The sheriff leading the investigation into the unsolved disappearance of Nancy Guthrie has a checkered past in law enforcement including allegedly beating a handcuffed suspect and threatening witnesses, new records allege.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, 70, was suspended eight times when he worked for the El Paso Police Department in Texas early in his career, reports Arizona Republic.
The outlet obtained records from Nanos’ past through a public records request, which detailed a litany of alleged violations from Nanos when he was a young police officer.
Nanos was accused of using excessive force against suspects, making a false statement to authorities, off-duty gambling, and tardiness on the job, the records reportedly showed.
In one allegation, Nanos was suspended after being accused of beating a handcuffed suspect so badly he was hospitalized and suffered severe blood loss, a suspension notice showed.
Another alleged incident saw Nanos disciplined for using profanity to insult women and making threats to ‘waste’ a witness who made a complaint against him, before lying about stopping him on the street, records said.
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who led the unsolved disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, has a checkered past in law enforcement including allegedly beating a handcuffed suspect, new records show
