Deputy Abel Porras had just started to consider where he might eat dinner Thursday night when the urgent voice of a Pinal County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher barged onto the radio frequency: A 20-year-old man had been found in his garage hanging from a rope.

Deputy Abel Porras had just started to consider where he might eat dinner Thursday night when the urgent voice of a Pinal County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher barged onto the radio frequency: A 20-year-old man had been found in his garage hanging from a rope.

Sheriff Chris Vasquez is running a tightknit campaign and bumping up his public affairs staff before a bid for a first full term as Pinal County's top law enforcement official.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is switching to a four-day workweek for all of its employees to offset the high cost of gasoline.

After months of allegations and controversy in a hotly contested race, Pinal County has elected a new sheriff.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is hosting a safety fair from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Walker Butte K-8 Elementary School, 29697 N. Desert Willow Blvd., in the Queen Creek area.

Paul Babeu, the Republican candidate for Pinal County sheriff, brings backgrounds in both politics and law enforcement to his bid for the position that requires the skills in both.

Buried in the stacks of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office evidence facility are guns, drugs and blood-stained clothes. There's also a guitar, vacuums and a prosthetic leg.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office will hold a "Stuff the Bus" School Supply Drive through Sept. 1.

Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputies are investigating two separate death cases involving a 25-year-old woman and a man discovered in the desert off of Interstate 8 near Casa Grande within the last week.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is seeking book donations for its resource center at the Pinal County Detention Center.

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help in identifying a man whose skeletal remains were recovered Sept. 3, 2005, between Superior and Miami, Ariz.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu placed two members of his command staff on paid administrative leave Wednesday pending the outcome of investigations for two separate incidents involving deception and criminal wrongdoing.

A Chandler police officer announced his candidacy for Pinal County Sheriff on Monday.

A Pinal County resident has started a campaign to recall Sheriff Chris Vasquez after reading Tribune reports that the sheriff plagiarized more than a dozen times in monthly letters to citizens.

The three-man race for Pinal County sheriff will be one man less following the Sept. 2 primary, guaranteeing the others a spot on November's general election ballot.

The state agency that certifies police officers is investigating a Pinal County sheriff's commander. According to Lyle Mann, executive director of the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, or POST, the probe involves inconsistencies in commander Joe McAuliffe's current certification application with the board and past ones.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu this week demanded the resignation of the county recorder for hiring her daughter's boyfriend and failing to prevent him from using county records to steal the identities and commit financial fraud against several victims.