Crime & Police

The city’s police department is looking to contract with the embattled company now known as CoreCivic, formerly Corrections Corporation of America.

No wonder people here insist on being armed.

Unsealed court documents show that Phoenix police have compiled a mound of evidence against Aaron Saucedo, who is charged with nine murders.

The suspect in March 30 burglaries at mosques in Chandler and the city of Maricopa has now been linked to similar crimes in other states.

A Maricopa Superior Court judge issued a bench warrant last Friday for the re-arrest of Jacob Charles Harris, better known to fans of the Discovery Channel hit as Jake Harris.

With one shooter firing at will on I-10 and another more deadly shooter stalking the streets around the Maryvale neighborhood and occasionally beyond, the city once again found itself terrorized for more than a year

Putting a face on the people who were killed in the crime rampage.

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.