Joel Robbins

Coddling Joe: How Do You Collaborate With a Felon?

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 >>

A Great Day (Coming): We Invoke Iconic Art For Our 40th and to Honor Community Resistance to Oppression

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 >>

Dan Saban, Former Candidate for Sheriff, Dumps Defamation Lawsuit Against Republican Party, Joe Arpaio and SCA

  Dan Saban has dropped his SCA-related defamation lawsuit to focus on the appeal of an earlier, failed lawsuit.​Dan Saban has dropped his lawsuit against the Republican Party, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and various players linked to the shady fund-raising club called the Sheriff's ... More >>

Shocking Pink: Arpaio's Detention Officers Unnecessarily Terrorized a Psychotic Inmate Because He Resisted Wearing Pink Underwear

  Dan Saban has dropped his SCA-related defamation lawsuit to focus on the appeal of an earlier, failed lawsuit.​Dan Saban has dropped his lawsuit against the Republican Party, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and various players linked to the shady fund-raising club called the Sheriff's ... More >>

Republican Party and Sheriff's Command Association Players Sued by Former Sheriff's Candidate Dan Saban

  Dan Saban​Dan Saban, former candidate for sheriff of Maricopa County, has filed a lawsuit against the Arizona Republican Party and those involved with the shady SCA, a.k.a. Sheriff's Command Association. It could be argued that the public was -- and continues to be -- damaged by the ... More >>

Shocking News: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Sued Over Two More Inmate Deaths

  You can file this one under "Dog Bites Man." Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces two more lawsuits over inmates who died in his care. Both suits were filed last month by Phoenix attorney Joel Robbins. And at least one of them, we suspect, is going to be expensive for Maricopa Count ... More >>

Arpaio’s Jail Staff Cost Ambrett Spencer Her Baby, and She’s Not the Only One

  You can file this one under "Dog Bites Man." Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces two more lawsuits over inmates who died in his care. Both suits were filed last month by Phoenix attorney Joel Robbins. And at least one of them, we suspect, is going to be expensive for Maricopa Count ... More >>

Was Juan Mendoza Farias beaten to death by Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s guards?

  You can file this one under "Dog Bites Man." Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces two more lawsuits over inmates who died in his care. Both suits were filed last month by Phoenix attorney Joel Robbins. And at least one of them, we suspect, is going to be expensive for Maricopa Count ... More >>

Sheriff Joe wants to read Phil Gordon’s e-mail

  You can file this one under "Dog Bites Man." Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio faces two more lawsuits over inmates who died in his care. Both suits were filed last month by Phoenix attorney Joel Robbins. And at least one of them, we suspect, is going to be expensive for Maricopa Count ... More >>

Enemies List

Paranoia aside, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas just may be targeting you

Sheriff Joe's Nick Tarr-baby: Joe Arizona plots his revenge.

Paranoia aside, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas just may be targeting you

Below the Belt

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

King of Pain

Sheriff Joe crowns himself anti-corruption kingfish and J.T. Ready looks for race friends on Newsaxon.com

Boob's Tube

Here's how publicity hound Joe Arpaio used a TV station to try to destroy rival Dan Saban with a bogus rape claim

Teenage Wasteland

It's up to Governor Janet Napolitano to make sure history doesn't repeat itself — that is, boldly reform juvenile corrections. Or at least make sure someone's watching

Assisted Suicide

A county psychiatrist's indifferent treatment of a disturbed inmate leads to a courthouse hanging

Enemies List

Arpaio haters, perceived and otherwise, beware! Looks like Joe's up to his old tricks

Outlaw Joe

One of Arpaio's own deputies testifies about how the MCSO smeared Dan Saban.

In the Crosshairs

County lawmen boffing hookers isn't Sheriff Joe's only problem. Fed up with his thuggery, Arpaio's own political party has targeted him for defeat

False Positive

Is Joe Arpaio up to his same old dirty tricks? This time, a man's life may be at stake.

Ice Creamed

Paradise Valley police picked the wrong black man to stop

Letters

From the week of August 30, 2001

Letters

From the week of August 16, 2001

A Life That Almost Happened

A Phoenix cop gunned down Alfonso Celaya four months ago. His family still waits for justice, or at least an explanation.

Flashes 02-24-2000

A Phoenix cop gunned down Alfonso Celaya four months ago. His family still waits for justice, or at least an explanation.

Lies and Videotape

In an apparent repeat of its behavior in the Norberg case, the sheriff's office withheld key evidence from litigant

The $8 Million Victim

Norberg family accepts hefty settlement in jail suit. Are similar payouts in Arpaio's future?

Hog-Tied by the Truth

For the second time, a federal investigator has found appalling conditions in the county jails

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.

Public Pays in Jail Death

County pays $50,000 in case of inmate who committed suicide while jailers watched a video of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Joe Assumes Deposition

Arpaio tries to distance himself from pronouncements about punishing inmates

A Hoss-Style Witness

Arpaio tries to distance himself from pronouncements about punishing inmates

Flashes

Arpaio tries to distance himself from pronouncements about punishing inmates

Flashes

Arpaio tries to distance himself from pronouncements about punishing inmates

A Phallacy

Vindication in court can't erase scars suffered by counselor to young sex offenders