Ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio Found Guilty of criminal contempt of court
USA Today NetworkMegan Cassidy, The Arizona Republic Published 11:48
a.m. MT July 31, 2017 | Updated 12:12 p.m. MT July 31, 2017
PHOENIX — The immigration policies that elevated former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to fame were the same that would ultimately lead to his political demise, and now have made him a convicted criminal.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton found Arpaio, the former Maricopa County, Ariz., sheriff, guilty of criminal contempt of court, finding that he willfully violated a federal judge's order.
The sentencing phase will begin Oct. 5. Arpaio faces up to six months in confinement, a sentence equivalent to that of a misdemeanor.
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