Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap says his staff are under criminal investigation, blames county supervisors

Special prosecutor investigating latest election-control disagreement in Maricopa County

News crews gather outside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center for the 2024 Election in Maricopa County on Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Ariz. A special prosecutor is looking into whether employees in the Maricopa County Recorder's Office broke the law by allegedly removing materials from the vote tabulation center amid a local election earlier this year. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza for Votebeat)With mere weeks until voting begins in a …

Special prosecutor investigating Maricopa County Recorder employees

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap says the board of supervisors sicced cops on his workers. The board says they took a ballot tabulator.

Maricopa County Recorder Employees Under Criminal Investigation Over Equipment Dispute

An armed sheriff’s deputy reportedly confronted Maricopa County Recorder’s Office (MCRO) employees over the weekend during the office’s ongoing elections authority dispute with the board of supervisors. Under the directive of special counsel appointed by Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, an off-duty deputy with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office approached MCRO staff, including MCRO IT...

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap says his staff are under criminal investigation, blames county supervisors

Justin Heap said that armed sheriff's deputies appeared at the home of several Recorder's Office employees and informed them that they were under investigation.

County recorder seeks end to probe of ballot scanner dispute

Maricopa County Recorder Alleges Board Retaliation As Staff Face Criminal Investigation

By Staff Reporter | Several Maricopa County staffers are now in the middle of an elections authority dispute between the recorder’s office and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.  Several employees with the recorder’s office have been placed under investigation for the alleged theft of a piece of election equipment.  Several employees were contacted by an officer with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend as part of a criminal…