According to Troy Allen Puetz, his ex-girlfriend — who currently has an order of protection against him — is into some real “kinky shit.”She’s not kinky enough to ask him to stand outside her window and videotape her having sex with another man, though — which is what police say…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced yesterday that no criminal charges will be filed against any of the more than two dozen state legislators who accepted questionable gifts from the scandal-plagued Fiesta Bowl organization while it was headed by former CEO John Junker.The gist of Montgomery’s explanation as to why…
In between your 15th tamale and sixth spiked cup of ponche, you’re going to have to buy regalos for Christmas or whatever pinche holiday you celebrate. Okay, you don’t have to, but you should, to support all those great indie businesses suffering during this Great Recession. Behold, then, your ¡Ask…
Dr. Mark Salerno steps to a podium, gripping a tattered black shoe. It is a crisp and bright early December morning in Peoria, on 99th Avenue south of Grand Avenue. About 40 people are seated under a tent at the rear of a psychiatric crisis center operated by the nonprofit…
Jack MacIntyre is paid more than $120,000 a year to justify and rationalize the ill deeds for which his boss, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ultimately is culpable. These include the wrongful deaths that take place regularly in Arpaio’s jails, the persecution of Arpaio’s enemies by his underlings, the Sheriff’s Office’s rampant…
The federal government just approved the destruction of 2,000 acres of Sonoran Desert land in the southwest Valley for a new solar plant, but conservationists aren’t complaining.This time, anyway.Thomas Hulen, executive director of Friends of the Sonoran Desert National Monument, was one of seven environmentalists who signed a November 21…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office tells New Times that it plans to release surveillance video of Ernest “Marty” Atencio getting tased while being booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail some time in the next 48 hours.Atencio died yesterday afternoon after spending several days on life support at St. Joseph’s Hospital…
It’s official: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detention officers no longer have the authority to act as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in MCSO jails — as was announced during an overly dramatic badge-piling ceremony at the sheriff’s training facility this afternoon.That’s right, rather than simply collecting the detention officers’ ICE…
Living in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Maricopa County is like living in a medieval version of the movie Groundhog Day, where each morning one awakens with further reminders that we do not live in the civilized world.Two years ago, I first told you about Miriam Mendiola-Martinez, whose son Angel was born…
No politicians will be charged with crimes for accepting gifts from the scandal-plagued Fiesta Bowl organization under the leadership of former CEO John Junker — but that doesn’t necessarily mean they didn’t do anything wrong (just look at ousted former state Senate President Russell Pearce, who accepted nearly $40,000 in gifts from the…
The Glendale Police Department says it now believes the body of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley was thrown in a trash can in Tempe and may be in a landfill just south of the Valley.Glendale Officer Tracey Breeden tells New Times that the case is now a homicide investigation and that Jhessye Shockley’s…
Yesterday, the family of Ernest “Marty” Atencio, who was brutally Tased in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Fourth Avenue Jail last week, removed their loved one from life support. According to the family’s attorney, Mike Manning, Atencio died Tuesday afternoon. Plans for services have not yet been made. Atencio, 44, was found unresponsive…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is holding a press conference this morning to announce the findings of an eight-month investigation into elected officials who received gifts from the allegedly corrupt Fiesta Bowl organization.It’s unclear what Montgomery will announce — the Arizona Republic reports he’ll propose a plan to ban lawmakers…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — at 79 years old — claims to be mulling over a run for the Senate seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl.Anyone who knows anything about America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” knows he’ll do whatever…
Maybe Iowa Congressman Steve King didn’t get a chance to read the Department of Justice’s scathing 22-page report on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his agency’s historic racial profiling paractices — because that’s the only logical explanation for why he produced a Youtube video defending the sheriff, and is…
The Sinaloa drug cartel recently suffered what local law enforcement agencies are considering a “significant blow” — a 15-month investigation has led to the arrest of more than 200 people, the seizure of hundreds of pounds of various drugs, and close to $8 million in cash.Just how “significant” a blow…
Remember last year when a guy was arrested after Glendale police found what appeared to be the beginning stages of an underground, Silence of the Lambs-esque sex-dungeon being built in his back yard? Well, he’s going to prison…for a long time.William Willis, 46, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one…
A 19-year-old Phoenix man is in “extremely critical condition” after reportedly getting shot in the head while driving through a Phoenix park last night.Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos says the victim and a 17-year-old friend were driving through a park at 3100 West Morten Avenue in Phoenix about 8:15 p.m. yesterday…
Mesa ranks seventh in the top 10 safest U.S. cities, says a recent data-crunch by Forbes magazine.”I think it definitely goes against the stereotype,” Mesa Mayor Scott Smith told Channel 3 News (KTVK-TV) in the station’s blurb on the report this morning, adding that some people think incorrectly that Mesa…
The ASU Sun Devils men’s basketball team has but one pre-conference game remaining to right the ship, and things are looking mighty bleak. We looked in on last night as the Devils lost their second straight game on a three-point buzzer-beater, this one 64-61 to a pretty good Southern Mississippi team. Somehow,…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle shadeaux14, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe…
As we reported yesterday, a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office detention officer is sans one toe after getting shot in the foot by a DUI suspect — who was in handcuffs at the time — while he was assisting in a holiday DUI task force over the weekend.The officer is expected to…
