Email AuthorMatthew Hendley
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How Would You Rate the Difficulty of Escaping From MCSO Custody, on a Scale of 1-10?
November 13, 2012 in Valley Fever
silverdisc.comKeep this in mind: an overwhelming majority of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office inmates never escape from jail.Also, keep this in mind: some guy dressed up milk cartons in his jail...
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MCSO Inmate Escapes After Duping Guards by Putting Milk Cartons in Jail Uniform
November 12, 2012 in Valley Fever
discoveryeducation.comMCSO inmate Adan Orduno.An inmate in a a jail run by the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, was free for nine hours yesterday, after using...
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Kyrsten Sinema Called Winner in CD-9, Defeating Vernon Parker
November 12, 2012 in Valley Fever
Kyrsten SinemaDemocrat Kyrsten Sinema will be headed to Congress, according to the Associated Press.The vote count is the same as when we checked with the Maricopa County Recorder's office earlier...
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Holly Solomon Blames Husband for Obama's Re-Election, Allegedly Rams Him With Her Car
When Common Sense Takes a Personal Day
November 12, 2012 in Valley Fever
Gilbert PDHolly SolomonUPDATE: Daniel Solomon has a fractured pelvis, torn artery, and may be permanently disfigured. Read the update here.Mesa resident Holly Solomon thinks it's her husband's fault that President...
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Ron Barber Now Leads Martha McSally; Kyrsten Sinema Widens Gap Against Vernon Parker
November 12, 2012 in Valley Fever
Congressman Ron BarberUpdate: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema will be headed to Congress, according to the Associated Press.The vote count is the same as when we checked with the Maricopa County Recorder's...
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Jeff Gordon Got Jumped at PIR, Which Is the Only Reason We're Talking About NASCAR
November 12, 2012 in Valley Fever
For our readers who wanted to hear how the NASCAR race went yesterday at Phoenix International Raceway, we assumed you'd find that information elsewhere -- that is, until we found...
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Would You Be "Interested" in Hearing Jan Brewer's Response to Mark Kelly?
November 12, 2012 in Valley Fever
Last week, we reprinted the entire statement prepared by Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which he read at the sentencing of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner.To the statement,...
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Erik Enriquez-Leon Tried to Bring Some Ammo Back to Mexico (5,440 Rounds)
November 09, 2012 in Valley Fever
wikimedia.orgSomething like this.For the second time in just a couple of weeks, federal law-enforcement officers have found someone headed for Mexico with thousands of rounds of ammunition.This week, Customs and...
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Jan Brewer "Isn't Interested" in Politics After Mark Kelly Slams Her Comments on Shooting
November 09, 2012 in Valley Fever
Governor Jan BrewerYesterday, we reprinted the entire statement prepared by Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, which he read at the sentencing of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner.It was...
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Qui Truong's Going to Prison for Quite a Bit for Attacking Co-Workers With a Meat Cleaver
November 09, 2012 in Valley Fever
MCSOQui Tu TruongToday, we can all say we learned that attacking your co-workers with a meat cleaver could land you in prison for a very long time.For Qui Tu Truong,...
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Maricopa County Mugshots of the Week: How Not to Get Tattoos and Haircuts
November 09, 2012 in Valley Fever
MCSOEvery week we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert's own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike...
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Should Jared Loughner Have Faced the Death Penalty?
November 09, 2012 in Valley Fever
Jared Lee LoughnerYesterday, it was made official: Jared Loughner's going to die in prison for the Tucson shooting, as was sentenced to seven life terms in prison plus 140 years.Loughner,...
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Charles Williams Accused of Murdering Elderly Man in 2011 for Taking Aluminum Cans
November 08, 2012 in Valley Fever
MCSOCharles WilliamsA Phoenix teenager has been arrested in the 2011 death of an 84-year-old man, in which the teenager allegedly beat the elderly man for taking aluminum cans from his...
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Spy on the Maricopa County Elections Department if You Have Nothing Better to Do
November 08, 2012 in Valley Fever
BREAKING NEWS: Paper jam, or something.If you're bored, and you want to be as bored as you were five seconds ago, we've got the perfect thing for you: watch Maricopa...
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Vernon Parker Wouldn't Need a Miracle to Defeat Kyrsten Sinema
November 08, 2012 in Valley Fever
Republican congressional candidate Vernon Parker.Despite the fact that some folks from out of town are calling the congressional race in CD-9 for Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, it's certainly not over, and...
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Jared Loughner Officially Going to Die in Prison for Tucson Shooting
November 08, 2012 in Valley Fever
Jared Lee LoughnerIt's official: Jared Lee Loughner will die in prison.Loughner, who turned 24 in September, was the lone shooter in last year's Tucson shooting that killed six people and...
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Louis Harper Earns Life in Prison for 2010 Murder of ASU Student Zachary Marco
November 08, 2012 in Valley Fever
Tempe PDLouis Eugene HarperLouis Eugene Harper was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for the 2010 robbery and murder of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco.Harper, 21, will be eligible...
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Should Paul Penzone and Richard Carmona Stay in Their Races?
November 08, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo by Matthew HendleyCitizens for a Better Arizona activists asking the county to count votes, and candidates to stay in races.Yesterday, activists made a call for Sheriff Joe Arpaio-challenger Paul...
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Ann Kirkpatrick Called Winner in CD-1; Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally Sit on Leads
November 07, 2012 in Valley Fever
The Associated Press has called Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick the winner of the congressional race in CD-1, apparently defeating Republican opponent Jonathan Paton.For those waiting on the other congressional races --...
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Arizona Republicans Found Out Barack Obama Won Re-Election, and Things Got Very Awkward
November 07, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo by Matthew HendleyMaricopa County Bill Montgomery, stuck with the worst speaking spot of the year.At the Arizona Republican Party's election-viewing party at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix last night,...
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Maricopa County's Number of Remaining Ballots Unknown; Activists Urge Penzone, Carmona, to Retract Concessions
November 07, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo by Matthew HendleyThe "500,000" is a guess, not a fact, as the true number of uncounted votes is unknown.The Maricopa County Elections Department has given a straight answer about...
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Richard Carmona Fares Better Than President Obama, but Jeff Flake Will Be Senator
November 07, 2012 in Valley Fever
Congressman Jeff Flake (left) and Richard Carmona.Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona pulled in more votes in Arizona than President Barack Obama, but that still left the former U.S. Surgeon...
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Joe Arpaio Defeats Paul Penzone With Ease, and the Sheriff's Reign Continues
November 07, 2012 in Valley Fever
Photo by Matthew Hendley Sheriff Joe ArpaioLast night at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix, 80-year-old Sheriff Joe Arpaio recycled the same ol' Joe speech he gives all the time -- a...
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Election Day 2012: Did Any of the Results Genuinely Surprise You?
November 07, 2012 in Valley Fever
While it appeared that many of New Times' readers were favoring a big upset in Arizona in one race or another, none of them appeared to have happened.A few of...
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Kyrsten Sinema, Martha McSally, and Jonathan Paton Cling to Small Leads
November 06, 2012 in Valley Fever
Several of the races for Arizona's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives ended up close, and at the time of this post, we still don't have the answer in three...
