Crime & Police

No one arrested at Arizona State’s pro-Palestine protest has been charged with a crime. The school punished them anyway.

Meet the 11 Republican fabulists facing nine felonies for scheming to undo Trump’s reelection loss.

Maricopa County prosecutor, Phoenix police chief call organized retail theft “massive problem.” Crime stats and critics disagree.

Ali Osman struggled with mental health issues. He was gunned down by officers during a rock throwing incident in 2022.

City officials meddled with the Office of Accountability and Transparency, leading to its director quitting and a lawsuit.

Frank Lawrence is the new poster boy for Arizona’s road rage problem, which ranks as the worst in the U.S.

Cory Young, one of three people charged in connection with Jake Kelly’s death, tries to reframe their relationship as “like family.”

County Attorney Rachel Mitchell called the arrests “a massive step forward in the quest for justice.”

Miguel Godines is the fourth person killed by Phoenix police so far this year.

On what would have been his 22nd birthday, his mom wants justice in a case the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office refuses to prosecute.

The county’s new sheriff says he wants the job for a full four-year term. He faces voters in a July primary.

The Maricopa County Attorney is capitalizing on this reality: People love dogs and people love seeing politicians with dogs.

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced new indictments for teen violence in Gilbert, but none in the killing of Preston Lord.

Police said the 26-year-old confessed to two vicious stabbings of young women in the Valley and a homicide in New York City. He planned to kill more.

Concerns about Richard Wilson’s mental health spared him the lethal injection prosecutors initially wanted.

The fatality – the third Phoenix police killing in 2024 – came as officers investigated the robbery of a pawnshop.

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.