Sheriff Vasquez recognized by Copper Theft Committee

Arizona Copper Theft Committee Chairman and longtime Pinal County farmer Jim Bechtel, left, presented Pinal County Sheriff Chris Vasquez with a plaque “In Recognition of your Outstanding Legislative Support, 2007” for Sheriff Vasquez’s ongoing efforts to thwart copper wire theft in Pinal County (See related guest editorial, “Sheriff Vásquez: Copper theft on the rise, requires stricter legislation“).

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