The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department later today will announce its findings in the bizarre death of Rebecca Zahou, the girlfriend of Scottsdale-based Medicis CEO Jonah Shacknai. Zahau’s body was found naked, hog-tied, and hanging from a balcony at Shacknai’s Coronado mansion in July.The SDCSD will reportedly announce that Zahau’s…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
A Sedona-based hiking guide has been sentenced to two days in jail and is banned from national forests for six months after getting caught running a tour service on federal lands without a permit.James Reich of Sedona Hiking Adventures is also prohibited from working as a guide in national forests…
Of all the ways to stick it to the man, not even showing law enforcement the courtesy of waking up to have your mugshot photo taken is our current favorite.The above photo is not a picture of Ramon Corrales passed out next to a toilet after a night of tequila…
Three boys whose grandfather forced them on torturous marches across tough Grand Canyon trails told rangers their entire summer had been filled with travel and abuse.The three boys — 8, 9 and 12 — told how their grandpa, Christopher Carlson of Indianapolis, injured them repeatedly during trips to various states,…
When Suzanne Izenberg was arrested for arson yesterday, the arresting officer suggested to the court that she not be released on bail because she’s a drug abuser and there’s a good chance she’ll try to set something else on fire — which makes a lot of sense considering she’s tried…
With the November 8 recall election advancing on him like an out-of-control semi, state Senate President Russell Pearce is attempting to morph himself into an honorable man, a practical politician and rehabilitator of Arizona’s economic fortunes, all in a lame attempt to spare himself from the wrath of the voters.This…
No settlement for now between Fox and Cox.The communications company and Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office attended a settlement conference on Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark E Aspey, but no resolution was made in Fox’s lawsuit over the release of his embarrassing “Zorro” e-mails. The…
Hey, Chandler parents, it’s time to freak out…Yesterday morning, a kid was nearly abducted in Chandler — and two others were nearly scooped up by a couple of creeps last night, which has caused the Chandler Police Department to increase neighborhood patrols.Chandler Detective Seth Tyler says it’s unclear if the…
Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, having previously submitted $47 million in claims against the state and county, has now apparently decided to man up. Though he was fully prepared to soak the taxpayers for tens of millions, he now realizes — according to an e-mail he sent to Arizona Republic…
After pressure from Valley civil rights leaders, comedian Katt Williams has apologized for the anti-Hispanic rant he spewed during a performance in Phoenix last week.”My remarks were not to be offensive. I want to apologize if my comedy act was taken out of context. I sincerely appreciate my fans within…
Patricia Hipshire is missing, and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office needs your help finding her.Hipshire, 57, was last seen on Monday August 22, at the Apache Junction Library…
So….did you hear the one about the Arizona Diamondbacks being the hottest team in baseball?It’s not a joke, it’s a fact: the Arizona Diamondbacks, with nine straight wins, are the hottest team in baseball.The D-Backs now lead the National League West by six games, with about a month left to…
I see a lot of vatos around wearing the clamdigger pants with the knee-high white socks and white sneakers. Though this is nothing new, I’ve noticed recently that the shoes and socks are the whitest white I’ve ever seen. If I wear white sneakers and socks, they get dirty pretty…
HEAD GAMES You can’t “just shake off” a concussion: Thank you for this timely, informative, and well-written article (“Knocked Out,” Steve Jansen and Gus Garcia-Roberts, August 18). As a neurologist, I can’t begin to tell you how frustrating it is when I see head trauma shrugged off as an injury…
I know, no one voted me the local press corps cop, but periodically, I feel the need to step into the breach and whack my fellow Fourth Estaters upside the head. Particularly when their errors mar a story I care deeply about. Such is the case with an Associated Press…
Jasper Rushing is reflecting about why he pummeled, slashed, and mutilated his seriously mentally ill cellmate to death last September 10. “It was not a healthy environment in there,” he tells New Times from his current residence at the Maricopa County Jail. Rushing is talking about what happened inside Cell…
In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries:…
The executives who ran former Tempe-based TV maker Syntax-Brillian have been accused of defrauding investors in a complex scheme that used bogus sales figures to inflate stock prices.James Li, Thomas Chow, Wayne Pratt habitually misled and lied to investors and regulators between 2006 and 2006, says a federal complaint filed…
The Arizona Supreme Court has granted a review of the legal challenge filed by attorney Lisa Hauser to the recall of state Senate President Russell Pearce, aka, Ross v. Bennett.Both sides in the case had petitioned for the Supremes to rule on the matter. Today the court issued the following…
Tim Barber, a Tempe police detective who died last Saturday morning, was laid to rest in Chandler this morning. The 42-year-old died a little more than a day after he made a gutsy appearance at a very successful fund-raising barbeque at the east Valley agency’s Apache subdivision. …
If Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio hosted a fundraiser for everyone who doesn’t like him, doesn’t respect him, doesn’t think he’s “playing with a full deck,” and compares him to Mayberry’s bumbling lawman Barney Fife, he’d have no time for things like inmate coloring contests, or Elvis-themed panty parties at…
