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Joe Arpaio Makes Moolah Off Botched Sex Crimes Investigations, and More Sex Crimes May Be Outstanding

Protecting the kids? Tell it to those who suffered because the MCSO botched hundreds of sex crime investigations Wanna find out how Sheriff Joe Arpaio's boys in beige botched investigations into hundreds of sex crime cases in Maricopa County? It'll cost ya. Five grand, to be exact. And make the ch ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Sex-Crime Scandal After Five Years: No One Disciplined, Report Still Unfinished

More than five years after the Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio learned his agency had mishandled hundreds of sex-crime investigations, no one has been disciplined and a key report on the matter has yet to be released to the public. The investigation into what happened is fraught with negative im ... More >>

Joe Arpaio "Helps" Childhelp: Nonprofit Takes Blood Money Despite 501c3 Status

What do you do when you're Sheriff Joe Arpaio and your name is practically a byword for the neglect of sex crime cases involving women and children? You use your political fundraising machine to shill for a national nonprofit that benefits abused kids, sort of like a petroleum company donating to l ... More >>

"Tough" Sheriff Joe Arpaio Let a Murderer Go to Kill Again

Sheriff Arpaio Distorts Truth in Ad About Sex-Crimes Investigations

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, facing what may be the closest election of his long career, tries to rewrite history in a new ad about his office's poorly done sex-crimes investigations. Arpaio's campaign ran the ad in a prominent location on the Arizona Republic's Web site, and the main theme ... More >>

Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff

Robert Fisher, Who's on FBI's "Most Wanted" List for Allegedly Murdering and Blowing Up His Family in Scottsdale, May Be in Arizona

Robert Fisher, one of the FBI's and Scottsdale Police Department's "most wanted" fugitives, may still be in Arizona, according to information relayed from the FBI.Fisher's accused of killing his wife and two young kids, then blowing up their Scottsdale home in April 2001.According to various media r ... More >>

Victims Wonder Why Arpaio Let Sex-Abuse Cases Languish

David Hendershott, Sheriff Arpaio's Disgraced Former Chief Deputy, to Testify in Next Week in Andrew Thomas Case

​Just looked at an e-mail from Jennifer Liewer, the on-the-spot public information officer for the Arizona Supreme Court:David Hendershott, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's disgraced former chief deputy, is set to testify next week in the disciplinary hearings for former County Attorney Andrew ... More >>

Arpaio Interview Transcript Missing from Sheriff Babeu's Report on Munnell Memo

Sheriff Joe Arpaio talked to an investigator for five-and-a-half hours in January. Yet no record of that interview will be released to the public, says the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.​ The $102,000 bill for the job of rooting out high-level corruption at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ... More >>

Alex Padilla of Taberna Mexicana

Keyon Fareghi​Chef Alex Padilla may be new to the Valley, but not to the kitchen; he's currently donning his apron at Taberna Mexicana in Scottsdale. Padilla recently moved here from Houston, where he was raised, to open Ninfa's Mexican Kitchen, in Glendale, and now Taberna (in Sco ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, December 9, 2010

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's Depo: Kris Kobach Under Contract for $250-$300 Per Hour, Paid for by RICO Slush Fund

captured from video by HumanLeague002Chief Deputy Hendershott during his Feb 12 depo in MelendresThe local press' lead on the recent deposition of MCSO Chief Deputy David Hendershott in the federal racial-profiling lawsuit Melendres vs. Arpaio was Hendershott's contention that a vast lefty cons ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Pays Dennis Gilman the Ultimate Compliment, Better Than E.J. Montini's Pizzas

http://twitpic.com/yu1mkDennis Gilman films a sheriff's deputy: His right in a free societyThe nativists love to hate Dennis Gilman, the activist/videographer who's always documenting their dirty deeds. And there's no love lost between the MCSO and Gilman either. Joe Arpaio's deputy dips have threat ... More >>

The MCSO Retaliates Against a Guadalupe Activist; Plus, John Huppenthal Spews Bogus Stats During a Prejudice Party at the Arizona Capitol

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 22, 2009

Joe Arpaio Defiant on 287(g), Vows "Nothing Will Change," Threatens to Deport Mexicans Himself

Joe tells the feds what they can do with their 287(g) authority... If any pro-immigrant activists or lawyers out there labor under the illusion that ICE's denial of street 287(g) authority to Sheriff Joe Arpaio will put a crimp in his office's persecution of the undocumented in Maric ... More >>

Prensa Hispana Blows MCSO Deputy Chief Paul Chagolla in Print

from Prensa HispanaJesus, Paul, where did you get that tie, Goodwill?What the hell has gotten into Prensa Hispana, the Spanish language freebie you always see in racks at Mexican restaurants and grocery stores? In today's March 25th edition, and teased on the cover, is a full-page puff piece on MCSO ... More >>

County Manager Disses Chief Deputy David Hendershott -- Calls Him "Just Plain Childish"

County Manager David Smith didn't call David Hendershott (far left) fat. But we will.Maricopa County Manager David Smith lit into Sheriff Joe Arpaio's top aide at a meeting last Friday, comparing him to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and calling him "just plain childish." Amazingly, Chief Deputy D ... More >>

Tucson Cop Pleads Guilty to Gambling Away $560,000 in RICO Funds

Irony of the Day: A Tucson police lieutenant stole $560,000 in money seized from criminals under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act over the course of four years, gambling most of it away. Richard Garcia, 47, admitted to the crime in federal court ... More >>

Light-Rail Stations Ride the Line Between Public Art and Construction Detail

Don Stapley’s Biggest Crime Was Failing to Hide His Real Estate Dealings as Well as Sheriff Joe Arpaio Did

Goldwater Institute Calls Out Sheriff Joe: MCSO "Has Lost Sight Of Its Most Essential Priorities"

  The Goldwater Institute has released a harsh critique of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office -- concluding that the office "falls seriously short in all three of the core components of its mission" and calling for policy reform. Among other things, the Phoenix- ... More >>

New Voters Support Saban Over Arpaio 54 to 32 Percent, Says Internal Saban Poll.

The relentless raptor sinks his beak into the tyranny of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas

Howie Fischer's Flubbery, and Why Joe Arpaio's Scared to Debate Dan Saban.

Joe Arpaio’s men fail to justify criminally charging New Times reporter Ray Stern in a public records dispute

One stop shopping for Joe Arpaio foes: Joesgottogo.com.

The Bird revels in Sheriff Joe's decline, slams Mark Spencer's false hysteria, and explains why "illegals" ain't criminals

Letters from the issue of Thursday, June 5, 2008

Barnes and Ignoble: Sheriff Joe Arpaio autographs a book for Scott Norberg, suffocated to death June 1, 1996 in one of Joe's gulags.

Light rail may not start on time — and Arpaio’s investigation of AG Goddard may never finish

Columbus D-Day: Activists crash Joe Arpaio fete at Italian Club; Joe and Andy Thomas hang with redneck bikers.

The Bird on Mayor Phil and why the Fonz can't tell the world, "Fuck the police"

Letters from the issue of Thursday, April 3, 2008

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's approval rating drops to 57% in Maricopa County.

Village Voice Media Executive Editor Mike Lacey and Sheriff Joe Arpaio on NPR

Who can best whup Andy Thomas' tuchis, Gerald Richard or Tim Nelson?

More MCSO docs released in the Honduran scandal...

Joe Arpaio writes another book, goes through a case of crayons in the process.

Arizona Republic Reporter Yvonne "Wing-It" Wingett flubs gossip nugget on New Times and MCSO Chief Deputy David Hendershott.

The Living Dead

No more room at the inn. Our Bunker of the Apocalypse has been filled.

ALIVE and Kickin'

Refugees from around the world find common ground--and a few good rumbles--in a Valley soccer league of nations

Howlin' Globetrotter

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown sings the blues around the world