15+ hour, 7+ min ago   (268+ words) PHOENIX – The leader of a group of sicarios (cartel hitmen), Jorge Adan Garcia Martinez, was sentenced on in August to 130 months in prison after pleading guilty to Aiding and Abetting the Receipt of Firearms for Use in a Drug Trafficking…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (289+ words) A fugitive, Antonio Rios, 26, who fled to Mexico after a 2022 murder in Phoenix has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the 26-year-old Rios was sentenced for killing Jose Juan Lopez after pleading guilty…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (185+ words) Two Phoenix Police Department officers, identified as Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Felix, accused of violently assaulting a couple during a traffic stop, have been fired and arrested. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on August 5, 2026, at about 11:30 p.m., Vasquez and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (366+ words) PHOENIX – Amid growing awareness of and opposition to, the Goodyear Police Department is investigating a police officer for possible misuse of Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader technology. The Goodyear Police Department, which operates 33 Flock Safety automated license plate readers,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (113+ words) Arizona Daily Independent A man has been indicted for allegedly stealing over $6,000 worth of power tools from home improvement stores across the Valley. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, between September 2025 and July 2026, Luis Adrian Valle-Martinez stole from 17 different…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (167+ words) 18-year-old Dyllin Keys has been sentenced to five years in prison for robbing a 12-year-old boy at gunpoint. Keys pleaded guilty to Armed Robbery, a Class Two Felony. According to Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, on February 6, the victim was riding…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (923+ words) It is what happens when one party controls nearly every lever of local government and accountability becomes optional. I have watched Pima County government for years, and the pattern is familiar. When serious questions arise, officials debate jurisdiction, defend procedure…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (72+ words) Guillermo Guzman, age 15, has been charged with second-degree murder, standing accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old and hurt another teen at Phoenix’s Desert Sky Mall on June 2. Guzman was indicted on the following: Guzman is currently in custody on…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (245+ words) The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has filed charges against 42 defendants across ten cases as part of the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The charges were filed in five Arizona counties and represent one of the most significant coordinated health care…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (194+ words) Three men, Jesus Sandoval, Jorge Jurado Martinez, and Kevin Tristan have been indicted for a home invasion in Chandler. Sandoval and Jurado Martinez were also indicted for an armed robbery that happened beforehand. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office,…...