Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent his boys out on the 58th illegal-immigrant roundup “employer sanctions operation” today, and get a load of this — a grand total of zero employers were arrested, while 31 non-employers were arrested.According to our math, there have been two employers sanctioned through 58 “employer…
On Saturday night, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office raided a Phoenix cockfight, arresting 40 people — 17 of them alleged to be illegal immigrants.One of those alleged illegal immigrants, 43-year-old Pedro Reyes-Lopez, was identified as the owner of the house, which earned him a big mugshot in Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s…
The threat against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from some guy with a keyboard in Tennessee was apparently so serious that the sheriff’s office says he was sentenced to probation.Arpaio has claimed Adam Eugene Cox is an “Obama fanatic” — intel the sheriff says came from evident from what he…
Hupp goes all Hannibal on the MAS crowd, 6:34 onWhat I like about Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal is his consistency. You know when he opens his mouth, he’s bound to say something stupid. It’s just a matter of how stupid.His latest round of revelatory idiocies — at…
Columnist James Fenton called Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu “Republicans’ latest nightmare” in a piece for the London Evening Standard. Fentons’ column hit the presses about a week after New Times reported that Babeu’s Mexican ex-boyfriend lobbed allegations that the sheriff threatened him and that the sheriff’s attorney raised threats…
Joe at the CSPOA. If you don’t want to watch 30 minutes of blather, the highlights are belowThe mutual embrace of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and far right wing extremist groups has been going on for some time now, Arpaio’s ludicrous foray into the conspiranut world of birtherdom being but the…
Two days after the news broke that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, actor Steven Seagal, and others were named in a lawsuit stemming from a raid last year where Arpaio and his boys brought the dog-and-pony show to arrest a single cockfighting suspect, the sheriff’s office tried that one again.This…
As unsophisticated, marble-mouthed and ham-fisted former state Senate President Russell Pearce is as a politician, his brother, Justice of the Peace Lester Pearce, makes him look like Jack Kennedy by comparison.You may recall that Judge Pearce was linked to the Tea Party plot to put sham candidate Olivia Cortes on the…
In July of 2009, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a bald-faced lie to the media when he claimed the SCA scandal “has absolutely nothing to do with the Sheriff’s Office.” He knew it did. But even worse, Arpaio still hasn’t explained why he didn’t take action against his top…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio put out a press release today to brag about how many friends he has on the Internet — again.We’re not aware of any 15-year-old girls who run large law-enforcement agencies, but we’re pretty sure this is the exact kind of thing they’d write a press…
For the latest dive into the loony bin from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “Birther” posse, they’ve concluded that President Obama — get this — “might be Kenyan.”Arpaio’s pals over at World Net Daily continue to release the latest conspiracy theories from the posse, and it’s not getting any more…
I have just intercepted the e-mail blast below from 12-point loser, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce. According to the communication, Arizona’s biggest bigot intends to make it official on March 19 regarding a run for state Senate in the newly-formed Legislative District 25.There’s no little irony in the fact…
Robert Sparks, the hearing officer overseeing fired sheriff’s deputy Joel Fox’s appeal, is worried that he’s out of his league in the complex case. This isn’t an average appeal for the job of an average county worker who was fired, of course — it’s about a scandal and cover-up that…
One of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys in beige was booked into jail on five felony charges today.According to the sheriff’s office, now-former Deputy Torrey McRae skimmed $5,000 out of the sheriff’s office that was meant for drug investigations.The internal investigation into McRae started in January, when one of…
Carrying signs depicting U.S. Representative Trent Franks of Arizona’s Second Congressional District as a hot dog with the slogan, “Congressman Franks, Don’t Be a Wiener,” around 25 protesters rallied on the sidewalk before Franks’ Glendale office this morning to oppose an anti-abortion measure proposed by the West Valley Republican.Franks’ legislation,…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, action-movie star Steven Seagal, and others have been named in a lawsuit stemming from a raid last year where Arpaio and his boys brought the dog-and-pony show to arrest a single cockfighting suspect.Attorney Robert Campos — who filed the lawsuit on behalf…
Pinal County Supervisor Pete Rios has been calling for embattled Sheriff Paul Babeu to step down from his post as the county’s top cop. In the past few weeks, several individuals have lodged allegations against Babeu that he abused his power, was complicit in the abusive conditions at the DeSisto…
An unsigned opinion article in the conservative magazine National Review today states that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn’t deserve to win re-election.The magazine has previously run articles that defended Arpaio, but the sheriff’s recent “birther” madness pushed it over the edge.That’s understandable, because the National Review has already debunked…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio wrote to Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster a year ago about two guys — one of whom was an elementary school music teacher — who were surfing the website trying to find a dog to have sex with.Buckmaster apparently doesn’t want to be pen-pals with Arpaio,…
Did Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu employ another law enforcement officer to pressure Jose Orozco, the sheriff’s ex-boyfriend, to keep quiet about his relationship with the sheriff? Orozco believes so, and he revealed that detail in a $1 million claim his attorneys filed on March 2 against Pinal County and…
As far as lawsuits go, the Maricopa County Superior Court case of Alice and George Kaplan v. Chandler was anything but monumental. Heck, all it concerned was a broken water pipe at an unoccupied building that the couple own in the East Valley city. The Kaplans claimed that the city…
It’s been a while since I first wrote about Attorney General Tom Horne’s close friend Carmen Chenal’s problems with the State Bar of Arizona and her being hired by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as an attorney in the criminal division, at a salary of $108,000.Chenal is one of many cronies…
