Shocking phone call: Nancy Guthrie sheriff scolds official for talking to FBI, according to reports
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Takeaways
- ❖Pima County Assessor Suzanne Drewie claims Sheriff Nanos was 'frustrated' and 'scolding' her for providing information to the FBI about the Nancy Guthrie case.
- ❖Drewie felt insinuated that she had done something wrong by cooperating with the FBI, despite believing she was being helpful.
- ❖The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted not to remove Sheriff Nanos but referred perjury allegations against him to the Attorney General's office.
- ❖Allegations against Nanos include lying under oath about being terminated from the El Paso Police Department and having multiple suspensions.
- ❖Supervisor Dr. Matt Hines believes the high-profile Nancy Guthrie case brought Nanos's past misconduct and current leadership issues to light.
- ❖The Pima County Sheriff's Department's decision not to fully hand over the Nancy Guthrie investigation to the FBI has cost taxpayers an estimated $1 million and potentially slowed progress.
Insights
1Sheriff Nanos Scolds Official for FBI Cooperation
Pima County Assessor Suzanne Drewie reported that Sheriff Nanos had a 'negative interaction' and 'scolded' her during a phone call in February. Nanos was allegedly upset that Drewie's office provided information to the FBI for the Nancy Guthrie investigation, implying it created 'additional work' for his department. Drewie felt she was being accused of wrongdoing for cooperating with federal law enforcement.
County Assessor Suzanne Drewie's statements reported by the Arizona Republic, confirmed by host Brian Entin and Supervisor Dr. Matt Hines.
2Perjury Allegations Against Sheriff Nanos Referred to Attorney General
The Pima County Board of Supervisors, while not voting to remove Sheriff Nanos, decided to forward allegations of perjury to the Arizona Attorney General's office. These allegations stem from Nanos's sworn responses to the board regarding his work history, which appear inconsistent with his personnel file from the El Paso Police Department, where he was reportedly terminated or resigned in lieu of termination after numerous disciplinary actions.
Board of Supervisors' actions and statements by Supervisor Dr. Matt Hines, referencing an 88-page personnel file and Arizona Republic reporting.
3Dysfunctional Relationship Between Sheriff's Office and FBI
The podcast highlights a long-standing dysfunctional relationship between Sheriff Nanos and the FBI, which may explain Nanos's frustration with the assessor's cooperation. This friction has led to the Pima County Sheriff's Department sending DNA samples to a private lab in Florida, incurring county costs, rather than utilizing the FBI's free Quantico lab, and not fully handing over the Nancy Guthrie investigation despite the FBI's superior resources.
Host's previous reporting, FBI director Cash Patel's statements about being kept out of the investigation, and Supervisor Dr. Matt Hines's comments on Nanos's past investigation for misusing racketeering dollars.
4High Costs and Slow Progress in Guthrie Investigation
The decision by the Pima County Sheriff's Department to retain primary control of the Nancy Guthrie investigation, rather than fully leveraging FBI resources, has resulted in significant financial costs to Pima County taxpayers, estimated at approximately $1 million beyond the allocated budget. This approach, coupled with internal conflicts, is perceived to potentially impede the investigation's progress, with no suspects or solid leads reported after over 100 days.
Supervisor Dr. Matt Hines's discussion of budget implications and the county administrator's estimate, along with the host's sources on the lack of leads.
Bottom Line
The Nancy Guthrie missing person case inadvertently exposed long-standing issues with Sheriff Nanos's past conduct and current leadership, suggesting that high-profile investigations can act as catalysts for accountability in local government.
Without the intense public and media scrutiny brought by the Guthrie case, the allegations of perjury and past misconduct against Sheriff Nanos might have remained undisclosed, allowing him to continue in office unchallenged.
This highlights the importance of sustained media attention on high-stakes cases to uncover broader systemic issues within public institutions and push for transparency and accountability.
Pima County is incurring substantial, avoidable costs by not fully utilizing federal law enforcement resources (like the FBI's free DNA lab and extensive personnel) due to inter-agency friction.
This financial burden on local taxpayers (estimated at $1 million for the Guthrie case alone) could be reallocated to other critical county services like affordable housing, libraries, or infrastructure.
Local governments facing high-profile, complex investigations should prioritize inter-agency cooperation and resource optimization, potentially through formal agreements, to minimize taxpayer expense and maximize investigative effectiveness.
Lessons
- Citizens should monitor local government actions, especially during high-profile cases, as they can expose deeper issues of accountability and resource management.
- Journalists and media outlets should persist in investigative reporting on local officials, as public scrutiny can reveal misconduct that might otherwise remain hidden.
- Local government bodies should establish clear protocols for inter-agency cooperation in major investigations to ensure efficient use of resources and avoid unnecessary taxpayer costs.
Quotes
"I felt like there was an insinuation that I had done something wrong by cooperating with the FBI. At that particular moment, I felt like I was put in a position where I felt like I almost should apologize where I know I definitely where where I know definitely that that uh that was not something that I should be doing."
"It was inferred that we were creating a lot of additional work for the sheriff's department due to us providing this information to the FBI and then them having the responsibility to follow up on all of those leads that were provided."
"I'm not terribly surprised when I hear reports of what the sheriff has done or said. I mean, now that we found out he was never qualified to be serving in law enforcement and lied on his application 42 years ago, kind of it's pretty pretty fair game."
"What he told the board of supervisors under oath was, in my view, appears to be perjury."
"I was hoping and expecting that the sheriff would pass the investigative lead role to the FBI within a week or two."
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