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Authorities to share details of AZ smuggling bust
Arizona authorities plan to release more details at a Monday news conference about their bust involving a major drug smuggling ring.
Babeu announces congressional exploratory committee
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced this morning that he is exploring a run for Congress.
Arpaio staffers tied to heroin smuggling ring out on bail
Two of three Maricopa County sheriff's employees implicated in a heroin smuggling ring have been released from custody after posting bail.
Jail population a crisis level in Coconino County
Managers of the Coconino County Jail say the inmate population has reached "crisis" levels for the third time in three years.
Arpaio’s actions under ethics review
Failed criminal investigations of politicians and judges by America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff were put under a microscope in a disciplinary hearing launched Monday against a former prosecutor who brought the cases to court.
DPS official to border panel: Elite unit curbing smuggling, other crime
An elite team of Arizona Department of Public Safety officers made over 100 arrests last year of those smuggling drugs, people and currency or committing other major crimes, an official said Wednesday to a legislative panel on border issues.
Critics questioning Babeu’s spending
Critics are questioning why the Pinal County Sheriff's Office spent more than $53,000 to send 25 people to a weeklong conference in Missouri this summer.
Feds found no crimes in Arpaio’s handling of inmate cash
Prosecutors say they found no state or federal criminal violations in the travel spending and handling of inmates' cash by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office.
Hendershott, Aubuchon file another version of suit
The Maricopa County Sheriff Office's former chief deputy and an ex-deputy county attorney have filed another version of their lawsuit against the county and state.
Under Arpaio, Phoenix ‘Tent City’ marks 18 years
For all the worksite raids, immigration sweeps and animal-cruelty cases that have made Sheriff Joe Arpaio one of the most notorious and popular figures in Arizona history, it likely will be a compound of military-style tents housing more than 1,000 inmates that is his lasting legacy.
Feds seek dismissal of lawsuit against Arpaio
Federal authorities asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that sought records from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office as part of a civil rights investigation that he says is focused on his immigration patrols.
Pinal County Sheriff still waiting for state money
After a contentious vote last session, the Legislature promised to give $1 million to Pinal County to help fight border-related crime.
But the sheriff’s office says it’s still waiting for the money.
