Speaking recently to reporters who showed up for a Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting, embattled Sheriff Paul Babeu said that cease and desist notices were filed with a “one news station in particular” and that “there’s likely legal action that will follow with that.” ABC 15, along with other…
Corletha Sherie Davis was sentenced today to 22 years in prison for fatally shooting 37-year-old Discount Cab driver Brian Mann in November 2010.Despite initially telling the cops she had nothing to do with Mann’s murder, Davis didn’t make it extremely difficult for the cops by hiding the evidence — including…
Like millions of other hard-working Americans, we took pause yesterday (just occasionally, boss!) to sneak some peaks at the first-round games of the men’s NCAA basketball tourney. The annual March Madness first-round Thursdays and Fridays are among our favorite days of the year. Thirty-two flippin’ games in 48 hours, and…
Pedro Reyes-Lopez, who was arrested by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend for allegedly hosting a cockfighting party — then rearrested on a first-degree murder charge Tuesday by Phoenix police — may have also been known as your child’s crossing guard.ABC15 got the scoop, but a district official…
Arizona Republican Congressman David Schweikert’s trying to phase out the dollar bill, and replace it with a dollar coin through his “COINS” Act.According to a poll commissioned by a pro-dollar bill advocacy group, Schweikert’s own Republican constituents and base voters aren’t too hip to the idea by a pretty wide…
Right-wing attempts to legitimize nativist border wacko Glenn Spencer persist in the strangest fashion.Today, the conservative website Right Side News reported on a letter from former GOP gubernatorial candidate John Munger to Luis Heredia, Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Party, demanding that Heredia issue a “letter of retraction” concerning statements…
Cathi Herrod, a heavyweight lobbyist and president of the Center for Arizona Policy, believes there is a grand conspiracy afoot for gays to “gain access to our schools and to our children.” We’re not sure what is supposed to happen after this “access” is gained, but it seems like something…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent his boys out on the 58th illegal-immigrant roundup “employer sanctions operation” today, and get a load of this — a grand total of zero employers were arrested, while 31 non-employers were arrested.According to our math, there have been two employers sanctioned through 58 “employer…
David Ybarra found out yesterday that throwing chunks of concrete at Gilbert police officers is an awful idea.Ybarra, 36, was shot by two officers yesterday after he tossed concrete their way and a responding Taser blast didn’t work.Gilbert police Sergeant Bill Balafas tells New Times that Ybarra’s family phoned up…
Remember the Sacagawea dollar? Remember how reverse-awesome that was? Susan B. Anthony, anyone? Eisenhower?! Well, Arizona Republican Congressman David Schweikert’s trying to bring back the dollar coin, and according to a recent poll, Schweikert’s own constituents aren’t fans of the idea — by a pretty healthy margin.The poll — which…
On Saturday night, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office raided a Phoenix cockfight, arresting 40 people — 17 of them alleged to be illegal immigrants.One of those alleged illegal immigrants, 43-year-old Pedro Reyes-Lopez, was identified as the owner of the house, which earned him a big mugshot in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s…
Phoenix gave Veolia Transportation executives what they wanted today, a steep reduction in poor-performance fees and a reimbursement of nearly $800,000 worth of fees to the French-based transit company. And now, Veolia is giving the union what it wants. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton brokered the tit-for-tat deal, effectively ending the…
Republican state Representative Carl Seel and Senator Judy Burges are still trying to keep Americans they somehow believe are Kenyans — well, at least one — from being on the state’s ballot in presidential elections.Last year, a “birther” bill was approved by the Legislature and passed on to Governor Jan…
That the Arizona Wildcats won 23 games this season with what they had is a testament to head coach Sean Miller’s ability to get the most of his players. That they came one missed shot against Colorado and a devastating loss in Tempe to ASU from a berth in NCAA March…
Wendy Rogel-Pagasa pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of her 2-year-old son, Jorge Zamora-Rogel.Phoenix police say the 18-year-old mother called 9-1-1 more than three hours after the boy went unconscious — and eventually died — due to being badly beaten by…
I work for a major news organization and often have heard the figure of 10 million illegal Mexicans. Unofficially, I have been quoted the number 20 million to 25 million illegals, most of them not Mexican. From experience with the government, I would say these numbers are low. Why the…
Better chug a Red Bull before you walk into “Frank Lloyd Wright: Organic Architecture for the 21st Century,” currently taking up Steele Gallery at Phoenix Art Museum. You’ll need it. Yes, Phoenix Art Museum has done it yet again, only this time it had help from the Milwaukee Art Museum…
Mike Terribile and Treasure Van Dreumel made lots of money defending recently convicted murderer Jeff Martinson on the taxpayer’s dime. The actual sum is almost $1 million per attorney over the past 28 months for work in the tragic and highly controversial case. New Times wrote about State of Arizona…
The threat against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from some guy with a keyboard in Tennessee was apparently so serious that the sheriff’s office says he was sentenced to probation.Arpaio has claimed Adam Eugene Cox is an “Obama fanatic” — intel the sheriff says came from evident from what he…
Phoenix’s R&S Mattress company just wanted to show it was excited about the prospect of free-agent quarterback Peyton Manning coming to play for the Arizona Cardinals.As you can see in the video above, Manning’s marketing company didn’t think it was cute…
Wendy Rogel-Pagasa* pleaded not guilty today to charges of second-degree murder and child abuse in the death of her 2-year-old son, Jorge Zamora-Rogel.Phoenix police say the 18-year-old mother called 9-1-1 more than three hours after the boy went unconscious due to being badly beaten by her boyfriend Juan Garcia –…
Phoenix police say there was a guy standing in the middle of the street this morning trying to flag down motorists.He shot two people who decided to go around him instead.Phoenix police Sergeant Tommy Thompson tells New Times this happened around 4:30 a.m. today on 16th Street, between Southern Avenue…
