Frank Munnell

Lisa Allen, Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Longtime Spokeswoman, Forgets Herself in AZ Republic Letter to Editor

Lisa Allen certainly knows the answer to the question she posed in a letter to the editor published in Saturday's Arizona Republic. Click here to read Lisa Allen's letter to the editor. In the letter, the longtime spokeswoman for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio congratulates the Phoenix Police ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Early Christmas Gift from President Obama and the U.S. Attorney's Office

See also: Andy Thomas Needs a Perp Walk With His Papi, Sheriff Joe Arpaio See also: No Charges for Arpaio: U.S. Closes Criminal Investigation of Maricopa Sheriff and Former County Attorney Andrew Thomas See also: The Feds Have Evidence That Joe Arpaio Broke the Law -- When Will The Indictments Come? ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Admits He Busted Mexicans to "Spite" Critics in 2009 Recording; Evidence Shows Also Did It for Publicity, Not Legit Enforcement

News media across the country lit up over the weekend with anti-Sheriff Joe Arpaio stories after a recording surfaced in which Arpaio admits he busted Mexicans to "spite" critics.Bigots at the Texans For Immigration Reform fundraising rally in September of 2009 laughed as the Maricopa County sheriff ... 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 >>

Hearing Officer Robert Sparks Unsure of His Authority in Joel Fox Job-Appeal Proceeding

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 reaches right u ... More >>

Joel Fox, Fired Deputy, Wants to Delay Appeal Hearings if Feds are Investigating Case as Criminal Matter

A judge wants to know whether a criminal investigation is open on Joel Fox, the fired Maricopa Sheriff's Office captain at the heart of the infamous "SCA" campaign-financing scandal. Which is great, because so do we. Fox has been fighting to get his job back in a lengthy appeal proceeding that beg ... More >>

Victims Wonder Why Arpaio Let Sex-Abuse Cases Languish

Sheriff Arpaio Admits He Knew About '08 Fundraising Scheme; Criminal Case Still Open

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 ... More >>

Joe Arpaio on Blast by Citizens for a Better Arizona in New Video

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 bun ... More >>

Jennifer Nelson Takes on the Subtleties of the Second Amendment at ASU Art Museum

Read Joel Fox's Attempts to Defend Job; Former Captain Under Sheriff Arpaio was Fired for "Egregious" Ethical Lapses

Joel Fox​ In the end, Joel Fox couldn't make his bosses believe he wasn't lying. The former Maricopa County Sheriff's Office captain, who was fired in October for "egregious" ethical violations related to his work on a secret campaign-fundraising scheme on behalf of Sheriff Arpaio, tried out ... More >>

Full Munnell Memo Investigation Report Must be Released by Sheriff Arpaio's Office Within Two Weeks, Judge Orders

Joel Fox​The entire report from this year's high-profile investigation into abuses under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio must be released within two weeks, a judge has ordered.In May, Arpaio's office released about two-thirds of a report and supplemental documents from an internal investigation ... More >>

Joel Fox Booted from Maricopa County Sheriff's Office; Arpaio Remains Mum

Shamed former MCSO Captain Joel Fox was given the heave-ho yesterday.​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confirms to New Times that shamed former Captain Joel Fox has been given the boot following a long-running internal investigation that already has resulted in the resignations of two ot ... More >>

Jeffery Hendershott Among Employees in Alleged Nepotism Scheme by Father, Former MCSO Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott

Image: MCSOJeffery Hendershott, who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of DUI and hit-and-run, was among several friends and family members hired by MCSO at the request of former Chief Deputy David Hendershott, according to an investigative report.​Jeffery Hendershott, the son of former Maricopa ... More >>

The Feds Have Evidence That Joe Arpaio Broke the Law -- When Will The Indictments Come?

The Feds Have Been Investigating Arpaio Since 2008, So Where the Hell are the Indictments?

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Two of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Top Deputies Have "Love Connection" to SCA Scandal

Munnell Memo Report Complete, in Hands of Sheriff Arpaio; Public Release of Document on Hold

  David Hendershott, Arpaio's No. 1 guy, figures large in the Munnell Memo report about to be released.​The long-awaited report on the so-called Munnell Memo investigation is complete, but public release of the findings will have to wait, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office says.   ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Won't Make Report on Munnell Memo Public, For Now

Larry Black, one of Sheriff Arpaio's most trusted aides, is one of three people who almost certainly will be be fired based on the Munnell Memo findings, Channel 5 (KPHO-TV) reported today. ​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn't want the public to read an investigative report into the ... More >>

Andrew Thomas is an "Idiot," Says MCSO's David Hendershott in Secret Recording Made by Frank Munnell

David Hendershott, the chief deputy of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, calls former County Attorney Andrew Thomas an "idiot" in a secret recording made at a staff meeting.​ Boy, is this SCA report paying off! We're still trying to read it all and put it in context. But w ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Messing Around With a Lamb? Sheriff and Gang Joke About Sex and Sheep in Secret Recording

  ​More humor from the secret recording of a command staff meeting at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office made on July 27, 2009 by Frank Munnell: Joe Arpaio is grousing over a quip made by longtime Valley reporter Howie Fischer on a PBS Horizon roundtable that ... More >>

Secret Recording Reveals Strategy and "Fun" at Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Staff Meeting in '09

​ If you read only part of the four large PDFs from the SCA investigative report we posted last night, make sure it's the 65-page transcript of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's July 27, 2009 staff meeting. We mentioned a couple of the amusing parts of the transcript in posts this morning, ... More >>

Read the SCA Investigative Report From the State Attorney General's Office

​ We've only just begun looking through a large report on the state Attorney General's SCA investigation, and already we're finding interesting stuff. But it's hundreds of pages long and, honestly, we don't have time to sift through it and cobble the highlights for you tonight. So, rather than ... More >>

Munnell Memo Investigation Report by Pinal Sheriff Paul Babeu is Overdue

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is still working on the investigation into allegations raised in the "Munnell Memo."​ While chatting with Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu today about border issues, we asked about his months-long investigation into allegations by Maricopa County deputy chief Fra ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Pal Paul Babeu Sends Bill To Maricopa County on Munnell Memo Investigation

$46K sounds like a steal if Hendy's fired. If not, someone has some 'splainin' to doSo we don't yet have Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's report on his department's investigation into allegations contained in the now infamous Munnell memo, but we do have a bill for services rendered.It totals just ... More >>

Munnell Memo Investigation Complete, Report Due in a Week or So, Says Spokesman for Sheriff Paul Babeu

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is finished with his investigation into the Munnell Memo and plans to release a report within the next couple of weeks, says a spokesman​ Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's office has finished an investigation into alleged misconduct by high-r ... More >>

Richard Mellon Scaife's Cash Pays For Judicial Watch's Ideologically Motivated Lawsuits

Joe Arpaio Slapdown: Judge Rejects Request To Seal Depositions in Melendres

Arpaio: the gift that keeps on giving... Judge G. Murray Snow, the federal judge in the three-year-long racial profiling lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, has rejected a motion by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyers to seal videotaped depositions of Arpaio, former Chief Deputy Dav ... More >>

Joe Arpaio in the Feds' Crosshairs: Dennis Burke's Team To Be Sworn In as Special Deputy County Attorneys

U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke, gunning for the MCSOIt's not lookin' good for Maricopa County's corrupt top constable, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and that bottomless pit of iniquity known as the MCSO.You'd think things were bad enough with a federal grand jury probing the sheriff's office on crimin ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 14, 2010

Guadalupe Man Wins $600,000 Settlement After Being Run Over by Maricopa Deputy During Traffic Stop

​A Guadalupe man run over by a Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop last year will receive $600,000 in a settlement of his lawsuit.Armando L. Nido didn't pull over for deputy James Carey, (see our post about Nido's notice of claim), so Carey didn't stop for Nido. He hit Nido ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon, Fired Prosecutor Under Investigation, Sets Up Shop in Tempe; Talks About Munnell Memo

​ After hearing that Lisa Aubuchon had hung up a shingle on the Internet, advertising her services as a lawyer in Tempe, we gave the fired prosecutor a call.Despite all the grief we've given the fired Maricopa deputy county attorney about her losing ways, including a recent zinger o ... More >>

Paul Babeu's Joe Arpaio Probe: Who Pays for It?

PCSOShould Babeu get funds from Maricopa County to pay for the Munnell memo inquiry? Who will pick up the tab for Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's investigation into the allegations made in MCSO Deputy Chief Frank Munnell's memo? And should Maricopa County pay for any of it, particularly considerin ... More >>

Lisa Aubuchon's Media Defender: Anonymous, Naturally

Photo Illustration: Ray Stern​ "All this poor woman did was try to prosecute criminals..." The above line is taken from a ridiculous blog post published today on the pro-Andrew Thomas Web site, Sonoran Alliance, in reference to fired deputy county attorney Lisa Aubuchon. The post uses a few ... More >>

Should Sheriff Joe Arpaio Get a Pass When the Indictments Come Down? Hell, No

Joe Arpaio, Paul Babeu and the Garrity Rule

Babeu's probe of Hendy is compromised from jump One misconception out there is that the inquiry into MCSO Deputy Chief Frank Munnell's memo by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu could result in criminal charges being filed against those Sheriff Joe loyalists now suspended with pay: Chie ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Knows All and David Hendershott Is His Lackey, Say Former Staffers and Critics

courtesy of Dennis Gilman Sure, Hendershott's a scoundrel, but it's Arpaio that all inquiries should aim for Many of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's ex-aides and critics agree on one thing: Despite Deputy Chief Frank Munnell's recent memo portraying Arpaio as a hapless figurehead (a memo you can read, h ... More >>

Sheriff Paul Babeu Takes Reins of Sheriff's Office Investigation, Says David Hendershott Should be Put on Leave; What About Arpaio??

Sheriff Paul Babeu​ Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu recommends paid leave for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's chief deputy, David Hendershott, while he investigates allegations of corruption in Arpaio's office. In a news release e-mailed this evening, Babeu brushes off the claim today by Supervisors ... More >>

Deputy's Damning Memo Fleshes Out SCA Scandal; Joel Fox, David Hendershott Accused of Crimes

  Joel Fox​David Hendershott was the main guy behind the SCA political money-laundering scam. Joel Fox lied to cover for Hendershott, Larry Black, Steve Ellman and others involved in the scandal. SCA contributors knew from the beginning that funds collected by the SCA would ... More >>

Don Stapley, Mary Rose Wilcox Call for FBI Investigation of Chief Deputy David Hendershott; Ask Feds to Consider Taking Over Sheriff's Office

  Images: Ray Stern Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox want the FBI, not Pinal Sheriff Paul Babeu, to review new allegations of corruption in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office.​Maricopa County Supervisors Don Stapley and Mary Rose Wilcox have asked the feds to consider taking control of the S ... More >>

David Hendershott Betrayed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Runs Corrupt Office, Top Deputy Alleges; Arpaio Runs to Buddy Babeu for Cover

Dave Hendershott's trips to Honduras -- another example of corruption, according to Deputy Chief Frank Munnell​A bombshell memo from a top Maricopa County Sheriff's official alleges Chief Deputy David Hendershott betrayed Sheriff Arpaio and ran a corrupt office through fear and intimidation.Basica ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Watergate: Read Frank Munnell's Memo Here

Chief Deputy David Hendershott: Joe Arpaio's "cancer" Someone should consider putting Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott on a suicide watch. The damning, 63-page memo from Deputy Chief Frank Munnell, first reported on by Joe Dana of Channel 12 News, reads like an indictme ... More >>

Blowing His Cool

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is trying to fire another deputy who alleges wrongdoing in the sheriff's office

Undie-Gate

Public shouldn't see Posse Foundation records, judge rules

There's No Accounting for Joe's Posses

Sheriff thumbs nose at Public Records Law, refuses to disclose how posses collect and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars