EX-Sheriff Brian Hounshell
Apache County
As to the corruption in Apache County Sheriff’s Office, the Arizona Republic newspaper (azcentral.com) reported on January 3, 2007:
"Investigations and prosecutions of corruption in the Apache County Sheriff’s Office are continuing. A deputy sheriff pleaded guilty this week to several counts of lying to a state grand jury, which has been investigating the Sheriff’s Office."
The White Mountain Independent (wmicentral.com) reported on January 16, 2007, that Sheriff Hounshell will stand trial in Maricopa County on eleven felony charges, including the charges of fraud, fraudulent schemes, and fraudulent schemes and artifices. It is not ironic that several of these crimes were committed, allegedly, by the Sheriff while I was under his arrest and during my trial. I will allege, someday, that my arrest and trial were, in fact, more of his fraudulent schemes and artifices!
As this story goes to press: (1) Sheriff Brain Hounshell has resigned and has pled guilty to a felony count; www.wmicentral.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19095902&brd=2264&pag=461&dept_id=505965, (2) * Judge R. Bruce Overson was removed from the bench and temporarily reassigned to other duties pending an investigation by the Commission on Judicial Conduct (3) And it appears that an investigation may be gearing up against Apache County Attorney, Criss Candelaria, and his Chief Deputy County Attorney, Bradley Carlyon.