Elected Arizona official accused of selling babies suspended

Elected Arizona official accused of selling babies suspended https://ift.tt/2BPGNdV October 29, 2019 at 05:29AM Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/27ryfmF

An elected official in Arizona was suspended Monday after he was charged with running a human smuggling scheme that brought pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give birth and then paid them to give up their children for adoption. Leaders in Arizona's most populous county suspended Assessor Paul Petersen without pay for 120 days. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors doesn't have the power to permanently remove him from his office, which determines the value of properties for tax purposes in Phoenix and its suburbs.

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