Crime & Police

The arrest of Aaron Saucedo, the accused Serial Street Shooter, is a reminder that the Phoenix area has had a number of high-profile murders.

Of the nine murders now linked to serial killer suspect Aaron Saucedo, seven of those occurred in  Maryvale, which is one of Phoenix’s 15 “urban villages,” and also its most populous.

23-year-old man was already in custody on another homicide charge. He is facing 26 additional felony counts.

You were drinking up, but also buckling up, because cops found fewer seat-belt violations this year compared to 2016.

Arizona’s new voucher expansion program, which subsidizes private school tuition by taking money from public schools, faces a possible referendum threat by a grassroots group critical of the law.

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.