Nancy Guthrie Update Chris Nanos Defends Arresting Youtubers Outside Tucson Home Nuisance To The Community

“In this case, we tried to be very reasonable,” Nanos said. “We first put up deputies parked at this house to keep people away. Then it went to, okay, too many cars are parked here and the neighbors couldn’t get by. So, we put up no parking signs – temporary signs.”

Nanos praised “the real media” for being “very respectful” to both the sheriff’s department and the community, adding that even when all outlets had left, some still remained.

“But we had two or three that, for whatever reason, thought that they should remain,” he said.

Nanos said that these YouTubers’ presence “got to be a nuisance to the community.” He said that while these individuals had the right to report the news, they should “have some respect for the neighborhood.”

“We went from a neighborhood that averaged 50 reports in a six month time to over 180, almost 200,” he said. “So we have to kind of balance that, and we thought we’d take an approach of, ‘Hey, let’s go and warn these people. You, you guys really should do this somewhere else. What you’re reporting really isn’t anything new or earth-shattering. If there’s something new or shattering … the entire media outlets will know about [it.]’”

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Nanos explained that he tried to handle the situation with “some sense of reasonableness,” and even extended an invitation for them to camp outside his office.

“I didn’t want to have to book anybody, but it got to a point where you know you cannot urinate [or] defecate in front of [the] neighborhood, you just can’t do that,” he said. “And I had enough, and I said, ‘That’s it, they’re going to go to jail.’”

The X account Pima County Deputy's Organization wrote at the time, “This evening, two subjects were arrested as they were live streaming in the Guthrie neighborhood. This arrest order personally came from Sheriff Nanos via chain of command. The public can once again see why we fight so hard to rid ourselves of him.”

Sumanti Sen covers everything that’s happening in the US, from politics to entertainment, but her expertise lies in covering crime news. She has comprehensively chronicled the Idaho student murders, the Laken Riley and Iryna Zarutska cases, and the killing of Charlie Kirk, among other incidents. Over the years, she has interviewed several victims/families of victims of crimes seeking justice. She digs up stories that might otherwise remain unheard, and does her bit to ensure that victims and survivors’ voices are heard. Sumanti’s many years of experience also include interviews with Hamas attack survivors and mental health experts, among others. Her coverage of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and interviews with survivors of the tragedy, coupled with her other works including the Titan submersible coverage, earned her the Digi Journo of the Quarter award during her first year at Hindustan Times. Sumanti actively tracks missing person cases in the United States, and peruses Reddit and other social media platforms to bring to light cases that frequently elude public attention. She has extensively covered the disappearances of Nancy Guthrie, Thomas Medlin, Beau Mann, and Sudiksha Konanki, among others. When not at work, you will either find her with her novels, or with her beloved rescue pooches.Read More