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A grand jury investigation into the New Times newspaper was unsealed Wednesday by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Anna Baca. The Arizona Republic, Channel 12 (KPNX) and the Arizona State Bar requested the documents be unsealed.
A Superior Court judge set a hearing to determine whether the secret content of a grand-jury investigation into the New Times newspaper should be unsealed. County Attorney Andrew Thomas closed the investigation and dropped the charges
[for another perspective] Asked if Thomas would go after the many Web sites that have published Arpaio's address online, he made a major legal flub. "There's a big difference between that and putting his name and address on the front cov
[Buried more than half way down article.] After newspaper owners were freed from jail, a third "New Times" employee, writer Ray Stern was cited for disorderly conduct when he went to the office of Sheriff Arpaio's attorney to look at so
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas announced he was dismissing the case against New Times and no charges would be pursued against the editors and writers involved in the case. He was firing special prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik, who had pursued the
Amazing that the Arizona Capitol Times buried this story on page 8 of their current issue: "State Bar files ethics complaint against County Attorney." The piece offers a recap of the ongoing legal battle between County Attorney Thomas and t
Joe Arpaio, Andy Thomas and Dennis Wilenchik hit New Times with grand jury subpoenas. The authorities are also using the grand jury subpoenas in an attempt to research the identity, purchasing habits, and browsing proclivities of our online readershi
Plainclothes Maricopa County Sheriff's officers arrested New Times founders, Village Voice Media Executive Editor Michael Lacey and Chairman/CEO Jim Larkin at their homes late Thursday evening for revealing grand jury information in their recent
Village Voice Media Executive Editor Michael Lacey was released from PHX's 4th Avenue Jail around 4 a.m. this morning after being arrested Thursday evening by plainclothes agents of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Charged with the misde
During his tenure, inmates have died needlessly in his jails, and his office has engaged in reckless police operations and Gestapo-like activities against rivals. Such callous disregard for human rights only enhances his reputation as the "tough
[Thanks to Phil!] I Love the Smell of Light Rail in the Morning: the shape of things to come. Houston's Greatest Hits, vol. 1
911 tapes from the night Carol Gotbaum died in custody at the Phoenix airport show her husband was frantically trying to warn airport workers his wife was deeply depressed, but neither the airport dispatcher nor the police told him his wife had died
On the same afternoon that Phoenix police arrested a hysterical woman at Sky Harbor International Airport, her husband in New York placed repeated, urgent phone calls to airport authorities, warning them that his wife was suicidal and should not be l
When Carol Anne Gotbaum arrived at her departure gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport she was told that she was too late to board her flight. She began yelling. Her arrest was captured by three video cameras. This is one of them.
The ABC and the local Ron Paul Meetups are getting together this Sat. to examine how the Arizona Republican Party process works, dates, deadlines, issues, activities, future plans, student involvement at the high schools and universities.
Police handcuffed Gotbaum with her hands behind her back and took her to a holding cell, where she was later found dead. Police "found her with the handcuffs up by her neck area. There are many people that are able to get handcuffs around their
The daughter-in-law of one of New York's top officials screamed, "I'm not a terrorist!" and fought with security officials in the Phoenix airport before being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed, witnesses told the Daily News yest
A New York woman detained at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport may have strangled herself to death while trying to wriggle free from handcuffs that held her arms behind her back, Phoenix police said. [Uh, how?!!!!]
Fmr. Arizona Representative Colette Rosati: I’m inviting you to a $125 per person fundraiser for Dr. Ron Paul at my home in Scottsdale on Saturday evening September 29th.
This Sunday, September 30, 2007, There is a football game at the University of Phoenix stadium (Where the Arizona Cardinals play). There is going to be a sign waving meetup for as many people as are able to show up. We will be meeting on 95th Ave a
Arizona Republic series on charter schools aimed to discredit movement.
The Chandler police sergeant whose K-9 died after being left in his patrol car was booked into jail today and faces misdemeanor animal cruelty charges. Lovejoy could face up to six months in jail and a fine of $1,200 if he is found guilty.
Flagstaff man who sells anti-war T-shirts with the names of service members killed in Iraq may escape criminal prosecution under a state law that legislators hoped would block his activities. The criminal portion of a law passed earlier this year
Arizona could be the first state along the Mexican border and one of the first in the country to develop a driver's license secure enough to be used in lieu of a passport at a port of entry. The US Dept.of Homeland Security announced an agreement
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Ariz.) said in a statement obtained by Roll Call "that he will not seek re-election in 2008, ending months of speculation regarding the ethically clouded Congressman’s political future." Said Renzi: "I will not be
An East Valley eighth-grader was suspended this week after he turned in homework with a sketch that school officials said resembled a gun and posed a threat to his classmates.
U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., appears to be leaning towards not seeking a fourth term in office next year.
3 Pilot Scott Bowerbank, photographer Jim Cox, 15 Pilot Craig Smith, and photographer Rick Krolak have died in a crash between the 2 copters covering a police high speed chase. Happened just as the police were surrounding the suspect who had exited
The Chandler Police Department confirmed Wednesday that three of its officers are now under investigation, part of a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into doctors improperly writing prescriptions for anabolic steroids.
Since the tests began, Humphrey said that several officers have tested positive for steroids, but would not say how many. About 12 officers are on the list the DEA gave Phoenix, a police official said.
