Maricopa County board names temporary replacement for Assessor Paul Petersen
Bill Wiley (Courtesy: Maricopa County)
PHOENIX - The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has appointed the former county flood control director as a temporary replacement for suspended Assessor Paul Petersen.
Bill Wiley will be paid more than $72 per hour as the acting administrator of the assessor's office. That's nearly double what Peterson made.
The board voted unanimously Monday to suspend Petersen without pay for 120 days.
It doesn't have the power to permanently remove Petersen from his office, which determines the value of properties for tax purposes in Phoenix and its suburbs.
Paul Petersen (MCSO)
Petersen has been charged with running a human smuggling scheme that brought pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to the U.S. to give birth and then paid them to give up their children for adoption.
He's facing federal charges in Arizona, Utah and Arkansas.
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Amidst legal troubles in connection with allegations that he is running a human smuggling scheme involving pregnant women from the Marshall Islands, Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen is heading back to Arizona after posting bond in Arkansas. FOX 10's Brian Webb reports.