Adam Stoddard

Tom Liddy, "Son of Watergate," Back in Spotlight for Sheriff Arpaio's Racial-Profiling Trial

See also: Tom Liddy was Andrew Kunasek's Deep Throat; County Supervisor Describes Tip on Arpaio/Thomas Plot to Overthrow Board See also: Maria Brandon, Fired Maricopa Civil Attorney, Says County Retaliated Against Her for Defending Sheriff Joe Arpaio Tom Liddy, the son of notorious Watergate crim ... More >>

Tom Liddy was Andrew Kunasek's Deep Throat; County Supervisor Describes Tip on Arpaio/Thomas Plot to Overthrow Board

Image: www.ij.orgTom Liddy, a Maricopa deputy county attorney and son of G. Gordon Liddy, tipped off County Supervisor Andy Kunasek to a plot to "destabilize" county government, Kunasek testified yesterday.​Tom Liddy, a deputy prosecutor who also happens to be son of infamous Watergate villain G. ... More >>

Judge Gary Donahoe's Contempt Ruling In Arpaio Detention Officer Case Upheld, but Odd Sanction Remanded

The Arizona Court of Appeals today upheld a Maricopa County judge's contempt-of-court ruling against a sheriff's detention officer who lifted legal papers from a criminal-defense attorney in open court and had them copied. Gary Donahoe, who until recently was the county's presi ... More >>

Bomb-Threat Caller in December Maricopa County Court Evacuation had Made Similar Threat to Public Defender's Office Two Days Earlier

Image: Ray Stern Investigators determined the December 2 bomb threat was made from this phone on Third Avenue, which is hidden from the sight of a surveillance camera.​ The person who called in a bomb threat that cleared out the Maricopa County Superior Court building on December 2, one day ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Curious Case of the Sneaky Detention Officer Goes to Appeals Court

We just returned from the Arizona Court of Appeals, where a three-judge panel heard arguments in the curious contempt case of Adam Stoddard.   ​Readers surely remember the unprecedented (as far as we can tell) case -- about a sheriff's detention officer who got into a pickle last October ... More >>

Bomb Threat Clears Superior Court's East Wing; Rumor Mill Churning Over Possibility of Link to Sheriff

A phoned-in bomb threat this morning at the Maricopa County Superior Court had some folks wondering about a possible tie to negative news about Sheriff Joe Arpaio. An earlier bomb threat at the court last month followed the jailing of Adam Stoddard, the detention officer Sheriff Arpaio claimed ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 7, 2010

Is Nothing Sacred?: Apparently Not in Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas’ Wacked Legal World

The American Artist: A Naturalized Citizen, Painter, and Valley Legal-System Translator, Ramon Delgadillo Was Refused Entry to Arpaio's Jail Because He Didn't Carry Proof of Citizenship

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League Lawyer, is President Barack Obama Hard Enough to Confront the Evil Personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

Arpaio Detention Officer Adam "Sticky Fingers" Stoddard Out of Clink Pending Appeal, but His Days as, um, "Political Prisoner" May Be Over

James King Adam Stoddard (front) and his attorney Tom Liddy.​ Adam Stoddard, the sticky-fingered detention officer jailed for defying a court order demanding he apologize to a defense attorney for taking her legal papers, has been released from jail.At a press conference this afternoon ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Offers No Evidence of Bribery in Judge Gary Donahoe Case -- But Charges Him Anyway

​Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas this afternoon struggled to explain his decision to charge the county's presiding criminal court judge, Gary Donahoe, with three felony counts -- including bribery, obstructing a criminal investigation, and hindering prosecution.But Thomas couldn't offer ... More >>

Thomas and Arpaio Talk Tough on County "Corruption," Deflect Questions About Their Own Credibility

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio vowed on Tuesday to get to the bottom of what they call a serious corruption problem among county leaders and judges. Their afternoon news conference followed the announcement earlier today that County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Ros ... More >>

Detention Officer Flap Causes Judge to Recuse Herself From Case; Sheriff's Office Not Taking Inmates to Hearings

Antonio Solis Lozano, in stripes, listens to Judge Flores as Stoddard looks at defense paperwork.​ A judge has recused herself from the case that sparked a contempt-of-court order for a detention officer who removed papers from a defense attorney's file. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Li ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Slammed by Goldwater Institute Over Stoddard Mess

from the Goldwater InstituteG.I.'s Bolick, sticking it to the man, and the man, he be Sheriff JoeThe Goldwater Institute can be reactionary on various issues, particularly when it comes to denouncing President Obama on health care reform, siding with the tea bag types or rah-rahing charter schools. ... More >>

Officer's Detention Stalls Cases in Criminal Judge's Court; Staffing Shortages a Problem in Other Courts, too, Sheriff's Office Says

  Image: www.youtube.com Judge Lisa Flores​Inmates aren't being transported to the courtroom of Maricopa County Superior Judge Lisa Flores because the Sheriff's Office hasn't replaced Adam Stoddard, the detention officer in jail on a contempt-of-court order. If you've been f ... More >>

Arpaio's Office Blows Its Smear of Judge Gary Donahoe; Analysis of Sentencings Flawed

Judge Gary Donahoe, chief of the Maricopa County Superior Court's criminal section, routinely lets criminals off without prison time, yet jailed a detention officer doing his job. ​ That's the gist of a December 4 news release by the Sheriff's Office which cites six supposed examples of ... More >>

Detention Officers to Hold Nightly Candlelight Vigil for Jailed Comrade; Sickout Yesterday Delayed 143 Cases

Image: www.youtube.comAdam Stoddard​ Maricopa County detention officers plan to hold candlight vigils starting this evening to protest the jailing of a fellow officer who swiped papers from a defense attorney's file. The Web site for the Maricopa County Association of Detention Officers says ... More >>

Detention Officer may Remain in Jail Till After Christmas, Lawyer Says; No Evidence Officer is in Cell After Contempt Order

The county lawyer for a detention officer thrown in jail for contempt of court refused to say on Thursday whether the officer was being held in a cell. ​Adam Stoddard (left) was officially booked into jail this morning following two nights he spent in jail "voluntarily," according to his lawy ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Boy Adam Stoddard: Is He in the Lower Buckeye Jail?

HeatCity.orgContempt of Court: D.O. Stoddard, in the mugshot published by Heat CityThere's beaucoup speculation out there about the location of MCSO detention officer Adam Stoddard, the poor, poor deputy (sniff) who's been jailed for contempt of court by Judge Gary Donahoe following Stoddard's refus ... More >>

Where in the World's Deputy Adam Stoddard? Our Bet's in the Mesa Hilton

Sheriff Joe has maintained one jail for prisoners -- and another for his friends. We wonder where Deputy Adam Stoddard is ...​Yesterday, the Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy accused of brazenly swiping -- and photocopying -- a defense lawyer's paperwork reportedly checked himself into jail, ... More >>

Wacky Goings-On Today At Downtown Phoenix County Courthouse

We were on our way around noon on this beautiful Phoenix day to meet a few Superior Court judges for lunch at a downtown Chinese restaurant.  As usual, we decided to stop by for a moment to say hello to Ed "The Hotdogger" Haramina, the longtime purveyor of delicious (if you like dolled- ... More >>

December 2 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, KISS, Furio Closes its Doors, and the Hells Angels

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard:Sheriff Joe's Bigoted Deputies Harass an Activist in Video from September Sweep Up on the ... More >>

Detention Officer Defies Judge, Must Report to Jail by Midnight

A Maricopa County detention officer made a choice last night to defy a judge, and now he faces jail time for contempt of court. The officer, Adam Stoddard, held a news conference Monday but did not apologize for taking papers from a defense attorney's file, as Superior Court Judge Gary Donahoe had o ... More >>

Detention Officer Will Report to Jail in Contempt Case, Says Sheriff Arpaio; Claims Judge is Biased

The detention officer who swiped papers from a defense attorney's file during an October sentencing hearing will report to jail today, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said. "My officer will surrender," Arpaio said during a news conference, adding that he wouldn't say exactly where offic ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Office Plans Statement Tonight in Case of File-Taking Detention Officer, Judge's Office Says

An apology ordered by a judge in the case of a detention officer who took papers from a defense attorney's file doesn't appear to be coming in time for a December 1 deadline. Instead, the judge may receive only a few words tonight from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Sheriff's Offi ... More >>

Arpaio Pissed Over Judge's Ruling to Have MCSO Detention Officer Hold a Press Conference

www.citizensrequired.com​According to the sheriff, nobody tells his guys what to do except Sheriff Joe himself -- not even Maricopa County Superior Court judges.This morning, a Maricopa County detention officer was found in contempt of court for taking documents out of defense attorney Joanne Cucc ... More >>

Hmmm, County Attorney's Office Says It's Unlikely MCSO Officer Found in Contempt of Court Will Go to Jail or Hold Press Conference

​Since our last post about the Maricopa County detention officer found in contempt of court for taking the papers of a defense attorney in Maricopa County Superior Court, the County Attorney's Office called us back.We asked Deputy County Attorney Tom Liddy, who is representing Officer Adam Sto ... More >>