Pima County Sheriff Accused of Perjury Skips Meeting Amid Guthrie Case Backlash

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is facing intense scrutiny and potential removal from office after allegedly lying under oath about his past disciplinary record. The controversy emerged during the ongoing investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC's Savannah Guthrie, who has been missing for 100 days. Nanos skipped a critical Pima County Board of Supervisors meeting where officials planned to discuss a motion to vacate his position. The core issue involves Nanos' testimony in a 2024 lawsuit, where he denied ever being suspended as a police officer. However, records indicate he was suspended multiple times by the El Paso Police Department for insubordination and inefficiency before resigning in 1982. While his lawyer argues the testimony referred only to his Arizona record and that the decades-old Texas incidents are irrelevant, board members view the alleged perjury as a serious breach of public trust. This political and legal crisis compounds criticism of Nanos' handling of the high-profile kidnapping case, which has yielded few concrete leads despite initial claims of strong DNA evidence.