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Keith Bee |
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Former member of the
Arizona House of Representatives and the
Arizona State Senate. He served in the State
House from January 1991 through January
1993. He then served in the State Senate
from January 1993 through January 2001,
representing district 9. The amendment to
the Arizona Constitution which limited
politicians to serving four consecutive
terms in either house was passed in 1992,
preventing Bee from running again in
November 2000. He was succeeded in office by
his brother Timothy. In 2002, Bee was an
unsuccessful candidate in the Republican
primary for Arizona Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Senator Bee then was appointed
Justice of the Peace Bee in 2007. Bee faced
an election challenge from Wesley Kent for
the September 2, 2008 primary and, initially
lost. He took the case to the Arizona
Supreme Court & prevailed. Bee was not
running for reelection in 2018 but abruptly
resigned on Friday 4 August 2018. It was
reported the next week that the early
retirement was likely triggered by a
four-count indictment of filing false
statements on three years' of tax returns
for his business, Bee Line Bus
Transportation. Bee was scheduled for a
change-of-plea hearing on 27 August 2021. |
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When
Keith Bee's 19
Bedrooms Make For An
'Indigent' Defendant |
"Former Pima County
Justice of the Peace
and one-time Arizona
state lawmaker Keith
Bee got sentenced
last week to six
months in federal
prison for tax
fraud. "“IT IS THE
JUDGMENT OF THIS
COURT THAT the
defendant is
committed to the
custody of the
Bureau of Prisons
for a term of SIX
(6) MONTHS, with
credit for time
served. Upon release
from imprisonment,
the defendant
shall..." |
Mar. 25, 2022 |
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Former Pima Judge
Keith Bee Pleads
Guilty In Tax Fraud
Case |
"Bee, a former state
legislator who
became a justice of
the peace in 2007,
was indicted Sept.
5, 2018, on three
counts of filing
false statements on
tax returns for his
business, Bee Line
Bus Transportation,
and on one count of
attempting to impede
an investigation." |
Aug. 30, 2021 |
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Indicted
Ex-Judge Keith Bee
Could Have Trial
Pushed To September |
Dec. 11, 2020 |
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Indictment: Ex-County JP Keith Bee Claimed Porsche, Corvettes As Business Expenses |
Sep. 29, 2018 |
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Pima County Justice Of Peace Keith Bee Indicted In Tax Case, Steps Down |
Sep. 12, 2018 |
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