Paul Babeu

Paul Babeu's January Proposal to Strip Lieutenants of Employee Rights Was Done Deal, E-mails Suggest

Remember the e-mail sent by then-PCSO Captain Jeffrey Karns lambasting Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu? Silly question. Who could possibly forget the scathing, sarcasm-riddled message Karns blasted to every PCSO employee on January 8 over Babeu's plan to strip Karns and PCSO lieutenants of their e ... More >>

"S. Renee Greene," Examiner.com Freelancer, Plagiarizes New Times' Jodi Arias and Sheriff Babeu Stories

Do your own freakin' work, Renee! We're speaking of "S. Renee Greene," one of the citizen-journalists who publishes articles on Examiner.com -- and who ripped off portions of the Jodi Arias feature article published in Phoenix New Times this week. Greene, through her writer's account with Examiner ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Jumps Aboard the Latest Immigration-Related Conspiracy

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is at it again -- trying to gin up fear about immigrants running wild, ready to "commit crimes against the citizens in our state." That's what he claimed during an appearance on CNN. He's echoing criticism by Republicans that comes in the wake of Immigration and Cus ... More >>

Pinal County Democratic Party Calls On Sheriff Paul Babeu to Put Duties As Sheriff Above His Congressional Aspirations

The Pinal County Democrats aren't happy with Sheriff Paul Babeu's latest rhetoric about pushing for a law making it a crime for federal law enforcement officers to enforce President Barack Obama's proposals to reduce gun violence. Yeah, he did say that. Babeu brought it up during an appearance on ... More >>

Best Way to Describe Paul Babeu's Chat With Al Sharpton?

In case you missed it, Pinal County Sheriff Paul "studboi1" Babeu and his alleged "7-inch cut" were invited to Reverend Al Sharpton's show on MSNBC, and it wasn't pretty for Babeu.He was defending a fact-devoid rant he'd fired off to President Obama -- actually, he sent it to President "Barak" Obama ... More >>

Reverend Al Sharpton Reveals on National Television that the Emperor of Pinal County, Paul Babeu, Has No Clothes (ICYMI)

We all know the Danish tale about the emperor whose men and subjects stroke him in admiration over his new clothes. Of course, as the story goes, the emperor isn't actually wearing any clothes. Instead of questioning the obvious, everyone basks in a collective ignorance. Until a little boy in the c ... More >>

Valley Fever's 12 Most Popular Arizona News Stories of 2012

It seems like every year there's one local story that defines the news more than others. Last year, it was the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson (which we got a horrific reminder of with the recent mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary). This year, as far as actual readership g ... More >>

Paul Babeu Sticks It to Taxpayers and a Volunteer Rescue Team

Dumb Reasons Pinal County Residents Call the Cops: "A Man Was Playing a Saxophone"

Deputies at the Pinal County Sheriff's Office have a tough job: they have to take orders from Captain Underpants Sheriff Paul Babeu, they have to wrangle all of those illegals Babeu talks about on TV, and they have to deal with the rest of the stuff reported to PCSO -- like the person who called to ... More >>

Pinal County's Top Cop: Three-Way Race Between Paul Babeu, Ty Morgan and Kevin Taylor

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who easily beat out his fellow Republicans in the August primary, is no doubt hoping for a repeat performance against his general Election Day challengers. He's facing Democrat Kevin Taylor, a former sheriff's deputy in Ohio, and Independent Ty Morgan, a former PCS ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu Has Wide, and Early Lead

With results in from about half of the precincts in Pinal County, voters are giving Sheriff Paul Babeu an early -- and likely permanent -- lead over his challengers Ty Morgan and Kevin Taylor. According to early results, Babeu, a Republican, has 32,362 votes, about 53 percent, while Democratic opp ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Tosses Armed Militia into the Mix of Poorly Training Border Patrol Agents With Use of Force Issues

A recipe for disaster: U.S Customs and Border Patrol's lax policies over the use of lethal force. Inadequately trained agents sent to patrol rough desert terrain blanketed with fear and tension that's fueled by potential danger. A border-hawk sheriff putting weapons in the hands of unpaid civilia ... More >>

Sheriff Paul Babeu Babeu'd Himself, Leaps Ahead of Facts in Border Agent's Death

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's insatiable desire to stand in the limelight has once bitten him in the keister. This time, he latched on to the death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie as a way to get center stage and deliver his anti-President Obama sentiments. See also: Babeu Blasted Pima ... More >>

Jan Brewer May Have Paul Babeu'd Herself -- FBI Says Border Patrol Agent Appears to Be Victim of Friendly Fire

The FBI says there are "strong preliminary indications" that Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie was killed by friendly fire last week near Bisbee, in an incident that also landed another agent in the hospital.Thus, it appears that Governor Jan Brewer "Paul Babeu'd" herself, by handing out political b ... More >>

Paul Babeu and Ex-Boyfriend Jose Orozco Won't Be Charged With Crimes Related to Messy Break-Up

See also: Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him With Deportation See also: Demands Grow for Full Investigation into Allegations Against Sheriff Paul Babeu Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's office  announced today that it won't file charges against Pi ... More >>

Sheriff Paul Babeu "Pleaded" With Ex-Boyfriend to Keep Silent About Relationship

See also: Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Him See also: Demands Grow for Full Investigation into Allegations Against Babeu See also: Paul Babeu and Ex-Boyfriend Jose Orozco Won't Be Charged With Crimes The allegations first reported by New Times in February were explos ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Leading Far Ahead of Republican Challengers

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has an early, and unsurmountable, lead with more than 62 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results in the Pinal County Sheriff's race. Only about half of the precinct votes have been counted. It isn't surprising that Babeu will beat out three other Repub ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, and the Top Five Babeuisms Heard on the Campaign Trail

See also Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened Deportation See also Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth in to An Art Form A blurb posted on Facebook by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu treats us to an oldie-but-goodie phrase right out of his Book of Babeuisms -- y'know, those ph ... More >>

Paul Babeu's (Former?) Spokesman/Attorney, Chris DeRose, is "Best Paid Guy...With No Victory," Political Pundit Jon C. Altmann Blogs

See also Paul Babeu's Mexican Ex-Lover Says Sheriff's Attorney Threatened HimSee also Babeu's Reckless Behavior Has Enmeshed Him in a Career-Ending ScandalSee also Paul Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art Form It was just about six months ago that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's Mexi ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's Deputy Reports to ICE a Speeding Teenager -- Along With the Boy's Parents Who Weren't Even in the Car

See also SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also Brewer Declares "Victory" as Court Tosses Unconstitutional SB 1070 ProvisionsSee also Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art FormSee also Babeu Calls Obama's DREAM Act Policy "Shocking" Pinal Coun ... More >>

Vekol Valley Deaths: PCSO Says at Least One Person From the Other Party of Five Was Found

As the Tempe Police Department got verification earlier this month that the five burned bodies found in an SUV in the Vekol Valley were identified as James and Yafit Butwin and their three children, another group of five people was still apparently missing.Pinal County Sheriff's Office spokesman Tim ... More >>

Tempe Police Pretty Sure Bodies in Vekol Valley Are From Murder/Suicide, Despite Paul Babeu's Blame-the-Mexicans Announcement

Tempe police detectives are pretty sure the family of James and Yafit Butwin was killed in a murder/suicide, not "connected to the violent drug cartel," as Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu suggests.The five charred, still-unidentified bodies were found in an SUV in the Vekol Valley this weekend, and ... More >>

Paul Babeu Claims He Made "No Conclusions" in Case of Bodies Found in Vekol Valley

Of course, embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's not apologizing for labeling the likely murder-suicide involving a family of five as the work of a "violent drug cartel."In fact, Babeu's now saying he gave "no conclusions" about the case, and is blaming everyone else for being on "their high h ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, May 31

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Called Out for Mismanagement, Overspending by Chairman of Pinal County Board of Supervisors

Pete Rios, chairman of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors, voiced his frustration with the county's embattled sheriff in a recent letter published in local newspapers. It addresses Babeu's repeated claims -- including a post on his website in March -- that he has balanced his budget despite bei ... More >>

Best Reader Caption for Former Congressional Candidate Paul Babeu and Former Sheriff Candidate Steve Henry?

On Friday, we asked readers to write the caption for the above photo of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu -- who dropped his congressional bid earlier this week to run for sheriff again -- and his Chief Deputy Steve Henry, whom Babeu pushed out of his own bid for sheriff.After sifting through all the ... More >>

Former Congressional Candidate Paul Babeu and Former Sheriff Candidate Steve Henry in You Write The Caption

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's dropped his congressional bid earlier this week to run for sheriff again, pushing his Chief Deputy, Steve Henry, out of his bid for sheriff.This must have been a real awkward conversation Babeu decided (in his own best interests) he had to have with ... More >>

Paul Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art Form

Are You Buying Paul Babeu's Explanation for Dropping Out of Congressional Race?

Our colleague Monica Alonzo reported late last week that Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's dropping his Congressional bid, which might not exactly come as a surprise.What may come as a surprise is his explanation for why he's dropping out of the race, which happens to exclude anything about the abus ... More >>

Paul Babeu Quitting Congressional Campaign; Now Confirms the Rumors His Office Has Been Denying

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is calling it quits in his Congressional campaign and plans instead to run for re-election as sheriff. Babeu would have us believe that his decision has nothing to do with the polls that show he has no chance of winning a seat in Arizona's Fourth Congressional Distri ... More >>

Larry Dever Is a Real Arizona Sheriff

Queerty Slams Gay Republican Group For Supporting Scandal-Ridden Paul Babeu's Congressional Campaign

Queerty, a popular online magazine, offered a little commentary about a $1,000-a-ticket fundraiser the Log Cabin Republican are hosting for "scandal-plagued" Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. In one word: Vom. From Queerty: In the fantasy world Republicans live in, a closeted sheriff accused of t ... More >>

Paul Babeu Falsely Claims He's Always Been Pro-Life in Latest Campaign Video, Old News Articles Detail Flip-Flop on Issue

Political spin is one thing. Politicians do it all the time -- the classic distorting the truth beyond recognition so long as there is some nugget of truth that remains. Paul Babeu, who is running for a seat in Arizona's Fourth Congressional District, isn't wasting time on that anymore. In his la ... More >>

Does Paul Babeu Have a Shot at Winning His Congressional Race?

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is still trying to win a seat in Congress, despite the unflattering information about the sheriff that seems to come out with regularity during his campaign.First it was Babeu as Sheriff studboi1, and his ex-lover's allegations that the sheriff threatened him with dep ... More >>

Paul Babeu's Congressional Campaign Contributions Collapse in Weeks Following Allegations He Abused His Power, Threatened His Gay, Mexican Lover with Deportation

Contributions to congressional hopeful Paul Babeu barely trickled in during March, with the once-popular lawman pocketing a mere $6,700 in the wake of multiple scandals enveloping him, his agency, and his campaign.   By comparison, Congressman Paul Gosar, also running for a seat in A ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, April 5, 2012

Paul Babeu, Embattled Congressional Candidate, Performs Mitt Romney-esque Flip-Flop-Flip in First Campaign Video

In Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's first Congressional campaign video -- a 30-second spot posted on YouTube -- he tells viewers that he is "still the conservative fighter who stood up to Obama over border security. And I'm still the pro-life candidate who will fight for new jobs and against incre ... More >>

Paul Babeu, Embattled Pinal County Sheriff, Struggles to Remain a Relevant Political Figure

​Earlier this month, the L.A. Times reported that "federal agents stopped the main target of the ill-fated Operation Fast and Furious in May 2010" but released him after questioning and "he disappeared back into Mexico, and the program went on to spiral out of control." It was a stunning revelati ... More >>

Paul Babeu Touts Gay Rights While LGBT Inmates in His Jail Suffer

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 22, 2012

Paul Babeu is 'Republicans' Latest Nightmare,' Says Columnist in London Evening Standard

Columnist James Fenton called Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu "Republicans' latest nightmare" in a piece for the London Evening Standard. Fentons' column hit the presses about a week after New Times reported that Babeu's Mexican ex-boyfriend lobbed allegations that the sheriff threatened him and th ... More >>

Paul Babeu's Suspicious Past as School's Headmaster

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 8, 2012

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu and County Supervisor Pete Rios Exchange Political Barbs; Supervisor Renews Call for Sheriff to Resign

Pinal County Supervisor Pete Rios has been calling for embattled Sheriff Paul Babeu to step down from his post as the county's top cop. In the past few weeks, several individuals have lodged allegations against Babeu that he abused his power, was complicit in the abusive conditions at the DeSisto S ... More >>

Paul Babeu: More Details of Alleged Threats Emerge in $1 Million Claim Babeu's Ex-Lover Has Filed Against Pinal County and Its Sheriff

Did Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu employ another law enforcement officer to pressure Jose Orozco, the sheriff's ex-boyfriend, to keep quiet about his relationship with the sheriff? Orozco believes so, and he revealed that detail in a $1 million claim his attorneys filed on March 2 against Pinal C ... More >>

Babeu's Reckless and Threatening Behavior Have Enmeshed Him in a Career-Ending Scandal

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Paul Babeu: Before Scandal Exploded, Pinal County Sheriff Blamed His Mexican Ex-Boyfriend's Web Comments on His Sister

We stumbled upon this little nugget on the Daily Kos, which is much more interesting given Paul Babeu's latest attacks on his sister, Lucy. David Nir of the Daily Kos wrote that "Sheriff Paul Babeu originally tried to blame website comments on mentally ill sister." The entire Daily Kos blog post ... More >>

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's Ties to Abusive Boarding School for Troubled Teens

A local news station has reported that while Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu was headmaster for the now-defunct DeSisto School in Stockbridge, Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services launched an investigation into repeated claims of physical and sexual abuse ... More >>

Demands Grow for Full Investigation into Allegations Against Sheriff Paul Babeu