A police report on the April 11 collision that killed bicyclist Shawn McCarty sheds no light on why Scottsdale resident Amy Alexander’s SUV drifted into a bike lane.Alexander’s Chevy Tahoe slammed into the back of McCarty’s bicycle on a Sunday afternoon, causing the 53-year-old to fly into the air and…
Jonathan Knight — who taught Tae Kwon Do to children in Gilbert — pleaded guilty today to charges related to sending pictures of his penis to a 12-year-old former student of his.Knight pleaded guilty to two counts of furnishing obscene or harmful items to a minor, as well as luring…
Thinking President Obama’s reelection bid could include a victory in Arizona is apparently not a romantic left-wing fantasy, a new poll suggests.Sure there’s some time left between April and November, and its only 488 registered Arizona voters, but a contest between President Obama and GOP nominee-in-waiting Mitt Romney would be…
A woman is lurking under the crusty exterior of Governor Jan Brewer, but you wouldn’t know it looking at the laws she inks. On April 12, Brewer signed HB2036, also known as the “Mother’s Health and Safety Act.” The law prohibits abortion after 20 weeks “except in cases when the…
A Peoria man is accused of driving off in a police car this morning, after being handcuffed behind his back and placed in the back of the car.Peoria police spokesman Jay Davies tells New Times that today’s events started around 6:30 a.m., as 24-year-old Nicholas Wade Fields allegedly broke into…
Queerty, a popular online magazine, offered commentary about a $1,000-a-ticket fundraiser that Log Cabin Republicans are hosting for “scandal-plagued” Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, summing up the situation thusly: Vom. From Queerty: In the fantasy world Republicans live in, a closeted sheriff accused of threatening to deport his Mexican ex-amigo…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has ordered a lockdown on parts of the 4th Avenue Jail, as the sheriff’s office says the Mexican Mafia is “attempting to control” the jail.”Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ordered parts of the maximum security 4th Avenue Jail be placed on indefinite lockdown as racial…
We almost forgot about when the “Motor City Madman” Ted Nugent — known in more recent days simply as a madman — was deputized by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Turns out, Nugent’s still a “Special Deputy” to Arpaio, a sheriff’s office spokesman confirms to New Times…
The Arizona Diamondbacks put nine runs on the board last night against the Philadelphia Phillies, and hung on to win despite the Phillies tacking on five runs in the ninth inning at Chase Field.Justin Upton hit his first home run of the season — a 436-foot bomb to left field…
The extremely detailed and easy-to-comprehend report starts off with a bang, claiming, “The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill. “After four decades that brought 12 million current immigrants–more than half of whom came illegally–the net migration flow…
We watched the first period of last night’s playoff hockey game in Chicago between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Blackhawks, and things didn’t look good for our local team. Chicago, which was fighting for its hockey life down 3-2 in the best-of-seven series, came out smoking after its stunning overtime…
In case you missed it, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told the Associated Press over the weekend that 500 illegal immigrants were arrested by his office “just for spite” after the civil rights investigation into the sheriff was launched.Of course, Arpaio was just kidding about the statements he made during…
File this one under “outrage du jour”: Dennis Wilenchik, the former special prosecutor whose runaway investigation of New Times resulted in the wrongful arrests of Village Voice Media Editor Michael Lacey and VVM CEO Jim Larkin, has been appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to sit on Arizona’s Real Estate Advisory…
Albert Arias pleaded not guilty today to the murder of his father — a killing police discovered after Arias allegedly went to the police station and told several people he’d done it.Arias is actually the second person to allegedly pull this move in just over a month — Kevin Skinner,…
Political spin is one thing. Politicians do it all the time — the classic distorting the truth beyond recognition so long as there is some nugget of truth that remains. Paul Babeu, who is running for a seat in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District, isn’t wasting time on that anymore. In…
There’s apparently a chupacabra shortage over at KPHO, because the TV station is “telling it like it is” about a new animal phenomenon — high-fiving cats.Here’s the entire story: A bobcat was on a guy’s porch in Cave Creek. One of the guy’s house cats goes up to the glass…
It wouldn’t be surprising to anyone that Mexican people are crossing the border between Mexico and the United States, but according to research, they’re actually going the other way — leaving the United States and going to Mexico.According to a report released today by the Pew Hispanic Center, it appears…
News media across the country lit up over the weekend with anti-Sheriff Joe Arpaio stories after a recording surfaced in which Arpaio admits he busted Mexicans to “spite” critics.Bigots at the Texans For Immigration Reform fundraising rally in September of 2009 laughed as the Maricopa County sheriff described the illegitimate…
Believe it or not, living with two ex-boyfriends at the same time didn’t work out well for Phoenix woman Daytona Johnson.After punching one ex-boyfriend/baby-daddy, then throwing a can of Febreeze at her other ex-boyfriend/baby-daddy — and later slicing his throat with a meat cleaver — Johnson’s getting a trip to…
The death of 88-year-old Mesa resident Lola Pershall has been ruled a homicide, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times the details of Pershall’s death are not being released at this time.The sheriff’s office called it a “suspicious death investigation” when her body was…
Word emerged this morning from a “source” in a CNN story that the highly publicized search of a Soho (lower Manhattan) basement for Etan Patz’s body has turned up empty. The little boy vanished in late May 1979, and would almost 40 years old now if still-unknown evildoer hadn’t snatched…
Saturday was a coulda woulda shoulda day of major proportions in the cities of Phoenix and Glendale. It could have been a very cool day. Instead, it was a disaster.Three of our Valley’s four major sports franchises were in action, with two of the teams–the Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix…
