Phoenix • The Board of Supervisors for Arizona’s largest county unanimously agreed Friday to uphold the suspension and push for the removal of the county assessor, who is charged in a wide-ranging adoption scheme.
The Maricopa County attorney now is to start the process to remove Paul Petersen, who was arrested and charged in a scheme involving the adoption of babies from the Marshall Islands.
During the special meeting Friday morning, board members said Petersen's county laptop held many documents related to his adoption business, including text messages threatening women who had planned to surrender their babies for adoption.