Jahessey Shockley’s been missing for nearly nine days, and there hasn’t been a peep about her disappearance in the national media — and her family wants to know why.We’ve been a little curious ourselves, considering that cable news channels have been dwelling on the disappearance of Lisa Irwin, a 10-month-old…
Really? You answered “When Should You Use Usted Instead of Tú?” recently over my “Why Won’t My Gardener Fuck Me Again If I Demand an HIV Test?” Any sad gabacho can Google for grammar tips (no offense to Yo Quiero Hablar). Meanwhile, we clueless gabachas need to know how to…
PRESIDENT PERRY? Governor Rick Perry’s a fraud: It’s not as if Texas hasn’t had lying morons [as] governor before, now is it (Miracle Faker,” Jim Schutze, October 6)? Leslie Seth Hammond, Phoenix Excellent story misses mark: Jim Shutze’s article on Governor Rick Perry — while interesting, informative, and worthwhile —…
The Pooles and the Canfields met up under the stars one night last month, but not like they used to. For years, a typical Friday evening found Scott and Eva Poole and Jesse and Jill Canfield at the drive-in movies. The 40-something Pooles went almost every weekend for decades, often…
On a warm October afternoon, Wes Gullett climbs the steps of Phillips Memorial CME Church, a weathered red-brick building tucked away in a South Phoenix neighborhood. He walks through a small foyer and into a larger gathering room where about two dozen people sit- in folding chairs. A couple of…
The new federal crackdown on medical marijuana announced on October 7 by California’s four U.S. Attorneys sent chills through the industry. It was a stunning reversal by the Obama administration. Only two years ago, Deputy U.S. Attorney General David Ogden wrote his infamous “Ogden Memo,” announcing that the feds wouldn’t…
Alleged baby-beater Gregory Amador now faces a likely murder rap after the 2-year-old boy he beat up last week died over the weekend.The boy, who’d been brain dead and in the hospital since last week, died Saturday, authorities say.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Amador called police about…
Jason Alistair Lowery, 34, is a deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and customs enforcement. He’s also allegedly a weed smuggler who led authorities on a 45-minute chase — in his government-owned vehicle — after getting busted in a marijuana smuggling sting.Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer Carrick Cook tells New…
Juan Guillen, who was a priest at the Immaculate Conception Church for over 20 years before heading to prison for attempted child molestation, is a wanted man just days after getting released from prison.Guillen was released from an Arizona prison on October 6. He checked in with the Yuma County…
A robbery suspects crime spree — which includes threatening a 4-year-old with a gun — came to an end last night after he crashed the stolen car he was driving into a wall and was shot by a Phoenix police officer.According to the Phoenix Police Department, just before 10 p.m…
A Mesa woman was arrested last night after police discovered she was using her 13-year-old daughter as a lookout as she attempted to steal an air conditioner from a vacant home.Mesa police got a call about 8:30 last night regarding two people who were seen in the yard of a…
Mark Goueeau’s fate officially is in the hands of a Maricopa County jury as of 10 a.m. …
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio testified — under oath — yesterday during the state Bar disciplinary hearing for disgraced former County Attorney Andrew Thomas.As our colleague Stephen Lemons points out in his story on the hearing, it was a performance “worthy of a Mafia don.”See Lemons’ story here.Arpaio claims he…
AZ Urbanathlon, an obstacle-course race scheduled to take place on November 5 near Scottsdale, has changed its name to AZ Urban Race following a federal trademark complaint.Rodale, the publisher of Men’s Health magazine, says it owns the rights to the name “Urbanathlon” in the complaint it filed last week. Men’s…
A Scottsdale man is accused of peeing on his girlfriend’s son — but that was only after he forced the boy to perform oral sex on him on multiple occasions. According to court records obtained by New Times, 32-year-old Ali Chitsaz, an employee at Chiropractic Leadership, is being held without…
In what looks like a less-than-smooth move by Democrats someone apparently attempting to help Republican Jerry Lewis’ challenge of state Senate President Russell Pearce in the Legislative District 18 recall, a group incorporated as “Citizens United for Progress” has sent out pro-Lewis, anti-Pearce mailers without registering first with the Arizona…
In a performance worthy of a Mafia don, Sheriff Joe Arpaio dissembled under oath today in a disciplinary hearing for disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and Thomas’ ex-underlings, former deputy county attorneys Rachel Alexander and Lisa Aubuchon. During more than two hours of questioning, mostly by counsel for…
A man wearing a gas mask was involved in a shooting in Mesa early this morning during what appears to be a botched weed robbery.According to Mesa police, about 1 a.m. today, a Mesa cop made a traffic stop in the 600 block of South Mesa Drive. The driver, whose…
There is “reasonable cause” to believe that Arizona Citizens United, an independent expenditure organization that has poured more than $100,000 to ensure that Wes Gullett is Phoenix’s next mayor, has violated state campaign finance laws.Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett forwarded the case on October 13 to the Attorney General…
A Chandler dad who burned his 5-year-old son with a cigarette lighter because he thought the boy was possessed was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to child abuse last month.In addition to the 15 years probation, Maricopa County Superior Court…
We just wanted to make sure y’all had the link to watch Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio testify this morning in the State Bar disciplinary proceeding for his former political ally, County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Click here for the state Supreme Court’s Web site, then hit the either “in progress”…
Yesterday, we watched as GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters that comments he made about his plan to install an electrified fence on the U.S./Mexico border capable of killing immigrants trying to come into the country illegally was just a joke.Then we watched him say he might seriously be…
