Timothy DesJarlais, a staffer for Supervisor Ally Miller, resigned last week as an investigation into a short-lived news website continues.
In mid-May, someone identifying himself as Jim Falken, editor-in-chief of the recently formed 蜜柚直播 Daily Herald website, sent emails to several county supervisors and supervisor candidates requesting comment on Miller鈥檚 proposed road improvement plan.
Shortly after the 蜜柚直播 Sentinel interviewed DesJarlais about the possibility of he and Falken being one and the same, the website was taken down.
Miller and DesJarlais both denied the staffer had anything to do with the emails or website, and alleged that someone had adopted the online identity to embarrass the supervisor. On her campaign Facebook page, Miller wrote on May 20 that she and DesJarlais had filed complaints with the FBI鈥檚 cyber-crimes unit.
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Shortly thereafter, Supervisor Sharon Bronson requested that county administration look into whether county staff or resources were involved in the 蜜柚直播 Daily Herald, after which County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry asked the sheriff鈥檚 and county attorney鈥檚 offices to review the matter.
In response to questions Monday from the Star, Miller said 鈥淚 still believe that (DesJarlais) had nothing to do with the AZ Herald emails,鈥 and that she would 鈥渃ontinue pursuing鈥 the FBI investigation to 鈥渇ind out who caused such disruption of business operations in my office.鈥
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