Gilbert AZ

Christopher Scholtes was listed as 'deceased by the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office on Wednesday, the same day he was to report to prison.

TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Three suspects, including a prosecutor’s son, accused of brutally attacking a teen at Arizona State University’s Tempe campus made their first court appearance on Wednesday morning. Justin Otis, 18, Jayden Smith, 19, and Donnell Young, 18, all pleaded not guilty during their initial...

In a probable cause document from police, it stated his BAC was .287, more than three times the legal limit. Records say officers also saw two open single-serve bottles of alcohol in the car.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Valley students showed out to support community members in need — and that’s Something Good. Students at Xavier College Preparatory, a Phoenix school that usually has a dress code, can wear more comfortable clothing for a small donation to benefit St. Vincent de Paul.

Sometimes the universe doesn’t waste time teaching lessons. What started as a sunny Arizona drive turned into a horrifying mess of screeching tires, flying metal, and instant regret. This was all thanks to one woman’s explosive temper behind the wheel. In a split second, her rage literally flipped her world upside...

A motorcyclist is dead after a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday night near Gilbert and Ray roads in Gilbert.

An airplane used for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation efforts was hit by a stray bullet last week during a shootout between Mesa police officers and a suspect at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. ICE officials said the stray bullet didn’t impact the aircraft’s ability to fly, and it isn’t clear who...

For about nine months in 2024, Samantha Cooley worked as a budtender at the Story Cannabis dispensary on McDowell Road near Interstate 17. In that time, she claims, the dispensary wrongfully withheld tips that customers left when making purchases. Cooley is making those claims in a federal lawsuit filed on...

As the nation’s food stamps crisis continues this month, the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office is partnering with a local business organization to make sure families that rely on the program don’t go hungry. In Arizona, one in four children and one in ten adults rely on...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Arizona man at the center of a high-profile case for his young daughter’s death in a hot car last summer died in Phoenix on Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. Christopher Ryan Scholtes, 38, was found dead around 5 a.m. in a home near 7th Street...