“America’s toughest sherriff” has a message for celebrities visiting Maricopa County for the Superbowl:
Stay out of trouble.
So for the football player who might get into a bar fight or the starlet who might drive drunk, consider yourself warned:
“(They’ll) be treated the same as anyone,” Arpaio said Wednesday. “Let the players know that. And Paris better take a limousine. Somebody better tell her that she is in Maricopa County, not Los Angeles County.
“It’s a tough county to be in if you do something wrong. Especially the way I run the law enforcement.”
If it comes to it, Arpaio says he has a “pair of pink underwear, a bologna sandwich and a spot in a dirty old prison tent for Tom Brady, Eli Manning or, most certainly, Paris Hilton”.
Hmmm, a little googling brought up this interesting newsblurb from May 2007, when she was sentenced to 45 days in an LA jail. It Seems Arpaio has set his sights on Hilton at that time, as well:
…because of some serious overcrowding in Los Angeles jails, she may not have to serve the complete sentence.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he’s spoken to the chief of jails in Los
Angeles and offered to house Hilton at Tent City.
“I just made an offer,” Arpaio said. “Instead of reducing her sentence, which I feel is wrong, why not bring her over here? We can incarcerate her here. She can do her time over here.”
And according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff is considering the proposal.
Well, luckily for Paris it never came to pass. But if she’s planning on visiting Phoenix for the Superbowl, she’d better keep her nose clean.
Hat tip: Crime Scene KC
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June, 10, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Actually sometimes we forget that most of the people Arpaio is harrasing and putting in Jail are non-violent non-dangerous people. That is where many people don’t understand. Joe likes to paint the picture that he is getting tough on the “bad guys” but really he is harrasing the average, unfortunate anybody. Immigrants, drug users, hispanics, and people who stand up to joe haven’t made any “attacks” on society. He just uses them as scape goats to pull his stunts to attract media attention.
Another thing is, even if some VERY FEW of his inmates really are “bad guys” I have never seen any evidence nor any psychological study which shows that by abusing people they become better people. Most people in jail will get out of jail some day and it is much better to concentrate on rehabilitation so that they become better members of society instead of abusing them and very likely making them even worse offenders.
Another thing, Phoenix has one of the highest crime rates in the US and is one of the more dangerous cities in the US. Joe has been in office several years and if his stunts really worked, then why is this the case?
I say “Joe’s gotta go.”
June, 10, 2008 at 11:01 pm
So he’s harassing and putting in jail, average unfortunates? The average citizen isn’t a criminal, so I find that characterization insulting.
July, 26, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Isn’t incarceration supposed to be a deterent to crime?
So after doing time, isn’t it suppose to make you not want to reoffend?
Screw’em , I hope they enjoy their stay.