240630 Details emerge on Maricopa County elections theft.mp4

Jun 25, 2024 .............................. 2:47

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is detailing more on a theft incident at the Maricopa County Elections Building that led to the arrest of a 27-year-old man.

In a new statement, investigators allege that Ringfield was captured on surveillance footage at the elections building taking a security fob and keys at around 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 20.

"The video shows him approaching a desk with multiple tabulators and taking a red scrunchy wrist lanyard containing the security fob and keys," read a portion of the statement. "Ringfield placed the lanyard in his shorts pocket after briefly stretching."

Ringfield, per the statement, denied the theft when he was being confronted by his employer, but then "suggested the lanyard might be in his car ‘if’ he had mistakenly taken it."

"A subsequent search of his vehicle revealed a red lanyard and a matching plastic tag, but the fob remained missing," read a portion of the statement.

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