Speak Up: Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale men charged in $1B elderly health care scheme
Three men from Phoenix, Scottsdale and Mesa are facing charges along with more than 300 others throughout the country in what the U.S. Department of Justice said was a "national health care fraud takedown."
I-17 reopens after brief law enforcement situation in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A busy Phoenix freeway is back open following a brief law enforcement situation early Sunday morning. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, a pedestrian was between the fence and freeway sign near I-17 and Dunlap Avenue. Troopers say the man cooperated with law enforcement and was...
Fatal Shooting Involving Gilbert Police Under Independent Investigation
The Gilbert Police Department recently released a detailed briefing about an officer-involved shooting that occurred on June 11 in Gilbert. According to the briefing found on the city's official website, the incident began with a call to the police about a man slumped over the steering wheel in his vehicle. The...
Scottsdale man sentenced to 3 years in prison for fraud
PHOENIX — A Scottsdale man who defrauded multiple people of a total of $1 million was sentenced on Wednesday, authorities announced. Brandon Scott Menaged, 22, was sentenced to three years in prison and was also ordered to pay $751,000 in restitution, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District...
The Underrated Thrift Store In Arizona Where $30 Goes A Seriously Long Way
In the scorching desert of Chandler, Arizona, there exists a fashion oasis where your wallet doesn’t have to sweat bullets. Uptown Cheapskate isn’t your grandmother’s thrift store – it’s the place where fashion dreams and budget realities have a beautiful reunion. Let me tell you,...
Dancers at an Arizona club feared they were being targeted — and then one...
Beginning six years ago, a series of armed robberies left dancers at a Phoenix strip club shaken. In 2023, one of those dancers who was robbed — Mercedes Vega — was kidnapped and brutally murdered. She was found beaten, shot and burned in the back seat of a Chevrolet Malibu on a highway east of Phoenix. Bleach was...
‘People Are Turning Off Their Cards’: Customer Walks Bar Tab In Scottsdale, Arizona. Then...
Bar culture in the U.S. has always been a little casual when it comes to open tabs. Order a drink, hand over your card, and maybe you’ll remember to close it before stumbling out. But according to one bartender, that’s starting to become a serious problem—especially when people are purposefully disabling their cards...
Owner of Valley taco restaurants charged with harboring, employing ‘unauthorized aliens’
PHOENIX - A 42-year-old man from Mexico has been arrested and charged with harboring and "knowingly employing unauthorized aliens" at his taco restaurants in the Phoenix area,
Plane crash victims’ families want $243M from Mesa
Families of five people who died last year after a plane overshot a runway at Falcon Field Airport and collided with a car, erupting in a ball of flames, have filed wrongful death claims against the City of Mesa totaling $243.4 million. The Nov. 5 aborted takeoff killed pilot Spencer...
U.S. 60 crash leaves 5 people hurt
A crash involving three vehicles sent five people to the hospital early Friday morning along the U.S. 60 near Mill Avenue, DPS said.