1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (141+ words) A 23-year-old Phoenix man, Adonijah Josiah Ortega, has been sentenced to 171 months in prison for a 2022 carjacking during which Ortega shot and assaulted a man with a firearm. Ortega previously pleaded guilty to Carjacking and Discharge of a Firearm During…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (138+ words) SURPRISE – Surprise Police Department officers have arrested Michael Munufie who fled to the United Kingdom after being accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a juvenile family member over a period of several months. According to the Surprise Police Department, very early…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (149+ words) PHOENIX – A 32-year-old man, Trey Waters, has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for a string of violent armed robberies in Phoenix in which two people were shot. Both victims survived. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, on April…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) The Phoenix Police Department is asking for the public’s help in an investigation of two early‑morning burglaries that occurred on August 12 and August 26, 2026. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on August 12th, unknown suspects entered a cemetery near 2000 North 48th Street…...

2+ week, 21+ hour 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…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (174+ words) A 24-year-old woman, Grace Marie Vicente, was arrested Thursday night for allegedly stealing an ambulance and driving it while impaired and crashing. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on August 27, 2026, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Vicente entered the driver’s seat of a Phoenix…...

2+ week, 5+ day 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…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (329+ words) Tempe – Tempe Union High School District employee, Antony Nikai Cruz, was arrested and booked into the Tempe city jail today, following an investigation into the inappropriate usage and downloading of district security video footage for personal use. The Tempe Police…...

3+ week, 22+ 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…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (185+ words) On August 19, Surprise Police arrested 28-year-old Sameer Mardanzai following an extensive investigation into alleged sexual offenses involving a minor. According to the Surprise Police Department, through search warrants and an extensive analysis of physical and digital evidence, detectives identified Mardanzai…...