Crime & Police

Arizona Senator Jeff Flake was on the scene when a gunman opened fire at a baseball field today.

A wrong-way driver entered Loop 101 in Scottsdale early Monday morning. Drivers got a warning on ADOT signs.

Just what you wanted to hear, right?

DPS released a report Thursday clearing its officers of misconduct in a fatal 110-mile chase in January, despite problems and procedural irregularities.

Police presume Christine Mustafa is dead.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is almost ready to reveal a new wrong-way driving detection program. It will be the first in the nation and it can’t come soon enough.

Steve Renner wanted a son more than anything. Now, more than anything, he wants someone to help his namesake get mental-health treatment.

Arizona Department of Transportation says it will have a first-of-its-kind prototype for detecting and stopping wrong-way drivers ready to release this fall

No surprise, most drivers going the wrong way are drunk … or, if they’re over 70, they’re often confused.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced a plea agreement of a woman who plotted to blow up a state prison where her husband is serving life. It’s only the second conviction on state terrorism charges.

The fatal stabbings of two Good Samaritans on a Portland light-rail train last week raise questions about safety on buses and trains in Phoenix. This week, a woman was sexually abused at a Mesa bus stop, and last month, a man was fatally stabbed in a random attack on a Phoenix bus.

Despite a spate or horrible wrecks, a Phoenix New Times analysis of data from 2013 to 2015 shows that Arizona is one of the safest states in the country for fatal head-on-crashes. Maricopa County doesn’t fare so well

Reaction to the death of 10-year-old who was locked in plastic box in July was supposed to spur changes to Arizona’s child protection system. The jury is still out but many say the system has improved.

FBI offers $10,000 reward for arrest of a serial bank robber in Phoenix. They’re calling him the Blues Bandit.

DPS urges drivers to be courteous over Memorial Day, after three bad roadside wrecks in 24 hours

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery asked the media on Wednesday to warn parents of an alleged online game called “Blue Whale,” which teens “win” by committing suicide. But there’s no evidence that suicides in the United States have been linked to the game, and reports from Russia about a widespread problem have been largely debunked.

One Phoenix man will get his conviction for marijuana possession overturned after the state’s highest court deemed it to be the result of illegal search.

The city will be the first in Arizona to privatize its jail despite protests. “It was shitty, and we knew it was shitty,” one resident said.

Prosecutors charge murder in man who abandoned quadriplegic fiancee and unborn child