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Officials: Arpaio may have misspent up to $50M
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may be keeping a shadow set of books that has allowed him to pay deputies' salaries with money voters intended to be used for jail operations, county officials said Monday.
Arpaio to get ruling on attendance at meeting
A judge is expected to rule Monday morning on whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has to attend a meeting to explain why his office hasn't handed over records that the Board of Supervisors had subpoenaed.
Arpaio warns against revealing details of probes
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has warned a county prosecutor not to reveal details of criminal probes to a bar association investigator examining unethical conduct allegations against her former boss.
Arpaio says Romley sank cases against immigrants
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says that the county's top prosecutor is erecting barriers to enforcing a 5-year-old state law prohibiting immigrant smuggling and thus caused cases against 32 illegal immigrants to collapse.
Romley’s mission as interim county attorney: End the strife
Rick Romley, who was sworn in as interim Maricopa County attorney on April 16, said his initial focus is on repairing the agency’s relationship with the county’s judicial branch and officers.
Thomas’ practices still at issue in county attorney race
Three GOP candidates have emerged in the special election to fill the last two years of Thomas’ term, and each of them are taking disparate campaign roads to get there. No Democrats have entered the race so far.
Arpaio ordered to appear at hearing on records
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday ordered Sheriff Joe Arpaio to attend a hearing this month to explain why his office hasn't handed over records that the board had subpoenaed in an attempt to see whether he has misused taxpayer money.
Capitol Quotes: May 7, 2010
“Right now, we are standing in the cross-hairs of history in this state, and as sheriff of the most populous county in Arizona, there is much work yet to do.” — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, commenting in a media statement about why de decided against running for governor.
For 4th time, Arpaio not running for governor
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced that he will not run for governor, once again ending Arizona’s election-year tradition of the sheriff flirting with the state’s highest office.
Arpaio to announce whether he’ll run for governor
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to announce Monday whether he'll run for governor.
Capitol Quotes: April 30, 2010
"What would you think if a state started arresting people and convicting them of a state crime of evading federal income tax?" — ASU law professor Paul Bender, on arguments that S1070 violates the supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution and usurps federal authority over immigration law.
Goddard, feds looking into SCA allegations
The U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney General Terry Goddard are both looking into possible criminal charges involving campaign finance violations by a Maricopa County sheriff’s captain and the fundraising group he created in 2008.
