Joe Arpaio

FBI Looking At Sheriff Joe's Aides For Alleged Misconduct

Ryan J. Reilly | October 6, 2010, 4:52PM

Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Add one more FBI investigation to the list of federal probes into Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

Federal agents and the U.S. Attorney's office are probing whether top Arpaio aide Chief Deputy David Hendershott -- who has directed the day-to-day operations of the office for a number of years -- mismanaged the department, according to a letter from the U.S. Attorney obtained by TPMMuckraker.

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