It’s often good to quit while you’re ahead — for example, if you almost beat a child molestation rap, you might want to think about not molesting kids anymore.Christian Turcios, a 26-year-old custodian at the Highlands Church in Scottsdale, didn’t quit while he was ahead — after basically beating the…
The Glendale Police Department says it will move forward with plans to search a landfill south of Phoenix for the body of 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley, who’s been missing since October.Glendale police told New Times last month that the case is now a homicide investigation, with Shockley’s mother, Jerice Hunter, as…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced this morning that the murder of MCSO Deputy William Coleman was committed by the same man who murdered a New Hampshire couple near Sedona last week.The sheriff says the same weapon — an AR-15 assault rifle firing “military-grade, green-tip” ammunition — was used in…
In Governor Jan Brewer’s State of the State Address yesterday, she bragged about her plan to do something that apparently is unusual for a politician: keeping a campaign promise.To quote comedian Chris Rock, “you’re supposed to, you dumb motherfucker!”…
Not a week goes by that we don’t hear from someone around the nation about our story last year entitled “Lyme Aid,” (here it is). The piece concerned an ailing young Gilbert woman whose parents spent thousands of dollars at an East Valley health clinic, where the practitioners claimed she…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio this morning will brief the media on any updates in the murder of Deputy William Coleman.We expect to find out two things: whether Coleman’s murder is related to the murder of a New Hampshire couple found shot to death near Sedona, and if the killer,…
Governor Jan Brewer yesterday gave her third State of the State Address, during which she credited herself with taking “the helm” of the sinking ship that was Arizona’s economy and saving the entire state.At least she’s humble.See our post on Brewer’s speech here.Despite what she has to say about it,…
In case you were wondering why Arizona hasn’t fallen further into the depths of economic catastrophe, Governor Jan Brewer’s got the answer: Governor Jan Brewer.This afternoon, in her third State of the State Address (her second since using an immigration bill to get herself elected) Governor Glug-Glug discussed how “Arizona…
The man authorities say is responsible for murdering a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy over the weekend has been identified as 30-year-old Drew Ryan Maras — which happens to be the same name as a “UFO-ologist” who wrote a book titled Open Your Eyes: To 2012 and Beyond. The Sheriff’s Office…
Taylor Basilio, the Phoenix man who last month admitted to beating his 7-week-old son so brutally that the boy’s skull was broken in two places, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded not guilty to child abuse charges.Basilio and his wife, Candace Basilio, were arrested last…
As you’ve probably heard, a Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot with a high-powered rifle over the weekend. As you also may have heard, a New Hampshire couple was found shot to death in their car near Sedona on Friday, also shot with a high-powered rifle.Now, investigators are trying…
We’re not going too far out on a limb here by saying it’s going to be another long year for ASU’s men’s basketball team. The Sun Devils play hard for head coach (he of the recent contract extension) Herb Sendek–but the team is thin and the remaining players on the…
When many of us see Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords doing so well after getting shot in the head during last year’s shooting rampage at a grocery store just outside of Tucson, we’re relieved, inspired — even uplifted.Not 77-year-old George Morris, who also is one of Jared Loughner’s victims, and who lost…
The Phoenix Suns used the weekend to even up their season record at 4-4 with home wins over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday and Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday. The Suns topped 100 points in each contest, with Steve Nash scoring 17 points in Friday’s 102-77 nationally televised blowout and…
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the tragic day when a 23-year-old, severely mentally ill man named Jared Loughner shot 19 people at a Safeway just outside of Tucson, killing six.Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, despite getting shot in the head during the rampage, led an estimated 3,500 people in the Pledge…
Over the weekend Arizona residents commemorated what has come to be known as the “Tucson Tragedy;” the day Jared Lee Loughner opened fire outside a Tucson Safeway killing six and wounding 14 including U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Residents from across Arizona and the country, including Giffords and her husband Mark…
The effort to block former state House Minority Leader David Lujan from sliding into ex-state Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s still-warm legislative seat is firing up, with former state House Representative Ken Clark adding his name to the list of wannabes.Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox says she’s received calls of interest…
*CORRECTION: The boy is actually only 7 years old. Mesa police had initially told us the boy was 8.How does an 8-year-old manage to get a loaded handgun on a school bus full of children? Well, just ask the 8-year-old who brought a loaded handgun on a school bus full…
Under Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act, motorists with state-issued pot cards can legally transport a small amount of “medicine” in their vehicles — but not on tribal lands.And those Native American lands include a strip of the Loop 101 freeway that runs from south of McKellips Road to the Pima Road/90th…
Roughly 50 guns were stolen from a San Tan Valley pawn shop early yesterday morning in two separate burglaries. Now authorities want your help in tracking down the alleged thieves.The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called to the Perfect Pawn and Jewelery pawn shop at 40975 North Ironwood…
State Senator Scott Bundgaard resigned from the Senate this afternoon just minutes before he was supposed to testify in front of the Senate Ethics Committee regarding a scuffle he got into with his former girlfriend on the side of a Valley freeway.Bundgaard’s attorney, Andre Merrett, tells New Times that the…
Today, state Schools Superintendent John Huppenthal ordered that 10 percent of the budget for the Tucson Unified School District be withheld until TUSD eradicates its Mexican American Studies program.The cut is punitive and retroactive to August 15, 2011.No great drama there. Huppenthal announced the school out of compliance with an…
