Cops: "Toughest sheriff" botched sex-crime cases

[Kurmudgeon]

Source: CBSnews.com

(AP)

EL MIRAGE, Ariz. - The 13-year-old girl opened the door of her home in this small city on the edge of Phoenix to encounter a man who said that his car had broken down and he needed to use the phone. Once inside, the man pummeled the teen from behind, knocking her unconscious and sexually assaulting her.

Seven months before, in an apartment two miles away, another 13-year-old girl was fondled in the middle of the night by her mother's live-in boyfriend. She woke up in her room at least twice a week to find him standing over her, claiming to be looking for her mother's cell phone.

Both cases were among more than 400 sex-crimes reported to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office during a three-year period ending in 2007 — including dozens of alleged child molestations — that were inadequately investigated and in some instances were not worked at all, according to current and former police officers familiar with the cases.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57336508/cops-toughest-sheriff-botched-sex-crime-cases/

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Sheriff Joe, he may be "tough", but apparently he's not competent.
Too worried about dressing prisoners in funny colors than investigating sex crimes against children.

[Old and In the Way]

1. I think the competence defense is being far too kind.

This sounds more like a systematic cover-up. The question is why...given Arizona's current anti-immigration politics, I think the DOJ needs to get involved.

[russspeakeasy]

2. What's the old adage "he protesteth to much" ?

I'm starting this rumor right now. "Joe is an illegal alien".

[SoapBox]

3. Another sicko-perv!

Oh ya...how would I know.

Good Old Joe, ugly, fat, straight (sorry straight guys and gals!), married (?)...

and ignores crimes against children!

Perv!!! Wow...Joe, we hardly knew ya! Now we REALLY know more about you than we
ever wanted to know!

Talk about a failure to do one's job...All the rest of us would be fired in a heart beat...And you, Joe,
should actually be in jail for contributing to these abuses, by not going after them.

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[ck4829]

5. Joe is too busy trying to humiliate suspects on TV than, you know, actually fight crime. K&R

[AlbertCat]

9. Joe is too busy trying to humiliate suspects on TV...

IOW

Joe is too busy creating his own image and doing his own self aggrandizing stunts to actually do his job.

[byronius]

6. Not a sheriff; just another right-wing gang boss.

He's not law enforcement at all. He's a Don.

The only job he sees fit to perform is the job of consolidating his personal power within his private domain, which is Maricopa County.

[NashVegas]

7. If I Had to Investigate 33 Sex Crimes Per Month

I think I'd shut down.

Those poor kids. :(

[ck4829]

10. If Joe did his job instead of looking nice for the camera, then the load would probably go down

[From The Ashes]

8. This is a shame...

...something that caught my eye further in the article:

Many of the victims, said a retired El Mirage police official who reviewed the files, were children of illegal immigrants.

:cry::cry:

[pbrower2a]

17. Deportation? Deport the pervs!

Paradoxically, sexual abuse of children would be grounds for deportation of any alien, legal or otherwise.

Ideally after a stay in one of those tents in the summer in Phoenix, of course, and in pink clothing if male.

[Plucketeer]

11. There's still time

for Joe to get his name on the ballots for the GOP primaries... OH - wait - I'm thinkin' of the plumber Joe. Course, they're equally worthless.

[lsewpershad]

12. Not tough

Just a prick almost asleep.

[Scurrilous]

13. K & R

:thumbsup:

[saras]

14. Ignored, or gloated over?

[Blue_Tires]

16. More like 'aroused'

yeah, the bastard is just that sick...

[duhneece]

15. Justice is not one of Arpaio's concerns

He is one evil man.

[newspeak]

18. if there's approximately 400 cases

is it really "botched" or intentional?