Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s pink panties are in a bit of a wad after an Ohio mayor refused to grant police officers in his city the permission to come to Arizona and train with the MCSO’s Drug Recognition Unit, which Arpaio says is one of the best drug recognition…
Carl Mosher, a former physical education teacher St. Gregory’s Catholic school in Phoenix, was in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to charges that he had sex with one of his 14-year-old students…in his office…at the school. Mosher initially was charged with four counts of sexual…
An Arizona man was sentenced to prison time this morning after pleading guilty to charges that he posed as a fertility doctor in order to molest grown men.Jeffrey Graybill, who used the name “Doctor Richardson” to practice faux-medicine, was sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court to two nine-year prison sentences…
It’s been more than three weeks since 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley was reported missing, and her case has finally begun to get the attention of the national media — the same national media the girl’s grandmother claimed was ignoring the case because Shockley is black.Glendale Sergeant Brent Coombs tells New Times…
We wrote often this summer of the defensive exploits of Arizona Diamondbacks outfielders Gerardo Parra and Chris Young. We remember the game in September (we were at Chase Field that night) when incredible catches by both he and Young made ESPN’s top ten plays of the day. …
An article appeared on the website of infamous “birther” conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi earlier this week claiming that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has “delivered” on the “surprise” he promised “birthers” in regards to the sheriff’s investigation into whether President Barack Obama is eligible to be president.Stop us if you’ve…
It was announced yesterday that Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery will head a task force set up by Governor Jan Brewer to fix the current mess at state Child Protective Services, despite controversial comments he made last month about creating an investigative unit separate from CPS that would determine whether…
Governor Jan Brewer, no doubt under direct orders from her puppetmaster consultant Chuck Coughlin, has removed Colleen Mathis as chair of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, calling a special session of the state Legislature, so the state Senate, controlled by a supermajority of Republicans, can dutifully concur. “The Arizona Constitution…
Former Arizona U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton says he trusted the word of a federal firearms officials who told him in 2006 that a gunwalking operation wouldn’t result in missing weapons.The President Bush-era operation, known as Wide Receiver, reportedly lost about 400 guns in a manner similar to that of the…
Unexpected fireworks this morning at the county courthouse as the newly convicted “Baseline Killer” Mark Goudeau told the judge in no uncertain terms that he doesn’t want to be in court for the sentencing phase of his high-profile case. We weren’t there for the outburst (we are holed up writing…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio launched his 55th illegal-immigrant roundup under the guise of an “employer sanctions operation” this morning. It netted 10 arrests — and, per usual, none of those arrested were employers, just employees, MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times.According to the Sheriff’s Office, after several weeks…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced today the members of a task force she’s organized to review the state’s child-safety policies following a recent spike in horrifying/highly publicized cases of child abuse.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery — who made waves with his controversial proposal to create an investigative unit separate from…
When Mario Powers went to the apartment of his baby-mama last month, he saw her talking with other guys. So, he beat her up as she was holding the couple’s 6-month-old daughter — but that was only before throwing the infant at the woman.According to court records obtained by New…
Immigrants are just like viruses — they get here, adapt, and infect the rest of us.At least, that’s according to a politically incorrect lede in a San Jose Mercury News article from last Wednesday about the West Nile Virus. The lede, written by reporter Lisa Krieger, is making the rounds…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Reggie VV, 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 think would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of presidential candidate Michele…
The race will go on!After playing the heavy in a legal fight against a local promoter of an upcoming obstacle-course race, the publisher of Men’s Health magazine, has relented and dropped a demand to stop the November 5 event.A consent judgment signed by U.S. District Judge Neil Wake yesterday shows…
This justice, he ain’t no good judge of the law. I mean Mesa Justice of the Peace Lester Pearce, brother of embattled state Senate President Russell Pearce, who apparently has abrogated Arizona’s judicial code of conduct by actively campaigning on behalf of his brother.On October 14, I reported that the…
Figuratively speaking, a lot of guys take a lot of shit from their wives. Jerry Grant, 33, is literally taking shit from his wife — and it will likely save his life.Grant’s had some poop problems for the past several months — bleeding rectally, and what not — and the…
Regardless of your opinion of the death penalty, it exists because of guys like convicted Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau.Goudeau was convicted yesterday of 67 serious felonies — nine of which were murder raps — stemming from a year-long crime spree in 2005 and 2006.Tomorrow, Goudeau’s trial will enter the sentencing…
For legal reasons, jurors at criminal trials don’t get to hear about a lot of things deemed prejudicial to the defendant or irrelevant to the matters at hand. …
After a five-month trial, and seven days of jury deliberation, Baseline Killer Mark Goudeau has been convicted of all nine of the murder charges against him.Goudeau faced 72 felony counts stemming from a year-long crime spree that terrorized Phoenicians from 2005 to 2006.Of the 72 counts, Goudeau was convicted of…
A children’s Tae Kwon Do instructor in Gilbert was arrested Thursday after police say he sent several pictures of his penis to a 12-year-old female student of his. At the time of his arrest, 24-year-old Jonathan Knight was standing in front of the girl’s house.According to court documents obtained by…
