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$3 million settlement approved in Arizona jail case
Officials approved a $3.2 million settlement of a lawsuit by a diabetic woman's family members who alleged she was denied medical treatment while incarcerated in one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails.
Court denies Arpaio’s bid to reconsider ruling
A court has rejected Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's request to reconsider its ruling that criticized jail officers' decision to force pink underwear onto a mentally ill inmate who erroneously believed his jailers were trying to rape him.
Arizona sheriff loses appeal on immigration law limit
A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied an Arizona sheriff's request to reverse a lower-court decision barring his deputies from detaining people solely on the suspicion that they're illegal immigrants.
Sheriff ordered to pay legal fees in records fight
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has been ordered to pay The Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV Channel 12 nearly $51,000 in legal fees they spent in a fight to access public records.
Arpaio pays fine over attack mailers
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has agreed to pay a $76,000 settlement over allegations he violated campaign finance laws in 2010 by running illegal ads that may have influenced the race for Maricopa County Attorney.
Arpaio irked over reading event
America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff is miffed at elementary school administrators after he said he was invited to read to a group of Phoenix sixth-graders a�� and then uninvited for being considered too controversial.
Sheriff’s bus gets $20,000 in hail damage
A $456,000 custom-made bus bought by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has $20,500 in damage from an October hailstorm.
Sheriff’s Office accused of misspending jail funds
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is accused by county managers of misspending $50 million in funds intended for county jails.
Arizona Senate hopeful to serve Arpaio with lawsuit
A community organizer who has feuded publicly with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to serve the sheriff's office with a lawsuit Wednesday.
Arizona helped deport thousands without new law
Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems.
