Courts

A woman alleges officer Marcos Rodriguez stalked her, showed up at her house uninvited, made unwanted sexual advances, and pointed a gun at her head.

“There is a professional matter of not embarrassing Sheridan.”

“Text STOP to end.” He texted STOP. It did not end.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office website still boasts that a “unique feature” of Estrella Jail is “the nation’s only female chain gang.”

“You’re going to wish you said that earlier,” Officer McCarthy said, commanding his police dog, Fracken, to attack, according to the lawsuit.

There was no automated external defibrillator device, or AED, on the premises to jump-start her heart. Nor was anyone there trained in CPR.

“…Waves of nausea, radiating abdominal pain, a migraine headache, vomiting, and then diarrhea.”

This dispute between these two Valley companies is just plain “Ugly.” So fix it.

He’s suing CNN, Huffington Post and Rolling Stone but there are plenty of people who have misrepresented his criminal record.

“Lavish accommodations with unparalleled experiences.”

He wants $147 million.

@RealSheriffJoe wants to spark a social media war.

Sheriff Joe has blocked New Times on Twitter but we won’t be deterred in getting his message out to our readers.

Black, Latino, or Native American drivers still are more likely to be delayed longer, cited, searched, or arrested than white drivers,

The Pakistani owner of a Western-themed bar in Apache Junction claims city officials used racial slurs behind his back.

Could this be a record?

The Ninth Circuit has denied qualified immunity to MCSO and PPD officers in the 2011 death of mentally ill Army Vet Marty Atencio.

The Melendres profiling case is becoming the new sheriff’s personal Vietnam. He didn’t start it, but as the conflict drags on, it remains to be seen whether he has power to stop it.