Could the Arizona Republican Party be any more obvious in its desire to quash the efforts of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, mainly because of that one word, “Independent”?What the heck are they afraid of? It’s unlikely the GOP will lose its majority hold on this redder than red state…
A man in Colorado died earlier this year after police zapped him with a Taser after he claimed to be a lion, tackled a guard at the Denver Zoo, and then bit a police officer. If you ask Scottsdale-based Taser, or the Denver coroner, though, the July 18 zapping wasn’t…
If there was a pervert hall of shame, “Uncle Jerry” Morrow would certainly be a first ballot inductee — he admitted to being a pedophile, and police suspect he’s molested nearly 20 kids dating as far back as 1976.Morrow was arrested last night at his home at 4807 South 339th…
A website touting support for a proposed $8.5 million bond in El Mirage is not only missing disclaimers about who paid for the site — it’s also misleads residents about who created it.And MoiaGroup, the Tucson-based web-design firm incorrectly linked to the site is pretty upset. So upset, in fact,…
Former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Detention Officer Kevin Gerster is heading back to jail — only this time as an inmate.Gerster initially was charged with five counts of aggravated assault for beating up inmates on at least two separate occasions (see the video below), and two counts of computer tampering for allegedly…
Someone should really keep Grampa Russell away from “the Internets,” e-mail, Facebook, and just about any technology that followed the invention of photography. State Senate President Pearce just doesn’t have a very good track record when it comes to newfangled technology, or any technology, to be precise. Surely, everybody recalls the…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office confirms to New Times that shamed former Captain Joel Fox has been given the boot following a long-running internal investigation that already has resulted in the resignations of two other top deputies.Former Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott and Deputy Chief Larry Black — with whom Fox…
Gilman’s vid, from the ramparts… Here’s activist videographer and all-around hell-raiser Dennis Gilman’s latest video of vignettes from last weekend’s Occupy Phoenix protest. Shannon Rivers, as always, is way cool. And the gal on the guitar is quite talented.Martin, from back in the day…The first thing the chanting made me…
We watched the morning news a bit ago as onetime Disney-superstar-turned-train-wreck Lindsay Lohan slipped in the back door of the Los Angeles County morgue to do ghoulish penance for whatever it was that got her on probation. Lohan landed at the morgue (not in a body bag–yet!) after failing to…
In honor of the Arizona Bar disciplinary hearings that could potentially conclude with disbarments of disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon and the law-license suspension of ex-county lawyer Rachel Alexander, we’ve opted to go with a picture of the Alexander and Thomas for this week’s You Write…
The disappearance of 5-year-old Jahessye Shockley is now officially a race issue following some comments made by her grandmother, Shirley Johnson, yesterday.Johnson’s upset by the lack of coverage Shockley’s disappearance has received in the national media — all while the disappearance of a missing Kansas City girl, Lisa Irwin, is…
As communities across Arizona — across the country — are desperately trying to attract new businesses and corporations to boost local economies, El Mirage is creating a headache for the city’s only gas station.We recently wrote about El Mirage city officials yanking their business from the Shell gas station on…
It’s day six of the “Occupy Phoenix” demonstration in Cesar Chavez Plaza, and there are now officially more protest signs than there are actual protesters.We dropped by this afternoon to see how the occupation was going — we weren’t shocked to find the crowd dwindled from about 1,000 when the occupation…
The Arizona Capitol Times’ Yellow Sheet costs $250 per month? Crikey, that equals my liquor store tab for September. Well, almost.Which is why I won’t be subscribing anytime soon to YS, the daily report lobbyists and lawyers pony up a quarter of a grand 12 times a year (or $500 bi-monthly, or…
Rachel Alexander, one of former Maricopa County Attorney Andy Thomas’ key insiders during his six years in office, is on the stand trying to explain how she got put “in charge” of an ill-conceived and politically motivated civil racketeering case against county supervisors, judges, and others. …
Frank Tanori Gonzalez, the Marana man who gave thousands of viewers of the 2009 Super Bowl a 37-second dose of porn, pleaded guilty in Pima County Superior Court this morning to two counts of computer tampering, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office confirms to New Times. See the video of a…
Regardless of political affiliation, people across the country are pissed off about one thing or another, but there are only a few cities that — as a whole — are more pissed off than Phoenix, according to a recent ranking of pissed off cities.The Daily Beast website has ranked Phoenix one…
Ten years after murdering Mesa resident Cynthia Garcia, one of several members of the Hells Angels initially charged in her death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.Kevin J. Augustiniak entered his plea last week, nearly eight years after his 2003 indictment, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office tells New Times.According to…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff,” is all about holding people accountable for their actions — so it was a little suspicious when he testified at the Arizona Bar’s ethics hearing for shamed former County Attorney Andrew Thomas and couldn’t remember a friggin’ thing.As we pointed out…
Testimony continues this morning at the Thomas/Aubuchon/Alexander disciplinary hearings at the Arizona Supreme Court in downtown Phoenix. Lisa Aubuchon, a onetime top assistant to former Maricopa County Attorney, is expected to take the stand at the hearing in an attempt to save her legal skin. She and Thomas are…
Jahessey Shockley’s been missing for nearly nine days, and there hasn’t been a peep about her disappearance in the national media — and her family wants to know why.We’ve been a little curious ourselves, considering that cable news channels have been dwelling on the disappearance of Lisa Irwin, a 10-month-old…
