Mesa AZ

A man is dead after police say a fight led to a stabbing inside a Phoenix motel room on Saturday afternoon. Phoenix police were called to an assault at a motel near 7th Street and the Interstate 17 freeway around 3:45 p.m. Officers arrived and were directed to a room where a man in his 50s was found unresponsive with...

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. — An officer was injured after a shooting in Apache Junction, authorities said. The Apache Junction Police Department asked the public to stay away from the area near Ironwood Drive and Elliot Road on Monday morning after a police shooting. According to police, a suspect is...

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan said that despite the Department of Justice dropping its civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department, it’s a little more tricky for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). “Ours is a little bit different because we have a court...

A state law passed years ago will soon take effect, barring police agencies from conducting criminal investigations into shootings and critical incidents involving their own officers. On July 1, the Arizona Department of Public Safety is set to take over investigations of shootings by Phoenix police officers,...

Rain and thunderstorms moving through the Valley have brought more than an inch in some areas, according to data.

Fifty-four troopers graduated last week from the Arizona Department of Public Safety's trooper academy. The class is made up of 30 cadets and 24 officers, who transferred from other law

The Texas city, which last year was the fastest-growing millionaire hub in the nation, has slipped out of the top five.

Fourteen-year-old Emily Pike’s only home up to last year was in the mountainous community of Peridot on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona. But after she was sexually assaulted, Emily was pulled from her family and the life she knew and placed in foster care nearly 100 miles away. The...

“Bulldogging” detectives did round-the-clock surveillance – watching an alleged gang of international crooks using an actual bulldog as cover while casing homes. Chuckling at a May 28 press conference, Scottsdale Police Officer Aaron Bolin noted, “it was almost like a movie.”. Just before an unusually crime-filled...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — One person is dead and four others are in the hospital after a crash in west Phoenix Sunday night. Police responded to a two-vehicle crash near 43rd and Sweetwater avenues just after 7:45 p.m. Officials say at least three adults and two children were taken to...