
Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Sheriff sued by fedsBy H. Nelson GoodsonSeptember 2, 2010Phoenix, Arizona - On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit naming Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the county jail and Maricopa County as defendents. The DOJ claims in an "unprecedented" move, Sheriff Arpaio has deliberately ignored requests to make jail records and documents available to the justice department. In June 2009, the DOJ had requested the documents when it began an investigation...
