Dave Hendershott

Exclusive: MCSO Sex Crimes Internal Investigation Reports Online

Portions of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's 10,000-page sex-crimes internal investigation are now available online following a New Times records request. When the massive report was released to the news media and public on February 8, the agency at first refused New Times' request to put it ... More >>

Arpaio, Learning Nothing From Hendershott Scandal, Delegates His Duties to Chief Deputy

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio admitted in 2011 he was "duped" by his top aides. He admitted in an embarrassing news conference the same year that he'd "made mistakes" in dealing with his former chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, whom he fired after evidence of corruption and mismanagement in his ... More >>

Watch Arpaio Squirm and Mix Up His Stories in Exclusive Video From 2012 Joel Fox Hearing

If you're a close observer of the Maricopa County sheriff like we are, check out this hour-long video (in three parts) from his testimony in last year's Joel Fox termination appeal proceedings. Arpaio squirms a little, appears to feign ignorance and mixes up his stories as he answers questions from ... More >>

David Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon and Lawyer Ed Moriarity Ordered to Pay Six-Digit Fees for Filing Garbage Lawsuit Vs. County Foes

David Hendershott, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's former trusted chief deputy, and Lisa Aubuchon, the stooge of disbarred former County Attorney Andy Thomas, probably will pay a steep price for doing the bidding of their bosses. A judge has ordered Hendershott, Aubuchon, her husband, their la ... More >>

Dave Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon and Lawyer Ed Moriarity Face Large Sanctions in Failed Lawsuit Targeting County Officials and Others

Dave Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon, and their lawyer, Ed Moriarity, face about $210,000 in sanctions and fees stemming from a failed lawsuit related to their long fight with the county. Hendershott and Aubuchon were key players in the fight against the county launched by their bosses, Sheriff Joe Arpai ... More >>

Deputy Chief Brian Sands' Testimony Today Contradicted by His Statements in 2010; Busting Illegal Aliens was Sometimes the "Goal"

Brian Sands, one of Arpaio's deputy chiefs, told a federal judge today that busting illegal immigrants wasn't the goal of saturation patrols. Sands said something quite different in 2010 to investigators probing corruption within Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Office. As late as the fall of ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Secretly Recorded '09 Staff Meeting -- Hear It Here

The public first saw a transcript of a secret recording made of one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's staff meetings after New Times published it online.Last week, we noticed that Channel 5 News (KPHO-TV) had obtained the actual audio recording and aired pieces of it in a broadcast. That spurr ... More >>

Dave Hendershott Will Take the 5th in Joel Fox Job Appeal, Says Lawyer; Read Updates on Fox Hearing

​Dave Hendershott, the disgraced former chief deputy under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, will invoke his right against self-incrimination if asked to testify in the job appeal hearing for fired deputy Joel Fox.Barry Markson, Hendershott's lawyer, told Judge Robert Sparks in the appeal hearin ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio Ratted Out Commanders Who Complained About Former Chief Deputy David Hendershott

​Nobody likes a snitch, right?Unless the fink's name is Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose supporters seem to tolerate all sorts of bad behavior.Arpaio's own employees have had to put up with his tattling on them for years.And we're talking significant betrayals by the sheriff, not minor of ... More >>

Evidence Shows SCA Funds Were Illegally Earmarked Campaign Contributions, Investigation Revealed; Feds Still Working Case

Image: Court video Dave Hendershott, seen hear testifying in the disciplinary hearing for former County Attorney Andrew Thomas, was very evasive when interviewed by investigators about the SCA scandal.​The evidence shows that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's top men ran an illegal campaign-financ ... More >>

Loretta Barkell, Former Financial Officer Under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Was Convinced Her Office Was Bugged

Image: Channel 12 News screen shotLoretta Barkell, seen here in a May interview with Channel 12 News, was convinced her superiors had bugged her office, newly released records show.​ Newly released records show a top Arpaio official was convinced her superiors had bugged her office.County obse ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio Won't Investigate Deputy Chief Paul Chagolla for Alleged Threat to Reporter

Paul Chagolla allegedly threatened to arrest an Arizona Republic reporter and have her baby put in CPS custody for no valid reason -- but Sheriff Arpaio doesn't want to investigate.​ Usually, Arpaio loves a good probe. The list of questionable investigations the five-term sheriff has launched ... More >>

Maricopa County Officials File Amended Claims Against County and Sheriff Arpaio; Streamlined to Comply With Judge's Order

Current and former Maricopa County officials have filed new, streamlined complaints against the county and Sheriff Joe Arpaio to comply with a judge's order. Filing anew are: County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband, Earl; County Supervisor Don Stapley; retired Superior Court Judges Barba ... More >>

Former Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott Struggles to Explain Bad Conspiracy Theory in Testimony During Andrew Thomas Disbarment Hearings; Sheriff Arpaio May Take Stand on Wednesday , Court Says

Dave Hendershott, Sheriff Arpaio's disgraced former chief deputy, struggled to explain his grand conspiracy theories in the Andrew Thomas disciplinary proceedings today.​ Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's former chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, wearing a bold red tie and suit jacket, testifi ... 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 >>

Three Maricopa County Employees Heading to Mediation on Monday for Possible Settlement of Multi-Million-Dollar Claims Vs. Sheriff Arpaio and Andrew Thomas

Sandi Wilson, Maricopa County deputy county manager, is among three county employees attending mediation for their claims in lawsuits against Sheriff Arpaio and former County Attorney Andy Thomas.​Three Maricopa County employees are heading to mediation talks on Monday with the possibility of sett ... More >>

Report: Hendershott May Have Charged County for Personal Criminal Defense Work; Kept Some Legal Invoices in Safe

Dave Hendershott​ Dave Hendershott, the former top aide for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, was apparently worried enough about being charged with crimes that he hired a legal firm for help. That wouldn't be a problem -- except he may have gotten the county to pay the bills. ​ It lo ... More >>

Arpaio Admits He Made Mistakes in Dealing With Now-Fired Top Deputy; Munnell Memo Report Released Without Conclusions

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio: "Read the report."​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said today that he "made mistakes" in dealing with his top aide, former Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott. In an intentionally brief news conference today, Arpaio read from a prepared statement and took questions f ... More >>

Babeu: Arpaio Knew Nothing About Misconduct Involving Top Deputies, But Allowed Bad Behavior to "Evolve"

Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he knew nothing about the misconduct of his top aides -- and Pinal County Paul Babeu (above) believes him.​ Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said today that he's convinced his Maricopa counterpart, Joe Arpaio, knew absolutely nothing about the misconduct of his top deput ... More >>

Sheriff Arpaio's Office Planning to Release More Documents on Munnell Memo Investigation

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio tells to "read the report." We will -- but his office hasn't yet released a full, non-blacked-out version.​The long-awaited report on the investigation into allegations against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's command staff didn't get released today, after all. ... More >>

David Hendershott Used Position for Financial Gain, Lied to Sheriff Arpaio and Mismanaged Anti-Corruption Unit, Report Concludes

  Dave Hendershott​From what we've seen so far today, the investigative report on allegations against Dave Hendershott, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's former chief deputy, can be summed up with a cliche: Hendershott lied, cheated, and stole. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ... More >>

Dave Hendershott Resigns Before Scheduled Firing; Arpaio Says He'll Release Some Records Next Week

  Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired his chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, last week -- then let him "retire" before the May 5 effective date of termination.​Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired his chief deputy last week, but Dave Hendershott is being allowed to resign before the scheduled date of terminatio ... More >>

Hendershott Claims Report on Munnell Memo "Littered With Hundred (Sic) of Flaws"

Dave Hendershott says that an investigative report into allegations against him is "littered with hundred (sic) of flaws."​ Former Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott, in a gushing, now-public goodbye to his boss, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, claims that a long-awaited report on his misconduct ... More >>

Take a Tour of Dave Hendershott's Luxury Home; Fired Chief Deputy of Sheriff Arpaio Lost Last Home to Foreclosure

  Dave Hendershott's five-bedroom, five-bath, 5,700-square-foot rental home includes a movie theater and other posh amenities. Yet last year, he couldn't pay the mortgage on his own home. ​Sheriff Arpaio's double-dipping, now-fired chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, lost his las ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Fires Dave Hendershott and Larry Black; Sheriff's Key Aides Accused of Crimes and Misconduct

David Hendershott, above, and Larry Black were fired from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office today.​ Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired two of his most trusted aides today, Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott and Deputy Chief Larry Black, both of whom have been accused of cr ... More >>

AG's Investigation Into MCSO: What do $10,000, Gambling Debts, Pink Undie Funds, and an Abandoned Mine Shaft Have in Common? Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott

Documents about the sale of pink underwear will fit into an abandoned mine shaft. Dave Hendershott, on the other hand...​We've just started thumbing through hundreds of pages of the report from a special investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office conducted by the Arizona Attorney Gene ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Willful Ignorance, the MCSO's Shredding, and David Hendershott's Secret AOL Account

Arpaio's rotund Cardinal Richelieu: MCSO Chief Deputy David Hendershott Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the big Melendres vs. Arpaio racial profiling lawsuit fired another salvo at the MCSO on Wednesday. In the latest bid for sanctions against the MCSO, attorneys from the firm of Steptoe & J ... More >>

State Bar Tosses Complaints by Sheriff's Office Against County Leaders; Hendershott Disses Bar

The State Bar of Arizona has rejected five complaints against Maricopa County leaders submitted a few months ago by the Sheriff's Office. Dave Hendershott, chief deputy of the Sheriff's Office, wrote to the State Bar with complaints against County Manager David Smith, Wade Swanson (director of gener ... More >>

Sheriff's Office Raids Computer Company, Accuses County Leaders (Again) of Fraud and Other Crimes

The squabble between Maricopa County officials took yet another turn today as deputies raided the offices of a local computer firm, looking for evidence of fraud and other crimes. For close followers of the circus acts that pass for county news these days, you'll need another branch for the flow cha ... More >>

Arpaio's Chief Deputy Files Judicial Complaints Against Four Judges

​ An investigation should be launched against four retired and current Maricopa Superior Court judges who committed ethical breaches, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's chief deputy demands in letters to the Arizona Judicial Conduct Commission. The complaint letters by Dave Hendershott (left), dated ... More >>

Hendershott Defends Son on Overtime Issue; Also Denies He Ever Gave Up Computer Password

​ Since we're on speaking terms (for the time being) with Dave Hendershott, chief deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and Joe Arpaio's right-hand man, we've got a few other things to relate to you. From interviews last night and today with him, we learned: *Hendershott is ticked o ... More >>

Hendershott Caves on Computer Password, Will Give It to County

  ​Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott claimed last week that federal law prevented him turning over a password to a computer system used by law enforcement officials. Yesterday, without an act of Congress, Hendershott agreed to give the county computer administrators the password. The ag ... More >>

Cisco Company Partner in Tempe Giving $527,000 "Donation" to County; Sheriff's Office Questions Deal

​ A planned $527,000 "donation" to Maricopa County's IT department by Tempe-based Insight Networking (a.k.a. Calence) looks suspicious to the sheriff's office. After a hearing last week over the sheriff's takeover of the ICJIS system, Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott told New Times and oth ... More >>

Overtime Champ Dave Hendershott (Son of Chief Deputy) Examined Computers in Mesa City Hall Raid

  ​We finally got a chance to inspect the report from the raid on Mesa city buildings last year by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, months after we requested it. You remember this one -- the nighttime raid on the city government that employed Sheriff Joe Arpaio's law enfor ... More >>

Hendershott Could End Up in Jail Next Week in Showdown Over Password

Dave Hendershott (at right) in pool photograph shot from yesterday's hearing​Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott could end up behind bars next week. We're not kidding.If you followed our earlier play-by-play from the court hearing this afternoon about the Great Computer Takeover, (and we won't be offend ... More >>

Arpaio and Hendershott Order Troops to Seize County Computers Containing Data That a Judge Ruled Arpaio Couldn't Have

Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott​ The county feud took what is perhaps its ugliest turn yesterday as deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office seized county computers with data a court already ruled the sheriff couldn't access. County Manager David Smith called Sheriff Joe Arpaio a "thug ... More >>

Blog Posts and Articles Leading up to This Week's Cover Commentary on the SCA Scandal

Five blog posts over 10 days led up to Sarah Fenske's cover analysis this week on the SCA (Sheriff's Command Association) scandal. A 2007 cover story on the smear of Arpaio opponent Dan Saban was an omen of what was to come -- state Republican Party ads further sme ... More >>

Dave Hendershott, Mired in SCA Scandal, Ironically Leads County Anti-Corruption Task Force

The Arizona Republic published a lengthy piece on Sunday about MACE, the Maricopa Anti-Corruption Effort, run by Dave Hendershott, Chief Deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. One question we didn't see raised or answered in the piece, though: How does Hendershott's involvement with the SCA ... More >>

Hendershott Files New Records Request With Maricopa Superior Court That Looks Like Old Request

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott asked for e-mails of Superior Court staff in a fresh public-records request this month and was promptly told to bug off.A similar records request went nowhere earlier this year, spurring a lawsuit from the Sheriff's Office that was shot ... More >>

SCA Scandal: Dave Hendershott, Top Sheriff's Officials and Steve Ellman Among Major Contributors; Fox Files Two Campaign Finance Reports

Dave Hendershott The dam has broken on the SCA story: Under threat of a $315,000 fine from the Maricopa County Elections Department, Joel Fox and the SCA have filed two campaign finance reports that show high-ranking deputies under Sheriff Joe Arpaio as major contributors. The biggest buck ... More >>

Bug Sweeps in County Offices Being Investigated as Possible Corruption; County Workers Visited by Deputies at Homes

We just heard from a reader whose friend -- a Maricopa County employee -- was visited in the last few days by deputies from the sheriff's office. The employee told them she didn't want to talk and they went away, our source says. The anonymous reader says the county's finance department workers rec ... More >>

Jail Lawsuit Lawyers at Odds: Chief Deputy Orders Sheriff's Office to Sever Joint Defense

Thomas IrvineWith so much county news going on, we had temporarily overlooked this fascinating tidbit: Dave Hendershott Thomas Irvine, the lawyer hired by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to help backhoe the rift between top county leaders, has been appointed as co-counse ... More >>

Dave Hendershott, Maricopa Sheriff's Office Chief, Accused of Possible Improper Influence Peddling in Stapley Case

Dave Hendershott, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's right-hand man, may have improperly tried to influence county Superior Court staff in the case against Supervisor Don Stapley, a letter sent to Hendershott today from the court's attorney states. The accusation comes ... More >>

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, December 13, 2007

Below the Belt

Lawyer Dennis Wilenchik's spearheading Joe Arpaio's attempt to smear his chief political rival

Per Verse

Underwear Under Scrutiny

FBI subpoenas Posse Foundation records of sale of pink boxers

Insider Account

One of sheriff's former henchmen tells of dubious tactics

Flashes

Doubting Thomas

Tom Bearup helped elect Joe Arpaio and mold the myth of "America's Toughest Sheriff." Now the former executive in the Sheriff's Office is convinced he was wrong.