While bringing a bomb to an airport is one of the stupider things a person can do. Bringing a fake bomb to an airport might be one of the stupidest — but it certainly raises the question: why would someone do it?Three African refugees were arrested after one of them,…
As you may have heard, the son of Dave Hendershott, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s shamed former chief deputy, was stopped over the weekend for his second (alleged) DUI in two weeks.The DUI stop was made about 10 a.m. Sunday.Jeffrey Hendershott, 29, is yet to be charged — charging, Phoenix…
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Art “El Tudy” Olivas hates New Times.He’s picketed in front of our building, scolded us for our coverage of former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth’s unsuccessful candidacy in last year’s U.S. Senate primary, and called us communists. That said, and despite Art’s inability to successfully spell “communist” on his protest signs,…
Rick Valentini — a.k.a. Bryan Stewart was in a Maricopa County Superior Court this afternoon, where he was found guilty of 29 counts of forgery, four counts of identity theft, four counts of misconduct involving a weapon, two counts of money laundering, and one count of posession of a forged…
Give me the short version, a federal judge told Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne today in a ruling on the state’s lawsuit against medical marijuana.Yesterday, Horne had asked U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton if he could exceed the 17-page limit for his arguments on why the lawsuit shouldn’t be dismissed…
The Arizona Department of Corrections has released Danny Carbajal, who served 3 1/2 years behind bars for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement and property accounts from his estranged (and then murdered) wife, Sally. Danny also allegedly ripped off his younger brother Michael–Phoenix’s greatest pugilist–of millions of…
Phoenix police confirm to New Times that for the second time in two weeks, Jeffrey Hendershott, the son of ousted former MCSO Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott, was arrested for DUI.The kicker: the DUI happened at 10:30 in the morning.According to the Phoenix Police Department, the younger Hendershott was stopped Sunday…
Warren Jeffs, the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, was in a Texas courtroom today, where he was sentenced to life in prison today for sexually assaulting two underage followers of his breakaway sect of the Mormon Church.See former New Times staffer John Dougherty’s…
The man police say fatally stabbed Tempe resident Fred U. Bustamante was arrested yesterday in Mesa, the Tempe Police Department announced last night.The suspect, 60-year-old Gordon Benson, was arrested in Mesa about 6:15 p.m. yesterday, Tempe Sergeant Steve Carbajal says. …
The product of some right-wing wag or the latest example of dirty pool from the camp of state Senator Russell Pearce? I’ll opt for a little of both, as the phony Twitter account under the name of Legislative District 18 recall candidate Jerry Lewis is just the sort of sophomoric…
Embarrassing doesn’t even begin to describe the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 9-1 loss to the Houston Astros last night. The D-Backs, currently one of the better squads in baseball, got their assess handed to them in grand fashion by the ‘Stros, who are presently one of the worst in the bigs. Lopsided losses…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Mikey1969, 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. We picked the five…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio yesterday announced that it was “about time” immigration activist Sal Reza be convicted of a crime for protests held in opposition to SB 1070 last year.He also had the gall to say the whole protest was a publicity stunt.”The protest was staged to receive national…
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Most press releases we receive from law enforcement agencies are to alert the media of a crime that was committed, or a case that was solved — ya know, things law enforcement agencies are actually supposed to do.From the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, however, the vast majority of the press…
State Senate President Russell Pearce was a no-show today to the hearing that could, hypothetically, save his hide in the upcoming November 8 recall election in Legislative District 18. Ditto the official plaintiff in the legal challenge to the recall: Mesa resident Franklin Bruce Ross, who also had better sheep to…
Immigration activist Sal Reza was convicted last week of failing to follow police orders during a protest last year over Arizona’s controversial immigration law, SB 1070, and according to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, “it’s about time” Reza’s convicted.”These activists willfully disregarded the law causing a severe disruption to the…
You may recall the sad story of Linda Ruiz-Rodriguez, a mentally ill Phoenix woman who police say called 9-1-1 129 times since January because she wanted some attention. She was arrested last month and charged with multiple felonies for the false reporting of crimes that police say didn’t actually happen.Now,…
Al Sobol, a prominent medical marijuana marketer, says he’s “happy” that state Attorney General Tom Horne seeks to have a court review the legality of cannabis clubs.Sobol is the manager of the 2811 Club, LLC, one of the businesses named in the legal actions filed in the Maricopa County Superior…
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne asked a court today to shut down cannabis clubs, claiming they’re “blatantly illegal” under Arizona’s medical marijuana law.The motion, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, names four clubs and an individual: “The 2811 Club, The Arizona Compassion Association, Yoki A Ma’ Club, the Arizona Compassion…
John Teets, the rich and powerful onetime CEO of what once was the Phoenix-based Dial/Greyhound companies, died a few days ago at the age of 77 from complications related to Alzheimer’s Disease. The late John Teets, a Phoenix bigshot back in the day Mr. Teets was a doggedly tough…
