Mesa AZ

Eleven months after a Gilbert barn burned to the ground minutes after teenagers escaped, a police report obtained by The Arizona Republic sheds new light on how a group of boys who were present at the fire appeared to terrorize their classmates and a neighborhood for years. Gilbert police knew about the allegations,...

Apartment Fire Triple Killing ASSOCIATED PRESS An Arizona man was sentenced Monday to life prison in the killings of three people at a Phoenix apartment that was set on fire. Chase Scott Christman, 31, of Mesa had previously pleaded guilty to murder and robbery charges stemming from the July 2024 deaths of Merissa...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — It’s been a wild story from the very beginning. It’s January 7, 2024, a burglar alarm goes off in the early morning hours at American Fine Art in Old Town Scottsdale. Scottsdale police tracked the 32-year-old suspect to the roof of a nearby business....

Well before he was a teenager, Andres “Dre” Vidales became interested in bull riding, inspired by the movie Eight Seconds, about Lane Frost, the legendary American rodeo cowboy and champion bull rider. To support his early curiosity, Andres' mother began introducing him to rodeo events in Arizona. Starting...

Phoenix Police Department's response to a recent burglary has stirred attention after officers used a patrol vehicle to apprehend a suspect reportedly armed and at large. This incident, dating back to June 7, began with a report from a housekeeper who claimed her purse was stolen and that the suspect had brandished a...

Police say witnesses spotted a driver slamming into multiple parked cars near 42nd St. and Almeria Rd., and when officers arrived, the suspect sped off, nearly hitting more cars and driving into oncoming traffic.

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A 16-year-old has critical injuries after being shot during a domestic dispute late Sunday night in Mesa. Police responded to the reported shooting around 9 p.m. at an apartment complex near Dobson Road and Southern Avenue. A teenager had been shot and was taken to...

PHOENIX — One person is dead and another is in critical condition in the aftermath of a wrong-way crash on an East Valley freeway early Monday, authorities said. The wrong-way driver was killed in the collision, which occurred on the westbound Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway near Stapley Road in Mesa just before 1...

PHOENIX - A woman was released after allegedly shooting and killing her boyfriend in Phoenix early Monday morning. On June 23 at around 1:30 a.m., Phoenix Police officers responded to reports of a shooting near 23rd and Northern avenues. When they arrived, they found 46-year-old Tony Garcia on the ground with a...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A woman from Maricopa is facing fraud charges after investigators say she filed for disaster benefits in the aftermath of a California wildfire, for a location that she never lived at — and that doesn’t even exist. Katrina Woods appeared in federal court in...