Lisa Allen

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 >>

Go Ahead, Twist My Ear: Mugshot of Michael Anthony Beltran, Suspected Scofflaw Driver, Looks Like a Party

Assuming Michael Anthony Beltran doesn't have three hands, he's received a little help from authorities to make sure his mugshot came out right. Beltran was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of driving with a suspended or revoked license, a misdemeanor, and booked into the Maricopa County Jail, reco ... More >>

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 >>

Joe Arpaio, Suck It Up: Top Ten Reasons to Vote for Paul Penzone

As far as I'm concerned, the only race that matters in this election is the race for Maricopa County sheriff. Don't get me wrong, I'm pulling for Rich Carmona to top Congressman Jeff Flake in the run for U.S. Senate, and I'm praying (best as an atheist can) that President Obama beats back Mitt Rom ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Doesn't Want His Super Official "Birther" Probe Used in Presidential Debate

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" probe is such an important issue for the nation that he would not like to see the two men running for President of the United States talk about it in front of the country.We're not sure why this thought ever popped into the head of U.S.News & World ... More >>

MaryEllen Sheppard, Longtime Sheriff's Office Employee, Gets Billboard Farewell by Lisa Allen, Arpaio's Spokeswoman

MaryEllen Sheppard's apparently one of the more likeable chiefs at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Last year's departure of two of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's top administrators, Dave Hendershott and Larry Black, was a shameful episode for Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who claimed he was "duped" by their corr ... More >>

MaryEllen Sheppard Billboard was Sheriff Arpaio's Idea; Had His Spokeswoman Pay

See also: MaryEllen Sheppard, Longtime Sheriff's Office Employee, Gets Billboard Farewell by Lisa Allen, Arpaio's Spokeswoman See also: SCA Report Details Depth of Conspiracy Between Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and State GOP; Repubs Took Anti-Dan Saban Ad Material and Dirty Money From Arpaio's ... More >>

Thomas Lovejoy and County Reach Deal in Lawsuit Against Joe Arpaio, but It May Not Work Out *UPDATE*: It Worked Out

UPDATE 4/26: The settlement has been approved, according to the AP.UPDATE: Judge Wake issued an order saying the parties will meet on Monday to discuss moving the trial date to the week after the board of supervisors meeting.The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced today that lawyers agreed to ... 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 >>

Analysis: Sheriff Arpaio Lied in 2009 About SCA Scandal and Still Won't Tell the Truth

In July of 2009, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio issued a bald-faced lie to the media when he claimed the SCA scandal "has absolutely nothing to do with the Sheriff's Office." He knew it did. But even worse, Arpaio still hasn't explained why he didn't take action against his top aides in late 2 ... 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 >>

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 >>

Birther Bozos Claim Joe Arpaio Vows to Probe Barack Obama's "Fake Birth Certificate"

Among other things, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now apparently a "Birther."​Remember when President Barack Obama released his birth certificate to get Donald Trump, Tea Party "patriots," and conspiracy theorists to cool it with the claims that he's not an American citizen?Well, that appa ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio and His Fiesta Bowl Freebie

MCSO Reneges on Meal For Winner of Joe Arpaio's Inmate Coloring Contest

James King Joe Arpaio attempting to eat a Mexican pizza from Taco Bell as jail inmate Michael Wunsch enjoys a grilled stuffed burrito.​If the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ever offers you a "meal of [your] choice," what it really means is a meal you can get at a drive-thru.

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?

Arpaio Tries to Change His Story on Don Stapley's 2010 Arrest; Now Claims He Didn't Order Arrest, But Last Year Said He Did

Photo Illustration: New TimesSheriff Joe Arpaio told the Arizona Republic in 2010 that he made the decision to arrest Don Stapley. Now, after Gila County Daisy Flores called the arrest was "vindictive," he claims he didn't. ​ Trying to deflect the blame for the decisions he made isn't working ... More >>

MCSO Commanders Dave Hendershott and Paul Chagolla Threatened Reporter for Doing Her Job, Says Report; Joe Arpaio's Response Unclear

Deputy Chief Paul Chagolla is alleged to have threatened a reporter with arrest, and put her baby in CPS custody, all because she did her job.​ Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio won't say whether one of his deputy chiefs, Paul Chagolla, deserves to be investigated for allegedly threatening ... More >>

SCA Report Details Depth of Conspiracy Between Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and State GOP; Repubs Took Anti-Dan Saban Ad Material and Dirty Money From Arpaio's Buddies

Randy Pullen, former chairman of the state Republican Party, knew the SCA donation was illegally earmarked, sources told state and federal investigators​ Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Lisa Allen was dismayed when she saw the super-sleazy TV ad against her boss' opponent, Da ... 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 >>

Arpaio Kicks $40K to New Times, Plus Benjamin Bratt Discusses His New Movie, La Mission, and His Opposition to SB 1070

County Roundup: Arpaio Ordered to Attend Contempt Hearing; Stapley's Assistant Prepares to Sue County and More

www.kpho.comSheriff Arpaio's spokeswoman Lisa Allen was among those who testified last week before a grand jury looking into potential abuses by her boss​ Will the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors "contempt hearing" planned for May 24 really be the first step in the jailing of Sheriff Joe ... More >>

ABC Nightline Report is Bogus, Claims Sheriff and Spokeswoman; Guess Who the Real Liars Are?

New Times is a lying, "insidious" publication that ABC News Nightline program should never have used in researching its recent report on Joe Arpaio, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's spokeswoman states in a new video made by the agency. (Scroll down for link to video). After that bold and ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Hates on New Times, Blows His Lid in Vid with New York Journos

Joe goes ballistic on two journos from NYC He hates us, he really does hate us! Yes, the mere mention of New Times (or the East Valley Tribune) causes Grampa Joe to fly out of his chair and run looking for his top PR flack Lisa Allen during this vid. You can't imagine how satisfying it is to know ... More >>

All the Sheriff's Men: The SCA Campaign-Finance Scandal is Linked to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott

Source: "Crime Sweep" Underway in Chandler by Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

    The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is conducting some kind of operation in the east Valley today, though exactly what it is we're not sure. A source we trust called us this morning to say Sheriff Joe Arpaio's forces were engaged in another immigration/crime sweep in Chandl ... More >>

Sheriff's Office Denies Involvement in SCA Despite Donations From Office's Top Brass

We sent Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio a question on Twitter about the newly uncovered SCA donors that include his top brass. No response yet. We left messages for Arpaio and his chief deputy, Dave Hendershott -- one of the SCA's top donors -- but they didn't return calls. Instead, Arp ... 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 >>

Guadalupe Redux: Will Joe Arpaio Return to the Scene of the Crime, or Punk Out? (w/Update)

"Watch out, Arpaio's coming..."As I reported in last week's Bird column, Guadalupe's lickspittle Mayor Frankie Montiel has invited Sheriff Joe back to his square-mile town for Thursday's town council meeting, and perhaps a meal of Mexican seafood. Arpaio's return comes one year after the MCSO ... More >>

DMX Assaults Prison Guard Over Bad Food, Jail Staff Says; Probation Status Now in Doubt

Rapper DMX, who's serving 90 days in jail for animal abuse and theft, faces an assault charge following a tiff with a jail guard -- a legal problem that could send him to prison. DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was first put in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Tent City jail after his ... More >>

Sheriff Joe, Elias Bermudez and the Case of the Very Offensive Voice Mail

  Guilio Sciorio Elias Bermudez, host of "The Voice of the Immigrant" on AM 1540"You go to hell," the caller snarls. "You talk about illegal immigration -- You go to hell and -- take your Spics with ya."  The message is just a few seconds long, and in these polarized times, ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, MCSO Can't Back Up Bogus Claim that Fox Reality Show Collared 400 Fugitives

from the Fox Reality Channel's Smile...You're Under Arrest!The MCSO wants us to foot the bill for these deputy dawgs without knowing how much they cost us.I know it's been, like, two whole months, but do ya recall that lousy three-episode pilot Sheriff Self-Shill shot for the lame-o Fox Reality Chan ... More >>

Kid Thinks He's Banging Cheerleader -- Really, It's His 49-Year-Old Schoolteacher

 Dreams of sex with a young cheerleader became a nightmare for a 14-year-old boy when the lights went on and he realized he had just boffed his 49-year-old teacher. It sounds like it could have been in The Onion newspaper, but the scene really did occur on Saturday at a Best ... More >>

Paul Chagolla, Sheriff Arpaio's Acerbic Spokesman, Transferred Out of Media Work

Well, we won't have Paul Chagolla to kick around any more. The sometimes pleasant, often rude spokesman of six years for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been transferred to oversee the sheriff office's training division. We knew something was up when we found out Chagolla had been promo ... More >>

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

Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "groomer" Lisa Allen screws the pooch (um, metaphorically) on Animal Planet's "Groomer Has It."

Toughest Sheriff in the Nation Wimps Out

Joe Arpaio's Balloon Payments

It hasn't been cheap keeping the Joe Show aloft. Now, his employees, his inmates and the citizens of Maricopa County are paying the price.

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From the week of March 8, 2001

High-Speed Chaste

Will county auditors be Arpaio's Waterloo?

Letters

09-07-2000

Soft Cell

Special handling for a federal prosecutor's drunken-driving case sparks controversy in sheriff's ranks

Flashes 02-24-2000

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Premature Articulation

Sheriff spokeswoman spoke too soon

Say It Ain't Joe

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Mutiny At The County

Sheriff Arpaio's deputies say his vaunted posse does little more than waste money and slake their boss's thirst for publicity