Posted on 06/06/2011 7:54:02 AM PDT by Mr.Unique
TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) - Unsealed court records allege that two former Pima County Sheriffs deputies worked together to pull over known drug traffickers to steal their money.
In the "superseding indictment" that was unsealed Thursday, prosecutors allege that then-Deputies Miguel Arvizu and Francisco Jimenez arranged to also provide "security" while others stole drugs and money from a storage facility in Green Valley.
Arvizu was a deputy for nearly seven years, from June 8, 2003, to when he resigned April 28, 2010. Jimenez was hired June 23, 2006, and resigned March 17, 2011.
The charges paint a picture of two allegedly corrupt deputies who ran drugs and stole the profits, according to the indictment.
In all, Arvizu is charged with eight counts that include theft of government money and attempted distribution of 3 kilograms of cocaine. Jimenez faces similar charges.
Note that these guys were allowed to resign rather than being shot in their boxers.
The “war” on drugs is such good business for all involved but the foolish users.
I wonder if their homes contained body armour and guns.
Freegards
The indictment, which was unsealed Thursday, alleges Jimenez used his position at Pima County Sheriff's Department and his patrol car in the commission of several offenses. The indictment also alleges that Arvizu, a former Pima County Sheriff's deputy, assisted Jimenez and his other co-conspirators in stealing drugs and drug sale proceeds.
The indictment alleges that on June 26, 2010, Arvizu arranged a traffic stop on a vehicle that that purportedly contained drug proceeds, according to court documents. Jimenez allegedly stole $4,000 from the car's glove compartment, and later gave Arvizu a portion of the money.
On October 8, Jimenez searched a vehicle parked at the Tucson Mall that purportedly contained drug proceeds, and stole another $4,000 from the glove compartment.
On November 24, Arvizu arranged for Jimenez to provide "security" while co-conspirators broke into a storage facility in Green Valley and allegedly stole controlled substances and drug proceeds, according to court documents.
Arvizu has been charged with eight counts, including: conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, theft of government money and property, attempted distribution of three kilograms of cocaine, attempted possession with the intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, and assaulting a person having lawful charge, custody, and control of money and other property of the United States, with the intent to rob, steal, and purloin said money and property of the United States.
And these guys of course will take the full fall for it, and the Pima County commie Dupnik will get off scott free.
Perhaps the Pima Co. SWAT Team should have busted into their homes and murdered them. That would solve crime!
Oldest cop scam in the book. This is what took down the entire New Orleans PD in the early 90s.
Perhaps Pima county SWAT killed the young marine because he knew too much.
I don’t see where it indicates how these charges originated. A few weeks ago there was some similar corruption in Sheriff Joe’s county, which his own department rooted out. I’d be curious to find out if Dupnik was cleaning his own house (doubtful) or if an external agency caught this.
And the people who pay for it, not to mention those who become collateral damage in the war.
As a matter of fact, the only ones profiting are drug dealers, cops and politicians.
I guess that’s possible, although it overstates the authorities intelligence in my view. I think they are just power hungry, blood thirsty assholes who wanted to put a citizen in his place. But your theory can’t be ruled out yet.
The unsealing of today's indictment is the culmination of a collective effort by the Southern Arizona Corruption Task Force and the United States Attorney's Office," said John Strong, FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge, Phoenix Division.
Sheriff Lumphead’s boys............
Thanks...at work, so I didn’t have time to look through everything. At least it confirms what I suspected :-)
Pima County, Arizona, is a freakin’ mess. Sheriff Dupnik, with his constant idiocy following the Gifford shooting; the SqWAT raid against the poor Marine coal-miner; and now this.
I am not sure the Pimp (sic) County FUBAR can be adequately described by incompetence. Is such overwhelming incompetence possible?
Is this also under Sherriff Dupa?
(Dupnik)
The other day I was wondering if the whole SWAT raid and kill was about seizing money to use for Dupnik’s reelection. They claimed the victim had been shaking down dealers, posing as a DEA agent. Maybe the cops wanted the money and to get rid of a problem for the drug dealers they were protecting. win/win for the sheriff (except for the poor guy’s widowed wife and orphaned child).
I am also in the “power hungry, blood thirsty assholes who wanted to put a citizen in his place” school of thought, although I intend to keep an open mind as I watch the Pima County Sheriff’s office continue to implode.
By the way, a very fortunate typo has resulted in me forever calling them SqWAT Teams.
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