The man with the most rushing yards in all of major college football this year shoved his pregnant ex-girlfriend to the ground and was “threatening [her] pregnancy” last month, according to that ex-girlfriend.Reports out of Tucson state that University of Arizona running back Ka’Deem Carey is going to be charged…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proud to report that it has prevented 230 pounds of cheese from entering the United States of America.See also:-Drug Smugglers Now Shooting Weed Cannons Into United States-Border Crossing Gone Wrong: Jeep Gets Stuck on Top of 14-Foot Fence-Piñatas Used to Hide 425 Pounds of…
Donald Miller, a 54-year-old Peoria resident, has been identified as the man suspected of shooting Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy Ruben Garcia “several times” yesterday.Miller died yesterday, after exchanging gunfire with Peoria police officers.See also:-MCSO Deputy in Critical Condition After Being Shot Several Times in Peoria…
Two years after the Tucson shooting in which six people were killed, and 13 others were injured, including then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Giffords and husband Mark Kelly used the date to call for Congress to do something.”In response to a horrific series of shootings that has sown terror in our communities,…
Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Captain Jeffrey Karns, who retired today, lambasted Sheriff Paul Babeu in an e-mail he sent not only to Babeu, but to all PCSO staff. Karns’ scathing message — addressed to 661 employees — appears to be sparked by Babeu’s request before the Board of Supervisors to…
As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to dispatch volunteer members of his “posse” to go fiddle-fart around public schools with guns, our colleague Stephen Lemons points out that the posse members sure aren’t cops.However, as is usually the case when the day’s news-of-the-dumb comes from Arizona, there’s a relevant…
A man driving with a 5-year-old child was shot and killed by Phoenix cops last night, becoming the subject of Phoenix Police Department’s third officer-involved shooting in the past three days.According to Phoenix police Sergeant Trent Crump, the man — whose name hasn’t been released — was fatally shot after…
Where were you when you heard about the Tucson shooting that claimed six lives and wounded 14, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords? I remember being at my in-laws’ house in North Phoenix still decompressing from the holidays. When the news broke, I was glued to the television and radio for…
A deputy with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office was shot “several times” while conducting a traffic stop in Peoria shortly after midnight on Tuesday.MCSO Sergeant Brandon Jones says Deputy Ruben Garcia, who’s been with the MCSO for 29 years, pulled over a truck that was related to a call the…
Although the election for the Phoenix City Council seat in District 8 — a seat that has been held by African-Americans for the past 46 years — is still months away, race is definitely going to be an issue.Several people, including leaders in Phoenix’s African-American community, already have publicly stated…
The man accused of shooting Phoenix police Officer Pete Bennett six times Sunday night has been identified as 28-year-old Brandon McCabe.McCabe, whose name was withheld until he was released from the hospital, is pictured in the photo to the right, in a prison jumpsuit.See also:-Phoenix Cop Shot Six Times While…
Kudos to Sheriff Joe Arpaio for successfully monopolizing the paranoia surrounding the mass killings in Sandy Hook by sending his army of Depends-wearin’, gun-totin’ grumpy geezers out to patrol the perimeters of some schools in the Valley. See also: -Would You Want One of Joe Arpaio’s Armed Posse-People at Your…
Starting this week, members of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s posse will be armed and patrolling the area of some Valley schools.In response to the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre, Arpaio’s dispatching his volunteer deputies to schools on unincorporated county land, although MCSO won’t yet tell us which schools those are.See also:-Joe…
Phoenix police Officer Pete Bennett was shot six times last night after confronting someone he thought was suspicious near 21st and Georgia avenues.Police Chief Daniel Garcia said today that Bennett’s “extremely lucky” to be alive, although the four-year veteran still has some surgeries to go through…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s program to put armed members of his posse on patrol of Valley schools started today, according to one of Arpaio’s spokesmen.In response to the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school massacre, Arpaio’s dispatching his volunteer deputies to schools on unincorporated county land, and although it’s already under way, the…
With the possible exception of a squirt gun, pointing just about any type of gun at a police officer will get you shot.That also goes for 39-year-old Chuckie Stowers, whom police say was shot and killed by Phoenix Police Department officers after pointing a BB gun — which Stowers allegedly…
Two years ago yesterday, Phoenix police started their investigation into a triple homicide at the Salt River bottom.According to police, as the families and friends of the three victims held a memorial this weekend, homicide investigators have yet to identify any suspects in the case.See also:-Triple Homicide Victims Found Near…
Rachel Alexander, the disgraced lawyer and blogger who helped former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas in his unethical attacks against county leaders, has been reduced to begging for cash to help her cat. She’s built a website for the 6-year-old cat, Buckley, and claims to be near a $1,750 goal…
This may be incredibly hard to believe, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has planned a publicity stunt.Yes, the man who dresses inmates in pink underwear, has provided those inmates with an Elvis impersonator, has allowed female inmates to throw panties in the jail, holds inmate coloring contests, and props…
In case you missed it, Republican state Representative John Kavanagh wants voters to now vote to repeal Arizona’s medical-marijuana law, which voters approved in 2010.Kavanagh submitted legislation that would put medical marijuana back on the ballot, in 2014.See also:-John Kavanagh Wants Voters to Repeal State’s Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana Act-Teen Use…
The price-tag for beating a 3-year-old girl to death is 22 years in prison for Phoenix resident Martwane Mackey.Perhaps not surprisingly, given the odd circumstances regarding the girl’s death, Mackey, 19, was also sentenced to a lifetime of probation with mental-health terms.See also:-Police: Phoenix Man Bit/Beat 3-Year-Old Girl to Death…
Here’s yet another way to end up in one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s press releases: bring along your 3-year-old daughter while you’re getting paid to smuggle people into the United States.Better yet, MCSO says the 3-year-old girl was “seated between two unknown males and not properly restrained by a seatbelt.”See…
