At least 85 Arrested in Arizona Deadbeat Sweep

Posted on November 27, 2005 by Alexander D. Nirenstein
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The Arizona Republic
Nov. 21, 2005 08:30 AM

Maricopa County sheriff's deputies and posse members arrested more than 85 men and women over the weekend during Operation Deadbeat/Domestic Violence.

The effort targeted about 350 parents owing child-support and 400 others with warrants for domestic violence. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said both issues were connected, with spousal abuse at "the front end of a dysfunctional home and failure to pay child support (at) the back end."

Those arrested represented at least $175,000 owed in child-support payments, according to Deputy Doug Matteson. It was the sheriff's latest effort to track down deadbeat parents.

Deputies and posse members annually execute similar operations on Mother's Day, Father's Day and Valentine's Day.

Arpaio said he will persist as long as the problem continues.

"It's not strictly about child support or costing taxpayers money," he said. "I'm more interested in the problem of when you don't supervise your children properly, they get into drugs, violence. It's the bigger picture."

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