Cochise County sheriff asks Arizona attorney general to review Tombstone marshal resignation

Sheriff Mark Danels said Tombstone Marshal Marshall Adams has resigned and that the Cochise County Sheriff's Office has asked the Arizona Attorney General's Office to review allegations connected to the resignation.

Danels said the county placed a commander, Bob Watkins, in charge of the marshal's office and asked the attorney general to handle the inquiry for conflict-of-interest reasons. "We were approached by our office. We're actually overseeing. I have a commander over there, Bob Watkins who's, running the marshal's office right now. But for conflict of interest reasons, we reached out to attorney general's office to look into this to let's have the facts on the table, not opinions, not rumors," he said.

The sheriff emphasized that the allegations remain unproven and that his office will withhold judgment until the review is completed. "I mean, that seems to drive so many things and social media, all the thoughts. We want the facts on the table and then that'll determine where we go from there," Danels said.

Danels declined to discuss the substance of the allegations on air, saying only that they must be checked and that he would not speculate. "I'm not gonna speculate what all the allegations are, based on we don't have all the facts. We know what we're doing. We know the allegations but let's get the facts on the table," he said.

The sheriff did not provide a timetable for the attorney general's review or identify any personnel actions beyond the appointment of a commander to run the marshal's office while the matter is pending.

The Cochise County Sheriff's Office and the Tombstone marshal's office were referenced; the Arizona Attorney General's Office will handle the inquiry, according to Danels. No formal charges or disciplinary outcomes were announced on the broadcast.