A bill that would replace local police in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office was unanimously approved by a state Senate committee this morning.Colorado City, for anyone who doesn’t know, is a haven for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints…
Brian Weymouth, a Paradise Valley businessman now facing major felony charges, has filed a civil lawsuit in Maricopa County Superior Court against several county officials and a former business partner. Brian Weymouth, who definitely prefers this photo better to his mugshot. The suit, which was preceded months ago by a Notice of Claim…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio went hunting for illegals again this morning, this time at a Phoenix maid service business, where his deputies arrested a grand total of two suspected illegal immigrants, neither of whom are drug-dealing gang-bangers — they’re maids.Per usual, the sheriff conducted his raid of the business…
Former Valley reporter turned Gotham journo Nick Martin reports today on the TPMMuckraker blog that Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s political action committee Joe PAC has scored only a little over $20,000 since its inception.When Arpaio’s campaign guru Chad Willems of Summit Consulting announced Joe PAC’s formation in September, his press release…
[jump] Phoenix was up 73-52 at the beginning of the third quarter after running circles around the Bucks in the first half as their starters racked up a double-digit lead by landing 62 percent of their buckets. That includes Michael Redd, who scored 14 points during his first visit to…
If you happened to have had a baby yesterday, and then dumped it in front of a home in north Phoenix, police would like to have a word with you — and make sure you’re not bleeding out after giving birth.Oh…and don’t worry about naming your newborn, the cops did…
The Paradise Valley Police Department confirmed today that five people have been arrested in connection with the murders of Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro, whose bodies were found bound and burned inside their Paradise Valley home last week.Police say the five arrested are the “major suspects” in the case, but that…
As if we needed another anecdote about how Arizona fails its mentally ill residents, we bring you the story of James Copeland, a mentally ill convicted sex offender who was arrested twice in 24 hours for failing to register as a sex offender.Copeland, who’s homeless, was arrested on Sunday morning…
Republican Arizona Representative Kimberly Yee has taken a page out of fagala-phobic abortion bully Trent Franks’ book, and is taking it upon herself to attempt to dictate when women in Arizona can have an abortion.Yee introduced a bill into the Arizona Legislature yesterday that would ban abortions of fetuses that…
Authorities this morning continued their search of a landfill south of the Valley, where they believe they might find the body of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley.The landfill search started yesterday after months of preparation. Police haven’t yet said whether they’ve found anything related to Shockley’s disappearance. However, they’ve released some…
“Caylee’s Law,” a bill inspired by the alleged murder of Caylee Anthony that would make it a felony for a parent to not report their child missing within 24 hours of his or her disappearance, was approved by the Arizona House of Representatives yesterday.Caylee’s mother, Casey Anthony, as you probably…
In spite of all of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s bluster, the claims of he and his subordinates that the U.S. Department of Justice’s report on his racial-profiling ways is hogwash, and the use of that report by Arpaio’s re-election campaign to raise money, Arpaio’s office issued a statement yesterday after a…
The Arizona Legislature yesterday confirmed Governor Jan Brewer’s appointment of Valley PR honcho/charter school advocate Jay Heiler to the Arizona Board of Regents to replace outgoing ABOR Chairman Fred DuVal — and Arizona Democrats aren’t happy about it.”Arizona’s universities serve as an economic engine for our state,” Arizona Democratic Party…
A 30-year-old man who broke his neck at the Skypark Trampoline Park in Phoenix last Thursday has died. Captain Scott Walker of the Phoenix Fire Department confirmed this morning that the victim, who’s name still hasn’t been released, died Sunday at a local hospital. Witnesses say the man had jumped…
If the current crop of trade rumors are troubling Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns point guard certainly isn’t showing it. He’s been playing with plenty of verve and renewed vigor since recovering from a bruised thigh, including nabbing a franchise assist record last week and helping Planet Orange to a…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Superbowl sex worker, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they thought would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of Governor Jan…
We were at the Phoenix Open on Sunday afternoon and watched as a drunk 23-year-old jumped into a pond on the 18th hole at the TPC Scottsdale golf course and swam across it — just as tournament winner Kyle Stanley was about to tee off.It was a bonehead move on…
If you were at the 18th hole at TPC Scottsdale during the Phoenix Open yesterday afternoon, you may have seen 23-year-old Rigoberto Polanco dive into a pond, swim across, and then get tackled by Scottsdale police just before tournament winner Kyle Stanley teed off on 18.We were about 150 yards…
CBA demands accountability of Arpaio in the latest video by Dennis Gilman A point some local journos missed concerning the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ recent hearing on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s various misdeeds was that the special meeting, which addressed Arpaio’s racial profiling and his bungling of the more than…
In what comes as no surprise to anyone who keeps tabs on Arizona Congressional politics, Republican Congressman Ben Quayle announced today that he plans to run in Arizona’s newly formed sixth Congressional district — which is likely unsettling news for GOP Congressman David Schweikert, also is running in District 6. Because…
Phil Mickelson, who remains one of the world’s most popular golfers even as his game slowly fades, was cordial, yet short, when we asked him at the Waste Management Open about his new lawsuit. “I support freedom of speech 100 percent all the way, but I’m not going to stand for someone…
According to Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, “abortion is the leading cause of death in the black community” — a claim he makes in a memo to House Republicans urging them to vote for a bill introduced by fagala-phobic Congressman Trent Franks that would make it illegal for a woman to…
