Crime & Police

Eric Chapman is facing 20 felonies after he admitted to having sexual encounters with male students in his classroom.

Police shot Rocky Joe Ellis on Aug. 19 as he approached with a hatchet, then watched as he lay motionless on the ground.

A week after a student fatally stabbed another, Lydia and Cassandra Hernandez allegedly tried to “test” school security.

Did Arizona’s police certification board go a little light on ex-Scottsdale cop Derok Roach for on-the-job horniness?

In the fall, a federal appeals court ruled that publishing mugshots of recent arrestees amounted to pretrial punishment.

Tempe cops jailed Jalen Woods, who is Black, for a street racing infraction — even though he was sitting at a red light.

In January, cops hit Turrell Clay in the chest with a stun baton, damaging his heart. He died at the hospital hours later.

Matt Giordano, the new Phoenix police chief, talked about repairing community relations and delivering hard news to his cops.

Phoenix expects the system to cut down on non-emergency call hold times, which are anecdotally atrocious.

Pitched as a safer way to subdue suspects, the less-lethal weapons used by Phoenix police can actually be deadly.

Marcus Freiberger was found dead a month after he went missing. Phoenix police closed his case with little explanation.

A green card applicant got uncomfortably close to deportation after he got clipped on the highway earlier this month.

Chandler police recommended a felony child abuse charge. The county prosecutor said there was no likelihood of conviction.

Ricky Wassenaar confessed to killing three inmates at a state prison months ago.

Trigg Kiser drowned in May after his dad lost sight of him by the pool for a few minutes, Brady Kiser told Chandler police.

Supporters and detractors of the sheriff’s office clashed, with one allegedly telling another to “go back to Mexico.”

Police recommended that Brady Kiser, the husband of influencer Emilie Kiser, be criminally charged for their son’s death.

Who is Alex? And was buzzing a Maryvale neighborhood in the middle of the night worth the flight of spelling fancy?

After smacking a student in the face, Tolleson cop Eric Hendrix was booted from his post as a school resource officer.

After months of searching, Phoenix picked someone to lead its embattled police force. Here’s what to know about the new chief.

A man posing as a sheriff’s deputy bilked $800 from a woman by claiming he had a warrant for her arrest for missed jury duty.