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Sydney Silvani (0:17)
Hey, everyone, check out this guy and his bird. What is this, your first date?
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Sydney Silvani (0:27)
Yeah, the bird looks out of your league.
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Sydney Silvani (0:32)
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Podcast Host (0:35)
Crime alert. Hourly update. Breaking crime news now.
Sydney Silvani (0:39)
I'm Sydney Silvani. This morning marks exactly 100 days since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Catalina Foothills home. As the milestone passes without an arrest, the man commanding the investigation, Sheriff Chris Nanos, faces a Tuesday deadline to resign or face a forced removal from office. The push to oust the sheriff is not coming from the public, but from within the county government itself. At least two members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors are prepared to file a motion to vacate the sheriff's office if Nanos does not step down by tomorrow. The allegations against him are severe perjury. The supervisors allege that Sheriff Nanos lied under oath during a deposition for a lawsuit unrelated to the Guthrie case. Specifically, they point to his denial of ever being suspended during his early career as a police officer in El Paso, Texas, prior to joining Pima county in the 1980s. However, internal records from the El Paso Police Department tell a different story. Those documents detail multiple suspensions for infractions that include unnecessary violence and chronic tardiness. Dr. Matt Hines, a member of the Board of Supervisors, says the disciplinary board at the time was clear about Nanos performance. In a statement regarding those decades old records, Hines noted that the board's decision was unanimous, stating stating simply that Nanos cannot be a cop anymore and is not upholding the necessary standards of the badge. Hines further argues that the sheriff has lost the confidence of the Pima county community and has become an embarrassment to the department. Attorneys for Sheriff Nanos have responded to the allegations in writing. They claim the sheriff did not intentionally mislead anyone, but rather misunderstood the line of questioning. They argue the questions pertain to discipline in an out of state agency not governed by the Arizona Peace Officer's Bill of Rights. According to his legal team, Nanos identified the discrepancy in the transcript shortly after the deposition and notified his counsel immediately. While Supervisor Hines insists that the Guthrie investigation has not factored into the move to remove Nanos the sheriff is simultaneously under fire for his handling of that very case. High level criticism arrived late last week from FBI Director Cash Patel. In a podcast interview with Sean Hannity, Patel alleged that the Pima County Sheriff's Department effectively blocked federal agents from the investigation during the most critical window of the abduction. What we the FBI do is say, hey, we're here to help. What do you need? What can we do? And for four days we were kept out of the investigation. The Sheriff's department has issued a formal rebuttal on social media, asserting that an FBI task force member was present on the scene the night Guthrie was reported missing. They also highlighted a joint press conference held just 48 hours later. More crime and justice news after this.
