(Featured Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr) By Lorin McLain A new poll suggests Sheriff Joe Arpaio is losing popularity among Arizonans, but is it still highly unlikely he’ll lose reelection in November? An Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll shows 57 percent of Maricopa
Several dozen protesters took to the streets of downtown Phoenix on Monday to demand the arrest of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. (Featured Photo by Brian Fore/Cronkite News) By Andres Guerra Luz, Brian Fore and Katie Bieri | Cronkite News
By Lorin McLain A federal judge is recommending Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three of his aides to be prosecuted for criminal contempt of court. The decision last week brings Arpaio’s racial profile case going back several years to a new
(Featured Photo By: Johnny Lozoya) The entire Discount Tire chain is in hot water after choosing to post “Re-Elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio” signs in the windows at one of their stores. It all started on social media, when a picture of
By Socorro Carrillo | Cronkite News PHOENIX – A federal judge who ruled Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio violated a court order to curb racial profiling decided Tuesday the county will have to pay at least $1,000 to each person unlawfully
By: Lorin McLain Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in a whole new pot of hot water after a ruling by a federal judge last week. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow found Arpaio and three of his top commanders in contempt of
Sheriff Joe Arpaio was found guilty on three counts of civil contempt last week, with a possibility for criminal prosecution left open. It all happened last Friday, when U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow issued a 162-page ruling with the
By: Becca Smouse Cronkite News At a civil-contempt hearing Thursday, a plaintiff’s attorney grilled Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on the execution of an internal investigation that followed accusations his department violated an injunction to halt racial profiling. Arpaio repeatedly said
By Ruben Hernandez Photos by Neil Mei ArizonaLatinos.com published an article on the recent controversy created when the Hispanic Women’s Corporation declined to accept a booth application from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. HWC President/CEO Linda Mazon Gutierrez based the
Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio told civilians conducting armed border patrols in remote desert terrains that they could end up with “30 rounds into” them. The tough-talking and controversial Arizona sheriff’s comments on Tuesday came after a member of an Arizona
