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Richard Romley

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Maricopa County Attorney Campaign Barely Covered by Arizona Republic

      Bill Montgomery -- the Republic's Invisible Man?​A recent headline in the right-wing blog Sonoran Alliance that claims the Arizona Republic has a "blackout" of coverage for the 2010 race for Maricopa County Attorney seems to be accurate. An archive search shows the state's largest ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Canadian Newspaper Retraces How Local Murderer was Spared Death Penalty in Mean, Old Arizona

    Image: Arizona Department of Corrections Ten years ago, a team of Canadian defense lawyers and diplomats pressed then-Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley to spare the life of a man convicted of murdering an elderly Valley woman. Romley relented, deciding not to seek the death penalty again ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    Arpaio's Public Records Requests are Cloverfield Monster Size

      Andrew ThomasThis is one Titanic fishing expedition. The requests made of county offices by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and Sheriff's Office have received a lot of attention because they're so broad, but details about them in the press have been scarce. We figu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    County Creates New Civil Litigation Department With Money Taken From County Attorney Andrew Thomas

    The Maricopa County Board Supervisors today sealed the deal on their transfer of power over civil litigation matters out of the office of County Attorney Andrew Thomas (pictured). With a vote in their informal meeting this morning, the supervisors created a new department to handle civil lawsui ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Judge Orders Thomas to Show Conflicts in Case Vs. County Supervisors; Kicks Arpaio Off Lawsuit

    The lawsuit filed against the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors by County Attorney Andrew Thomas can proceed, a judge has ruled, but Thomas must disclose any potential conflicts of interest in the case. Retired Superior Court Judge Donald Daughton also kicked Sheriff Joe Arpaio off the lawsuit, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2007

    Former County Attorney Rick Romley endorses Dan Saban for Sheriff. (w/UPDATE)

    The lawsuit filed against the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors by County Attorney Andrew Thomas can proceed, a judge has ruled, but Thomas must disclose any potential conflicts of interest in the case. Retired Superior Court Judge Donald Daughton also kicked Sheriff Joe Arpaio off the lawsuit, ... More >>

  • News

    February 17, 2005

    I Could Just Slap Him

    Felon, swindler, liar, sleaze, pant-load. The many faces of Fife Symington

  • News

    December 16, 2004

    Balls in the Air

    Steely County Attorney Rick Romley's going, but he's not gone. He'd like to take the governor's office from Janet Napolitano

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Letters

    Letters from the week of July 10, 2003

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    Letters

    From the week of March 8, 2001

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    The Story of Us

    Often, the worst characters possess the best information

  • News

    December 21, 2000

    Second Thoughts

    Alan Korwin is a smart guy. So why does he love guns more than people?

  • News

    November 2, 2000

    Jessica's Hard Time

    Teen with IQ of 83 faces minimum sentence of 56 years for sex offenses

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Flashes

    Week of October 12th

  • News

    June 24, 1999

    Flashes

    Week of October 12th

  • News

    January 14, 1999

    Flashes

    Week of October 12th

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Glendale's Witness-Protection Program

    Week of October 12th

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    A Hap-less Case

    Try as they might, Phoenix police have not been able to get the evidence they need to charge Jeanne Tovrea's stepson in her murder.

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    A New Apparatchik in Joe's Politburo

    Try as they might, Phoenix police have not been able to get the evidence they need to charge Jeanne Tovrea's stepson in her murder.

  • Culture

    September 19, 1996

    Emperor Strikes Out

    Guv sequel is a sorry state of affairs

  • News

    September 19, 1996

    Joe's Slush Fund

    State auditor general confirms that Sheriff Arpaio misspent $122,419

  • News

    September 5, 1996

    Porn Free

    Why tough-talking county prosecutors freed a man facing 48 years in prison on a kiddie porn conviction

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    Flashes

    Why tough-talking county prosecutors freed a man facing 48 years in prison on a kiddie porn conviction

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    Locked in Masquerade

    The Department of Juvenile Corrections helped create an overcrowding crisis in state juvenile facilities--to the benefit of a private contractor that employs two former state officials

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    Crime Victims Who Kill?

    Prosecutors press gun charge despite thin evidence; now the accused is dead, allegedly at the hand of his "victims"

  • News

    March 28, 1996

    Letters

    Prosecutors press gun charge despite thin evidence; now the accused is dead, allegedly at the hand of his "victims"

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    Letters

    Prosecutors press gun charge despite thin evidence; now the accused is dead, allegedly at the hand of his "victims"

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    False Witness

    Rob Carey lied even when truth would have served

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    End of a Smear

    County Attorney Richard Romley thought he had parlayed a trivial investigation into the resignation of one of his chief political rivals. But Attorney General Grant Woods decided that his top assistant would not be sacrificed to prosecutorial overreaching

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    Trial By Media (Part I)

    For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

  • News

    March 7, 1996

    Trial By Media (Part II)

    For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Flashes

    For month after month, Phoenix news reporters repeated a disgruntled secretary's half-baked charges, helping County Attorney Richard Romley discredit a rival in the Attorney General's Office. The same media horde made scarcely a whimper when Romley cover

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Deep Fix

    Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley went very, veryeasy on Governor Fife Symington and his cronies inthe Project SLIM bid-rigging case. After first assistant attorney general Rob Carey showed that the county attorney's investigation had been a sham, R

  • News

    February 22, 1996

    Tepid Response Force

    The county attorney promises to get to the bottom of Sheriff Arpaio's spending--by asking for a state audit that was already scheduled

  • News

    June 29, 1995

    HAMM AND YEGGS

    The county attorney promises to get to the bottom of Sheriff Arpaio's spending--by asking for a state audit that was already scheduled

  • News

    November 17, 1994

    LAWYERS, GUNS AND PUBLICITY

    THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S HARD-LINE POLICY ON GUN CASES HAS GOTTEN HIM GOOD PRESS. IT'S ALSO CLOGGED THE COURTS, COST A LOT OF MONEY AND NEEDLESSLY IMPRISONED FIRST OFFENDERS.

  • News

    September 8, 1994

    Opiate for the Mrs.

    When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

  • News

    September 15, 1993

    NOTES FROM THE TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL

    When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

  • News

    July 21, 1993

    BACK TO WORK

    When laws are broken, somebody's got to be punished. In the case of Cindy McCain, that somebody is Tom Gosinski

  • News

    March 31, 1993

    REINVENTING THE BIG WHEEL

    DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

  • News

    March 3, 1993

    FIREFIGHTER FIRES BACKUNION CHIEF ALLEGES ABUSE OF POWER BY ORTEGA, ROMLEY, OTHERS

    DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

  • News

    February 24, 1993

    THE CAMPAIGN-FINANCE STEEPLECHASEWHEN IT COMES TO RUNNING DOWN VIOLATORS, PROSECUTORS ARE NOT EVEN FOLLOWING THE PAC

    DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

  • News

    January 20, 1993

    THIS AND THAT

    DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

  • News

    January 13, 1993

    DEALING WITH A CONFESSED SERIAL KILLER

    DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

  • News

    June 17, 1992

    TRYING TO BE A HERO

    DERAILED BY AZSCAM, DEMOCRATIC OPERATIVE MIKE CRUSA HAS WAGED HIS BEST CAMPAIGN YET---TO SALVAGE HIS OWN CAREER

  • News

    June 10, 1992

    LISTEN UP, LAWYERS

    DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY ONE DAY BE ARRESTED FOR RACKETEERING

  • News

    May 6, 1992

    ON THE ENEMIES LIST

    DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY ONE DAY BE ARRESTED FOR RACKETEERING

  • News

    April 15, 1992

    A BUNCH OF NAME-DROPPERS

    DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY ONE DAY BE ARRESTED FOR RACKETEERING

  • News

    January 29, 1992

    OUR OWN OLIVER STONE

    DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE WHO MAY ONE DAY BE ARRESTED FOR RACKETEERING

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