The Bird revels in Sheriff Joe's decline, slams Mark Spencer's false hysteria, and explains why "illegals" ain't criminals

Sheriff Joe buffaloes readers with bogus yarns in his book Joe's Law

County Attorney Andrew Thomas fights to seal Wilenchik's State Bar secrets

Sheriff Joe’s goons bring new heights of absurdity to Phoenix City Hall

The Bird needles Crispin Glover over his alleged meltdown at Chandler Cinemas

Judge Neil Wake takes action in the jail conditions lawsuit against Arpaio

The Bird poops on a crowd of 9/11 deniers and reports on the latest symbolic protest of Joe Arpaio

Guadalupe made it clear that Joe Arpaio’s attacking anyone with brown skin

Light rail may not start on time — and Arpaio’s investigation of AG Goddard may never finish

The Bird on Mayor Phil and why the Fonz can't tell the world, "Fuck the police"

The Bird tackles AZ's new immigration czar, Matthew Allen, while Guadalupe revolts against the MCSO's iron grip

Lacey, Larkin receive award

The Bird covers the waterfront on Sheriff Arpaio’s racial profiling patrols and demands freedom for First Friday bohos

Head on a skewer: Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself

The Bird pummels the MSCO, Scottsdale PD, and saves some licks for both Anonymous and Scientology

The Bird catches Darrell Ankarlo butt-smoochin' Sheriff Joe again, relates the latest on the MCSO's Honduran scandal and introduces candidates vying for Candy Thomas' job

New Times files a prelude to a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, County Attorney Andy Thomas and a discredited ex-special prosecutor on behalf of its readers and the Constitution

The Bird wonders why Sheriff Joe Arpaio put a U.S. citizen behind bars for simply appearing Mexican

The Bird wonders just what Joe Arpaio's top dog is doing down in Honduras

Math-challenged Sheriff Joe Arpaio can’t account for the $41 million he’s cost taxpayers

Flushing Them Out

Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas are teaching the rest of the nation how to terrorize illegal immigrants

Alien Nation

Anti-immigrant sentiments are nothing new in America

Our Community Under Siege

Where do we turn when law enforcement threatens citizens like a grim force of nature?

Dennis the Menace

Arpaio's lawyer can't explain away his fudged résumé

Money Shot

If Maricopa County supervisors wanted to go after Sheriff Joe Arpaio, they could. They could focus on his office's finances

Inhumanity Has a Price

Corpses, a flesh-eating virus, the most-sued sheriff in America. Lawsuits against Joe Arpaio have cost us $41 million, so far

Dead End

Beaten, hanged, strangled, and ignored, these men and a woman lost their lives in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's custody

Inmates' Rights Lawsuit Languishes

The unresolved Hart vs. Hill suit was filed 30 years ago in federal court. It brings up the same jailhouse abuses that occur today

Cyberspace Invaders

County law enforcement's seeking more and more Web site information to mount investigations against private citizens

Information Blockade

The sheriff's made a career of stonewalling critical media — the public's right to know be damned

Power Play

County law enforcement's attack on the judiciary didn't work, but the war's far from over

Siege Mentality

County Attorney Andrew Thomas is attempting to capitalize on a national trend by attacking local judges

Kentucky-Fried Joe

The comedic kestrel makes the Joe Show in Sun City West, shares a few Joe jokes of his own, and grills state Representative Russell Pearce about his links to white supremacists

Enemies List

Paranoia aside, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas just may be targeting you

Extraordinary Contempt

A judge describes former Special Prosecutor Dennis Wilenchik’s actions against New Times as threatening to the average citizen

Wilenchik's a Liar, and There's More

Besides personally demanding our arrests, Andy Thomas' special prosecutor sought to bankrupt New Times over a misdemeanor and lock up our lawyers

He Just Doesn't Get It

Dennis Wilenchik issued hugely invasive subpoenas to New Times without grand jury review

Who's Sorry Now?

Andy Thomas eats crow to save his political career, but wants us to apologize to Sheriff Joe. Fat chance

Breathtaking Abuse of the Constitution

Joe Arpaio, Andy Thomas and Dennis Wilenchik hit New Times with grand jury subpoenas

Do Svidanya, Joe

The vexed vulture swoops down on mean ol' Sheriff Joe, then sides with a nativist (for a change) against the mothers of MADD

Pitiless P-Town

The cranky cockatoo slams callous P-towners, pecks away at (sigh . . .) another bogus "plot" to off Sheriff Joe, and profiles the "Mexican Mutant"

Vick-timization

Backstabbing in Buckeye, DMX's doggy woes, and nativist grandstanding over Officer Erfle's murder p.o. P-town's prickly pelican

Below the Belt

Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik's spearheading Joe Arpaio's attempt to smear his chief political rival

Redneck Touchdown

The belligerent buzzard performs a postmortem on the latest immigration battles, denounces attorney Dennis Wilenchik's hypocrisy, and chases after Mayor Phil "Goober" Gordon

Useful Idiots

The pissed-off puffin paddles fellow journalists, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and an FBI monkey-spanker at U of A

Mail Order Joe

The cranky cockatoo criticizes Sheriff Joe's new jail mail policy, and agitates the agitators at last week's kooky counter-protest

King of Pain

Sheriff Joe crowns himself anti-corruption kingfish and J.T. Ready looks for race friends on Newsaxon.com

How Convenient!

The Bird asks Pinal County: Want to get somebody deserving indicted? Try Joe Arpaio underling David Hendershott, for destroying evidence

Boob's Tube

Here's how publicity hound Joe Arpaio used a TV station to try to destroy rival Dan Saban with a bogus rape claim

Westcor Weenies

This raucous raven demands: Is Westcor taking a cue from the Jim Crow South, or is io's closing really about a lame-o lease dispute?

Joe Strikes Back

This vigilant vulture crafts a Christmas card to Sheriff Joe, as the Pinal County Attorney's Office threatens to seek a felony indictment against New Times

Reality Check

Let's get this straight: Lots of voters think Janet Napolitano's a closeted lesbian, but she's against Prop 107 and gay marriage?!

Bully Pulpit

County Attorney Andy Thomas has not only steered a lot of business to his old law firm, he has hired his old boss to harass Sheriff Joe Arpaio's chief political rival

The Cost of Cruelty

A federal jury returned a $9 million verdict against Maricopa County in still another jailhouse death

Judging Andy

With leaders like Andrew Thomas, Joe Arpaio and Bishop Olmsted around, who says Arizona's a cruel place to live?!

Mexican Busting

The plumed wonder examines the racial politics of Andy Thomas, then swoops over Sharon Stonewaller and Tent City, where Shaq and a local actor were inside the razor wire

Gomer, You're Fired!

Our feathered fiend bombs Trump-haters, racist soccer moms, Uncle Joe and the ACLU. Who's gonna be next?

J. Edgar Arpaio

Sheriff Joe's fashioning himself after the late FBI director, only (we think) without the women's underwear

Bird in Hand

U.S. Attorney Paul Charlton has a rare opportunity to investigate Sheriff Joke. Will he do it?

Histrionics Lesson

Again, a judge bends over and allows Sheriff Joe Arpaio to sneer at Arizona's public records law

Assisted Suicide

A county psychiatrist's indifferent treatment of a disturbed inmate leads to a courthouse hanging

Enemies List

Arpaio haters, perceived and otherwise, beware! Looks like Joe's up to his old tricks

Turn Up the Heat

Napolitano should get behind the state's new fire marshal and force Tent City's closure

Litmus Test

County Attorney Andy Thomas must prove he can protect our constitutional rights

Recall Joe!

That's what a group led by the well-connected family of one of Arpaio's own injured deputies is working to see happen

Gutless Wonders

Here's an idea, county supes: Audit the freakin' sheriff's office for the first time ever!

Dangerous Dance

Ominous storm clouds threaten to trample the Constitution and turn our republic into a theocracy.

Pariah Joe

Dan Saban turns over materials to the FBI showing alleged improprieties by Arpaio and the MCSO.

We Sue the Coward of the County

Arpaio's ditsy chief flack Lisa Allen MacPherson tells us to take her boss to court, so . . .

Say No to Joe

Voters have the best chance ever of kicking Outlaw Joe to the curb on September 7.

Jailgate Explodes

A new poll shows Outlaw Joe Arpaio's popularity plummeting among county Republicans

Special Treatment

Is justice for sale? Ask privileged characters like Jerry Colangelo

Paranoia Reigns

Pissed at Joe's insanity, Senator John McCain makes it official: He endorses Saban.

Turning Up the Heat

There's a difference between justice and vengefulness -- something that's lost on Sheriff Joke.

Outlaw Joe

One of Arpaio's own deputies testifies about how the MCSO smeared Dan Saban.

Arpaio's Running Scared

The powerful Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona and Senator John McCain want Sheriff Joke gone

Stick It to 'Em!

The Phoenix City Council can't sanction the $350 million, city-owned convention center hotel. By law, a referendum must be held.

Sheriff Joe's Real Estate Game

Arpaio's invested $690,000 in cash in two commercial properties since 1995. Some other investment records are sealed.

In the Crosshairs

County lawmen boffing hookers isn't Sheriff Joe's only problem. Fed up with his thuggery, Arpaio's own political party has targeted him for defeat

False Positive

Is Joe Arpaio up to his same old dirty tricks? This time, a man's life may be at stake.

The Trial

Existential nightmare? Nah, just Joe Arpaio destroying a political enemy

Spiked

Sheriff Arpaio's popularity spikes

Heir Apparent

The Joe Show has finally met its match in W. Steven Martin

Spiked

Bad jokes and corporate canoodling sum up Cinco affair

Gag of an Order

New Times really hit a nerve this time. Sheriff Joe wants a federal judge to shut us up.

Jailhouse Justice

New evidence suggests Sheriff Joe's running his empire as if it were a Mexican prison

Jail Bait

A prisoner was nearly beaten to death behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Was he set up by Sheriff Joe's henchmen?

Unlikely Unabomber

One of Arpaio's grandest busts faces a serious legal challenge

Diary of a Madman, Part 2

Joe Arpaio really has become a dangerous man

Trick or Threat

On Halloween, Joe Arpaio and his men set a new low for police harassment

Goon Squad

Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a documented history of abusing his power to destroy enemies. Now he's at it again.

Garden Parties

Campaign funds from the big house, tales from the greenhouse

Torture Chamber

Did Eric Vogel die because of another beating in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jail?

Serious Business

If Joe Arpaio runs for governor, he'll win if people forget he's a madman

Artless Redesign

The 51 may soon become just another crappy little freeway

Pay Back

Promoter David Hans Schmidt mouthed off to the cops, the county attorney and Sheriff Joe. He believes it landed him back in jail.

Spleen Man

No guts, no glory for over-the-top PR guy

Joe Arpaio's Balloon Payments

It hasn't been cheap keeping the Joe Show aloft. Now, his employees, his inmates and the citizens of Maricopa County are paying the price.

Web Feat

Judge grants Arpaio injunction against threats

High-Speed Chaste

Will county auditors be Arpaio's Waterloo?

Muck My Day

Sheriff candidate fears dirty politics

Posse Galore

Staking out Maricopa County's wildest political race -- to unseat Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Soft Cell

Special handling for a federal prosecutor's drunken-driving case sparks controversy in sheriff's ranks

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Per Verse

Chain Reaction

Why some inmates dig the pauper-planting female chain gang

The Plot To Assassinate Arpaio

It was a diabolical scheme. Problem is, most of it was hatched by the Sheriff's Office.

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Moving Target

Vocal leader of deputy's group is candidate for dismissal

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Blowing His Cool

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is trying to fire another deputy who alleges wrongdoing in the sheriff's office

The Jokemobile

Underwear Under Scrutiny

FBI subpoenas Posse Foundation records of sale of pink boxers

109 Degrees of Incarceration

County inmate Lance Hawthorne died in a cell whose vent had been closed as a form of punishment

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Insider Account

One of sheriff's former henchmen tells of dubious tactics

Detention Mounts

County jails are understaffed, but there seems to be plenty of money for the sheriff's pet projects

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Lies and Videotape

In an apparent repeat of its behavior in the Norberg case, the sheriff's office withheld key evidence from litigant

Murder on Madison: The Norberg Remix

Tweaker inmate who died at the hands of jailers was also a loving son

Joe's Spies

Campaign worker of Arpaio political foe targeted in surveillance

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The $8 Million Victim

Norberg family accepts hefty settlement in jail suit. Are similar payouts in Arpaio's future?

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Tweaking the Truth

Sheriff's office reluctantly turns over drug report on dead inmate

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Fed Up

The Justice Department investigates the county sheriff's officeagain

America's Toughest Suspects

Is Sheriff Joe's pink underwear in Bureau's drawer?

Affidavit Versus Goliath

A former lieutenant accuses top sheriff's officials of misconduct in firing of "dime dropper" deputy

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Billion-Dollar Bad Guys

The county's jails are crammed full. But not with the dangerous felons backers of an initiative to raise money for new jails would have you believe.

Premature Articulation

Sheriff spokeswoman spoke too soon

Sheriff's Cover-up?

Lawyer for dead inmate's kin accuses county of "intentional destruction" of key evidence

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Paying the Price

The sheriff's not talking, but records reveal that taxpayers are spending big bucks to defend controversial jail operations

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High Goon

Shield of Dreams

Memo to Romley from Arpaio: You don't need no stinkin' badges!

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Undie-Gate

Public shouldn't see Posse Foundation records, judge rules

Gulag-Rolling

Hog-Tied by the Truth

For the second time, a federal investigator has found appalling conditions in the county jails

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Doubting Thomas

Tom Bearup helped elect Joe Arpaio and mold the myth of "America's Toughest Sheriff." Now the former executive in the Sheriff's Office is convinced he was wrong.

U.S. Lawsuit Realleges Abuse in Jails

Joe, Jane & John

Iceland 5, Arpaio 0

Iceland supreme court unanimously opposes grandparents' extradition to county jails

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Human Plights

International group urges immediate stop to Arpaio jail practices

Blind Ambition

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Keeping 'em in Stitches

Crohn's disease sufferer Damon Dreckmeier was sentenced to 111 days in the county jail. Denied a few dollars' worth of daily prescription medication, he was rushed to the hospital five times, undergoing two surgeries. Taxpayers will pay for his treatment,

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Public Pays in Jail Death

County pays $50,000 in case of inmate who committed suicide while jailers watched a video of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Nice Land

Icelandic judge stays extradition, saying Arpaio's jails violate standards of humane treatment

Say It Ain't Joe

A Hoss-Style Witness

Joe Assumes Deposition

Arpaio tries to distance himself from pronouncements about punishing inmates

Arpaio Über Nicht

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Jailers Show a Paraplegic Who's Boss

Richard Post was taken to jail in his wheelchair for mouthing off in a bar. Joe Arpaio's detention officers saw him as such a threat, they strapped him into a medieval restraint chair--and broke his neck.

Jail Suits Could Cost County Taxpayers Tens of Millions

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Letters From Jail

Drear Diary

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Barbarism As a Public Relations Strategy

A New Apparatchik in Joe's Politburo

Bagels and Locks

Complaints about tainted food and inmate abuse pour forth in wake of Tent City riot

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There's No Accounting for Joe's Posses

Sheriff thumbs nose at Public Records Law, refuses to disclose how posses collect and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars

Sanitized for Joe's Protection

Sheriff's summary of probe into inmate's death omits alarming details

Young and Arrestless

Law enforcement neophyte narrowly fails to make ballot; will continue write-in campaign against Arpaio

Hangin' With Sheriff Joe

Two inmates commit suicide in the space of a week; feds had warned Arpaio of unsafe "overhanging structures"

First Pink Underwear, Now Pink Slip

Sheriff Arpaio intends to fire a patrol sergeant who allegedly talked to the press

The Shadiest Guns in the West

When it comes to ethics, some of Sheriff Joe's top aides take after their boss

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Tent City Beating is Nearly Fatal

Death and Laxness

If the jailers had paid attention, they might have noticed that Jose Rodriquez was dying

Arpaio Tries to Plug Leaks

Sheriff's Office suspends, transfers officers suspected of talking to New Times

Mutiny At The County

Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity

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Grave Misgivings

Why some people don't dig Sheriff Arpaio's chain-gang pauper burials

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Tepid Response Force

The county attorney promises to get to the bottom of Sheriff Arpaio's spending--by asking for a state audit that was already scheduled

Joe Enhancement Fund

Sheriff Arpaio used jail-enhancement funds to pay for a lawsuit and videos of hisTV appearances

Sentence: 90 Days of Pain

Jail inmate with 50 bullet fragments in arm waits months for medical treatment

NEWS BLACKOUT

FEDS PROBE ALLEGED ABUSE IN COUNTY JAILJOE ARPAIO'S FAMOUS JAIL IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

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JOE ARPAIO'S TENT CITY

JAILHOUSE BLUES

PACK 'EM IN AND TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHTS. THAT'S SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO'S PHILOSOPHY

WHAT PART OF A HORSE'S ANATOMY IS JOE ARPAIO?