The above video (posted by a reader) is our best, hilarious guess as to how the conversation went between Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and Chief Deputy Steve Henry, as Babeu essentially had to let Henry know he was reducing his shot at becoming Pinal County Sheriff to zero. You know,…
The battle between supporters of Tempe mayoral candidates Mark Mitchell and Michael Monti over whether “your” public employees can endorse people in campaign signs seemed to end with City Manager Charlie Meyer’s ruling that it was all pretty much OK.That question apparently has not been completely answered, thanks to a…
When the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office announced yesterday that a six-month “bootlegging” investigation ended with 10 arrests, we were thinking it was a trip back to prohibition, involving Tommy guns, fedoras, and the phrase “G-Men.”Nah, we checked out the criminal complaints, and it took six months to round up…
Of some of the more controversial ideas tossed around the Arizona Legislature, the “birther” bill is the most popular to voters, according to a recent poll. The Morrison Institute for Public Policy quizzed Arizona voters on five of the more controversial bills brought up by the right-hand side of the…
Some would say that Grant Goodman caught a break yesterday when a disciplinary hearing panel suspended him from the practice of law for only two years after finding that the Phoenix attorney violated several Rules of Professional Conduct–exploiting “vulnerable individuals” and lying to the court among them Readers of our paper…
Tom Perez blasts Sheriff Joe in Phoenix yesterday Hey, did you hear that the U.S. Department of Justice is suing Sheriff Joe Arpaio?Well, in case you were hibernating beneath a saguaro on Thursday, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Tom Perez was in town to blast everyone’s least-favorite sheriff for his racial-profiling,…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu dropped out of his Congressional race early this morning and plans instead to run for re-election as sheriff — despite recent assurances by his camp that he planned to continue his Fourth District run. Babeu would have us believe that his decision has nothing to do with the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was sued by the Justice Department yesterday over racial-discrimination claims, and not surprisingly, Arpaio had a little more than two cents to give to everyone yesterday.His responses ranged from the Justice Department having the wrong guy, wanting to play basketball with President Obama, and saying…
Lisa Aubuchon has managed to eke out a three-week stay of her disbarment.After being told by the state Supreme Court’s Disciplinary Judge that her “staggering mountain of wrongdoing” means she would be officially stripped of her law license today, the Court’s duty justice, Robert Brutinel, granted her a temporary stay.Brutinel…
A sergeant with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office does not have his automatic rifle, pistol, or Taser after the weapons were stolen out of his vehicle yesterday morning.The Colt M-16A1 automatic rifle, Taser X-26 and its loaded cartridge, as well as Glock 27 pistol with a magazine were stolen out…
I’ve often said that in Arizona you don’t have to be a swastika-carrying neo-Nazi to have the same or similar beliefs. Which is why the presence of neo-Nazis and other right-wing wackjobs in the midst of the immigration donnybrook here in Sand Land has caused little or no outrage. And yet,…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery — who’s publicly endorsed Tempe mayoral candidate Michael Monti — transferred the case involving allegations against Monti’s opponent, Tempe Councilman Mark Mitchell, to Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk.The case, as we wrote about yesterday, involves a woman claims Mitchell engaged in some sexual activities with…
After a few rounds of threats, the Justice Department announced finally its lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Joe Arpaio this morning.The lawsuit addresses that “culture of bias” the Justice Department’s been alleging since it released its findings in December, claiming that Arpaio’s office conducts the worst racial-profiling…
Marion Patterson III will soon learn his fate for his role in the 2010 shooting death of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco.Patterson, one of two men charged in Marco’s murder, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February, and this morning, a judge scheduled his sentencing for 9 a.m. on…
The St. Louis Cardinals may have lost Albert Pujols to the Los Angeles Angels through free agency (i.e. “taking care of his family”), but this team surely should contend for a repeat World Series The Cards massacred the Arizona Diamondbacks last night at Chase Field, a 7-2 win over the…
This week, folks not too fond of Tempe mayoral candidate Mark Mitchell have been pushing a report from the Phoenix Police Department, in which a woman claims Mitchell engaged in some sexual activities with her when she was a kid, and Mitchell was 13 or 14 years old.As we mentioned…
I’m getting sick and tired of all these dirty, stupid Mexicans running around. The first part is easy: As Mr. Dix says in David Copperfield, when asked what to do with David, “Why, bathe him.” The second part could be just as easy: Pay them to learn English. There is…
Nine years ago, New Times exposed a massive and macabre insurance-fraud scam involving medically unnecessary surgeries and grossly overpriced procedures. Now, four key players in the monumental scheme are about to go on trial in Southern California, including a lawyer who once threatened to sue this newspaper for libel and…
If Jason Todd Ready had been a run-of-the-mill, delusional, Holocaust-denying racist neo-Nazi who liked to play with guns, I suppose we could could spare an ounce of surprise that, according to the Gilbert police, he killed himself and four others — including a baby girl, her mom, and her grandmother…
In case you’re out of town, in a bomb shelter, or otherwise oblivious to the world around you, there’s a bit of a storm going on in the Valley right now.According to the Weather Channel, the rain part of it is going on until around 7 p.m…
A “staggering mountain of wrongdoing” by former county prosecutor Lisa Aubuchon was cited by a judge as one general reason to deny her request for stay of disbarment.Aubuchon and her former boss, ex-County Attorney Andrew Thomas, were disbarred on April 10 for a series of ethical violations related to their…
Miles the pit bull puppy — whose owner is accused of bragging about using a 16-pound sledgehammer to break his legs — is looking like he’s going to make it, although the rescue group caring for him says “euthanasia was considered” when the puppy was brought in.Miles may even get…
