October 26, 2016
An Arizona federal judge on Tuesday ordered that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio stand trial in December on whether he should be held in criminal contempt for willfully disobeying a 2011 court order issued in a related case involving the alleged profiling of Latinos at traffic stops.
October 19, 2016
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio asked an Arizona federal judge on Tuesday to delete "inflammatory rhetoric" from a proposed order to show cause in the criminal contempt case against him because the language might cause the judge to make improper findings of facts.
October 17, 2016
Government prosecutors on Monday charged Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio with criminal contempt of court in Arizona federal court based on his alleged "intentional and continuing non-compliance" with a 2011 court order barring him from profiling Latinos at traffic stops.