Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Cook (left) and Greg Freeman (right) are running for Maricopa County assessor. Maricopa County is the fourth biggest county ...

PHOENIX - Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen, who is accused of running a human smuggling operation that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to give up their babies in the U.S., has ...

Authorities say Maricopa County Assessor Paul D. Petersen has been indicted in an adoption fraud scheme. The Department of Public Safety raided Petersen's home and businesses on Tuesday evening.

PHOENIX - The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has appointed the former county flood control director as a temporary replacement for suspended Assessor Paul Petersen. Bill Wiley will be paid more ...

PHOENIX – Three months after his arrest on human trafficking charges related to an alleged multistate adoption scheme, Paul D. Petersen resigned as Maricopa County’s assessor Tuesday. Until now, ...

On Tuesday October 8, authorities arrested and raided the home of Paul D. Petersen, the Maricopa County Assessor, in relation to an alleged adoption fraud scheme. Following his arrest, the scope of ...

PHOENIX – The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is looking for a way to legally oust the elected official who was indicted last week in a human trafficking case. During an executive session Monday, ...

PHOENIX — It may have just got harder for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to legally justify suspending Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen. The assessor faces criminal charges in three ...

This year's election cycle is expected to be a pivotal one for Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona. Now, all of its top seats are up for grabs. The county recorder, who maintains voter ...

Gilbert Councilman Eddie Cook will take over as Maricopa County Assessor, replacing his criminally indicted predecessor Paul Petersen, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors determined in a ...

Maricopa County is the fourth biggest county in the U.S. by population, and real estate is a huge industry in metro Phoenix. Republican Eddie Cook is currently the Maricopa County assessor and is ...