A couple weeks ago, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent a letter to the director of the Selective Service System, asking to let his “birther” posse play detective with President Obama’s registration card.Arpaio laid out his whole stamp conspiracy-theory in the two-page letter, and demanded a response within 30 days.As…
Actor Steven Seagal added another cameo to his list of appearances with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office last night, and Sheriff Joe Arpaio says Seagal somehow helped real deputies find a bunch of weed.Seagal’s starring role in MCSO raids seems to be going down the toilet, as he’s gone from…
Earlier this month, the L.A. Times reported that “federal agents stopped the main target of the ill-fated Operation Fast and Furious in May 2010” but released him after questioning and “he disappeared back into Mexico, and the program went on to spiral out of control.” It was a stunning revelation,…
Funny how some conservatives are always against boycotts affecting Arizona businesses, unless they’re the ones doing the boycotting. I say this as the nativist hate group Ban Amnesty Now fires up its promised boycott of New Times’ advertisers, with shrill messages on BAN’s website and Facebook page. Weirdly, the brain surgeons…
If you follow the advice of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (heh), you’re supposed to be outraged right now.According to the sheriff’s office, deputies pulled over a couple vehicles full o’ illegal immigrants Tuesday night and found two kiddos in there — a brother and sister, ages 5 and 6.The…
Phoenix attorney and ex-Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Don Bivens removed himself from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate today, leaving the way clear for former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona to snag the Dems’ nod for the post.In a statement to the press, Bivens claimed that he was taking a…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — whose likeness you may have seen on the cover of a recent issue of New Times with the phrase, “To Hell With the Children!” — wants everyone to know his deputies found people who treat kids worse than he does.According to the sheriff’s office,…
Please see update below.Scottsdale Police Lieutenant and candidate for Maricopa County sheriff Mike Stauffer’s Twitter audience recently jumped from around 600 followers to more than 2,600 followers, thanks to a number of questionable accounts.Many of the new accounts seem fake, lack photos, and/or have zero or few Tweets. In some…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the “birther” gang — now including legislators — held a press conference at the capitol today to push state Representative Carl Seel’s “birther” bill.Seel’s bill, as you may recall, is the watered-down, penis-free version of last year’s bill, which forces presidential candidates to sign…
It’s pretty easy for a scribbler in this town to know when you’ve drawn blood from local hypocrites: Those skewered squeal like hogs being boiled alive in Karo syrup.Recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce is no exception, despite his tough-guy pose. Make that double for his mini-me enabler Sean McCaffrey,…
Penzone: Looking to put ol’ man Arpaio out to pastureI’ve been wanting to interview Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s two rivals in this year’s general election for a while now. So recently, Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman and I met separately with former Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone and Scottsdale Police Lieutenant…
More than four years after it was first filed, and more than three years since the American Civil Liberties Union lodged its amended complaint in the case, the big racial profiling lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio — Melendres v. Arpaio — will finally go to trial this summer. That is, if…
Despite Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio scoffing at the idea of President Obama not being “involved” in the protests against him, the conspiracy-theory alert has now been downgraded to “coincidence.”Last night, Arpaio was chatting up KPHO about the protests, and said, “If you don’t think the president is not involved…
People plan on protesting Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his immigration policies again today, and apparently he suspects President Obama might be behind it.Combining the fact that Arpaio headlined the lunacy of a “birther” investigation into Obama, and Arpaio’s trouble with the feds, it doesn’t sound that ridiculous.Except it really…
You’d think a practicing lawyer, former president of the Arizona Board of Regents, and erstwhile GOP gubernatorial candidate would possess a lick of sense. But Tucson attorney John Munger is proof positive that possession of a swell resume is no guarantee of intelligence.Munger is the fella who recently threatened legal…
For once, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he shouldn’t be the center of attention.Six young people — the oldest 23 years old — were arrested by Phoenix police Tuesday during a protest at Trevor Browne High School, rallying against Arpaio’s methods of immigration enforcement.To those six people — and…
The most interesting item to drop from the lips of recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce at Mesa’s Red Mountain Tea Party meeting on Monday was not the fact that he’s running for state Senate in Legislative District 25. Rather, it was something Pearce said to me as I buttonholed him…
Less than 24 hours after we told you about the mailman claiming the “foreign” Barack Obama hinted to him about a “prearranged” presidency while hanging out at the Ayers residence, and just hours after we asked our readers if this whole thing could get any more loony, it happened again.Fresh…
Well, wouldn’t you know it — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” investigation has gotten worse.Mailman Allen Hulton — who was only identified as a “retired government employee” at the “birther” press conference — has taken an oath swearing that Ayers’ mother told him about a “foreign, black” student at…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is featured in an editorial cartoon in the latest edition of GayCalgary, a magazine based Canada. Not long ago, he was the subject of a column in a London newspaper. Babeu is getting a lot of international press, but certainly not the flattering coverage he’d…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “birther” squad continues to add to the absolute embarrassment of an “investigation” that the sheriff has ordered in his name.This time around, Arpaio’s conspiracy-nut buddies have released a signed affidavit from a retired mailman claiming the legitimacy of the Bill Ayers aspect of the “birther”…
A 13-year-old girl whose molestation claims were ignored by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t want to pursue her case, the girl’s mother tells New Times.We’re not disclosing their names. But we mentioned the Chicago-area mother and daughter in our February 16 feature article about how Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s misguided…
