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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2011

Ariz. Officers Turn In Federal Immigration Badges

Ninety-two Maricopa County jail officers turned in their ICE badges on Wednesday afternoon in front of Sheriff Joe Arpaio during a news conference.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2011

Sheriff Arpaio Calls DOJ Report 'Sad Day for America'

Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio fired back at federal investigators who accused his office of discriminatory policing in a report. Arpaio called it a Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack and political pandering by the Obama administration

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2011

Sheriff Arpaio Loses Federal Immigration Enforcement Powers

The Obama Administration's Department of Homeland Security stripped Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio of several federal tools for immigration enforcement, following a scathing Justice Department report accusing him of discriminatory policing.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2011

Sources Say Sheriff Arpaio Botched Sex Crime Cases

More than 400 sex-crime cases reported to Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three year period were inadequately investigated.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 11, 2011

Arizona Sheriff Settles Profiling Claim

Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a claim by two Latino men who claimed deputies had pulled them over and detained them because of their race.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 26, 2011

Arizona Deputy Arrested, Linked to Mexican Cartel

Deputy Alfredo Navarrette, 37, served in a special unit designed to target human smugglers moving through Maricopa County. Sheriff's detention officers Sylvia Najera, 25, and Marcella Hernandez, 28, were also arrested. Sheriff Joe Arpaio called his deputies' alleged actions "despicable."

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 19, 2011

Sheriff Joe Launches Mugshot Rating Contest

Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio's newest idea for bringing traffic to his Web site — launching a "Mugshot of the Day" that allows users to vote for the mug of the booked suspect they like best.

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Photo Galleriesby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2010

Maricopa County Police Women

Cable network TLC returns with "Police Women of Maricopa County," following its airing in the fall of "Police Women of Broward County." The sequel is a similar reality show featuring four female deputies policing the nation's fourth-largest county (3.9 million residents) southwest of Phoenix, Ariz. These deputies work for "America's Toughest Sheriff," Joe Arpaio. Photos courtesy of TLC.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2009

Sheriff Arpaio Serenades Inmates With Christmas Tunes After Legal Victory

In a press release with green-and-red holiday lettering, Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced he would pipe in the music to 8,000 incarcerated inmates on Christmas Day.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 7, 2009

Feds Strip Sheriff Arpaio of Immigration Powers

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he would continue his "crime suppression" sweeps to enforce immigration laws in Arizona, after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security stripped him of powers to arrest illegals based solely on their immigration status, the East Valley Tribune reports.

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