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Local officials successful Arizona are pushing to region Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is starring the probe into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
At slightest 2 Pima County supervisors program to record a question to person the sheriff's bureau vacated if Nanos doesn't measurement down by Tuesday, which marks 100 days since Guthrie vanished from her Tucson, Arizona, home.
They allege Nanos lied nether oath during a deposition for an unrelated suit erstwhile helium denied being suspended during his years arsenic a constabulary serviceman successful El Paso, Texas, earlier helium joined the Pima County Sheriff's Department successful the 1980s.
"A unanimous ballot of the disciplinary committee astatine that clip for a full big of problems said, 'Hey, helium can't beryllium a bull anymore. He's conscionable atrocious astatine this and he's not upholding our standards … he's got to go,'" said Dr. Matt Heinz, a subordinate of the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
CBS News obtained the El Paso Police Department records that amusement Nanos was suspended respective times for a fig of alleged infractions, including "unnecessary violence" and tardiness.
"He has decidedly mislaid the assurance of the community. He's embarrassed himself, and it's clip for him to go," Heinz said.
An lawyer for Nanos said successful a letter, "Sheriff Nanos did not recognize the question related to subject with a antithetic bureau not governed by the Arizona Peace Officer's Bill of Rights. In reviewing the transcript soon aft his deposition, Sheriff Nanos spotted the misunderstanding and promptly notified his attorney."
The propulsion to oust Nanos comes days aft helium faced disapproval implicit his handling of the Guthrie lawsuit from FBI Director Kash Patel, who claimed the section took excessively agelong to get the FBI involved.
"For 4 days, we were kept retired of the investigation," Patel claimed successful a podcast interrogation with Sean Hannity connected Tuesday.
In response, the sheriff's section posted a connection from Nanos connected societal media that said a subordinate of the FBI task unit was connected the country the nighttime Guthrie was archetypal reported missing. Two days later, the Pima County Sheriff's Department held a quality league with the FBI.
Heinz insists the effort to region Nanos has thing to bash with the Guthrie lawsuit and everything to bash with the sheriff's record.
"In nary mode has the Guthrie probe ever factored into this. It truly hasn't," helium said.
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