Tempe AZ

PHOENIX - The teenager accused of a deadly stabbing at a Phoenix high school pleaded not guilty in court during an arraignment hearing on Wednesday. Chris Aguilar, 16, is accused of first-degree murder in the killing of 16-year-old Michael Montoya II. Aguilar is being charged as an adult. The backstory:

PHOENIX — A man was recently sentenced to prison for breaking into a 67-year-old woman's Phoenix home last year and sexually assaulting her. Jeremy Naltazan, 35, was sentenced this week in Maricopa County Superior Court to 13 years in prison after the defendant pleaded guilty to sexual assault and attempted sexual...

PHOENIX — One year after Phoenix Police Officer Zane Coolidge was shot and killed in the line of duty, a historic marker will be unveiled in his honor, officials announced Tuesday. The ceremony will take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the site of the shooting, on the south...

The Tempe Police Department maintains the necessity of recently installed traffic cameras, while many returning students noticed the addition of the equipment and questioned its effectiveness. The City of Tempe, alongside Verra Mobility — a "provider of smart mobility technology solutions," according to its website —...

The police report obtained through a public records request shows Chandler police asked DCS to take emergency custody of the teen, but the agency declined, citing department policies.

PHOENIX – A man was arrested last week after he allegedly crashed a stolen Humvee into a parked Scottsdale police vehicle, injuring the officer inside, authorities said. Lyle Dennis Harmon Jr. allegedly stole the military-style truck before using it to ram a patrol vehicle around 4:30 a.m. Friday near Hayden and...

Phoenix police officials say the officer who was shot has been taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Parents push back on 9 Kyrene district schools on chopping block. Families packed a Kyrene School District meeting where they begged officials to keep nine schools from being shut down. The district that covers Ahwatukee and parts of Tempe and Chandler is seeing a drastic drop in enrollment. Parents say high-rated...

TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Police say they’ve arrested a man who reportedly exposed himself to a woman at a busy East Valley car wash several weeks ago. Tempe police confirmed Tuesday that 26-year-old Joshua Curtis was arrested last week on indecent exposure and public sexual indecency charges in connection with the case.

Newly released court documents have shed light on the brutal killing of a young Gilbert man whose disappearance last summer shocked his family and friends. Alijah Bradley, 24, was a recent graduate of Northern Arizona University and was working as a project engineer in the Valley. He was reported missing in...