Federal indictment unsealed today

2 former Pima County deputies face theft, drug charges

Posted: Friday, June 3, 2011 2:32 pm


Photo courtesy of Pima County Sheriff's Department
Miguel Arvizu was charged with eight counts, including theft of government money and property as well as attempted distribution of marijuana and cocaine. .


..Two former deputies with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department were indicted on federal charges of stealing drugs and money during traffic stops, officials said.

Miguel Arvizu and Francisco J. Jimenez Jr. were indicted in early May but the indictment was kept sealed until Friday, said Robert Sherwood, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona.

Jimenez was on duty and in uniform in his patrol car when he took about $8,000 during two traffic stops in June and October of 2010, the indictment says. Arvizu is accused of setting up those traffic stops.

In November 2010 Jimenez provided “securityâ€