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Date	Description
11-18-2009	3 U.S. Soldiers Arrested During Crime Supression
11-16-2009	Sheriff Arpaio Launches 13th Crime Supression
11-10-2009	Traffic Stop Nets More Immigration Arrests
11-03-2009	Sheriff's Office Makes Animal Cruelty Arrests
11-03-2009	Sheriff's Office Presses on Enforcing Immigration Laws
10-29-2009	Lt Concerned About Sheriff's Security
10-27-2009	32 More Illegal Aliens Arrested
10-27-2009	Serial Cat Killer
10-22-2009	Sheriff's Deputies Turn in ICE Credentials
10-21-2009	Sheriff's Deputies Will Continue to Use Illegal Immigration Indicators
10-20-2009	Federal Officials Conduct Surveillance of Sheriff
10-19-2009	Crime Supression Operation Results
10-16-2009	Sheriff Arpaio: Nothing Changes
10-08-2009	Cave Creek Signs Vandalized with "Kill Obama"
10-07-2009	Sheriff Continues Enforcement of Immigration Laws
10-06-2009	2008 Audit of 287G Executive Summary
10-06-2009	Sheriff Arpaio Furious Over Curtailment of 287G Agreeement
10-01-2009	May 25 Article
10-01-2009	Mundell letter
10-01-2009	Grandfather Arrested for Molestation
09-29-2009	40 More Illegalls Arrested During Patrol
09-25-2009	Coolidge High School Teacher Arrested
09-23-2009	Chinese Illegal Aliens Arrested
09-21-2009	County Supervisor Don Stapley Arrested on 93 Felony Counts
09-18-2009	ACORN Subpoena Was Issued
09-18-2009	Fountain Hills Parents Cited for Their Children's Crimes
09-17-2009	Sheriff Subpoenas Records From ACORN
09-17-2009	Sheriff's Office Raids Berardi Enterprises
09-16-2009	Deputies Arrest Brothers for Interfering...Again
09-15-2009	Arpaio Continues Felony Crackdown; Deputies Arrest 37 in Five Hours
09-14-2009	Juvenile Inmates Awarded Traditional High School Diplomas for First Time Ever
09-03-2009	September 3rd Load Vehicle
09-01-2009	Man Arrested for Animal Cruelty
08-31-2009	Cave Creek Murder Suspects Arrested
08-28-2009	Arpaio Wins Important Legal Ruling
08-27-2009	Cave Creek Homicide "Persons of Interest"
08-25-2009	24 Illegal Aliens Arrested
08-19-2009	Board of Supervisors Refuse to Put Bus into Service
08-18-2009	Board of Supervisors Refuse Sheriff's Bus For Service
08-18-2009	Horse trainer Arrested Again for Sexual Abuse
08-14-2009	Employees Called in Sick During Raid
08-13-2009	Sheriff's Deputies Raid Phoenix Based Business for 2nd Time in a Year
08-11-2009	Human Smuggling Deputies Nab Load Vehicle, Drop House
08-10-2009	News Brief; Detention Officer Arrested
08-05-2009	Feds Will Not Slow Sheriff's Enforcement of Illegal Immigration Laws
08-05-2009	Washington Times Editorial: ICE gags sheriff
08-04-2009	Washington Times Editorial: Politics on ICE
08-03-2009	Sweet 16 at Tent City
07-31-2009	Associated Press Article
07-29-2009	52 More Illegal Aliens Arrested
07-29-2009	Attorney's Letter
07-29-2009	Arpaio's Attorney Blasts Napalitano for Conduct by Feds
07-28-2009	Cafe Raided by Sheriff's Office
07-23-2009	East Valley Crime Suppression
07-22-2009	Arpaio Lifts 4Th Avenue Jail Lockdown
07-17-2009	Federal Judge Recuses Herself From Arpaio Lawsuit
07-16-2009	Arpaio Donates Portion of Salary
07-15-2009	Suspect Arrested in Murder Case
07-14-2009	71 Year Old Posseman Injured During Human Smuggling Interdiction
07-08-2009	Deputies Raid Mercado
07-07-2009	DC Attorney "DOJ Investigation Not Grounded in Facts"
07-06-2009	Large Scale Fight After Lockdown is Lifted
07-02-2009	Arpaio's Deputies Arrest 16 at Phoenix Drop House
07-02-2009	Cockfighting and Illegal Aliens
07-01-2009	Business Owner From Brazil Arrested for ID Theft
06-30-2009	Setting the Record Straight ... Bus Purchase Facts
06-29-2009	Sheriff Orders Lockdown Because of Racial Tension
06-24-2009	Sheriff's Office Arrests Animal Abuser
06-24-2009	Deputies Arrest Suspect Wanted in Guadalupe Child Molestation Case
06-17-2009	Arpaio Set to Meet With Al Sharpton
06-11-2009	First Ever Zero Cost Inmate Meal
06-09-2009	Sheriff Arpaio Now on Twitter
06-08-2009	No More Jail Time for DMX Assault on Detention Officer
06-02-2009	DOJ Politics
05-29-2009	Inmate Meal Condiments
05-22-2009	Jail Lockdown Ends
05-18-2009	Sheriff Locksdown Inmates on Hunger Strike
05-15-2009	Response to Judges’ Claims
05-12-2009	Reserve Deputy Foils Bank Robbery
05-07-2009	Detention Officer Arrested in Diva Case/ Sheriff's Deputies Make Illegal Alien Arrest
05-06-2009	Armed Volunteers
05-05-2009	May 5 Drop House
04-28-2009	Swine Flu Concerns
04-23-2009	West Valley Crime Crackdown
04-19-2009	Sheriff Had No Intention Of Attending Hearings
04-18-2009	Setting the Record Straight
04-17-2009	Sheriff Moves 900 Inmates
04-16-2009	Sheriff's Office Busts Drop House in Mesa
04-14-2009	Illegal Alien Earns $85k Per Year
04-13-2009	Letter to Sharpton
04-13-2009	Sheriff Writes Al Sharpton
04-07-2009	$1.6 Million Held Hostage
04-07-2009	2 Traffic Stops, One Group of Illegal Aliens Arrested
04-03-2009	Conyers Calls NAACP
03-31-2009	Cops Support Arpaio
03-25-2009	108 Arrests in 14 Days
03-19-2009	More Illegals Aliens Arrested in North valley
03-18-2009	100 mph Chase of 14 year-old boy
03-16-2009	Employer Sanctions Investigation Cochrane Painting
03-11-2009	Arpaio/ Thomas Letter to Secret Service
03-11-2009	Sheriff Cintinues Enforcement Despite Investigation Notice
03-10-2009	Sheriff's Response to Mexican Consulate Press Release
03-10-2009	Sheriff Responds to Mexican Consulate General
03-03-2009	Animal Fighting
02-26-2009	Sheriff Continues to Enforce Immigration Laws Despite Call for Investigation
02-25-2009	Arpaio asks for Judge to Step Aside
02-25-2009	DMX Assaults Sheriff's Officer
02-24-2009	Conyers Letter
02-24-2009	Sheriff Writes Chairman Conyers
02-14-2009	Valentine Roundup
02-11-2009	Sheriff Serves Search Warrant on County Vendor
02-09-2009	DMX is Locked Down
02-04-2009	Sheriff's Deputies Arrest 67 Illegal Aliens in Thirteen Days
02-03-2009	Sheriff Moves Illegal Aliens to Tent City
02-02-2009	Teacher Sexually Assaults 14-Year-Old Student
01-30-2009	DMX to Serve 90 Days in Tent City
01-29-2009	Conrail is Derailed
01-28-2009	Sheriff Targets Scottsdale Business
01-28-2009	Sheriff Requests Review
01-27-2009	Inmates on Light Rail
01-23-2009	Letter to the Editor
01-16-2009	Inmates to watch Cardinals Game
01-15-2009	Homicide Rates
01-14-2009	Arpaio Meets With Guadalupe Mayor
01-12-2009	Detention Officer Arrested
01-08-2009	Sheriff's First Crime Suppression of 2009
01-06-2009	Conan O'Brien
01-04-2009	Former Immigrant Swears in Sheriff

You probably know him as "America's Toughest Sheriff", a name given to him by the media years ago. It's a name he certainly has earned as the head of the nation's fourth largest Sheriff's Office. But even before he became Sheriff in 1993, Joe Arpaio was one tough law man.