Matinee Energy, the Tucson mystery company with ties to two controversial brothers, has plans to build a large-scale, 120-megawatt solar-power plant in Benson.But even if the firm manages to complete the project, which claims a construction budget “up to the maximum of $444 million,” it isn’t clear who would purchase…
David Buot decided he was going to kill himself in October, 2010, and opted for one of the most unsafe methods for the rest of the people who felt like living another day — driving his SUV head-on into another vehicle.Buot failed at killing himself, but he did end up…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the “birther” gang — now including legislators — held a press conference at the capitol today to push state Representative Carl Seel’s “birther” bill.Seel’s bill, as you may recall, is the watered-down, penis-free version of last year’s bill, which forces presidential candidates to sign…
James Granvil Wallace, a 62-year-old murderer from Tucson who has been on death row for more than a quarter-century, now will spend the rest of his life in prison after a highly controversial Arizona Supreme Court ruling. The court’s unanimous reasoning for allowing Wallace to escape execution: “We find that…
We stopped at a red light at Central a few hours ago, ready to turn left onto Roosevelt. People who live or work in downtown Phoenix know the quirky little park at that busy intersection. Central and Roosevelt, 9 a.m. It’s the location of that magnificent 24-foot-tall metal sculpture of a “man”…
As a heads-up, there are some weirdos — possibly one weirdo — who have hid in some random places around Mesa and grabbed women from behind.Mesa police Detective Steve Berry tells New Times three women have reported being grabbed from behind by a guy, with two of those cases occurring…
Republican Leah Campos Schandlbauer has become the ninth person to announce a candidacy for Arizona’s newly formed Ninth Congressional District.According to her campaign announcement, Schandlbauer’s a Scottsdale resident, Hispanic Republican, and a former CIA operations officer. Her campaign says she resigned from the CIA to enter this race.For those keeping…
This past month hasn’t been the greatest for Democratic state Representative Daniel Patterson.Nearly a month ago, Patterson became the subject of a House ethics complaint over claims of domestic violence from his ex-girlfriend, and pleaded not guilty to four misdemeanor charges related to domestic-violence allegations.The ethics complaint came out on…
It’s pretty easy for a scribbler in this town to know when you’ve drawn blood from local hypocrites: Those skewered squeal like hogs being boiled alive in Karo syrup.Recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce is no exception, despite his tough-guy pose. Make that double for his mini-me enabler Sean McCaffrey,…
The Goodyear teenager who brought a gun to school last year to kill his math teacher was sentenced today to two years in jail.Izrahias Morales was 15 years old when he brought a the gun to school last February, and was charged as an adult by the Maricopa County Attorney’s…
Phoenix officials have selected former Dallas Police Assistance Chief Daniel V. Garcia as the city’s police chief. Garcia, a 34-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department and soon its former assistant police chief, will start his new gig in May. Garcia’s appointment comes nearly a year after his predecessor retired…
Shane and Sarah Dae Walker — the couple Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says was trying to find a dog to “fornicate” with — pleaded not guilty today to conspiracy to commit bestiality.The Walkers, along with 29-year-old Robert Aucker, are accused of using Craigslist to find a dog to have…
After the aunt of a 9-year-old Phoenix girl asked the girl’s mother and stepfather a few weeks ago why the little girl had an infected burn on her hand, she was told the girl was burned while making tortillas.Tortillas couldn’t quite be blamed for the four other burns or scars…
Penzone: Looking to put ol’ man Arpaio out to pastureI’ve been wanting to interview Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s two rivals in this year’s general election for a while now. So recently, Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman and I met separately with former Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone and Scottsdale Police Lieutenant…
The judge in the Jeffrey Martinson murder case told the attorneys at a hearing this morning that she will issue rulings on critical defense motions in a few days…
Just short of a month after Democratic state Representative Daniel Patterson became the subject of a House ethics complaint over claims of domestic violence from his ex-girlfriend, the woman now says Patterson never did anything wrong.The ethics complaint came out on February 27, as every House Democrat aside from those…
The Phoenix Suns stayed alive in the hunt for a Western Conference playoff bid after two big weekend wins. On Friday night, the Suns edged out a good Indiana Pacers team 113-111, and on Sunday afternoon in Cleveland, they demolished the Cavaliers 108-83. The two wins give the Suns a…
The video above is a rambling from Congressman-turned-lobbyist-turned-Congressional candidate Matt Salmon, giving his glowing review of an organization founded by an extremely wealthy fellow who’s done some prison time, wears a cape, thinks he’s the second coming of Christ, and believes crosses on churches are signs of Satan’s victory, among…
Stock up on the popcorn — a State Bar disciplinary panel is set to release the findings of its inquiry into former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and former deputy county attorneys Lisa Aubuchon and Rachel Alexander on April 10.Both Thomas and Aubuchon face possible disbarment, and Alexander could have…
More than four years after it was first filed, and more than three years since the American Civil Liberties Union lodged its amended complaint in the case, the big racial profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio — Melendres v. Arpaio — will finally go to trial this summer. That is, if…
Despite Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio scoffing at the idea of President Obama not being “involved” in the protests against him, the conspiracy-theory alert has now been downgraded to “coincidence.”Last night, Arpaio was chatting up KPHO about the protests, and said, “If you don’t think the president is not involved…
Joseluis Marquez, the suspect in the 2010 death of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa, is slated to go to trial in May.Sousa, 21, was dragged by a car in an attempted robbery of her purse in an IHOP parking lot just south of the University’s Tempe campus on…
