Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who in 2017 was convicted of violating a court order, is scheduled to headline the St. Louis County GOP's Lincoln-Reagan Days Dinner in March, organizers of the event announced Monday.

Arpaio served 24 years as sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix. Arpaio, 86, lost his re-election bid in 2016.

President Donald Trump pardoned Arpaio last year.

His misdemeanor contempt of court conviction came in July 2017 after a federal judge ruled Arpaio's department continued to target immigrants during traffic stops in violation of a 2011 court order.

The March speech in St. Louis County will not be Arpaio's first foray into Missouri politics.

During the 2018 election, he campaigned with Saundra McDowell, a Republican who ran for state auditor. McDowell lost to Democrat Nicole Galloway on Nov. 6.

The event is on March 23 and is open to the public, according to an announcement by county Republicans. No other information was immediately available.

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