U.S. Attorney's Office

Bill Montgomery Screwed Up Tom Horne Complaint, Second Judge Rules

I'm beginning to think Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery should enroll in some remedial law classes. Because now a superior court judge has agreed with an administrative law judge that Montgomery's office messed up the campaign finance case against Attorney General Tom Horne and his outreach ... More >>

Tom Horne's Investigator Meg Hinchey Sues Horne for Retaliation, Defamation

Making good on her June 7, notice of claim for $10 million against Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, veteran AG investigator Meg Hinchey filed suit Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court, alleging that Horne and his underlings are engaged in an ongoing campaign to ruin Hinchey's law enforceme ... More >>

Tom Horne May Triumph in Court, but Don't Count on a Win on Election Day

Tom Horne's Hearings Rescheduled: Will the AG Beat the Rap?

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's corruption is blatant, in your face, unrepentant. Yet, given the machinations of Horne's lawyers, who are battling both Horne's misdemeanor fender-bender charge with the City of Phoenix, and the civil, campaign finance law complaint brought by Maricopa County A ... More >>

Barely Noticed by Cops, Non-Tribal Poker Rooms Thrive in Phoenix

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

Tom Horne's Snakepit, Bill Montgomery's Dirty Money, and the Problem with Carmen Chenal

The media's been hot for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne's head over allegations that during the 2010 campaign he was improperly involved in supporter-turned-staffer Kathleen Winn's independent expenditure committee Business Leaders for Arizona. See also: -Tom Horne's Alleged Hit-and-Run at an ... More >>

Tom Horne's Alleged Hit-and-Run at an Address Listed for Carmen Chenal

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's big press conference this morning alleged illegal coordination between Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and an independent expenditure committee during his 2010 campaign. See also: -Attorney General Horne Hired Carmen Chenal to a Highly Paid Top Post -- ... More >>

Carl David Evans, Federal Prison Kitchen Supervisor, Arrested by FBI and Accused of Trading Food & Smokes for Sex With Inmates

Before performing oral sex on an inmate, prison kitchen supervisor Carl David Evans allegedly told the inmate he'd end up behind bars himself if they got caught. What a know-it-all. Evans, an employee at the Federal Correctional Institution in Phoenix, 37900 North 45th Avenue, was arrested on Tues ... More >>

Sheila Polk's Letter to Brewer Misstates AZ U.S. Attorney's Position on Medical Marijuana

See also:Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk Probed Whether Prop 203 was Constitutional See also: Judge Orders Arizona to Implement Medical Marijuana Act, Tosses Out Four Rules for Dispensary Applicants Is the new Arizona U.S. Attorney, John Leonardo, going to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries ... More >>

Dave Hendershott Will Take the 5th in Joel Fox Job Appeal, Says Lawyer; Read Updates on Fox Hearing

​Dave Hendershott, the disgraced former chief deputy under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, will invoke his right against self-incrimination if asked to testify in the job appeal hearing for fired deputy Joel Fox.Barry Markson, Hendershott's lawyer, told Judge Robert Sparks in the appeal hearin ... More >>

Victims Wonder Why Arpaio Let Sex-Abuse Cases Languish

Joe Arpaio's Admission of Guilt after Meeting with DOJ

In spite of all of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's bluster, the claims of he and his subordinates that the U.S. Department of Justice's report on his racial-profiling ways is hogwash, and the use of that report by Arpaio's re-election campaign to raise money, Arpaio's office issued a statement yesterday after ... More >>

Coddling Joe: How Do You Collaborate With a Felon?

Joe Arpaio Fires Dave Hendershott and Larry Black; Sheriff's Key Aides Accused of Crimes and Misconduct

David Hendershott, above, and Larry Black were fired from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office today.​ Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired two of his most trusted aides today, Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott and Deputy Chief Larry Black, both of whom have been accused of cr ... More >>

State Representative Jim Weiers Won't Explain Reported Role in SCA Criminal Investigation

  Image: www.jimweiers.com State Representative Jim Weiers, R-Phoenix, told investigators that he didn't remember referring Sheriff Arpaio's men to GOP consultant Chris Baker, as Baker said he did.​We've given it the old college try, but State Representative Jim Weiers (R-Phoenix ... More >>

Andrew Thomas' Hitwoman Lisa Aubuchon Shot Down on Appeal of Dismissal

Aubuchon: "delusional hubris" personified Bunny boiler. Sorry, all I could think of as I read through Maricopa County Hearing Officer Harold Merkow's report on former Deputy County Attorney Lisa Aubuchon and her ongoing appeal of her dismissal, was Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. What will it take, ... More >>

Cloaked Brutality: The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

Rick Romley Spanks Paul Babeu, Hard: MCAO Will Not Pay for Entire Munnell Memo Investigation

County Attorney Rick Romley gives Sheriff Babeu a reality checkIn my Monday blog concerning just who will pay for the cost of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu's administrative investigation into the Munnell memo alleging corruption in the command staff of the MCSO, I reported that Babeu's flack ... More >>

Should Sheriff Joe Arpaio Get a Pass When the Indictments Come Down? Hell, No

Joe Arpaio's Watergate: Read Frank Munnell's Memo Here

Chief Deputy David Hendershott: Joe Arpaio's "cancer" Someone should consider putting Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott on a suicide watch. The damning, 63-page memo from Deputy Chief Frank Munnell, first reported on by Joe Dana of Channel 12 News, reads like an indictme ... More >>

Robert Driscoll, Big-Shot D.C. Lawyer, and Sheriff Arpaio Help Andrew Thomas Claim "Victory" After Dropping RICO Lawsuit Vs. County

Image: Ray SternAndrew Thomas keeps taking it in the shorts. Will the DOJ's Public Integrity Section come to the rescue?​ When you file a lawsuit that's vigorously contested, but withdraw it before any judgment or settlement in the case  -- that's called failure, right? At the least, it would ... More >>

Blood's Thicker Than Water: As Thousands Die in the Arizona Desert as a Result of U.S. Border Policy, an Army of Activists Intervenes

Amended RICO Complaint Against County Officials Is Still a Piece of Crap

Andrew Thomas' latest RICO filing is full of lame conspiracy theories. What else is new?​We thought that this time, maybe things would be different.Ha!Last month, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Andrew Thomas filed a lawsuit against county officials and a few prominent ... More >>

The Pink Negro: As an Ivy League Lawyer, is President Barack Obama Hard Enough to Confront the Evil Personified by Sheriff Joe Arpaio?

Obama Squeezes Out First Female Native American U.S. Attorney; Diane Humetewa Submits Resignation

​ Arizona's U.S. Attorney, Diane Humetewa, the nation's first-ever Native American woman to become a U.S. Attorney in any state, will resign on August 2. Sandy Raynor, spokeswoman for the office, says Humetewa plans on spending some time with her family before figuring out her next career mo ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 9, 2008

Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

Meltdown

The Phoenix branch of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau is Exhibit A of this country's failed border policies

The Dead Lawyer Made Him Do It

Finally in jail, courthouse scam king Bob Owens plucks his defense from the grave

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

Catch Him If You Can

When a career courthouse scam artist joins forces with a top Arizona criminal defense attorney, it ain't pretty

Personal Foul

Jim Irvin should give up using taxpayers' money as a political football

Have Gun, Won't Travel

Bounty hunters with guns don't fly Southwest. And a brunette bombshell in Janet's ranks.

Letters

From the week of January 18, 2001

Scammer to Slammer

Bankruptcy adviser who bilked clients sentenced to federal prison

Fed Up

The Justice Department investigates the county sheriff's officeagain

Tom and Janet's Excellent AG Venture

Tom McGovern and Janet Napolitano are running close in a cordial race for attorney general. But somebody has to win.

On Lion Controversy

Politician who favors mountain-lion hunting gets Internet death threats; but did FBI arrest the wrong Web browser?

Tent City Beating is Nearly Fatal

Feds Target Fife's Lawyers

Prosecutors wonder how Symington's debt to a powerhouse law firm was paid

For Their Eyes Only

Tentative pact would seal some records in Symington bankruptcy case

Death of a Witness

Although a probable key witness dies in an alcohol-related accident, the feds still have a strong case against Governor Symington

Lives Overturned

After an eight-year struggle, Darlene Span succeeds where Alan Dershowitz failed

First Interstate Blank Check

Bank gave governor loan write-downs, despite evidence of false financial statements

PREGAME PREDICTION: TRIBE 35, BIDWILL 0

SLOTS OF ALLEGATIONSTHE SALT RIVER TRIBE IS AWASH IN INTRIGUE OVER ITS GAMING FUTURE

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.

ZEROING IN ON ZERO-DOWNLIKE VAMPIRES, LAWYERS GOUGING THE POOR WITH QUICK-FIX BANKRUPTCIES

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