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An independent law firm investigating whether a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office commander illegally funneled money to the Arizona Republican Party is demanding that the commander produce a list of donors by December 1. But, in a letter to that investigator, Commander Joel Fox (pictu ... More >>
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio always has plenty of juicy stories ready for the media. He recently announced he'll start charging inmates for meals and his deputies made a couple more arrests in the case of illegal immigrants working for Golfland. But far more interesting is the way Arpaio ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office wants to appeal his $315,000 fine for making an illegal donation in the name of the mysterious "Sheriff's Command Association." Fox filed a request for a hearing and informal settlement conference yesterday, New Times has learned. See bel ... More >>
Have you forgotten about the illegal campaign donation that caused Sheriff Joe Arpaio's politically minded employee, Captain Joel Fox, to get slapped with a $315,000 fine? We're pretty sure it's at the forefront of Fox's mind. That's a pretty big chunk of change for a mid-level co ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office continued to play martyr during an administrative hearing on Wednesday, still unwilling to give up the names of the people behind a $105,000 campaign donation to the Republican Party that has been deemed illegal. Today's hear ... More >>
As promised right here on Valley Fever, we've got a portion of MCSO Captain Joel Fox's interview after his pre-hearing this afternoon.
For months, Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office stayed quiet about his role in a questionable $105,000 donation to the Republican Party. Now you can't shut the guy up. Not that we'd want to: Everyone loves a good mystery, and Fox still won't tell the names of ... More >>
The Arizona Republican Party last year returned the dirty $105,000 donated by the mysterious "Sheriff's Command Association." But in doing so, it left the party with a massive negative balance. That's because it had already spent a good chunk of the money, app ... More >>
Maricopa County Sheriff's Captain Joel Fox, still the only person to date who's been linked to a mysterious $105,000 donation to the Arizona Republican Party, took the stand today in front of Administrative Law Judge Thomas Shedden -- but instead of resolving the issue, Fo ... More >>
In trying to escape a $315,000 fine at an appeal hearing today, Captain Joel Fox (pictured) denied just about everything related to the political donation he made on behalf of the mysterious "SCA." Fox even denied that "SCA" stands for "Sheriff's Command Association," even t ... More >>
A judge is set to decide on Monday whether a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Captain Joel Fox deserves to pay $315,000 in penalties for making an improper campaign donation. The upcoming ruling by Judge Thomas Shedden of the state Office of Administrative Hearings is expected to bring some finalit ... More >>
Although the decision on Maricopa County Sheriff's Captain Joel Fox and the SCA donation is scheduled for Monday, we think it will probably be announced on Tuesday, after the holiday. Either way, we imagine there's still time for Fox to reveal the identity of these secret contributors.But if he ... More >>
Just in: In the case of Maricopa Sheriff's Captain Joel Fox and the mysterious SCA donation to the Republican Party, Fox owes $450. That's right -- there's a whole lot less zeroes in that fine than some expected. Fox was on the hook for $315,000 in penalties. But don't turn up the house lights ... More >>
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Captain Joel Fox has until the end of the month to cough up information about the people behind last year's shadowy $105,000 donation to the Republican Party, says the elections department."We believe if he goes past July 1st in the timing of all this, then the $315, ... More >>
With the deadline fast approaching to reveal the names of the SCA members or face a $315,000 fine, Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Captain Joel Fox begged election officials this month to let him disclose the names in private. Fox, who obviously missed his calling as a lawyer, ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox appealed his case to the Maricopa County Superior Court yesterday and asked for his $315,000 fine to be delayed until the appeal's outcome. Fox wants the court to overturn the decision by Judge Thomas Shedden of the state Office of Administrative Hearings, cancel out his fine and o ... More >>
Maricopa County Sheriff's Captain Joel Fox will argue before a Superior Court judge on Tuesday that he shouldn't have to turn over the names of donors behind a nebulous $105,000 contribution to the Arizona Republican Party. The county elections department has wanted to see those names since elect ... More >>
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge threw cold water on Captain Joel Fox's already tepid arguments for keeping secret the names behind a large Republican Party donation. At the hearing requested by Fox to stave off an impending order to cough up the names of the mysterious "SCA" donor ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox hasn't been honest with us. Here's what Fox posted to our blog in February about the $105,000 contribution to the Arizona Republican Party that came from the SCA: None of the money came from Arpaio,or Hendershott or Arpaio's campaign, or anyone associated with Arpaio's campaign, ... More >>
Nobody likes to be shown up as a liar, especially a police officer who might be called to the witness stand someday and grilled on his credibility by a defense attorney. So it's no wonder Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has tried to defend himself from our bit of name-calli ... More >>
Nobody likes to be shown up as a liar, especially a police officer who might be called to the witness stand someday and grilled on his credibility by a defense attorney. So it's no wonder Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has tried to defend himself from our bit of name-calli ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox had to 'fess up and spill the names of the cagey SCA donors behind a Republican Party smear campaign, but he still hasn't turned over the contribution checks. Today's the big day, according to Jeffrey Messing, the lawyer hired by the Maricopa County Elections ... More >>
As we've mentioned before, if the SCA spokesman, Captain Joel Fox, wants to talk, we're willing to listen. After we told you about the interesting stuff written on the SCA donation checks, like "Vote for Sheriff Joe Arpaio," Fox left a message on our blog. His response: "Sorry to spoil your ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox, front man for the shady group of SCA donors, has apparently given up trying to answer our questions. But that hasn't stopped him from continuing to comment on our blog. Fox still falsely claims we haven't identified a possible crime that the SCA has committed: I've been ... More >>
( We messed up and we admit it. Our blog post yesterday about the Yellow Sheet Report contained a factual error -- it wasn't Phil Riske who broke the story last year about the connection between Captain Joel Fox and the SCA. It was Jim Small. Fox pointed out the error last night in a comment ... More >>
( We messed up and we admit it. Our blog post yesterday about the Yellow Sheet Report contained a factual error -- it wasn't Phil Riske who broke the story last year about the connection between Captain Joel Fox and the SCA. It was Jim Small. Fox pointed out the error last night in a comment ... More >>
The SCA was determined to keep its secrets hidden, but on-the-ball election officials haven't let that happen. We've tracked the release of the bank account info and check copies that Captain Joel Fox, the SCA's "spokesman," didn't want made public. And now, thanks to a subpoena, ... More >>
What did investigators find after executing a search warrant at the Gilbert home of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Captain Joel Fox? Call it the $315,000 question. Fox has been leading the public on a merry mystery tour for nearly a year, trickling out information about the SCA ... More >>
Pinal County Superior Court Judge Robert Carter Olson today unsealed the search warrant and other documents in a criminal investigation into a campaign finance scandal linked to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office -- pulling back the curtain, in part, on an investigation that is clearly both ... More >>
It's hard to keep track of all the facts, rumors and spin-jobs in this SCA story. For instance, Captain Joel Fox claims he never "filed" nominating petitions in 2004 for his boss, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as had been previously reported. He merely collected eight signatures ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office filed a $75,000 claim against the county last week for the "emotional distress" of being forced to divulge the names of secret donors to a political committee. Naturally, Fox isn't suing the Sheriff's Office -- just the Boa ... More >>
Back in July, Captain Joel Fox, frontman for the SCA fund, wrote the following comment on our blog: There has never been a "meeting" of SCA donors. How you figure you could get all the people on that list into one room is beyond me. I can hardly get in contact with most of them, let alone get them ... More >>
Maricopa County Sheriff's Captain Joel Fox testified earlier this week before the grand jury probing the SCA campaign finance scandal -- triggering speculation that an indictment in the case could come as early as next month.Grand jury proceedings are secret and, typically, the subject of a p ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox finally received his computer equipment back from the state attorney general's office, which is investigating him on allegations of making improper political contributions. Fox, typically chatty, has been mostly silent in the last few months as rumors swirl that he's going ... More >>
Joel FoxDavid 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 >>
Joel FoxState Attorney General Terry Goddard will leave office without resolving the case against Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Captain Joel Fox and the shady SCA fundraising group. And that, it's safe to say, means almost no likelihood of criminal charges - o ... More >>
Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office loves his boss, Larry Black. And Black loves him back. The lovebirds remain on adminstrative leave pending a wide-ranging internal investigation.Captain Joel Fox and Deputy Chief Larry Black "love" each other.And they'll always have L ... More >>
Joel Fox filed two federal lawsuits this week in apparent response to New Times' publication of love letters between him and his boss at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Larry Black. The first lawsuit targets former state Attorney General Terry Goddard and three employees of the AG's o ... More >>
The Arizona Republic ran an article today about Captain Joel Fox's lawsuit against Terry Goddard and Cox Communications over the public release of sensitive e-mails. The story by Repub veteran JJ Hensley, though, fails to mention one thing: The e-mails' gushy love talk ... More >>
The Arizona Republic ran an article today about Captain Joel Fox's lawsuit against Terry Goddard and Cox Communications over the public release of sensitive e-mails. The story by Repub veteran JJ Hensley, though, fails to mention one thing: The e-mails' gushy love talk ... More >>
Image: www.wetfeet.comThey say that the cover-up can often be worse than the crime, and that seems to be true in the case of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the SCA scandal. In yet another sign that someone working for Arpaio, or maybe the big guy himself, wants to erase& ... More >>
Cox Communications has agreed to settle a lawsuit launched by Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office over the release of his "love letter" e-mails.Fox filed the federal complaint against Cox on the same day that New Times published excerpts from the emotional expressions of man- ... More >>
The Fantastic Captain Fox No settlement for now between Fox and Cox.The communications company and Captain Joel Fox of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office attended a settlement conference on Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark E Aspey, but no resolution was made in Fox's lawsuit over ... More >>
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 >>
Joel Fox An unnamed Maricopa County employee is in hot water after releasing records relating to the firing of former sheriff's office deputy Joel Fox.The Arizona Republic's JJ Hensley reported this morning that documents obtained by "county administrators" last week detail why Fox was fired. ... More >>
Joel Fox, a former captain under Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio, seems to have honed his legal skills in the last three years. Joel Fox is a now a former captain of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, having been fired last month by the same sheriff who apparently benefited from Fox's campaign ... More >>
Joel FoxThe 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 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 >>
Sandi Wilson, deputy county manager, authorized the written reprimand against an employee who released records about a fired deputy to the Arizona Republic. Earlier this month, Maricopa County moved at lightning speed to turn over documents to a newspaper about a fired sheriff's deputy.Now, c ... More >>
Joel Fox Well, what do you know -- Joel Fox finally has achieved the equivalent of a base hit in a court case. A federal judge ruled recently that a lawsuit against Cox Communications by the disgraced former captain fired by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio can proceed, for no ... More >>
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