Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne has been cited in a hit-and-run accident almost seven months ago near downtown Phoenix.
Phoenix police say the department's Vehicular Crimes Unit met with Horne and his attorney Wednesday.
They say Horne was cited for one count of leaving the scene of a collision/unattended vehicle, a class three misdemeanor.
Police say the case now will be forwarded to the city's municipal court for disposition.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced on Oct. 1 that an FBI investigation into campaign finance matters involving Horne unearthed information about a hit-and-run accident.
Horne says he was "backing out of a parking space" on March 27 and he "backed into someone else's bumper."
He says he didn't see any damage and didn't leave his name and number.
soricobob posted at 4:46 am on Thu, Oct 25, 2012.
So, I guess this isn't one of those negative political ads, but a real news story. One must question the efficacy of elected officials, no matter the party, who blatantly put themselves above the law!
Arizona Willie posted at 7:36 am on Thu, Oct 25, 2012.
The question now is ... why haven't the authorities charged Horne, Montgomery, and Brewer with obstructing a State law?
They ordered State employees to not perform their duties under the State Medical Marijuana Law, and that's obstruction.
They have the right to file lawsuits challenging the law --- but not to tell State employees to refuse to do their job as required by the law. The law is valid. No one has challenged the validity of the State MMJ law. So until the law is repealed or overturned by the court system --- it should be allowed to go forward.
Horne, Montgomery, and Brewer have NO AUTHORITY to set aside laws because they don't like them.
They should be criminally charged with obstruction.
And dispensary owners should sue them for lost income because they have been denied their rights under the law to operate their business.