicamillo — and eventually, his wife — in jail.Did we mention Dicamillo’s a bus driver for the Deer Valley Unified School District?According to…
Everyone was watching the big moment this morning, awaiting the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Obamacare… and CNN blew it. The flub started as veteran newscaster Wolf Blitzer breathlessly announces that reporter Kate Bolduan has some news from the steps of the courthouse. Then Bolduan comes on, saying that CNN “wanted…
On the day shortstop Stephen Drew returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ lineup Wednesday after missing nearly a year, the D-Backs lost their second straight game to the Atlanta Braves. Wednesday’s 6-4 loss dropped the D-Backs back to .500 on the season (37-37), as Drew went 1-for-4 in his 2012 debut…
Glendale police announced yesterday that the search for the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley in the Butterfield Landfill came to an end.Rick St. John, assistant chief of police, said investigators know she’s in the landfill somewhere, which has 691 acres full of garbage in total, but she wasn’t in the…
Barack Hussein Obama, how you dare deprive Mexico of its young, educated people? These illegal aliens in the United States are the only hope for Mexico and you want to keep them here in the United States. They could start businesses, create jobs, and improve the standard of living for…
Millions spent in legal fees. Hundreds of millions (at least) lost in revenue from convention and hotel booking cancellations due to boycotts. The immeasurable cost of being branded a state led by bigots, much less the assured infamy when judged by history. Weigh all these outcomes together and, on the…
Some Valley merchants differ on the word’s seemingly evolving definition. Long before the word “artisan” was trampled to death by marketing mumbo jumbo, cities like Portland, San Francisco, and Boston were homes to thriving CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture), farmers markets, and independent shops and eateries selling locally sourced food. Phoenix,…
If a hard freeze in April hadn’t annihilated northern Michigan’s tart-cherry crop, a little boy in Beijing might be pouring Herkner’s Original Cherry Topping over his mung-bean ice cream right now. But the fickle weather forced Lynda Herkner, 74, and her sisters to delay plans to export their siren-red dessert…
I’d have no problem with Governor Jan Brewer’s whining like a stuck javelina about the Obama administration’s jerking 287(g) agreements with Arizona, and promising to not pick up, or answer questions about every brown person ‘Zona cops pull over. That is, if either her kvetching or the administration’s move were…
Representative Luis Gutierrez of Illinois conducted a pop quiz on “spot the immigrant” this morning on the House floor while discussing the Supreme Court decision to allow the “papers please” provision of SB1070 to stand. Too funny. On this C-SPAN video (fast-forward to 15 seconds), Gutierrez blasts the law as…
The body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley will likely never be found after Glendale police announced today that the search of the Butterfield Landfill has been completed.Rick St. John, assistant police chief, said at a press conference this afternoon that people have sifted through 9,500 tons of trash since February. But…
George Kuykendall is off to prison for 24 years after taking a plea deal in what Mesa police told New Times was “the worst case of child abuse [they’ve] seen where the child survives.”Kuykendall beat his 4-year-old daughter with a power cord so severely that her kidneys shut down after…
All three people accused of using Craigslist to find a dog to “fornicate” with have pleaded guilty.The charges stem from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest Craigslist bestiality case, in which a detective responded to a post on the website looking for a dog for sexual purposes, and the three…
Don Kenney, the former “quarterback” of one of Arizona’s most notorious scandals, AzScam, stole his son’s personal info in 1998 to work as a real-estate broker in San Diego.This month, following a brief expose by former Arizona Republic reporter Lily Leung, Kenney’s son agreed to surrender the real-estate license that…
After a few rounds of mental-competency hearings, Michael Crane — accused of murdering Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro and Phoenix man Bruce Gaudet — would now like to represent himself against charges of murder, kidnapping, arson, and burglary.A court spokesman says Crane and his current attorney said in…
Let’s all play Sand Land’s new favorite game… Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez is freaking cool. A passionate pro-immigrant advocate and enemy of nativist goobers everywhere, the guy also has a sense of humor, as evidenced by his appearance on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this morning to…
It looks like the near-endless hit parades the Arizona Diamondbacks had against the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs last week didn’t carry over into Atlanta.The Diamondbacks were limited to just one run against the Braves last night, as D’Backs starting pitcher Daniel Hudson tossed four or fewer innings for the…
Yesterday we told you about the unsuccessful attempt to challenge independent Maricopa County Sheriff candidate Mike Stauffer’s signatures, which was supported by Democratic candidate Paul Penzone.Stauffer’s already set to be on the general election ballots in November, as would Penzone — a former Phoenix police sergeant — if he defeats…
