Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie‘s mom, Nancy Guthrie, 84, is still missing nearly 100 days after her abduction in Tucson, Ariz.—and officials are pushing to remove Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos from office.
On May 8, CBS News spoke with two members of the Pima County Supervisors Board, who said they plan to file a motion to force Nanos to step down by Tuesday, May 12, or to have the sheriff’s office vacated.
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One of the board’s issues with Nanos stems from his allegedly lying during a deposition for an unrelated lawsuit. During the deposition, he denied under oath having been suspended during his time as an officer in El Paso, Texas, before joining the PCSD in the ’80s. In reality, Nanos was suspended several times, according to records obtained by CBS News.
“A unanimous vote of the disciplinary board at that time for a whole host of problems said, ‘Hey, he can’t be a cop anymore. He’s just bad at this and he’s not upholding our standards … he’s got to go,'” Dr. Matt Heinz, a Pima County Board of Supervisors member, told CBS.
Heinz continued, of Nanos, “He has definitely lost the confidence of the community. He’s embarrassed himself, and it’s time for him to go.”
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In a letter to the board, Nanos’ attorney, James Cool, said, per Fox News, “It is 100% correct that Sheriff Nanos was never suspended during his four decades of decorated and faithful service with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. However, Sheriff Nanos was suspended more than forty years ago while employed by El Paso Police Department.”
Cool added, in the 12-page response to the board’s demand for answers, “Sheriff Nanos did not understand the question related to discipline with a different agency not governed by the Arizona Peace Officers Bill of Rights. In reviewing the transcript shortly after his deposition, Sheriff Nanos spotted the misunderstanding and promptly notified his attorney.”
The push to remove Nanos as sheriff is not related to Nancy’s ongoing case, which is nearing 100 days. “In no way has the Guthrie investigation ever factored into this. It really hasn’t,” Heinz insisted. However, it comes on the heels of FBI Director Kash Patel criticizing the PCSD’s handling of the investigation, claiming that the FBI was blocked for four days.
Despite a $1 million reward from Savannah and the FBI releasing video clips and images of a masked individual on Nancy’s front porch, no suspect has been named in the investigation.
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