The Arizona State Bar’s independent counsel team rested its case today in the disciplinary proceeding against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and two of his former employees. The Bar’s lawyers announced their decision after Thomas gave his second day of testimony in the case that could cost him his…
When 23-year-old Michael King Jr. robbed a Phoenix bank yesterday morning, police already were actively looking for him in a sexual assault/robbery that happened at a Phoenix porn shop nine days earlier.When King ultimately was arrested, he went out in a hail of cash — stolen cash — that he tossed…
New setting, same old story.Under oath while on the stand this morning in the his disciplinary “trial,” former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas claimed that a TV reporter gave his office a great tip in its quest to investigate county “corruption.”The former Channel 15 (KNXV-TV) reporter, Josh Bernstein, did an…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is back on the stand this morning in the State Bar’s disciplinary proceeding against him.Here’s the link to the state Supreme Court’s Web page on the hearings. Click there, then click on the live proceeding. Don’t forget — later you can access Thomas’ testimony…
Shamed former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will again today take the stand in the state Bar ethics hearing that could potentially conclude with Thomas saying “buh-bye” to his license to practice law.Thomas spent the majority of the day yesterday on the stand trying to explain why he charged numerous…
We’re biased on this one.Gotta admit it.We watched hours and hours of testimony by former Maricopa County Andrew Thomas today, and the guy definitely seemed to have an answer for everything — but only in the way our mother used that phrase on us in our most smart-alecky moments. Thomas…
Andrew Thomas certainly seems to believe his own theories as he defends himself today against a State Bar complaint that could cost him his law license.In the former Maricopa County Attorney’s world, County Supervisor Don Stapley is “corrupt,” whose motive to commit crimes was the money he was being paid…
Part Two of the morning testimony by former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas brought out even more of Thomas’ apparently hypocritical thought processes.We say hypocritical because it’s difficult for us to believe that Thomas believes the words coming out of his mouth.As we noted in our last post about today’s…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said in a disciplinary hearing against him today that he doesn’t know why a judge he thought was “biased” made a major ruling in Thomas’ favor.Thomas has maintained throughout his fight with county officials that retired Judge Kenneth Fields, who was assigned to cover…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is taking stand this morning in a disciplinary proceeding that could result in his disbarment.Click here to access the state Supreme Court’s Web site, then click on today’s live proceeding.Thomas was elected in 2004 on a platform of illegal immigration reform, then re-elected in…
Lisa Aubuchon lives in an alternative universe.True, we may have watched too many Star Trek episodes as a kid, but after watching the former deputy county attorney’s performance on the stand in the State Bar’s disciplinary hearings yesterday, we could come to no other conclusion. From the way she connected…
No matter what a stripper tells you when you’re shaking a handful of dollar bills at her, chances are she doesn’t want you to force oral sex on her. We’d venture further and assume a stripper really doesn’t want you to force oral sex on her while she has her…
A cat had 22-year-old Freyando Bizardie so “depressed” Sunday afternoon that he tried to choke it to death. He also tried to stab it with a pen before he bit two of his sisters.According to court documents obtained by New Times, police were dispatched to Bizardie’s Phoenix home Sunday afternoon…
To hear Barnett Lotstein tell it, ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Peyton Thomas was willing to sacrifice his political career in order to do the right thing by going after alleged “corruption” in county government Lotstein spun, um, testified this morning at the ongoing disciplinary hearings regarding his former boss, Thomas,…
When a baby’s teeth are coming in, parents will often rub a little rum on the baby’s gums to dull the pain. A Phoenix mom is suspected of opting for a different remedy — police suspect she gave her 2-year-old baby methadone to treat a toothache.Phoenix police haven’t revealed the…
The Glendale Police Department tells New Times its investigation into the disappearance of 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley is its “number one priority.” But that’s not enough for the girl’s mother, Jerice Hunter, who continues to publicly bash the police, claiming they’re not doing enough to find her daughter.Hunter and other members…
Blake Obadiah Adams, the Phoenix man who fatally shot his girlfriend’s cousin on Valentine’s day after celebrating the day of romance by smoking PCP, was sentenced to prison time today after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.Maricopa County Superior Court Judge William Brotherton sentenced Adams to 16 years in prison for…
If there was a pervert hall of shame, “Uncle Jerry” Morrow would certainly be a first ballot inductee — he admitted to being a pedophile, and police suspect he’s molested nearly 20 kids dating as far back as 1976.Morrow was arrested last night at his home at 4807 South 339th…
Ten years after murdering Mesa resident Cynthia Garcia, one of several members of the Hells Angels initially charged in her death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.Kevin J. Augustiniak entered his plea last week, nearly eight years after his 2003 indictment, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office tells New Times.According to…
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…
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…
