Crime & Police

Black Lives Matter Tucson hopes the fundraiser will lead to a larger conversation about criminal justice reform.

Last year there were more driving arrests in the Valley on Cinco de Mayo than on St. Patrick’s Day

Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone reacted to state lawmakers’ plans to axe state funding for his drug investigations partisan and bad for public safety, saying Republicans cut his funds because he is a Democrat

Matt Burkett, a noted firearms instructor and shooting-competition champion, was detained this week by federal authorities following a fraud allegation against him and his Scottsdale company, Predator Tactical, LLC.

Activist Jarrett Maupin and the family of Dalvin Hollins made an emotional plea for public support at Tempe City Hall on Thursday, decrying the decision to clear the officer who shot Hollins in July 2016 following a pharmacy robbery.

Local civil-rights activist Jarrett Maupin said on Wednesday it was a “racist” decision by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to clear a white officer who shot an unarmed robbery suspect in the back. Maupin said he doesn’t believe that Montgomery is racist, but that he made the decision to help ensure he stays in power.

The Mesa apartment of bitcoin trader Thomas Costanzo, who writes online under the name Morpheus Titania, was raided by a multi-agency federal task force last week. Authorities were seeking evidence of financial or drug crimes, but detained Costanzo after finding bullets the convicted felon isn’t allowed to possess.

Phoenix police are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to arrests in an armed robbery of the Circle K at Indian School Road and 59th Avenue on March 26.

Gustavo Nunez of Tucson pleaded guilty Friday to 28 felony counts in his role pretending to be a doctor. His liposuction procedures put one woman in a coma, he admitted.

Kellie Sanchez asked the public for help in solving the murder of husband, one year after he was shot in their Glendale apartment.

ASU study show sex-trafficking crimes are sharply on the rise, and recent arrest of 75-year-old suspected pimp by Mesa Police’s HEAT team is more typical than you think.

Two suspects are in custody and a little girl was injured by stray bullets in a shooting Monday that was caught on video.

The technology is giving the state a new tool against ID fraud; nobody has asked the agency yet to help with immigration enforcement

The incident raised alarm in the community and made international headlines, coming at a time of reportedly increased instances of racist and anti-Jewish vandalism and bomb threats.

Few incidents reported as 100,000 or so basketball, baseball, music, and Phoenix Pride fans flock to downtown area on Sunday

Tucson police confirmed they have found the body of Isabel Celis, who disappeared in 2012 at age 6.

A homeless man disabled a radar tower and landing light at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on February 20, police say. That’s five days after he was arrested and subsequently released without bail in a similar incident involving transmission towers at South Mountain.

The homeless man released from jail after being accused of destroying antenna equipment at South Mountain committed a similar crime five days later at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, police say.