A half-century ago, I was the editor of a small daily newspaper in Northern California and one of my reporters dug up a terrific story. Popularity of Elected Sheriffs He learned that that the county’s Board of Supervisors had privately compelled the county’s sheriff to receive alcoholism treatment by threatening...
Search Continues for Gunman Who Shot California Deputies
LOS ANGELES — Authorities were continuing to search Monday for a gunman who walked up to a parked sheriff's squad car and opened fire, critically wounding two Los Angeles County deputies in an ambush recorded on surveillance video. Officials asked for the public’s help in identifying the gunman in a...
Nashville Sheriff Reveals Johnny Cash Was Once Deputized
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A sheriff has presented the Johnny Cash Museum proof that the late musician who famously cultivated an image as an outlaw was in fact granted law enforcement authority decades ago. This week, Nashville Sheriff Daron Hall gave a blown-up image of Cash's September 1979 deputy sheriff commission card. It...
Ex-Arizona Sheriff Arpaio Running for His Old Job
PHOENIX — Nearly three years after he was voted out of office, the former metro Phoenix sheriff pardoned by President Donald Trump on a conviction related to rounding up immigrants in the country illegally is going after his old job. Republican Joe Arpaio announced his 2020 campaign for Maricopa County...
Ex-Arizona Sheriff Arpaio Running for His Old Job
PHOENIX — Nearly three years after he was voted out of office, the former metro Phoenix sheriff pardoned by President Donald Trump on a conviction related to rounding up immigrants in the country illegally is going after his old job. Republican Joe Arpaio announced his 2020 campaign for Maricopa County...
Ex-Arizona Sheriff Arpaio Running for His Old Job
PHOENIX — Nearly three years after he was voted out of office, the former metro Phoenix sheriff pardoned by President Donald Trump on a conviction related to rounding up immigrants in the country illegally is going after his old job. Republican Joe Arpaio announced his 2020 campaign for Maricopa County...
If You Have a Concealed Gun Permit, Use It, Sheriff Says
People who have permits to carry a concealed weapon should "exercise" their rights so they'll be ready to protect their community "and defend ourselves against active shooters," Tulare County's sheriff said on social media Wednesday night. Days after mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, claimed 31 lives,...
4 Deputies Hurt, 1 Horse Punched, 5 Arrested in Turlock Fair Brawl
Authorities say four deputies were injured, a horse was punched, and five people were arrested in a brawl at the Stanislaus County Fair. The Modesto Bee said sheriff's deputies watching a line at a beer booth Sunday noticed a man wearing gang clothing who appeared to be drunk and trying to...
Thieves Use Sheriff Phone Number in Scam to Steal Money
There's a phone scam happening in Fresno County in which the would-be thieves don a trusted disguise: an actual phone number for law enforcement dispatchers. The incoming number displays on a target's personal phone or caller ID as (559) 600-3111, which is the Fresno County Sheriff's Office's non-emergency dispatch line....
Tulare County Mom Accused of Drowning Son Pleads Not Guilty
PORTERVILLE — A Strathmore woman has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges in the drowning her 12-year-old son and attempting drowning of her 7-year-old boy. A judge denied bail Wednesday for Sherri Renee Telnas at her arraignment. She was prosecuted a decade ago in Montana for trying...