Arpaio Blog

Money Shot
If Maricopa County supervisors wanted to go after Sheriff Joe Arpaio, they could. They could focus on his office’s finances
By Sarah Fenske
Published on December 27, 2007
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has long maintained that he’s accountable to the people — but the people’s accountants are a different story.
Not one of the county supervisors was willing to […]

The Bird pummels the MSCO
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published on March 20, 2008
The bill for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s Honduran scam is at least $157K. This avian accountant tallied up that much after the Sheriff’s Office released hourly rates for the 10 MCSO deputies involved, including the […]

Inmates’ Rights Lawsuit Languishes
The unresolved Hart vs. Hill suit was filed 30 years ago in federal court. It brings up the same jailhouse abuses that occur today
By John Dickerson
Published on December 20, 2007
The lawyer behind the arrests of New Times executives Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin is central in a seminal lawsuit alleging that the […]

The Bird wonders just what Joe Arpaio’s top dog is doing down in Honduras
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published on January 24, 2008
JABBA IN PARADISE
Matt Mignanelli
Honduras This Week Online
Honduran high jinks: (from left) MCSO Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott, Honduran police official Julio Benitez, retired MCSO deputy Roger Marshall, and […]

New Times files a prelude to a lawsuit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio, County Attorney Andy Thomas and a discredited ex-special prosecutor on behalf of its readers and the Constitution
By Stephen Lemons
Published on February 21, 2008
New Times submitted a formal Notice of Claim on Wednesday, February 20, against the public officials responsible for a fiasco in […]

Head on a skewer: Joe Arpaio was so obsessed with getting a hard-charging New Times writer prosecuted that he badgered Andy Thomas into making a fool of himself
By Paul Rubin
Published on March 20, 2008
On May 2, 2005, a prosecutor and an investigator at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office asked senior staffers to review a potentially […]

The Bird catches Darrell Ankarlo butt-smoochin’ Sheriff Joe again, relates the latest on the MCSO’s Honduran scandal.
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published on March 06, 2008
How does an administration as unhinged as Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s flourish? One reason is the acquiescence of other elected officials. Their unwillingness to question […]

Inhumanity Has a Price
Corpses, a flesh-eating virus, the most-sued sheriff in America. Lawsuits against Joe Arpaio have cost us $41 million, so far
By John Dickerson
Published on December 20, 2007
Maricopa County law enforcement violated the constitutional rights of this newspaper’s readers in October. Using secret grand jury subpoenas, County Attorney Andrew Thomas sought records that would […]

Math-challenged Sheriff Joe Arpaio can’t account for the $41 million he’s cost taxpayers
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published on January 10, 2008
Nothing makes this mallard madder than Tyra Banks after someone’s said her booty’s too big than having the truth-twisters over at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office call The […]

The Bird wonders why Sheriff Joe Arpaio put a U.S. citizen behind bars for simply appearing Mexican
From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Stephen Lemons
Published on January 31, 2008
What ICE doesn’t know won’t hurt it.
Stephen Lemons
U.S. citizen Israel Correa, with detail from his MCSO booking report, which indicates an “MCSO ICE Hold.”
Subject(s):
Russell […]