us from doing our job would have been to go against individuals within my office, myself included, the county manager, criminally. many say behind the scenes the beloved tough sheriff, joe arpaio, opens investigations and sends out his deputies against politicians, judges, mayors and even civil servants, anyone who gets in his way. the sheriff s office says the investigations are all legitimate. that investigators had probable cause and the duty to investigate. others call it intimidation. abuse of power. here s why. don stapley faced two sheriff s department investigations. 118 counts in all. he was handcuffed, put in jail. it was a painful ordeal. but all of it, all of it was dismissed. his defense cost him personally more than $1.5 million.
have been to go against individuals within my office, myself included, the county manager, criminally. many say behind the scenes the beloved tough sheriff, joe arpaio, opens investigations and sends out his deputies against politicians, judges, mayors and even civil servants, anyone who gets in his way. the sheriff s office says the investigations are all legitimate. that investigators had probable cause and the duty to investigate. others call it intimidation. abuse of power. here s why. don stapley faced two sheriff s department investigations. 118 counts in all. he was handcuffed, put in jail. it was a painful ordeal. but all of it, all of it was dismissed. his defense cost him personally more than $1.5 million. when mary rose wilcox got into court, every charge against her, all 44, thrown out.
118 counts in all. he was handcuffed, put in jail. it was a painful ordeal. but all of it, all of it was dismissed. his defense cost him personally more than $1.5 million. when mary rose wilcox got into court, every charge against her, all 44, thrown out. and grand jury records released this year show an investigation launched against county director sandy wilson ended because the grand jury said there was no case. paul charleston is a former u.s. attorney for arizona. he s now in private practice and represents don stapley. if i believe it to be true, the abuse of authority is when you mess with my budget, when you mess with my issues, i m going to look into your past. there might be no evidence of a crime that occurred but i ll bring charges against you anyway? that s exactly right. i take it a step further. if you re a judge who is sitting on a case that i have and you