A Pinal County employee commission has tentatively rehired a sheriff's deputy fired in 2007 for illegally using a police database and amid allegations of domestic violence.

Sheriff's deputies looking for evidence to bolster their links between indicted Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley and East Valley land developer Conley Wolfswinkel searched the Mesa Republican's county office on Thursday.

An attorney who represents a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office sergeant accused of violating federal security laws says his client has been wrongly accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Monday is the deadline for applying to become Maricopa County's top prosecutor.

In a spirited race for one of Maricopa County's high-profile positions, Bill Montgomery has defeated interim and former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley to earn the Republican ticket and now will campaign against attorney Michael Kielsky of the Libertarian Party in the Nov. 2 general election.

A field of three candidates for the Maricopa County Attorney’s post features a former county attorney, a former deputy county attorney and the Libertarian attorney who will face one of them in the November general election.

Appeals court judges expressed skepticism Wednesday that prosecutors in the case against Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley can be sanctioned for the release of a sealed document to the Tribune.

The future of public safety in the Valley will be molded — in large part — by whomever is elected the first new Maricopa County attorney in 16 years.

June 21, 2004

Maricopa County Assessor Kevin Ross’ chief deputy told the state Attorney General’s Office that Ross expected campaign contributions from a mortgage company in return for providing names and addresses of participants in a senior citizen tax-relief program, according to reports released Wednesday.

Sheriff's deputies raided a Maricopa County office Wednesday and seized control of a county computer system.

PRESCOTT - Yavapai County supervisors have approved an agreement that will allow sheriff's deputies to receive specialized training to enforce federal immigration laws.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has asked the state Supreme Court to reverse a lower-court decision that disqualified the prosecutor from investigating funding arrangements for a planned court complex.

Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn ended his bid on Thursday to become the Maricopa County attorney. The Republican's exit will result in a primary race between interim county attorney Rick Romley and former deputy county attorney Bill Montgomery.

In recent weeks, both leading candidates for Maricopa County attorney have called for speedy investigations of their opponent over alleged campaign finance violations.

It's been a year of transitions in the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, but the Nov. 2 general election will soon settle that.

March 9, 2005

In a year of transition for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Republican Bill Montgomery will be the one to transform it into what he says will be "his office" and not a clone of former county attorney Andrew Thomas.

Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, buffeted by a storm of local and national outrage, dropped an investigation Friday against Phoenix New Times and fired the special prosecutor in charge of the case.

A Mesa attorney with ties to Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley has begun the legal process to recoup any money the county attorney's office and sheriff's office might have improperly spent for a custom bus and to hire special prosecutors.

Even 20 years on, he still remembers the name. "S-I-A-H," he says, spelling it out with typewriter precision. "When somebody puts a contract out on you, you learn how to spell their last name."

The slogan Andrew Thomas used to win the Maricopa County attorney race four years ago was as controversial as it was simple.

PHOENIX - A Phoenix man who shot at Maricopa County Sheriff's Deputies has been convicted of various charges including aggravated assault on a peace officer, endangerment and misconduct involving weapons.

A Pinal County sheriff ’s deputy who struck a restrained inmate is not entitled to his job back, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled.