Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his opponent Mike Stauffer are going to be in the same room tomorrow for a candidate forum in Sun City West, according to the Stauffer campaign.New Times tried to confirm that Arpaio would be at the event, but his campaign manager Chad Willems literally…
For a 32-year-old man, following around a random 14-year-old girl and running away after grabbing her butt is pretty creepy. Finding out where the girl lives and showing up at her apartment on Valentine’s Day takes it to a whole new level.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Octavio…
Yusra Farhan — the Phoenix mother who cited “Iraqi culture” as the reason for alleged assaults on her daughter — said at her initial court appearance yesterday that she was disciplining her daughter “like any parent would.”Most parents haven’t been arrested twice in the past week for tying their children…
Arizona could have folded last night up in Pullman, Washington, traditionally a difficult road game for any team in the Pac-12. Jesse Perry, one of the Wildcats’ key players, was saddled with his fourth foul early in the second half and had to sit for a long stretch. Washington State’s burly…
Republican State Senator Sylvia Allen is pushing her legislation to spend more than $1 million to form a civilian militia of folks to play Border Patrol agents down at the border.Allen has called the training these people would receive “comparable to Sheriff Joe [Arpaio]’s posse,” and assures the training will…
Twelve-point loser, radio lip-flapper and second vice chair of the Arizona GOP Russell Pearce owes his entire political existence, such as it is, to illegal immigrants and the racist lies he spews about them on a regular basis.Former Arizona GOP executive director Sean McCaffrey has given the marble-mouthed Mesa pol…
Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva released a statement about State Senator Sylvia Allen’s bill to create a volunteer militia to guard the border, and as you can imagine, he’s not too hip to the idea.”This legislation is not just silly and irresponsible, it’s a public safety threat,” Grijalva says. “To arm…
With nearly 200 days to go before the August 28 primary between Republican Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert in Arizona’s newly formed sixth Congressional district, there’s already drama.It started earlier this week, with the Schweikert campaign sending an email to supporters about Quayle’s intention to “carpetbag” into the new…
In 2009, Haider Abdullah was busted by one of his sister’s buddies dancing at a Phoenix bar and throwing dollar bills at strippers.After that information was relayed to his sister and her husband, Abdullah’s sister gave him a talk about how dancing and strippers “were contrary to their Muslim culture.”Abdullah…
Nobody likes a snitch, right?Unless the fink’s name is Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose supporters seem to tolerate all sorts of bad behavior.Arpaio’s own employees have had to put up with his tattling on them for years.And we’re talking significant betrayals by the sheriff, not minor office politics. Had…
A statement yesterday from State Senate President Steve Pierce proudly announced that the Senate passed a House bill against “bath salts” with a 28-0 vote, and it was sent straight to Governor Jan Brewer.That’s great, except for a bill touted as an effort to “keep dangerous synthetic drugs out of…
The struggling Arizona State’s men’s basketball team will be in the Great Northwest this weekend, and a win tonight over Washington or against Washington State on Saturday would qualify as a huge surprise. Tonight’s game in Seattle, which starts at 9 p.m. our time and will be aired on Channel…
The family of a Hawaii inmate who was brutally murdered at a private prison in Eloy in 2010 filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) yesterday in Honolulu. Bronson Nunuha, who was 26, died in February 2010 after being beaten stabbed more than 100 times by…
Yusra Farhan, the woman who police say beat her daughter with a shoe and tied her to a bed because she was seeing a boy — and cited “Iraqi culture” as the reason for it — was arrested again yesterday.This time, her husband and another daughter were also arrested on…
The results of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into whether President Barack Obama is eligible for office are scheduled to be announced on March 1.The look into the conspiracy that’s been debunked again and again has been going on for months now, and two weeks from today Arpaio’s going…
This question was inspired by the recent video you did on the Republicanos and the Latina/o vote. What’s your opinion of Cuban-American and Tea Party cariñito Marco Rubio? All this talk about him being the “Hispanic” savior of the Republican Party by being the vice-presidential nominee is getting to me…
BAD DEALS Another hard-boiled gem: This is another great Paul Rubin story — hard-boiled and fact-based. I wouldn’t want to get on Rubin’s radar screen if I had anything better left untold (“Risky Business,” February 2). R.J. O’Brien, Tempe A look at Weymouth’s “morality ledger”: Paul Rubin has done a…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — who became the face of Arizona border security nationally after he started stridently opposing illegal immigration — threatened his Mexican ex-lover with deportation when the man refused to promise never to disclose their years-long relationship, the former boyfriend and his lawyer tell New Times…
Late 2005 to October 2007 was not a good time to be raped or molested in El Mirage. During that time, the town had signed a contract to pay the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office $3.6 million for police services. But Sheriff Joe Arpaio didn’t use the money to bolster his…
A grand jury indicted the six suspects arrested in connection with both the murder of Paradise Valley couple Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, as well as Bruce Gaudet’s murder in Phoenix last month.Michael Crane was charged with the first-degree murder of the Schapiros, as well as Gaudet.That grand jury also indicted…
The trial began today for Christopher Carlson, who’s accused of forcing his three grandkids — ages 8, 9, and 12 — to go on Grand Canyon hikes from hell last summer, and generally abusing the boys along the way.On a pair of 100-degree-plus days at the Grand Canyon, park rangers…
Retired Colonel James Burnes pleaded guilty today to two felonies related to thefts totaling $2 million — from charities. Military charities.According to a court spokesperson, Burnes entered a guilty plea for two of the initial eight charges for stealing the money that was supposed to go to military families.Instead, Burnes…
