Marty Atencio

Joe Arpaio Recall's Naysayers Laurie Roberts and Mario Diaz, and Why We Fight

I like Arizona Republic scribe Laurie Roberts. She's a smart, classy lady. And I believe she means well. See also: -Joe Arpaio Recall Still On, Despite Lack of Support from (Some) Deep-Pocket Democrats As a columnist, she has the luxury of tut-tutting the hard work of others, as she did in her co ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Recall Fever Meets Two Americans at Harkins

So Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants to make nice with Latinos now? Pardon me while I laugh till I spit. Though Arpaio's won re-election for an unprecedented sixth term in office, so far, as of Friday, his two opponents together garnered 47.98 percent of the vote. See also: -Joe Arpaio Doc Two Americans ... More >>

Sheriff Joe Arpaio: The 25 Most Read Stories of His Previous Term

The numbers are in and somehow Joe Arpaio, our 80-year-old codger of a sheriff, has secured another four-year term as the county's top lawman. If that wasn't enough to get your blood boiling, the self-professed "America's toughest sheriff" is promising to run for Maricopa County Sheriff again in 201 ... More >>

Arpaio Awaits Justice as Election Looms

Sheriff Joe Sure Ain't a Conservative, and Here's Why

Joe Arpaio's U.S. Veteran Victim Marty Atencio: Family Files Suit in Superior Court

The family of U.S. Army veteran Marty Atencio is filing suit today in Maricopa County Superior Court over his brutal death late last year in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fourth Avenue Jail. Atencio, who suffered from mental illness, was off his meds and wandering the streets in a daze on December 15, when ... More >>

Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio, If He Turns Up the Heat

Arpaio Snuggles Up to an Ex-Inmate in His Cynical Bid for a Sixth Term

Jailhouse Goons Make Fun Of and Kill a Mentally Ill Inmate

Raymond Farinas Death: Are You Buying MCSO's Explanation for Arpaio's Latest Dead Inmate?

Not long after the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office decided Marty Atencio -- the Army vet who died in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fourth Avenue Jail in December -- died from "law enforcement subdual" and other causes, MCSO has another dead inmate.The Feathered Bastard has the information on Raymon ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Victim Marty Atencio: Family Files Notices of Claim Totaling $20 Million in Wrongful Death Case

An obscene cross between a Three Stooges short and a snuff film. That's the gruesome scenario depicted by two notices of claim served on the City of Phoenix and Maricopa County totaling $20 million for the wrongful death of Army vet Marty Atencio.The claims, submitted by Phoenix attorney Mike Mannin ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Victim Marty Atencio Killed by "Law Enforcement Subdual," Among Other Factors, Says Medical Examiner

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office has issued a determination as to the cause of death for Marty Atencio, the Army vet brutally beaten and Tased in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's infamous Fourth Avenue Jail on December 15, then shipped off brain dead to Saint Joseph's Hospital, where his family ult ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Foe Mike Stauffer: Video Interview by Dennis Gilman and a Certain Reporter You Know and Love

Mike Stauffer, looking to retire Arpaio this fallRecently, Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman and I interviewed the two men who want to put Sheriff Joe Arpaio out to pasture come November: Democratic candidate and former Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone, and Scottsdale Police Departme ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Rival Paul Penzone: Video Interview by Dennis Gilman and Yours Truly

Penzone: Looking to put ol' man Arpaio out to pastureI've been wanting to interview Sheriff Joe Arpaio's two rivals in this year's general election for a while now. So recently, Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman and I met separately with former Phoenix Police Department Sergeant Paul Penzone and Sc ... More >>

MCSO's Training 22 Military Vets to Be Detention Officers -- Let's Hope Taser Use 101 Is Part of The Curriculum

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office announced today that it's currently training 22 military veterans to be detention officers at the MCSO's jails.As you're probably aware, the MCSO currently has more than a few openings for detention officer gigs (more on that below).In October, Sheriff Joe Arp ... More >>

Is Joe Arpaio Trying to Intimidate Opponent Mike Stauffer?

​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office admitted yesterday that it asked the Arizona Attorney General's Office to "contact" Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer -- Sheriff Joe Arpaio's opponent in this year's election -- and ask him about "inside information" he received about the December death of M ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Sicks AG's Office On Opponent Mike Stauffer; Candidate For Sheriff Says MCAO Won't Prosecute His Cases. Intimidation?

​The Arizona Attorney General's Office currently is investigating Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer at the directive of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office over last year's jailhouse death of Marty Atencio (the MCSO disputes it's an "investigation," but we got our hands on a recording of a voic ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Inmate Found Dead at Durango Jail; MCSO Goon-Squad Thuggery Not Suspected in Death...This Time

​An inmate at the Durango Jail died last night -- and it wasn't at the hands of a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officer, according to the MCSO.MCSO Officer Chris Hegstrom tells New Times the death is being investigated as a "natural causes death."Hegstrom says he won't identify the de ... More >>

Coddling Joe: How Do You Collaborate With a Felon?

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 12th, 2011

Joe Arpaio's Whoppers In His Latest Money-Grubbing Fundraising Letter

More mendacity from a sheriff without shame...If you're dumb enough to fork over cash to a scalawag like Sheriff Joe Arpaio, you're dumb enough to buy any line of bull the most-sued sheriff in the country wants to sell you.Like the malarkey that the recent U.S. Department of Justice report on Arpaio ... More >>

Remembering Marty Atencio, the Latest Fatality in Joe Arpaio's Jail

Joe Arpaio's Victim Ernest "Marty" Atencio Laid To Rest

Family, friends and those touched by the tragedy of Ernest "Marty" Atencio, the Army vet Tased and brutalized till brain dead in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's jails, gathered at Peoria's Heritage Funeral Chapel for his funeral service today.Atencio, who was 44 at the time he was removed from life support on ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Apologist Rick Perry Still Thinks "Toughest Sheriff" Will Help His Campaign

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's been in Iowa for the past few days to help his horse in the GOP presidential primary, Texas Governor Rick Perry, in his final push before state's January 3 caucuses.Apparently, Perry still thinks the sheriff's support is a good thing -- despite Arpaio's recent ... More >>

Is There ANY Reason MCSO Detention Officers Needed to Use a Taser On Marty Atencio?

By now, most of you have seen the video of Maricopa County Sheriff's Office detention officers using a Taser on Marty Atencio, an assault suspect who died after getting zapped while already in jail (see our story on Atencio's death here).However, some of you might have missed it -- you see, the MCSO ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Victim Marty Atencio in MCSO's "Safe Cell": Mike Manning Comments

Video of Atencio being stripped and left naked in a cell, taken from MCSO footage by Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman. Note: Gilman obscured parts of Atencio's body to maintain the dignity of the victim. As with the first video, there is no sound.Above is more disturbing raw footage culled from th ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Latest Victim Marty Atencio: MCSO Video of His Detention

Video of the Atencio tragedy, taken by videographer Dennis Gilman from hours of MCSO footage. Please note: There is no sound. Last week, Marty Atencio's brother Mike told me that he and his family believe Sheriff Joe Arpaio's detention officers "murdered" his brother, leaving the 44 year-old Army ve ... More >>

Marty Atencio Dead, Blood Tests Show Him Free of Illicit Drugs, Lawyer Says

One more victim for Arpaio: Marty AtencioYesterday, the family of Ernest "Marty" Atencio, the man brutally Tased and killed in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Fourth Avenue Jail last week, removed their loved one from life support. According to the family's attorney Mike Manning, Atencio passed away Wedne ... More >>

MCSO Will Release Ernest "Marty" Atencio Tasing Video Within 48 Hours

Ernest "Marty" Atencio​The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office tells New Times that it plans to release surveillance video of Ernest "Marty" Atencio getting tased while being booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail some time in the next 48 hours.Atencio died yesterday afternoon after spending several days ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Latest Victim: Phoenix Police Issue Statement

PPD says, according to the preliminary info it has, PPD's officers did not Tase Marty Atencio The following is a statement issued by Phoenix Police Department spokesman Steve Martos, regarding the arrest of Ernest "Marty" Atencio.Martos states that Atencio was arrested for assault after displaying s ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and MCSO "Murdered" Ernest "Marty" Atencio, Says Family

Marty Atencio, in a photo released by his family...A distraught Mike Atencio, on his way to the hospital to watch his brother Ernest "Marty" Atencio die, told me today that he and his family believe his brother was "murdered" by Sheriff Joe Arpaio's thugs in the Fourth Avenue Jail."The sheriff's off ... More >>