The results of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into whether President Barack Obama is eligible for office are scheduled to be announced on March 1.The look into the conspiracy that’s been debunked again and again has been going on for months now, and two weeks from today Arpaio’s going…
The results of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into whether President Barack Obama is eligible for office are set to be announced.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times the findings are set to be released on March 1.Arpaio’s been mostly hush-hush about the probe, but has promised his “birther”…
We’re still waiting for the audio and/or video from today’s hearing at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisor’s Auditorium with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but we’ll post it here when we get it. Arpaio testified this morning at the appeal proceeding for Joel Fox, the former Sheriff’s Office captain fired for…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sure knows when not to put out a press release.Like when he’s going to be testifying in a forum easily accessible by the public about something he’d rather not be talking about.Like right now.Arpaio’s on the stand in a proceeding this morning at the Maricopa…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced today that it’s currently training 22 military veterans to be detention officers at the MCSO’s jails.As you’re probably aware, the MCSO currently has more than a few openings for detention officer gigs (more on that below).In October, Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a press release…
Xenophobia, self-adulation and delusion are just some of the repulsive dishes offered at ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce’s radio cafeteria of hate, which airs Tuesdays and Mondays at 7 p.m. on Phoenix’s KFNX 1100 AM.The disgraced Mesa pol, who lost by 12 points to now-state Senator Jerry Lewis in a…
Remember yesterday when the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office put out a press release saying how it used its “cell phone technology” to track down an inmate who escaped from an MCSO jail? Well, that was bullshit.We spoke to U.S. Marshal for Arizona David Gonzales this morning, and he tells us…
A minimum-security inmate at one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails escaped “several days ago,” but was arrested this afternoon at his girlfriend’s house in New Mexico, the MCSO announced this afternoon.If this is the first you’re hearing about an escaped MCSO inmate, that’s because the Sheriff’s Office didn’t…
A detention officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office accused of getting drunk and pointing a loaded gun at his own son has pleaded not guilty to one count each of aggravated assault and criminal damage.Jeffery Higgins entered his plea in Maricopa County Superior Court this morning.According to court records,…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio went hunting for illegals again this morning, this time at a Phoenix maid service business, where his deputies arrested a grand total of two suspected illegal immigrants, neither of whom are drug-dealing gang-bangers — they’re maids.Per usual, the sheriff conducted his raid of the business…
Former Valley reporter turned Gotham journo Nick Martin reports today on the TPMMuckraker blog that Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s political action committee Joe PAC has scored only a little over $20,000 since its inception.When Arpaio’s campaign guru Chad Willems of Summit Consulting announced Joe PAC’s formation in September, his press release…
In spite of all of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s bluster, the claims of he and his subordinates that the U.S. Department of Justice’s report on his racial-profiling ways is hogwash, and the use of that report by Arpaio’s re-election campaign to raise money, Arpaio’s office issued a statement yesterday after a…
Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Superbowl sex worker, you are the proud winner of this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.On Friday, we asked readers to provide what they thought would be an appropriate caption for the above photo of Governor Jan…
CBA demands accountability of Arpaio in the latest video by Dennis Gilman A point some local journos missed concerning the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ recent hearing on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s various misdeeds was that the special meeting, which addressed Arpaio’s racial profiling and his bungling of the more than…
Last week, we asked readers to come up with their own caption for the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer sticking her finger in the face of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — an image that’s remarkably similar to a photo that went viral the previous week of Governor Glug-Glug…
The news that former state Senate President Russell Pearce is positioning himself to run again for the state Senate should surprise no one.To be clear, Pearce hasn’t yet announced his intention to seek that office. He’s merely filed paperwork with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office that would allow him…
By popular demand, we submit to you the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer fingering Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Adding to the fun is the (ahem) hil-arious caption added by Fox News host/Brewer’s BFFF Greta Van Susteren, which is…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office admitted yesterday that it asked the Arizona Attorney General’s Office to “contact” Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer — Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s opponent in this year’s election — and ask him about “inside information” he received about the December death of Marty Atencio in one of Arpaio’s…
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office currently is investigating Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer at the directive of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office over last year’s jailhouse death of Marty Atencio (the MCSO disputes it’s an “investigation,” but we got our hands on a recording of a voicemail a special agent from…
Fox News host/Governor Jan Brewer’s BFF Greta Van Susteren broadcasted a photo last night of the governor sticking her finger in the face of Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu.Brewer’s bestie even hams it up, noting that the governor is an “equal opportunity pointer.”The photo of Babeu, as you can…
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police apparently didn’t get the memo — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio only racially profiles people from south of the border…Nevertheless, the RCMP confirms to New Times that it has canceled plans to have several mounties train with MCSO deputies because of the scathing Department of…
Activist Randy Parraz led a disruptive walkout on Tuesday at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting in protest of board policy and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. As they left noisily, Parraz and his supporters claimed that they’d been promised a chance to speak after each segment of the meeting and…
