Read more sheriff stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/31009/sheriff.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:49:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71959/colo-sheriff-balloon-boy-case-a-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Colorado sheriff announced this afternoon that the balloon boy case was a hoax and that he would be pursuing criminal charges. In a rambling news conference, Sheriff Jim Alderden said that the drama surrounding Falcon Heene was likely a publicity stunt designed to hype a reality show.http://www.newser.com/story/71959/colo-sheriff-balloon-boy-case-a-hoax.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Oct 2009 12:41:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71916/ariz-sheriff-defies-feds-with-immigration-sweep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe "toughest sheriff in America" isn't going to let anything stop him enforcing the law—not even the law. Joe Arpaio launched crime and immigration sweeps in Phoenix yesterday in defiance of a federal order stripping his deputies of the right to make immigration arrests in the field. "it doesn't...http://www.newser.com/story/71916/ariz-sheriff-defies-feds-with-immigration-sweep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 21:00:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68067/sheriff-sorry-for-missing-jaycee-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Sheriff of Contra Costa County apologized to Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family today for not investigating the case earlier, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sheriff Warren Rupf said a 911 caller warned years ago that children were living in tents in Phillip Garrido's backyard. But a deputy responding to the...http://www.newser.com/story/68067/sheriff-sorry-for-missing-jaycee-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 16:21:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58988/ill-sheriff-new-craigslist-an-improvement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Illinois sheriff who pushed Craigslist to dump its “erotic services” section says the replacement, now called “adult services,” is a step in the right direction, the Chicago Tribune reports. “The postings are definitely toned down a lot. My goal was to get the over-the-top stuff off,” Cook County's Tom...http://www.newser.com/story/58988/ill-sheriff-new-craigslist-an-improvement.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 14 May 2009 9:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58346/texas-cop-fired-for-overkill-investigation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Texas sheriff’s lieutenant has been fired for using police resources to investigate the alleged theft of $16 from his wife at a local car wash, the Houston Chronicle reports. Louis Guthrie and a group of deputies taped off the establishment for an hour to question employees. “This incident was...http://www.newser.com/story/58346/texas-cop-fired-for-overkill-investigation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 11:50:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55175/mexican-drug-bucks-ensnare-texas-county-sheriff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStarr County on the Texas border is enjoying boom times while the rest of the country is stuck in recession, the Los Angeles Times reports. The county—still one of America's poorest—lies at the center of the cross-border drug trade, and while residents acknowledge that illicit cash has long...http://www.newser.com/story/55175/mexican-drug-bucks-ensnare-texas-county-sheriff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 6:41:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52317/im-not-resisting-cried-seattle-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Seattle teen whose jailhouse beating at the hands of a sheriff’s deputy has sparked internet outrage screamed “I’m not resisting” during the attack, the Post-Intelligencer reports. “It was horrible,” said Malika Calhoun, charged with stealing a friend’s mother’s car. “My head hit the wall when he first came in...http://www.newser.com/story/52317/im-not-resisting-cried-seattle-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 15:58:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50445/bong-owner-tried-to-get-100k-on-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe bong case grows. Eight people in Columbia, SC, have been arrested on drug charges stemming from the infamous frat party that Michael Phelps attended, WIS-TV reports. Those eight do not include Phelps himself, but they do include the bong's owner, who reportedly tried to sell it on eBay for...http://www.newser.com/story/50445/bong-owner-tried-to-get-100k-on-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Feb 2009 16:16:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49878/phelps-toke-highlights-absurd-drug-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPoor Michael Phelps, who will have to be punished for something nearly half the country has also done, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post . And poor Sheriff Leon Lott, who "probably doesn't want to press charges because it's a waste of time and resources." The real problems, says Parker,...http://www.newser.com/story/49878/phelps-toke-highlights-absurd-drug-laws.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 13:00:00 CST