A deputy who came under scrutiny earlier this year after claiming he was wounded by drug smugglers in the Arizona desert has been suspended over comments he made to a weekly Phoenix newspaper, the Pinal County sheriff's office said Wednesday.
The Phoenix New Times' story quoted Deputy Louie Puroll as saying that he had been approached by members of a Mexican drug cartel several times over the years and they had offered to "make it worth my while to look the other way out in the desert if I bumped into them."
The story also quoted him as saying that he didn't arrest the men, call for backup or report the alleged encounters.
Puroll has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal probe involving his statements, Sheriff Paul Babeu said.
"If the statements reported in the article ... are in fact proven accurate, the conduct of Deputy Puroll is not consistent with Pinal County Sheriff's Office policies, nor do I approve of the way in which he represented our sworn profession," Babeu said.
Sheriff's spokesman Tim Gaffney said the probe will be handled by the office's professional standards unit and no other information would be released until the investigating is concluded.
Puroll was in the national spotlight earlier this year when he claimed he was ambushed by smugglers firing AK-47 rifles about 50 miles south of Phoenix, and was grazed in the back by a bullet during a running gunbattle.
The April 30 shooting raised questions about why a deputy would be looking for armed drug smugglers in the remote desert without backup. A dragnet involving more than 100 officers in the rugged mountainous area found no suspects and no bales of marijuana.
In September, sheriff's officials said independent testing of Puroll's bloodied shirt backed up his story.
Puroll also dismissed speculation that he staged the incident to publicize drug and human smuggling.
Masterrogue666 posted at 12:34 pm on Mon, Dec 13, 2010.
hillstreet said enforcement at the border, but not once they pass the border? Gee, I guess we should ignore the other various crimes they commit after they make it over the border....
azrepublican posted at 2:23 pm on Wed, Dec 8, 2010.
Rich, concerning your statement about how much cheaper it would be to educate them all vs deporting them, DHS confirms cheaper to deport every illegal alien than allowing them to stay.
On December 3, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Nelson Peacock, responding to request from several U.S. Senators, including Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), wrote: “Our conservative estimate suggests that ICE would require a budget of more than $135 billion to apprehend, detain and remove the nation’s entire illegal immigrant population.”
In July 2010, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released the results of a study which examined the costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local levels. The study found that U.S. state and local governments shell out $84.2 billion annually in various services (law enforcement, schools, social services, etc.), with California taxpayers alone, spending $21 billion on illegal aliens every year.
The same study found that $29 billion is spent every year in federal funds on illegal aliens.
So, while it would cost a one-time fee of about $135 billion to deport every single illegal alien in the country, it is actually a bargain considering the fact that it already costs us $113 billion annually to keep them here.
In other words, the mass deportation would pay for itself in a little over a year.
Incidentally, in 2007, the DHS estimated the cost of deporting all illegal aliens to be approximately $94 billion.
http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/dhs-confirms-cheaper-to-deport-every-illegal-alien-than-allowing-them-to-stay
azrepublican posted at 11:05 am on Mon, Dec 6, 2010.
I don't think the trib actually deletes comments unless they are abusive or offensive. None of your posts have been either of those. Could be that another poster objects and reports and no one at the trib cares to review. Either way, I'm sorry to see this happening.
Rich posted at 11:52 pm on Sun, Dec 5, 2010.
Can't really answer you. The Trib has decided whatever I try to post they have an objection to. Sorry, enjoy Lallaland,
azrepublican posted at 8:49 pm on Sun, Dec 5, 2010.
Rich, no comment on my plan. It is simple and will work.
azrepublican posted at 8:47 pm on Sun, Dec 5, 2010.
Excuse me Rich, but the Irish, Italians, and Jews had the respect for this nation to come in through the front door. This invasion of Mexicans are sneaking in under the cover of night to steal the dream you speak of. They offer nothing and take much. We are very lenient with a very large amount of Mexicans who are let in every year. You speak about thieves that you think are deserving and that just isn't the truth. Let them make their dream in Mexico. What is so different between America and Mexico, Rich? Why do they want to come here? Mexico's unemployment is under 4% so lack of jobs isn't the reason. Could it be that the wealthiest few of Mexico keep their people poor for the sake of greed? The owner of the monopoly of all telephone service in Mexico is the wealthiest man in the world. Why don't instead of taking in Mexico's overflow of poor people lets seal the border and arm the peasants for a new revolution. That would be cheaper in the long run. Let them build their own country.
Rich posted at 7:49 pm on Sun, Dec 5, 2010.
It was said about the Irish, the Italians, the Jews now rrjenn's Mestizos get their place in line. Always a problem, always on the verge of revolt, because somebody new wants a place in the dream. It only makes the dream bigger and better, the shame is that so many of us can't dream.
azrepublican posted at 6:19 pm on Sun, Dec 5, 2010.
In case anyone doesn't know who Van Jones is, he's a self avowed communist who until recently worked for the Obama regime. A man who believes in the redistribution of of other people's wealth.
azrepublican posted at 6:12 pm on Sun, Dec 5, 2010.
The same way all law enforcement already catch criminals is to wait until they fall under the eye of the law and then identify, arrest, and adjudicate them. You said you were connected with law enforcement didn't you? The only problem is that there is a powerful lobby that fights every method we come up with that would facilitate the identification of people in our country illegally.
We can very easily develop an identification system that is foolproof and make it mandatory to prove you are a United States Citizen before you can do anything. No drivers license, no education, no welfare, no housing, no work, no food. We make laws that have teeth. If someone knowingly hires, houses, or abets in anyway someone not a US citizen and here illegally then there are real consequences for them. The problem so many see as insurmountable will take care of itself. It really isn't all that complicated, and it wont take a lot of resources to accomplish.
The city of Oakland recently cut their law enforcement down to half what it was, and they have one of the highest per capita of violent crime problems in this country, but they harbor many thousands of illegals that are milking the city dry. They are a self avowed sanctuary city. Los Angeles would be bankrupt if not for the bailouts that keep pouring yours and everyone's tax money into that city. That would seem to me to be the opposite what they should be doing. That is why I left. So don't even try to suggest to me that any real solution would be cost prohibitive because that is a very old myth no one will buy anymore. A little common sense will do the job if only the special interest lobby's would stop dragging us even further down the toilet. Van Jones says America may be in for civil war and that our future is going to be less prosperous. Can any one doubt why?
Rich posted at 2:57 pm on Sun, Dec 5, 2010.
Then present a plan to stop it. And don't go with the old tired line about catching several million people and deporting them. It'd be cheaper to finance every one of them to a PhD and probably more successful. The idea is simple minded, neat, plausible and given the resources of this country in total, impossible. If we turned all the police and the total man power of our armed forces to work on the problem 24/7 we wouldn't be finished until sometime in 2115 AD assuming you can effectively seal the border with the invention of an impenetrable force field. Then, of course, there would be no law enforcement at all, which might be pretty close to what we have now except that making an illegal left turn would be free. In short, you've got to live with them. You figure out the best way to deal with that, in your own self-interest, of course.
azrepublican posted at 11:21 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Right, but compassionate charity only goes so far and it looks to be never ending. California IS going bankrupt trying to pay for all the many illegals and other poor peoples babies, and it will only keep increasing unless someone puts a stop to it. The continuing federal bailouts for California is absurd and needs to stop. Am I naive to want my own money? Is self interest another word for greedy to you? Are you really so naive as to think letting them go to college for free will change anything? I was a California democrat back when Reagan gave amnesty to several million Mexicans, and I was for it because they said they would make sure it never happened again. In the following years I saw as millions more poured into the US and primarily California, and I saw my taxes go through the roof. A few years ago I moved my business to a state with a better sense of what is charity and what is highway robbery. I mover here to Arizona and never looked back. Right now I see the federal government refusing to control this out of control situation, and I'm getting more and more angry. I see Latinos running in the streets carrying Mexican flags and demanding that my charity continue to feed them and their out of control breeding habits. Well that is the last straw my friend. I'm radically opposed to the dream act or anything else other than all the illegals going home. Then and only then will I be willing to consider talking about immigration reform. That's it. End of story. I have no more to give them. My economy is sick and I cannot allow them to mooch off me any more. Please go ask someone else to feed you are your ever increasing hungry mouths.
Rich posted at 10:35 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
"Does it make me a racist being against paying for other peoples children?" Not that I can see, it makes you naive, we all pay for other people's children. If we do it wisely, it works out better, for example the more educated and productive they are the better the world we grow old in. The inverse is also true, which is where you're headed. Unless you find a deserted island and move there, your future will be determined by the children you don't think you should pay for, If they are well-educated and productive your old age will be pleasant. If they follow their parents, are ignorant, unproductive and produce too many children your old age will be unpleasant. Don't see that race has anything at all to do with that. It's primarily self-interest.
azrepublican posted at 9:56 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Rich I see what you mean, but I think I should tell you that I am one of those racial groups rrjenn spoke of and it's not Caucasian. I'm a Negroid, and I take great offense to those who suppose I need to pay for other people's babies. My own race, as a group, seems to be unable to either educate themselves or control their breeding habits, and that is very plain to see. The Mestizo race, as rrjenn so eloquently named them, also seem to have a similar problem. Am I a racist for wanting the fruits of my labor to go to me and my family? You insinuated that you were a part of the civil rights movement of the 60's,and I commend you for your efforts, so tell me what you think. Am I a racist? I would have also included the figures for single White and other racial groups but I was hoping you would do your homework and bring that up. Blacks and Whites and informed Hispanics all want these illegal aliens and their children to go home to their country of origin. We are tired of paying for a people who cannot afford to raise their own children, but keep having them in an out of control fashion. Does it make me a racist being against paying for other peoples children?
Rich posted at 6:53 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
I apologize, but the Tribune is obviously on your side and as much as I like a good argument dealing with it through censorship makes the logic impossible to follow. rrjrn gets to insult anyone and everyone in the crudest and frankly most racist and offensive manner possible making no sense at all, while any answer to that is removed. So the Trib is attempting to build an audience of the lunatic fringe. More power to them. Years ago I worked with Rupert Murdoch when he ran the Village Voice. He has been rather successful with this tactic. Maybe the Trib will be. I rather doubt it, in that subtlety is lost on the audience and all really good writing uses it. It is more suited to electronic media. As to your argument, basically you need to get tons of babies, according to you, to grow up educated and productive. The dream act is a step in the direction you need to go. probably need to pay more in taxes and get involved enough in education to see that happens. Either that or institute a program of infanticide. The Federal government is, unfortunately, never inactive, and forcing you to pay for a raft of things you don't need is 99.9% of what they do.
azrepublican posted at 4:38 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Rich, could you please explain how the dream act will pay for all those babies? My point was, and of course you know, that the inaction of our federal government to stem the tide of illegal immigration is forcing me to pay for those many babies, and would you consider me a racist for not wanting to. Also the many Black babies that I will be forced to pay form which has nothing to do with the dream act. Am I a racist?
retpcso posted at 2:40 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Does anyone believe Dep. Louie Puroll and Sheriff Babeu?
rrjenn posted at 12:24 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Rich, where did this integration cr*p come from other than from your mouth? Are you saying your aren't for integration?
azrepublican posted at 12:20 pm on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Is it racist to not want to be forced into paying this bill?
NBC’s Brian Williams last week reported, “The latest figures show 72 percent of African-American newborns in the United States arrive from single mothers, most of them teenagers.” (Date: November 7, 2010, NBC Nightly News) They immediately land on welfare rolls as “Aid to Dependent Children.” Similar figures include Hispanic teen single mothers. These unmarried teen mothers fail to graduate from high school—while they birth two, three, four and more children while living full-time off welfare.
The rate of U.S. taxpayer welfare dollars for this new generation of illiterate, irresponsible, unemployed and un-trainable armada of citizens and non-citizens—grows annually with massive immigrant loading of 3.1 million. (Source: www.cis.org , Dr. Steven Camarata) Legal immigrant mothers birth 900,000 newborns annually within the United States.
Additionally, figures show that an average of 350,000 to 400,000 illegal alien un-wed women and pregnant visa over-stayers also land on welfare rolls—paid for by U.S. taxpayers. U.S. citizens must pay for assisted housing, medical care, breakfasts and lunches, food stamps, K-12 education and more.
Rich posted at 10:50 am on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
"You call me racist just because I'm not for unlimited invasion from Mexico and for no other reason than that."
You call me racist just because I'm not for unlimited integration of negroes and for no other reason than that.
Same song, same dance, different band.
rrjenn posted at 10:41 am on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Rich, if anyone here is a racist, it's you. You must really hate Caucasians to want to see their state invaded by unskilled, ignorant and poor Mestizos who will do nothing less than become a burden on them. They are taking over and that is just fine with you. California is just about bankrupt from this massive horde of Mestizos, and nobody there has the temerity to do what needs to be done, and you bad mouth anyone here that will stand up for Arizona against the hordes. Your kind is what is making this country sick.
rrjenn posted at 10:22 am on Sat, Dec 4, 2010.
Rich, can't you read? Here it is again, The term originated as a racial (not racist) category in the Casta system that was in use during the Spanish empire's control of their American colonies, it was used to describe those who had one European-born parent and one who was member of an indigenous American population.
A racial category like Negroid, Caucasian, Europid, Europoid, Mongoloid, Hamitic, Aryan (Indo-European), Semitic just to name a few.
You call me racist just because I'm not for unlimited invasion from Mexico and for no other reason than that. You really don't need any other reason, but go ahead and amuse yourself.
For the record, I'm against unlimited immigration of the following races: Negroid, Caucasian, Europid, Europoid, Mongoloid, Hamitic, Aryan (Indo-European), Semitic just to name a few.
Rich posted at 9:42 pm on Fri, Dec 3, 2010.
What you pointed out was how you used it as a racist term. And yes I understand English have graduate degrees in it. "Bozo, you have absolutely zero credibility as anything but a mestizo loving open border minority." That's racist, and you reveal that almost every other post. It isn't illegals you are against as you state above it's 'mestizos' as you say a racial term you just used in a racist manner.For example ' Bozo, you have absolutely zero credibility as anything but a Black loving pro Martin Luther King minority.' And BTW, that substantially has been said to me before, registering people to vote in the South in the sixties. I was also invited to leave, because the majority was against what I was doing. Same dance, same song, different band.
rrjenn posted at 7:54 pm on Fri, Dec 3, 2010.
Rich, I pointed out that Mestizo is a racial term not racist. Saying it's a racist term is similar to saying black or white is a racist term when in fact they are racial terms. Good grief, don't either of you idiots know the English language?
rrjenn posted at 7:50 pm on Fri, Dec 3, 2010.
Hill, if you weren't such an idiot I'd be offended by your accusation.
I look at the source and just chuckle to myself. BTW, my use of the word idiot is merely a scientific classification and not an insult. You think the N word is the same thing as say cracker or mestizo? If so you really don't know what the N word really means. Again, you're just a village idiot without a village.
hillstreet posted at 3:35 pm on Fri, Dec 3, 2010.
Sure, rrjenn. Your argument is about as valid as saying is ok to call black people the N word because, hey, they have done so to each other, historically.
Mestizo is an insult, and you know is an insult. And it's too late; closet racists give themselves away, sooner or later.
Rich posted at 2:45 pm on Fri, Dec 3, 2010.
Mestizo is a racist term, as you so elegantly pointed out. It denotes a mixed race individual of a certain type and unless you have some friends who humor you, your comments regarding them, in tone and usage is derogatory. I know, some of your best friends are mestizo, right? In other words, looking at your posts, it is 'illegal' to be one?
rrjenn posted at 1:24 pm on Fri, Dec 3, 2010.
Seems futile to educate you hill, but lets try. Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America for people of mixed European and Indigenous heritage or descent. The term originated as a racial (not racist) category in the Casta system that was in use during the Spanish empire's control of their American colonies, it was used to describe those who had one European-born parent and one who was member of an indigenous American population. In the Casta system mestizos had fewer rights than European born persons called "Peninsular", and "Criollos" who were persons born in the new world of two European born parents, but more rights than "Indios" and "Negros". During the colonial period, mestizos quickly became the majority group in most of Latin America and when the colonies started achieving independence from Spain, the mestizo group often became dominant. In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico, the concept of the "mestizo" became central to the formation of a new independent identity that was neither wholly Spanish nor wholly indigenous and the word mestizo acquired its current meaning of mixed cultural heritage rather than racial (not racist) descent. None of my Mestizo friends look upon the word as derogatory. You lefties are always quick to call the right racist even though the KKK was formed from democrats of the south. You are an idiot.
hillstreet posted at 9:42 am on Fri, Dec 3, 2010.
LOL! Doesn't take much to get rrjen to foam at the mouth. You've used the word mestizo 3 times so we all know you are a racist, not just anti-illegal immigration.
You are on the wrong website, the National Socialist Movement website is elsewhere....
rrjenn posted at 7:03 pm on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
"Babeu, in his zeal to gather future voters to whatever office is truly seeking, and to show all how anti-immigrant he is, failed to order a proper outside investigation, shut out DPS, and now is eating crow. I told you so, Sheriff."
Bozo, you have absolutely zero credibility as anything but a mestizo loving open border minority. Babeu is a front line commander in this invasion and that's what you cannot stand. Must really be eating you to see what the majority is going to do eventually to your little crowd of criminals. Yap on all you like Bozo, but will you be there when he's exonerated of your baseless claims to apologize? We already know your answer will be silence. Spread your fertilizer then run away to spread it some where else. That's all you scum are able to do. Must be tough being so impotent.
Rich posted at 6:39 pm on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
"Yada Yada just keep bad mouthing law enforcement ..." Haven't read him doing it. For a cop he's at least borderline reasonable. Babeu is a media freak and an incompetent, that's become rather obvious. Somebody else riding the bandwagon. Most cops would rather cite you for an illegal turn, so that's what they look for. Like everyone else, do the easy thing and get by. Here they are a bit trigger happy and like Mr. Puroll tell John Wayne fantasries, and are a bit less than professional, but then you elect incompetents, who hire incompetents, Yada, Yada,
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rrjenn posted at 4:46 pm on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
25+ years in the police service? I see you just wanted us all to assume you were an ex-cop. Yada Yada just keep bad mouthing law enforcement so we all can see who you really are, just an open border, mesitzo loving retard.
hillstreet posted at 2:34 pm on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
Excuse me, I never said I was an ex-cop, you assumed that . I am very much a cop, of command rank, on active duty. I am also a Republican conservative, but not a Beck or Hannity redneck loon. Illegal immigration is a problem that must be addressed and fought at the border, not arresting gardeners and taco vendors.
And lastly, if the truth about your heroes Purroll and Babeu hurts, well, put on your big boy panties and suck it up. People who spend their lives sucking up to the cameras and microphones sooner or later end up eating crow. And Louie (John Wayne) Purroll, well, I've seen his type before, underachievers who must lie to build self-esteem. He lied in his interview and is still lying. Babeu has no one to blame but himself for not allowing DPS to do a proper investigation. He made several blunders and is an excellent example of why we don't promote patrolmen to chief nor hand the keys of the ship to ensigns.
rrjenn posted at 1:42 pm on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
hillstreet says he's an ex cop, but consistently bad mouths everything that is said about law enforcement officers concerning illegal immigration. I don't believe anything he has to say on the matter.
hillstreet posted at 1:11 pm on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
Nice to know 25+ years in the police service still provides me with a wonderful BS detector. I said it back then and I'll say it again; Puroll's story is full of holes and he never told the whole truth. Five minutes of listening to his "interview" told me he was an arrogant loon. Now you all know it too. :-)
Babeu, in his zeal to gather future voters to whatever office is truly seeking, and to show all how anti-immigrant he is, failed to order a proper outside investigation, shut out DPS, and now is eating crow. I told you so, Sheriff.
Masterrogue666 posted at 10:52 am on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
Santiagojjjr: You want the REAL truth. Go to El Paso, Texas. Proceed south into Mexico (which would be Juarez). It's fast becoming a ghost town due to Mexican cartels. The rest of America isn't as blind as you, and we are tired of it, and Liberal's lies.
soricobob: Guess you'd better include over 70% of that "spilled over" observation. It's not just Maricopa county, AZ, but over 70% of the NATION that's tired of the status quo.
As to the article, if the deputy is guilty, they should throw the book at him.
Santiagojjjr posted at 9:29 am on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
The Pinal County Arizona Desert Shoot Out - The Truth Revealed!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfce_aS1Am4
DeadEye posted at 8:43 am on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
The heck with the no comment BS, just tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth from the get-go and the sheriff and his lackeys don't need to worry.
AZMomma posted at 7:40 am on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
Puroll (among others) ought to develop the "NO COMMENT" part of their brain. This includes Babeu and runs up to the Governor.
Talking to a reporter is gonna get you twisted, and there is NO doubt about it.
Pinal (and other Counties) needs to teach their leadership to STOP running their mouths off.
If they are guilty, why give more fuel to the opposition and if they are innocent, why give the media a way to twist their words into incriminating sound bites?
Guess you can't fix stupid [sad]
soricobob posted at 5:45 am on Thu, Dec 2, 2010.
I guess the Maricopa County Sheriffs' influence has spilled over to Pinal; too bad, I thought it was self-contained.
rrjenn posted at 11:03 pm on Wed, Dec 1, 2010.
How is that bad for Sheriff Babeu? Sounds bad for the deputy, and sounds like your drooling over your keyboard with anticipation. Down boy! Down boy!
az2008 posted at 10:33 pm on Wed, Dec 1, 2010.
It sounds like there's something wrong with this guy. Takes away from his "running gunbattle" story. Makes him sound like a Munchenhausen.
Bad for the political aspirations of his boss, Kojak West.