Crime & Police

Former Sgt. Andres Angulo allegedly screwed his way around the department, with one tryst ending in assault charges.

Sheriff Joe can’t seem to win public office, so an honorary Italian dukedom will have to do.

Brian Anderson knee-caps politicians for work. He also helped nab a Trump pardon for accused drug trafficker Ross Ulbricht.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says the overdoses are unrelated to halting the scanning officers for contraband.

Two hours before his first meeting with citizens, Sheriff Jerry Sheridan tried to wriggle out of it because of protests.

Police say Christopher Phillips aimed a gun at an officer, but bodycam footage showed he was fleeing when a cop killed him.

Turrell Clay struggled to breathe after his arrest. He later died during emergency surgery. What happened between is unknown.

After four years, the U.S. Department of Justice probe into Phoenix cops is likely toast with little reform to show for it.

“NOW I AM GONNA BUY SOME MOTHA FU*KIN GUNS!!!” wrote the QAnon Shaman, also known as Jacob Chansley.

Only three airports had more guns caught at security checkpoints than Phoenix Sky Harbor did last year.

Three ex-Gila River cops did some wild shit, like drunk-driving an ATV in a park. Arizona’s police board will investigate.

Democrat Analise Ortiz: It’s “absolutely horrifying” that Glendale cops killed Dillon Siebeck while looking for someone else.

There have been at least six incidents in the last year, including a 13-year-old boy trying to lure a 75-year-old man for fun.

Juan Gonzalez’s pop-up fuel free-for-all created such a traffic headache, Phoenix police shut it down and threatened fines.

Surveillance footage shows Marion Joyner entering with a rifle and ordering everyone out before a standoff with cops.

You’d think it goes without saying to not fire bullets into the sky indiscriminately. Apparently not in Arizona.

Phoenix police said the Christmas night shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute and that no suspects are outstanding.

Under U.S. Justice Department scrutiny, Phoenix police have killed more people in 2024 than they did in 2023.

Charles Smith told cops that stunts like the one that put him in jail could make him up to $10,000 a month on social media.

No, it’s not from some dystopian future. At least not yet.

The Valley is full of characters, and many made headlines this year that tapped into the essential quirkiness of Phoenix.

A Phoenix cop shot a man who police said raised a gun at him. But body-cam footage from the incident shows next to nothing.