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Maricopa County Sheriff Penzone says he’s stepping down a year early in January
Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone announced Monday that he is resigning in January, a full year before his term ends.
Bowers replaces stolen Hayden bust at Arizona Capitol
Nearly two years after an unknown thief stole a bust of Carl T. Hayden from the state Capitol in broad daylight, a former legislator installed a new memorial to the longtime U.S. senator.
Lawsuit alleges sheriff’s office retaliated against union leader
The president of the union that represents civilian and detention personnel at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office claims the agency retaliated against him for his work with the union and for interviews with journalists about the effects of Covid.
Arpaio running for mayor of Fountain Hills
Beaten in his last three elections, former six-term Sheriff Joe Arpaio is attempting another comeback, this time running for mayor of the affluent Phoenix suburb where he has lived for the past two decades.
Supreme Court refuses to hear claims Arpaio conspired with counterfeiter
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may still be going through court battles over racial profiling, but he is off the hook in another case in which a photographer accused him of making a deal with a counterfeiter.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be keynote speaker at GOP dinner
Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be a guest speaker at a Republican dinner in Nevada.
Arizona sheriff goes back to court – this time as civilian
Former Phoenix-area sheriff Joe Arpaio made his first court appearance Wednesday as a civilian after losing his bid for re-election and heard a federal judge say she's inclined to decide whether he's guilty of contempt-of-court rather than grant his request for a jury trial.
Arizona sheriff’s criminal contempt trial moved to April 25
The NCAA men's Final Four basketball tournament scheduled for early April in the Phoenix area has pushed back outgoing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's trial on a criminal contempt-of-court charge.
Reign ends for Joe Arpaio, once popular immigration enforcer
The federal government had just stripped Sheriff Joe Arpaio of his power to arrest immigrants in the country illegally when the defiant metro Phoenix lawman put his bravado to the test at a 2009 rally.
Voters oust Sheriff Joe Arpaio after charge clouds campaign
An Arizona sheriff who became a national political figure by cracking down on illegal immigration and jailing inmates in tents lost Tuesday after 24 years in office, eliminating the last vestige of the state's decade-old movement of local police confronting people in the country illegally.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio seeks postponement of contempt trial
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has proposed a postponement of his upcoming trial on a criminal contempt-of-court charge.
Arpaio has raised $725,000 over last month in campaign money
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has raised $725,000 over the last month in his bid for a seventh term as Maricopa County's top law enforcer.
