Joe Arpaio hired a child-sex offender for armed “posse”

After Sandy Hook, the Arizona sheriff sent his poorly vetted, gun-toting group to patrol local schools
BY KATIE MCDONOUGH

Responding to calls from the National Rifle Association to arm teachers and school officials, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio vowed to deploy his gun-toting volunteers to monitor Arizona schools. Members of the 3,450-strong group began patrolling in January, and the sheriff’s office announced recently that the program will continue into next year. But the thing is, no schools have actually requested this service from Sheriff Joe, and it’s easy to understand why.

Local news affiliate KPHO reported on Arpaio’s “posse” and found that, in the past, the sheriff has hired sex offenders, domestic abusers and other members with criminal records to “serve and protect” the Phoenix-area.

Let’s start with Dominic Boulter, a former member who was arrested — and convicted — for crimes against children....

The group he put together consisted of 3,450 members. They officially began patrolling in January of this year.

You'd think school officials would feel safer now that they are being protected by thousands of people. Unfortunately the opposite is true. Why? Well, because some of these volunteers have extensive criminal records.

News team KPHO reports that Arpaio’s volunteers have included sex offenders, domestic abusers, and other people with similar unfortunate histories.

One member, Dominic Boulter, was arrested and convicted for committing crimes against children.

According to one article:

Boulter began using an online service called Phonezoo.com in early 2005 to meet young girls between 13 and 17 years old. Boulter ultimately exchanged nude photos and text messages with at least eight underage girls from around the country. Boulter also suggested that he meet the girls in person to engage in sex acts and to get married, according to court documents.

During the encounters, Boulter told the girls he was 15 years old, 27 years old and 32 years old, according to the document.

Boulter admitted to detectives that he had sent harmful images to one underage girl and that he chatted with another via text message and Web cam as he encouraged the child to masturbate, according to court documents.

Another member, Jacob Cutler, was charged with domestic violence in 2008 when he threw his girlfriend to the ground and choked her while attempting to sexually assault her. When she didn’t listen to him, he said she could go ahead and call police because they would side with him since he “has a badge.”

Even if Phoenix-area schools do not want protection from this criminal-laden group, they don’t have much of a choice.

“It doesn’t matter whether they like it or don’t,” Arpaio said. “I’m still going to do it. I can’t imagine criticism coming when they’re given free protection.”

Rights can be restored, but in this case, I do not believe it refers to anyone armed, just volunteering to "hang out" with the kiddies. Feel safer morons?

Okie....it's...it's not worth it. He's a strung out junkie who's incapable of intelligent conversation. He'll go back to rehab soon enough.

2 out of 3,450 were found to be rotten apples? Really? That's what people are whining about?

Joe must be doing something right if he is hated this much by the left.

Wow aren't we glad you came and took another shit in the forum. You are an asswipe who talks a lot of shit about stuff you know diddly squat about.

Never seen you make an intelligent comment in this forum yet, still waiting.

Sherrif Joe is nothing more than a bully who grew up and became a cop so he could keep being a bully. Not surprising that's the kind of company he likes to keep.

Okie, I never called you an idiot, you assumed it, which is quite telling.

2 out of 3,450 were found to be rotten apples? Really? That's what people are whining about?

Joe must be doing something right if he is hated this much by the left.

That's a pretty egregious error though. 2 out of 3,450? It's not like 1/Million

Yep. Pop a few more pills you worthless junkie fuck.

If you're going to allow a gun-toting stranger to volunteer at a school you better damn sure know who the fuck you're sending in there.