The rate of Arizonans applying for medical-marijuana cards has slowed down in the last couple of months, a stat that could indicate public confusion about pot’s newfound legality. A quick look at a recent update on the state Department of Health Services website shows that 14,852 people have been approved to legally possess…
In honor of the sexual-harassment allegations against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, we’ve opted to go with the above photo we snapped of Cain puckerin’ up to Joe Arpaio’s boo-tay for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Cain, as you may know, is the current frontrunner in the…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to New Times yesterday that Sheriff Paul Babeu’s right-hand man is forming an exploratory committee for a potential run for Babeu’s job. Babeu’s chief deputy, Steve Henry, will announce later today that he’s considering running for Pinal County sheriff.Babeu, as you may know, is…
An Arizona non-profit company that hosts a yearly event to benefit Phoenix’s Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center is asking a federal judge to stop a pay-per-view boxing event from using its name.The Celebrity Fight Night Foundation wants a restraining order issued against FilmOn.com before its November 5 broadcast. Also called Celebrity…
See update below. CT just bit its master’s paw. The news that the Arizona Capitol Times, the semi-official mouthpiece of the Arizona Legislature, has a poll on the LD 18 recall race it’s releasing tonight at 6 p.m. on ABC 15, should have the camps of both challenger Jerry Lewis…
The jury has reached a verdict in the “aggravation phase” of Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau’s trial, finding that aggravating factors in the case were proven — which means the man who terrorized the streets of Phoenix for nearly a year could face the death penalty.The trial now heads to the penalty phase,…
An unnamed Maricopa County employee is in hot water after releasing records relating to the firing of former Sheriff’s Office Deputy Joel Fox.The Arizona Republic’s JJ Hensley reported this morning that documents obtained by “county administrators” last week detail why Fox was fired. The reasons for the termination should have…
Desaraye Barragan told police she was “stupid and hungry” when she was driving her car 105 miles per hour on Interstate 10 earlier this week, which tends to happen when you smoke a joint while driving a car. From a legal perspective, having weed, ecstasy, and three minors in the car at…
The public can be forgiven for not fully understanding the ongoing mess of Maricopa County politics, and why a former county attorney stands to lose his law license. But, dang it, people who publish articles on the subject ought to come close to showing they understand it — or at…
Sand Land’s clown prince of lies, spitting whoppers on Horizon. Cataloging and debunking state Senate President Russell Pearce’s prevarications, untruths, half-truths, and outright whoppers is a full-time gig. Whenever this meretricious Mesan opens his gob, out flows a canard-filled torrent that rivals the Tohoku tsunami. People ask me, “So what…
ABC News has released a preview of Diane Sawyer’s interview with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, and it remains unclear whether the congresswoman — who was shot “through the brain” during Jared Loughner’s January 8 Tucson shooting rampage — will speak on camera.When the interview was announced in September, Giffords’ spokesman Mark…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced last week that he’s considering running for Congress — his chief deputy, Steve Henry, however, apparently thinks Babeu is definitely running for Congress, and is now considering running for his boss’ job, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office confirms to New Times.PCSO spokesman Elias Johnson…
Two dead bodies were found in a Phoenix trailer home last night, and the cops suspect it to be a murder/suicide.Phoenix Sergeant Steve Martos says police were called to a trailer in the 2600 block of East Morrow Drive about about 7 p.m. after an elderly man found the body…
Richard Valdemar believes the central character of his medical-marijuana story would be executed by a Mexican drug cartel if he was named, so he refers to him as “Winnie.”As Valdemar relates in newly released cable-and-Internet-show video and recent article in a police magazine, Winnie is the son of two Northern…
Michael Coleman, the mayor of Columbus, Ohio, is still boycotting Arizona because of SB 1070, Arizona’s controversial immigration law — according to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, that is (we’ve got a call into to Coleman’s office to verify — stay tuned…).Three Columbus police officers were supposed to come to…
These days, using the word “nigger” is considered so offensive that, in its place, we now use the term “n-word.” Of course, never mind that blacks use it among themselves as a term of endearment, pero esa es una historia para un otro dia. Sin embargo, it raises a pregunta…
If there is not a tsunami of underage prostitutes in America, that is not to say that there are no children trapped in this world. Of course, there are. Yet, as we have pointed out in numerous stories, few resources have been devoted to sheltering the victims. If you want…
“Life is life, and you gotta do what you gotta do. It’s like everybody can’t be a doctor, a teacher, or have rich parents take care of us. And it’s gonna teach us, like — when we get older, we’re gonna be stronger, ’cause we know life experience and stuff…
MR. MAYOR Stanton’s as honest as they come: Though Greg Stanton has the personality of a robot, I like him much better than [Wes] Gullett. Stanton, at least, isn’t a two-faced liar (“Spin City,” Monica Alonzo, October 20). Your article proves that Gullett licks his finger and sticks it up…
Editor’s note: See the latest on the race in Legislative District 18 here. Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium, home of the Chicago Cubs’ spring training camp, seats 12,500 at capacity. But on the evening of October 14, only a small percentage of the seats were filled as more than a dozen speakers…
Three people have been charged with crimes after a 2-year-old boy was found to have methadone in his system after he was rushed to a Valley hospital last week while unresponsive and not breathing.’We reported on the methadone-filled baby last week, but now we’ve got the details — and they…
The Arizona State Bar’s disciplinary proceeding against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and two of his former employees wrapped up today. The three-man panel that oversaw the case is expected to make a decision on their findings — and the punishment, if any — by March. Thomas and former deputy…
