A supervisor for Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing $313,000 in park entrance fees in a long-running embezzlement scam. Like the world-famous park’s notorious rock thieves, Sharon Baldwin, the park’s former fee supervisor, only stole a little at a time — but as court…
Prosecutors can’t decide whether to charge a man accused of disrupting TV and radio signals for about an hour last month by vandalizing equipment on top of South Mountain in Phoenix.
Starring Steven Seagal in Jury Duty, Clayton Jacobs in Blind Man Walking, Angry Drivers in Road Rage in Tempe, Mother Nature in All Hail, Phoenix and Donald Trump Fashionistas in Don’t Dump Ivanka.
Yes, says the ACLU, which claims in an emergency lawsuit that prisoner Shawn Jensen is being denied his constitutional rights.
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Maricopa County did not violate a former employee’s First Amendment rights by firing her after she commented to a newspaper.
A new report based on FBI crime statistics ranks Arizona’s 50 cities with the lowest rates of violent and property crimes. Florence tops the list as safest.
Torres and other BQG members attended Donald Trump rallies i 2016 campaign, ostensibly to keep the peace, and in 2015, they showed up at anti-Islam demonstrations organized by notorious local bigot.
Program has its roots in the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Bail-bond companies and prosecutors are upset, but supporters say the program will save money and enhance social justice.
Israel Torres, a Three Percenter and leader of a local gun-rights group, was arrested last week on a federal gun charge.
Not all bigots and racists are criminals, but Arizona has had its share of haters who also hurt people
But if you don’t think your best ideas would get past the government censors, send your signs to us.
The vast Tohono O’odham Nation is strongly opposed to President Trump’s plan, but its main border problem right now is Mexico. The San Miguel Gate, a crucial tribe-only border crossing 20 miles west of Sasabe has been closed on the Mexican side.
Officers didn’t search her properly, according to police report, and didn’t discover and confiscate a shoestring that Violette tied around her neck during a 17-minute ride to the Phoenix Police Department’s central booking facility.
Thomas Yoxall was convicted of felony theft in 2000. But fortunately for DPS Trooper Edward Andersson, Yoxall had his gun rights restored in 2003 after he successfully completed probation.
Dead suspect Leonard Penuelas-Escobar was a 37-year-old Mexican national and former Mexican police officer who was in the United States without authorization.
In a bombshell development on the eve of a January 10 hearing convened by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations that was to include testimony from the creators of Backpage.com, the the online classifieds giant has shuttered its controversial adult listings section. “The government has unconstitutionally censored this content,” every “Adult”…
On a tense afternoon filled with anger and tears, Andy Gary Barrios, the driver of the car that killed local rapper Jose “Low Key” Hernandez and two other men a few hours after Christmas Day 2015, pleaded guilty in Phoenix municipal court on Friday of one count of causing death…
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake and Dianne Feinstein are co-sponsoring legislation that would prevent child molesters from cross-examining their child victims; it’s inspired by the events of the trial of Chris Simcox.
The Arizona Governor’s Office of Youth, Faith and Family is admonishing police and prosecutors around the state to rethink their support of Start by Believing, a nonprofit initiative aimed at removing obstacles to the reporting of sexual violence.
Phoenix attorney Kerrie Droban is author of five true-crime books, most of which concern the world of outlaw motorcycle gangs. One of her books, Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws is the subject of the A&E series Gangland Undercover.
On July 11, a 911 operator turned down a woman’s request for police to come to her home after she reported hearing multiple gunshots that police believe were fired by the Serial Street Shooter. Police say the suspect is responsible for seven homicides, two woundings, and the near miss on…
Public-safety officials from around the state will kick off an annual DUI campaign at the State Capitol on Tuesday in hopes of reducing carnage on the roads this holiday season. Led by Alberto Gutier, director of the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, officials scheduled to appear on the Capitol Mall…
