Black Arizona election worker arrested for stealing keys

Walter Ringfield Jr.

Supply: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Workplace / Maricopa County Sheriff’s Workplace

We’re so bored with seeing Black of us embarrass themselves over Donald Trump.

In response to a KTAR report, a short lived Arizona election employee was fired and arrested for allegedly stealing keys and a safety fob that allowed entry to the poll counting machines. Walter Ringfield Jr. is alleged to have been seen on surveillance footage swiping the objects and placing them in his pocket. The incident occurred final week following a swift investigation and Ringfield was finally charged with theft and legal injury. Throughout his listening to, the 27-year-old was denied bond as a result of he was already out on launch as a part of a felony diversion program from an unrelated 2023 cost.

“On the desk there was a purple scrunchy wrist lanyard with a safety fob and keys connected,” the possible trigger assertion for Ringfield’s arrest says. “Walter stops on the desk, grabs the lanyard with safety fob and continues strolling. Walter then places the safety fob and lanyard into the best pocket of his shorts.”

How did a felon get this job within the first place? We don’t know and neither does the Maricopa County Elections Division as a result of they declare that Ringfield underwent a background examine and no legal historical past was returned.

Detectives rapidly retrieved a search warrant and after a fast flip of Ringfield’s house, they found each the lanyard and key fob in his automotive and bed room dresser respectively.

In a time when election outcomes have been questioned, scrutinized, and deemed unreliable, particularly in Maricopa County, that is the very last thing that the voting public desires to see. On account of Ringfield’s actions, all of the safe tablets which might be used to solid ballots must be reprogrammed on the taxpayers expense.

“A director on the facility acknowledged that the estimated price of the reprogramming could be better than $19,000 {dollars}, and the safe operation of the ability is tremendously impeded till the reprogramming is full,” possible trigger assertion report says.

Why would an individual do such a factor? Effectively, a Meidas Information report states that Ringfield promptly shut down all of his social media accounts following his arrest, together with Twitter, Fb, Instagram and Tik Tok. Nonetheless, the one web page was nonetheless lively was his web page on Donald Trump’s social media platform Fact Social web page the place he had allegedly reposted a lot of pro-MAGA content material.

Surprising, we all know.

When questioned concerning the theft, Ringfield advised detectives that he needed to “clear up” to indicate his value to the MCTEC (Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Middle) and earn a full-time job.

Positive, Jan.

 

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