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Former Arizona Corrections Chief Indicted After Drunken Armed Standoff with Tempe Police
by Jo Ellen Nott
In Phoenix on April 26, 2022, the Maricopa County State Attorney’s Office indicted Charles Lee Ryan, former Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, on two felony charges stemming from an armed standoff with Tempe police officers on January 6, 2022, after which Ryan admitted he …
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