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A member of a Minutemen militia was arrested Saturday night for allegedly pointing his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle at a Maricopa County sheriff's deputy.

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona detention officer who worked for the jail system run by America's self-described "toughest sheriff" was shot and killed in the driveway of his Phoenix home as he prepared to go to work before dawn on Thursday, authorities said.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the self-described "toughest sheriff in the United States" best known for his jail's pink underwear and illegal-immigrant sweeps, said he would not resign despite claims that his office misspent funds and failed to investigate 400 sex-crime cases.