Crime & Police

County Attorney Rachel Mitchell talks Preston Lord, teen violence, brass knuckles and kids with guns.

The longtime sheriff’s deputy changed political parties so he could replace Democrat Paul Penzone.

An ex-con, his wife and a second man will stand trial in Phoenix this summer for their involvement in the fatal beatdown of Jake Kelly.

“We’re running him over. Hold on,” an officer said seconds after another one shot David Epaloose.

The media keeps asking Rachel Mitchell about Preston Lord and the Gilbert Goons. Yet, Maricopa County had 258 other homicides in 2023.

Scores of arrests in teen violence cases across the East Valley, but none so far in the October beating death of Preston Lord.

John Michael Lewis Jr., 43, was inside his home when shots were exchanged with officers. It’s not clear how he died.

The Aug. 1 incident unfolded quickly as Devin Thompson fled and an officer shot him at close range.

Phoenix police officers have shot and killed two men in the first three weeks of 2024.

The legislation would bring sweeping transparency, support to people injured by police or relatives of those killed.

Chief Michael Sullivan was blitzing the media on Thursday trying to head off federal oversight. Across town, officers gunned down another person.

The Phoenix airport ranked fourth among the Top 10 airports for guns. Most of them were loaded.

Kalen Christian D’Almeida and Braden Joel Ellis now face a Feb. 9 court hearing.

The days of the anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ+ serial harasser avoiding jail time might be coming to an end.

Alton Tungovia refused to stop for Phoenix police, who shot him with pepper balls before fatally shooting him.

Phoenix police say widower of Allister Adel killed a romantic interest and an 83-year-old before shooting himself on Christmas Eve.

Benjamin Austin, 58, among 18 people who died during encounters with Phoenix police in 2023.

Police said Leonardo Santiago confessed to killing Osvaldo Castillo just days after being charged with killing and mutilating another gay man.

Relatives call attention to the unsolved 2010 killings of Nicole Glass and Melissa Mason, who was pregnant.

Nine Phoenix police officers face a lawsuit for allegedly beating a man so severely that he required hospitalization.

Police say four people played a role in shooting, killing and mutilating 30-year-old Bernardo Pantaleon.

County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, Phoenix police make arrests in several cases, including one that nabbed $2 million in merch from Home Depot.