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Con Artist Dupes 'America's Toughest Sheriff'
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1997
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1997, page 15
Sheriff Joe Arpaio who touts himself as "America's toughest sheriff" is apparently not America's smartest sheriff.Reputed flimflam man David Michael Pecard, 34, wooed his way into the sheriff's heart with empty promises of helicopters, tents and other military surplus. Pecard, an army Sgt. and military policeman, was introduced to ...
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