Paul Petersen

A former Arizona politician who admitted running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands was sentenced in…

A former elected official in metro Phoenix accused of running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands has…

Maricopa County is narrowing down its search for a replacement for former County Assessor Paul Petersen.The County Board of Supervisors will interview…

An Arizona elected official has resigned amid charges he paid women from the Marshall Islands to give up their children for adoption in the U.S. Maricopa…

Maricopa County won't decide before Christmas whether to reinstate an elected official who was suspended when he was accused of directing an international…

The Maricopa County Assessor accused of paying women from a poor Pacific island nation to give their babies up for adoption in the United States has made…

Investigators have found no evidence an Arizona official neglected his duties after he was charged with running an adoption-fraud scheme involving women…

A lawyer for an Arizona elected official accused of running an adoption-fraud scheme is pushing back against human smuggling charges, saying his client…

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a December 11 hearing for Assessor Paul D. Petersen to appeal his suspension amid human smuggling…

A leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said he is "disgusted" by an Arizona elected official accused of running a multi-state…