A detention officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office accused of getting drunk and pointing a loaded gun at his own son has pleaded not guilty to one count each of aggravated assault and criminal damage.Jeffery Higgins entered his plea in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.According to court records,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Last week, we asked readers to come up with their own caption for the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer sticking her finger in the face of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — an image that’s remarkably similar to a photo that went viral the previous week of Governor Glug-Glug…
The news that former state Senate President Russell Pearce is positioning himself to run again for the state Senate should surprise no one.To be clear, Pearce hasn’t yet announced his intention to seek that office. He’s merely filed paperwork with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office that would allow him…
By popular demand, we submit to you the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer fingering Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Adding to the fun is the (ahem) hil-arious caption added by Fox News host/Brewer’s BFFF Greta Van Susteren, which is…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office admitted yesterday that it asked the Arizona Attorney General’s Office to “contact” Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer — Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s opponent in this year’s election — and ask him about “inside information” he received about the December death of Marty Atencio in one of Arpaio’s…
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office currently is investigating Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer at the directive of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office over last year’s jailhouse death of Marty Atencio (the MCSO disputes it’s an “investigation,” but we got our hands on a recording of a voicemail a special agent from…
Fox News host/Governor Jan Brewer’s BFF Greta Van Susteren broadcasted a photo last night of the governor sticking her finger in the face of Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu.Brewer’s bestie even hams it up, noting that the governor is an “equal opportunity pointer.”The photo of Babeu, as you can…
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police apparently didn’t get the memo — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio only racially profiles people from south of the border…Nevertheless, the RCMP confirms to New Times that it has canceled plans to have several mounties train with MCSO deputies because of the scathing Department of…
Activist Randy Parraz led a disruptive walkout on Tuesday at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting in protest of board policy and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. As they left noisily, Parraz and his supporters claimed that they’d been promised a chance to speak after each segment of the meeting and…
This morning, the Phoenix offices of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio were evacuated when authorities discovered a white powdery substance in an envelope, as well as a note claiming the powder was Anthrax.Turns out, the envelope was brought to the MCSO’s offices by Arpaio — and it was intended for…
It will be official shortly, but Andrei Cherny, Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party, is stepping down today, in anticipation of a formal announcement of his candidacy for the Ninth Congressional District seat sometime next week.The former Arizona Assistant Attorney General and policy adviser to the Clinton White House has…
Ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce began slithering back into relevancy this Saturday during the Arizona GOP’s winter meeting, held at Phoenix’s Church for the Nations, where he was elected to the party’s First Vice Chair position.Despite an embarrassing 12-point loss to fellow Republican Jerry Lewis in November’s recall election, Pearce…
Carmona talks immigration, foreign policy and women’s issues with Gilman and IAbove is a video of an interview videographer Dennis Gilman and I did with former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The interview took place at the state Democrats’ winter meeting in Tucson.Carmona’s…
If you need an example of wigged-out, dysfunctional democracy verging on outright insanity, look no further than state Senator Sylvia Allen’s Border Security, Federalism and States’ Sovereignty Committee.Here, Chairwoman Allen and a cadre of right-wing loons hold sway. Rational questions and reasoned arguments are dismissed with a flutter of Allen’s…
The photo above showing seven young men with guns holding what seems to be a bullet-riddled T-shirt depicting President Barack Obama was, until recently, up on the Facebook page for Sergeant Pat Shearer of the Peoria Police Department.The photo is captioned, “Another trip to the ranch,” and features the comments,…
As I anticipated in a blog item late last year, the Arizona version of the Utah Compact, called the “Arizona Accord,” was introduced to the public at the state Capitol yesterday. It argues for a rational, humane approach to immigration reform.The accord’s statement of principles, which you can read, here,…
When most people look at Tent City, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s infamous outdoor detention facility, they see a jail.Not Sheriff Joe Arpaio — he, apparently, sees a stage…for a reality TV show.Yet again, Arpaio has opened the MCSO’s doors to reality TV film crews — this time for a…
