a federal judge ordered arpio to stop, to make changes. this year the federal judge said arpio department make the necessary changes, didn't follow a court order. not following a court order is contempt of court. if it's done on purpose that could be criminal contempt. all of this happening in the context of an election year but just a new tease to an old case? we went to a voter town hall to ask voters. >> i decided that i don't want to vote for arp -- arpio. i voted for him in the past. i feel that he's profiling people and he's actually pretty old. it comes a time when it's time for a change. >>> in a statement, the sheriff calls the charge rubbish. says he's confident he will win out. back to you. >> thank you, john. as you might expect arpio's democratic opponent says it's >> what if he's convicted what happened then? legal experts tell us it depends on a charge. if he's a misdemeanor he will likely stay in office . in this criminal case arpio will have to flip the bill himself. >> this issue really stirring up page. linda writes, the

is that arpio is finally having to face the music. >> reporter: arpio's lawyers in court this morning to negotiate what happens now. >> the fact of the matter is today they will not see a mug shot. they will not see him arrested. >> reporter: this has been building for years. starting with a racial profiling lawsuit saying the sheriff improperly targeted hispanics. the sheriff now accused of ignoring the judge in a case and lying to the court. >> our position is and always has been that there was not a willful violation of a court >> reporter: arpio will not be forced to appear in court in person for arraignment. he can submit his not guilty plea in writing. his attorney says he wants a jury trial and with early voting starting tomorrow, arpio will have to make the case that someone charged with a serious crime should still be the county's top law man. >> i believe he's going to lose and i believe that's going happen because of the efforts of this community. >> reporter: paul penzone who's running against the sheriff is above the law. other democrats are out calling for the sheriff to

they're bitter because we know of all the pain and suffering that so many families went is that arpio is finally having to face the music. >> reporter: arpio's lawyers in court this morning to negotiate what happens now. >> the fact of the matter is today they will not see a mug shot. they will not see him arrested. >> reporter: this has been building for years. starting with a racial profiling lawsuit saying the sheriff improperly targeted hispanics. the sheriff now accused of ignoring the judge in a case and lying to the court. >> our position is and always has been that there was not a willful violation of a court >> reporter: arpio will not be forced to appear in court in person for arraignment. he can submit his not guilty plea in writing. his attorney says he wants a jury trial and with early voting starting tomorrow, arpio will have to make the case that someone charged with a serious crime should still be the county's top law man. >> i believe he's going to lose and i believe that's going happen because of the efforts of this community. >> reporter: paul penzone who's running

arpio can still run for his seventh term with these criminal charges but the charges won't go away if he loses the election next month. >> over 50 years in law enforcement. he's been a dedicated public service. i'm not here with any kind of a political agenda. i'm representing him and the voters will do whra?fr they want. >> he did all these things while he was in office and he there's no way he is not going to face the charges to contempt just because he wasn't reelected. >> reporter: these charges that are forthcoming against arpio epitomizing the strength of our judicial system. >> thanks so much melissa. >>> donald trump declaring himself unshackled making stops in texas and florida. >> it's all while clinton campaigns in florida hoping to gain more supporters this that state. al gore clinton today. gore recalled voters of the problems seen. >>> many excited to see the presidential nominee but protesters did show up. many of them holding signs. trump then heads to panama city for a rally tonight. >>> it's been a busy week for trump. a debate, rally now a brand new taking her quote

. >>> a group taking on sheriff joe arpio taking their message to the street today. they gathered outside the sheriff's office with a huge balloon of arpio in jail clothing. they want him out of office and they're urging the community to vote against him. a judge ruled he violated court orders in a case. >>> got some breaking news. they're headed out to a truck on fire. dps is telling us that this is a petroleum hauler. we're told the tanker is filled with more than 7,000-gallons of fuel. now this is on i10 right near miller road in the westbound lanes. the miller off ramp is closed right now and we have calls to learn more as soon as air five -- news 15 gets over there we're going to bring it to you. breaking into his girlfriend's house and assaulting her grandmother. he broke in near 13th avenue and camel back. when his exwalked in, she found her grandmother tied up. that 78-year-old has dementia and has not been able to tell investigators where some of those bruises came from. >>> two teens met during a then at some point a fight started and shots were fired. both

sheriff joe arpio's racial profiling case... back in court... one day before early voting begins. donald trump refusing to back down...and that has top republican leaders scrambling. plus -tim tebow... ready to take the next step in his next career...what the career... what the former football star is doing in the valley today... ???adlib welcome ???adlib & toss jimmy ???adlib weather weather

sheriff joe arpio's racial profiling case... back in court... one day before early voting begins. donald trump refusing to back down...and that has top republican leaders scrambling. plus -tim tebow... ready to take the next step in his next career...what the career... what the former football star is doing in the valley today... ???adlib welcome ???adlib & toss jimmy ???adlib weather weather he's in the race for the seventh time to keep his seat as maricopa county sheriff'but joe arpaio will in court before we head to the polls for early voting.team 12's nico santos is live our top story this morning. today's hearing lands the day term as maricopa county sheriff. the hearing today is to go over legal issues.this comes after a recommendation to charge to self-described 'america's toughest sheriff' with ?criminal contempt of court.he's already been found in ?civil contempt for willingly going against a judge's orders in the ra over the summer.arpaio admitted to violating the orderbut he says it wasn't intentional.now one day before early voting starts and the latest poll by the ass

. >>> a commercial for sheriff joe arpio accused of revealing way too much about his opponent. why an already controversial add may cause paul panzon more. >> birthday, social security that's about all you need. how did paul panzo's information end up for the maricopa top cop. >> unethical. it's wrong for anyone to expose someone's information for them to be harmed. >> if you have a problem, let me know. i'm joe doosey. >>> a man accused of trying to steal a car. neighbors. a woman pulling into a phoenix parking garage was approached by this man. antoine noriega. he had a knife and tried to open the door. that's when five people pinned him down. >>> he tried to get away, but there were too many people hot on his trail. it started on the i17 then we're told he committed on thomas. you may have noticed there. that uber sticker in the car window. troopers tell us he's actually not an uber driver which is concerning in and of itself. a rough start to the morning. all of it happening near third street and roosevelt. nobody was hurt but we're told at least seven people are now withou

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maricopa county's sheriff arpio allowing information about thousands to be released. >>> you won't see this version of a sheriff aripo ad. two pieces of information that could harm him. >> reporter: in a campaign where accusations have gone back and forth, panzone calls this deliberate. >> i'm fairly confident that they were aware that it was my personal information being exposed. >> reporter: the ad shows documents and for at least a week it showed panzone's social security and birthday. we answer. now the ad blur the personal information. panzone says he's taking that serious. >> i had to purchase a life lock membership. i have to make sure that the social security that my number is has been released. it's not like, we made a no you made a mess for me. >> i'm investigator joe doosey, if you have a problem, let me know. >>> she had a bad feeling. tried to roll up her window but it was too late. a man came at her with a knife and tried to carjack her in downtown phoenix. this is the man police say is blind the -- behind the attack. they say he had a butcher knife. three witnesses for p

this past hour, latino community organizations staged a boycott against the tire chain and sheriff arpio's search for reelection. >>> more than $2 million have been spent against legalizing recreational marijuana since october 1st. the fight to raise minimum wag by 2020. check out both maps on abc15.com right now. >>> almost a year ago, we were talking about a trial. now, there's a confession. an arizona man just admitting he killed a rival furniture sales man. it happened more than 20 years ago in ohio. 68-year-old sam peroni will spend a decade in prison. per new peroni was arrested in his phoenix home. who's really putting people in danger. the ad says, guns don't kill people, kids kill people. the group says far too often guns fall in the wrong hands. we just had a scare in arizona yesterday a 2-year-old shot his mom in the arm when he got hold of an arm inside his home. fortunately everyone is okay. >>> technology is advancing for those in law enforcement. a company is testing an alarm that turns itself on when it sees things are escalating. and it would turn on as soon as the officer

they even brought out a giant inflatable arpio figure. we've been checking thro has been officially filed against him and we will let you know when that happens. >>> we were alerted to something odd after a mailer that public money paid for showing up in thousands of mailboxes. >> reporter: in hundreds of thousands of mailboxes throughout maricopa. >> it didn't resemble the property tax statements that i have receiveed in past years. chief deputy treasurer royse flora. you might call it an inside job from the man who wants to succeed. >> a message from him talking about the great customer service from hiss office. i would be very interested to know what the costs were. >> he's campaigning on the public dime. i think this of how one governance screws everything up. >> we're right outside the building. so when he comes back we're happy to talk to him. >> reporter: neither came out to talk to us. records request for the invice in -- invoice of how much the mailer has cost. back to you. >>> melissa, thank you. >>> you may have seen this activ

joseph arpio was to continue immigration controls after a judge ordered him to stop. the 48-year-old could get six months of jail time. he drew protests from latinos who complained about racial profiling and famously made prisoners wear pink underwear and work on chain gangs. >>> 17 deaths confirmed, thousands of homes destroyed, all by hurricane matthew. rescue crews and boats are going door to door evacuating. with two more rivers expected to crest tomorrow and friday, even people 100 miles inland are being warned to seek higher ground. unfortunately for some people, it's too late. >>s there arer a few things that can be cleand and saved. just about everything is gone. >> those that have been able to return, have to be well supplied because there's no power, gas, water, no food at all and for a while. >>> this impacts a lot of people. samsung is pulling the plug on the fproduction of the galaxy note 7. this comes after the replacement galaxy note phones started catching fire. there's no word on if the replacements have the very same battery issue as the original mod