Phoenix AZ

Police are asking for the public's help to identify suspects in the break-ins at east-side apartment complexes.

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man was sentenced Thursday to death in a string of fatal shootings in metro Phoenix during a three-week span in 2017. Cleophus Cooksey Jr., 43, was found guilty in late September of murder in eight killings. Jurors agreed on the death penalty in six of the killings, but they were undecided...

MESA, Ariz. - A man has been arrested for murder months after a crash in the East Valley that left a woman dead. The crash happened just before 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 30 near Val Vista Drive and Broadway Road. When officers got to the scene, they found an SUV crashed into a brick wall. A man and a woman were inside the...

(The Center Square) – Americans support stricter criminal measures and homelessness reform, according to a new poll by The Cicero Institute. The overwhelming support for reforms transcends party and demographic lines, according to Stefani Buhajla, the Austin, Texas-based think tank’s senior director of...

PHOENIX — A 16-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot while visiting his girlfriend at an East Valley home over the weekend, police said. The suspect, 21-year-old Rael Sanchez, was taken into custody on Sunday, a day after the shooting near Warner and Recker roads, according to the Gilbert Police...

Investigators are looking into how about 30 cars caught fire at a south Phoenix junkyard on Thursday evening. It happened near 23rd Avenue and Broadway Road. Dozens of firefighters responded, and the blaze was upgraded to a first alarm before crews got it under control.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A huge column of smoke was seen for miles in the south Phoenix area because of a car junkyard fire that broke out on Thursday evening. Dozens of firefighters were called out around 5 p.m. to a business near 23rd Avenue and Broadway Road. When they arrived, they found that about 30 cars were on...

The Black Chamber of Arizona announced a 5,400-square-foot hub for economic empowerment and business innovation will be built in Phoenix during an event in Glendale. The announcement came at the

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The husband of a former Phoenix news anchor learned his punishment for taking part in an elaborate COVID-19 loan scheme alongside his wife. Nathan Reis was handed a 10-year prison sentence, the same amount as his wife, ex-KNXV employee Stephanie Hockridge. Reis was also ordered to pay back over...

PHOENIX — Two people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an incident that resulted in the deaths of two motorcyclists on Nov. 28 in Phoenix. Phoenix police have announced the arrests of 37-year-old Nicholas Sheehan and 50-year-old Michael Shane Zavala for their alleged connection to a deadly incident...