Public Safety

Updated 4:15 p.m., March 13, 2024.  Expect the drive home this afternoon to be a little slower than usual. Maricopa police and fire crews responded to...

A 14-year-old car burglary suspect learned at a young age early Tuesday morning what you get if you try to outrun Maricopa police —...

Seven homes in Santa Rosa Crossings were evacuated late this morning after a gas leak. Southwest Gas employees in hazardous materials suits clamped off a...

Maricopa Fire and Medical Department responded to a reported gas leak at Stagestop Marketplace this morning.  Just before noon, employees evacuated the building at 44301...

City Hall raved in February about its recent rank as Arizona’s second-safest city. But the city forgot to check its source, which turns out...

Should Maricopa police release the names of all minors arrested? A strong majority of readers, 228, responding to InMaricopa’s weekly poll question agree that all...

You can’t see it, but you can feel it. It’s a visceral reaction. Like your body knows what lies inside those thick plastic bags on...

Maricopa police arrested a man for allegedly beating up another man he believed made advances towards his young daughter at her lemonade stand last...

Multiple Maricopa fire crews responded to a smokey scenario this afternoon at the Maricopa Professional Village on John Wayne Parkway and Smith Enke Road. Four...

UPDATE March 9, 4:12 p.m.: Police found Gallegos this morning, and reunited him with his family. ORIGINAL STORY March. 8, 4:51 p.m.:Have you seen this man?  Maricopa...

Maricopa Police Department submitted charges this week against a teen tied to a shooting in Tortosa last year.  This follows a year-long investigation of 19-year-old...

A judge found a Maricopa woman guilty in the 2015 murder of 3-year-old Tiana Rosalie Capps.  Shawn Main, 53, was found guilty of first-degree murder...

Maricopa police arrested a 20-year-old father accused of threatening to murder his girlfriend Sunday night.  Officers arrested 20-year-old Zachary A. LeClair on domestic violence charges of...

Maricopa police arrested a reported drug dealer outside his home last week.  Officers arrested 21-year-old Dylan K. Rope on two drugs charges, according to a...

A man accused of kidnapping his girlfriend in Tempe was arrested after she threw herself out of a moving car in Maricopa Saturday. At about...

It's been more than eight months since Maricopa Police Cpl. Joshua Fox was shot in the line of duty. Fortunately, while his injuries were...

Maricopa police tased a man accused of illegally sipping beer and threatening to “f*ck up” cops over the weekend.  Officers arrested 41-year-old Johnny Contreras on charges...

Southbound Interstate 10 traffic will be a little slower to Maricopa this evening. A two-vehicle collision occurred on the Queen Creek Road off-ramp of I-10...

Maricopa police arrested a woman accused of threatening her family with a cattle prodder and attacking officers Tuesday.  Officers arrested 47-year-old Angela J. Washington on...

Updated 12:36 p.m., March 3, 2024. A rollover crash at the intersection of John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue left two people injured this morning. At...

Maricopa Police Chief Mark Goodman, in his review of plans for the first cannabis retailer in the city, calls for robust security in and...

In 2021, Sorrento resident Elisa Olivarez wanted a new kitchen backsplash. She chose an oyster-white mosaic tile and started shopping for a contractor to...

Want a true crime podcast that feels a little closer to home?  Pinal County Attorney Kent Volkmer and his main media man, Mike Pelton, dove...

A motorcyclist killed while fleeing from police earlier this month was travelling over 100 miles per hour when he crashed, according to newly released...

Maricopa police arrested a man accused of drunkenly twisting his partner’s nipples.  MPD officers arrested 37-year-old Nicolas A. Heredia Sunday night, according to a probable...

A woman accused of threatening to murder her boyfriend was arrested Sunday morning, according to Maricopa Police Department.  Officers arrested 25-year-old Taunya Gonzales after she...

UPDATE 1:46 a.m., Feb. 28: The car fire has been extinguished. The fire “had a small extension into the garage and the eaves” of the home,...

Maricopa Police Department has made its first arrests in a string of car burglaries that plagued the Maricopa Meadows and Desert Passage neighborhoods all...

Commuters back to Maricopa from Casa Grande this afternoon had to take a longer route home. A roadside fire shut down the highway at Bianco...

A man survived his suicide attempt Sunday and now faces decades in prison, according to a Maricopa Police Department report.  MPD officers arrested him after...