Fifteen days into an investigation of a shooting spree on Phoenix highways, the Arizona Department of Public Safety announced Monday afternoon that it’s increasing the reward for information or tips that lead to the arrest of the person or people targeting vehicles. The reward, previously $20,000, is now $50,000, and…
Three 18-year-olds were arrested Saturday night for using wrist rocket slingshots loaded with granite rocks to target a total of six pedestrians and seven vehicles in the Mesa and Queen Creek area. The damage, which occurred between 3 and 7 p.m., was initially investigated for any possible connection to the…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office will hold a joint press conference Sunday afternoon to discuss another incident possibly related to string of shootings along the Interstate 10 highway that’s terrorized Phoenix motorists for the last two weeks. This latest incident happened late Saturday night,…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is actively questioning one person of interest in association with an investigation into the ongoing Interstate 10 shooting spree. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Friday morning DPS pulled over a vehicle in a convenient store parking lot near 107th Avenue and Indian School Road…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety just announced officers have detained two “people of interest” they believe may be associated with the recent shooting spree along Interstate 10. According to DPS, the two individuals were apprehended at about 10:30 a.m. Friday morning near the intersection of 107th Avenue and Indian…
A week after the harrowing image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose dead body washed up on shore in Turkey, Arizona Senator John McCain took to the Senate floor to blame President Barack Obama’s administration for the Syrian refugee crisis. “Let’s be clear,” he said, “the current crisis…
Well, this is getting frightening, huh? The Department of Public Safety just confirmed that 11 vehicles have been hit by what looks what is now being called “the I-10 Shooter.” Beginning on August 29, vehicles on Interstate 10 seem to have become de facto target practice for an unknown individual…
Will hiring 425 new Phoenix police officers come at the expense of greater accountability and better civilian-officer relations? Or will more officers mean less violent crime and a safer city? Amid a national conversation about law enforcement’s use of force policies and frightening statistics about the Phoenix Police Department’s record…
Good job, Arizona? Over Labor Day weekend, 1097 law enforcement agents around the state pulled over 14,212 drivers and arrested 450 of them on DUI charges – that’s 100 fewer arrests than last year despite 1,200 more people getting pulled over. The cops caught about the same number of drunk…
The group trying to recall Arizona Superintendent of Education Diane Douglas filed a complaint with the state Attorney General’s Office this week after an educational nonprofit passed on an e-mail it received from Douglas’ chief of staff, Michael Bradley. Members of the Coalition to Recall Diane Douglas contend that Bradley’s…
As the 41st U.S. Senator voiced support for President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran this week, further shrinking the chance any Republic effort to block the deal in Congress will succeed, a different tactic to undermine the negotiations is brewing in Arizona and a handful of other states. The…
Dozens of cities across the country have tried to fight overcrowded, mass-breeding operations – i.e., “puppy mills” – with legislation that bans commercial pet sales. These laws usually stipulate that pet stores may only source animals from shelters and rescue operations, and as such, are incredibly controversial. Proponents say they go…
It’s puzzling that in the age of Uber and Lyft, hundreds of Valley residents are expected to get pulled over this Labor Day weekend and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. But it always happens during long holiday weekends, despite the many warnings in the media. Last year, law enforcement…
Jessica Burlew, a Glendale teenager charged with killing a 43-year-old man she met online, signed a plea bargain this morning after spending the last 594 days in jail. In exchange for a guilty plea, the state will charge her with second-degree murder and recommend a 10-year sentence with no possibility…
Moments after bragging about the double-safety feature on his handgun, and then attempting to demonstrate how it works, 23-year-old Phoenix resident Christen Reece shot himself in the head. “You know, there’s not really a lot to the story other than don’t drink and shoot guns,” explains Jim Molesa, chief deputy…
On a warm late August afternoon, 51-year-old U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist, Daniel Sarr, and a co-worker were hiking in a remote and rugged area of the eastern Grand Canyon as part of a study of riparian ecology. The two men were supposed to meet up with other researchers at…
One day after Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye formally requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency help his government deal with the fallout of last month’s Gold King Mine spill, the FEMA team from Region IX is set to meet and discuss a possible response today. Begaye’s letter specifically requested a…
Almost 36 hours after a microburst exploded over downtown Phoenix and Tempe and brought high winds, hail, dust, and more than an inch of rain in some locations, residents and the cities are still in recovery mode – thousands are still without power, dozens of intersection traffic lights are dark,…
Let the ‘Recall Diane Douglas Games’ begin! The campaign to recall Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Diane Douglas, filed the necessary paperwork with the State Secretary this morning, and can now legally begin collecting signatures. But having spent the last ten months since the November 2014 election organizing and…
Unless you live in an underground cave, you probably witnessed at least some part of Monday night’s crazy-big monsoon storm: heavy rains, 65 mph gusts of wind, dust storms, thunder and lightening, flash floods, and even hail. National Weather Service Meteorologist Keith Kincaid called Monday night’s microburst “nothing unusual” for…
Despite Senator John McCain’s reported interest in all things related to Islamic terrorism and abortion politics, he claimed not to know about the growing Islamophobia movement in Arizona and the recent report by a team of forensic video experts proving that the controversial Planned Parenthood videos were edited in a…
Amid both the national conversation about water pollution following the Animas River spill and a controversial debate over whether to tighten laws within the Clean Water Act, a recent U.S. Geological Survey study found that human activity is causing an alarmingly high concentration of toxins in one of our most important…
