Convicted sex criminal/alleged pimp Al Maurice O’Neal has some rules for his stable of underage “hoes.”For starters, they must earn for him $200 a day. Secondly, his girls are required to ask a would-be John to “show his dick or grab her tits” to make sure he’s not a cop…
Two people accused of giving their 2-year-old son methadone to relieve a toothache pleaded not guilty today to a collection of child abuse-related charges. Initially, the baby’s mother, Jennifer Campos, was booked on three counts of endangering the life of a minor, and four counts of child abuse. The boy’s…
The sentencing phase of the trial for convicted snake-oil salesman James Arthur Ray is coming to an end as prosecutors urge the judge in the case to sentence the Oprah-approved “self-help” guru to the maximum: nine years in prison.Ray was convicted in September on three counts of negligent homicide in…
We have a friend who wishes “scientists” would be allowed to study the brains of incarcerated serial murderers. We try to explain that it sound like something the Nazi “Angel of Death,” Dr. Josef Mengele, might be keen on. Specifically, our friend (a local businessman) is referring to Phoenix’s most…
Think it’s time for a change…Because of the impending holiday and some minor complications with my recent surgery, Feathered Bastard will go semi-dark until after Thanksgiving. Please look for regular blogging to begin again November 28, though I may blog before then if there’s an item that’s pressing.Much obliged for all…
Convicted “Baseline Killer” Mark Goudeau yesterday addressed the jury that will ultimately decide whether he lives or dies. The killer of nine — who terrorized Phoenix residents for nearly a year — asked for mercy.Goudeau was convicted of 67 felonies last month, including nine murders. He already is serving a…
HE’S OUT! Maybe ol’ Joe’s not even safe now: Never has a political prediction been so correct as Stephen Lemons’ declaration that Russell Pearce would be recalled from his Arizona Senate seat (“Sourpuss,” November 3). When I read that, I said to my wife: “I’ll believe it when I see…
Why is Mexico such a dump? Just to name a few of the problems: Stray dogs running all over the place, piles of trash burning in the street, blown-out tires hanging from cactuses by the side of the road, shredded plastic shopping bags plastering every fence in sight, rampant corruption…
“Greg! Greg! Greg!” “Greg! Greg! Greg!” As one observer put it the next day, it was like Bobby Kennedy without — well, you know — as clean-cut Greg Stanton worked an energetic Election Night crowd in a historic downtown warehouse, celebrating a win that puts him in the Mayor’s Office…
Democrats say the darnedest things. In the aftermath of Russell Pearce’s defeat in the November 8 Legislative District 18 recall election, local Democrats have been trying to make it seem as if the former state Senate president’s stuffed head was a prize they could hang on their walls. The day…
Activists picketed in front of New Times’ Phoenix offices this afternoon in protest of our parent company, Village Voice Media’s, classified ad website Backpage.com. The activists feel the website facilitates sex trafficking. More on the protest here. VVM publications across the country have published articles disproving the myths surrounding sex-trafficking statistics –…
[jump] According to the group, VVM is “facilitating the commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking of individuals.”One of the protesters — who previously protested Craigslist.com over similar “sexual-exploitation” complaints — admits that shutting down Backpage.com will not put an end to human trafficking. He goes on to say that VVM isn’t…
Border authorities shut down a tunnel Tuesday that ran 70 feet from a U.S. home in Nogales, Arizona to Mexico. Pictures just released show the builders of this tunnel, which was obviously used for smuggling, were no amateurs. And we’re betting they got a Lowe’s gift card as an early…
You can tack another $1 million on to the more than $50 million in legal settlements Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has cost county taxpayers — the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a settlement in a lawsuit filed by a man who died while in the…
El Mirage officials are planning to declare victory regarding the narrow approval of an $8.5 million bond at a special City Council meeting this afternoon.Their adoption of election results comes two days after the Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation into whether the city improperly used public resources or employees…
Natalie Wisneski, the former chief operating officer for the Fiesta Bowl, has been indicted in federal court on charges that she tried to cover up illegal campaign contributions by bowl employees, and that she filed false financial records, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today.Wisneski is the first person to be…
The entire report from this year’s high-profile investigation into abuses under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio must be released within two weeks, a judge has ordered.In May, Arpaio’s office released about two-thirds of a report and supplemental documents from an internal investigation launched after a scathing memo by one of…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s expensive inmate transport bus can finally be put to use, the counties Board of Supervisors ruled this morning.Arpaio and the BOS have been battling over the bus since Arpaio broke county rules to purchase it in 2009. In response to Arpaio’s unauthorized purchase, the BOS…
Cary Dolego, the love-seeking Queen Creek man we wrote about yesterday who’s homeless in the Ukraine, has been rejected by “Yulia,” the surgeon with whom he’d been e-mailing.The former write-in candidate for the 2010 Arizona governor’s race went to the Ukraine in the spring as part of a matchmaking service,…
The jurors may be deciding if Mark Goudeau should go to death row sooner than anticipated, thanks to yet another turn of events in the penalty phase of the recently convicted serial killer’s trial. The `Baseline Killer,’ convicted late last month of nine murders and dozens of other violent crimes…
In what has become one of the dumber longer pissing matches in the ongoing spat between several of Maricopa County’s elected officials, the county’s Board of Supervisors is expected to make a decision today about whether to allow Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to use an expensive inmate transport bus…
A Chandler woman went medieval on her husband during a weekend domestic squabble, slicing his arm with a two-and-a-half foot sword. The fight between Louis and Pamela Haas took place on Sunday afternoon at their home near Chandler Boulevard and McClintock Drive, but that’s about all the couple could agree…
