The protester arrested at the Arizona State Capitol on Monday had a safety pin in his pants that pricked an officer who searched him, and now police want him charged with aggravated assault. Jonathan Mcrae, 23, of Paulden, “was observed yelling and causing a disturbance in the gallery of the…
A mysterious box removed from a power pole in Phoenix last week may have been a police surveillance camera, but Salt River Project won’t go into detail about it. Phoenix resident C. O’Brian alerted New Times to the weird “black box” in an e-mail last week and sent along the…
A veteran plans to sue the Gilbert Police Department after, lawyers say, officers Tased him until his heart stopped while in the midst of a psychotic episode caused by post-traumatic stress disorder. Kyle Cardenas’s mother, recognizing that her son was exhibiting symptoms of PTSD, called a crisis hotline operated by…
The fallout of last week’s bungled Presidential Preference Election in Arizona continued this week as officials and angry voters packed a hearing at the State Capitol. Many of the voters were among those who spent hours in line last Tuesday waiting to vote. Yesterday, they spent hours giving election officials…
Like a lumpy wad of flavorless, chewed gum, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s recently “retired” top flack, Lisa Allen, continues to cling to Arpaio’s weathered boot-heel, working as a public-relations “vendor” on a contract basis for her old boss, from her new home in Boise, Idaho. Allen resigned effective February 2, after…
Zoned Properties, a medical-marijuana real-estate company, is developing what it bills as the state’s first “medical-marijuana business park.” The Scottsdale-based company announced on March 17 that it had signed a deal to lease 25,000 square feet of space in a building near 52nd Street and University Drive in Tempe, with an…
Nicole Galvan has to feed her greyhound June by hand, one kibble at a time, because she only has one tooth. The nonprofit that rescued the dog from a commercial breeding facility where she was kept in a cage just six inches longer than her body had to remove all…
Supporters of Arizonans for Mindful Regulation have fought the good fight, but chances look slim that their cannabis-legalization measure will make November’s ballot. Even if the group has gathered 100,000 signatures, it has to collect another 100,000 in five months to ensure a ballot spot. The enthusiastic volunteers and their…
Non-Latino Arizonans have a soft spot for immigrant kids, if a new poll commissioned by a children’s advocacy organization can be believed. According to a telephone survey of voters in six states paid for by the non-profit group First Focus, a majority of non-Latino Arizonans support birthright citizenship and have…
The Arizona Diamondbacks are threatening to sue Maricopa County unless they’re allowed to escape their lease because the county won’t pay for $187 million in Chase Field renovations. In a letter obtained by 12 News (below) that was sent from the county to the team’s executive officer, Derrick Hall, County Supervisor Clint Hickman…
The wait times in Maricopa County for voting in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Election varied greatly in some areas, sometimes between nearby polling locations, a county report shows. The sheer scarcity of polling locations was one problem. Where they were located was another. Eighteen of 60 locations — nearly a third —…
One sentence in federal Judge Susan R. Bolton’s recent decision in the 2014 shooting death of Manuel Longoria by Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Heath Rankin neatly sums up the circumstances of Longoria’s unnecessary killing. Halfway through her 11-page order granting summary judgment in favor of Rankin, Pinal County, and Rankin’s boss,…
An 18-year-old girl had to be airlifted off of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix on Tuesday after she fell while rappelling from the Praying Monk formation. “She had some broken bones and couldn’t get down the mountain, and we flew her off,” said Phoenix Fire Department Captain Reda Bigler. The teen,…
Several hundred people, rallying under cries to “boycott racism” and “stand on the side of love,” descended on the Arizona State Capitol to protest a string of legislative proposals they’ve dubbed “anti-immigrant.” Carlos Garcia, director of the migrant rights group Puente Arizona, said he organized the protest, along with a…
Phoenix City Council members have voted to restore prayer at the beginning of their formal meetings, but the invocation will have to be given exclusively by individuals serving as chaplains for the city’s police and fire departments. The vote comes nearly two months after the City Council decided to have…
A group of about 40 people gathered outside of Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell’s Office today, angry at the seven-term Republican politician and demanding change. Some held signs like “Hey Hey Ho Ho Helen Purcell has to go!! Feel the Bern!” and “Stop Voter Suppression.” Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, meanwhile, called…
With less than a month before the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments over a deportation-relief program for undocumented parents that has been on hold for more than a year, a new study finds Arizona is one of the states with the most U.S. citizens living with family members who’d…
Donald Trump destroyed his competition in the Arizona’s Presidential Preference Election on Tuesday to mixed reviews by some in the Republican Party. The race was called for Trump early in the night even as some voters still waited in line at polling places. The controversial businessman and political outsider had…
Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Arizona by a sizable margin tonight, bringing her that much closer to winning the party nomination. She was declared the winner about 30 minutes after polls closed, and as of publication time, has about 60 percent of the vote. Steve Timberman, a spokesman…
If you were wondering what caused that huge plume of black smoke in the skies over southeast Phoenix earlier today, it turns out it was from a gargantuan fire that blazed through a local recycling plant. According to officials from the Phoenix Fire Department, an enormous three-alarm blaze engulfed the…
Polling places in Maricopa County were swamped with enthusiastic voters today, spurring gripes and a possible election complaint over party identification problems. While some polling spots experienced wait-times as short as 15 minutes during Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Election, waits of an hour to 90 minutes to vote were typical. Some…
If you’re not registered as a Democrat, Green Party member or Republican, you’re not voting in today’s election. Independents can relax, take a day off, and see what the partisan voters do. That’s the first thing you need to know about today’s important Presidential Preference Election in Arizona. If you are…
