Public Safety

After more than three years of work, the Maricopa Family Advocacy Center officially opened Tuesday morning. The Advocacy Center will serve as a safe place...

Ten days after he went missing, a search party of family and friends located the body of 84-year-old Max Schrader around 10 a.m. Saturday,...

The family of Max Schrader announced today that the missing Mobile man has been found deceased. Schrader, 84, had been missing since April 3 and...

  At a Wednesday evidentiary hearing in a Maricopa murder case, Pinal Superior Court Judge Kevin D. White listened to a defense motion to suppress...

Max Schrader, 84, has been missing in the desert since April 3, and volunteers are still searching for him north of Mobile. SEE UPDATE On April...

  When Machelle Hobson (also known as Hackney) was charged with abusing her seven children, her adult sons, Logan, 27, and Ryan, 25, Hackney, were...

  After a stint in the hospital, Kenneth Lewis, 43, was booked into the Pinal County Jail April 5 on two counts of criminal damage...

Protecting children from predators, bullying, sexting, identity theft, human trafficking and other Internet and social media-related trouble was at the focus of a presentation...

  A woman who was protecting three children pushed an intruder out of her house. The intruder was later shot after allegedly breaking into a...

  A Maricopa homeowner shot an intruder inside his house shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday in the Cobblestone subdivision. The intruder he shot was a 43-year-old...

  Kin Phonasa, 48, was arrested Monday, April 2, on suspicion of sexually molesting a child with autism. According to a Maricopa Police probable cause statement,...

A 26-year-old man suspected of driving while impaired is being blamed for a crash on State Route 347 south of Maricopa Wednesday night. The...

Professional Firefighters of Maricopa are hosting their inaugural Custom Car Show April 6 at Copper Sky.IF YOU GO What: Custom Car Show Who: Professional Firefighters of...

A 29-year-old Maricopa man was charged by police with fraudulent use of a credit card and possession of drug paraphernalia on March 27. Maricopa Police...

Two baggies of methamphetamine allegedly were located in Camille Calvin’s pants pockets March 30, but she claimed she didn’t own the drugs or the...

On March 31 Maricopa Police responded to a disturbance call on North Ibis Way. During the investigation they ended up charging Josiah Shields, 19,...

After a few tense moments, Maricopa Police arrested Robert Gomez Jr. behind Fry’s Marketplace Monday morning. The call started out as an alleged domestic violence...

Marcos Martinez, 24, was found competent to stand trial on March 20, as Judge Lawrence Wharton found him mentally competent after reviewing Arizona State...

A multi-car crash occurred Monday morning about 8 a.m. near the intersection of Honeycutt Road and White and Parker. Several people where injured in...

  Zachary Greenwood, 27, of Maricopa, was arrested March 23 on two counts of molestation of a minor and continued sexual abuse of a child. The...

  Adam Fox, 23, and Winona Wells, 55, were arrested by Maricopa Police at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on suspicion of possession of a dangerous drug,...

Someone out there has a Powerball ticket from Saturday’s drawing worth $150,000.  The ticket was sold at Good 2 Go 76 gas station at John...

Machelle Hobson was officially charged by a Pinal County Grand Jury with 30 counts on Monday. Hobson (previously going by the last name of Hackney)...

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, March 26, one of the older houses in Maricopa burned. The house, located at 44390 W. Maricopa-Casa...

  Devin Myrick was arrested March 18 on charges of domestic violence assault, criminal damage and an outstanding warrant. Maricopa Police maintain Myrick intentionally assaulted his...

Alas Barre was arrested Wednesday for second-degree criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after he was told to stop moving the furniture around inside the...

A male resident was injured about 11 a.m. Monday when a fire and explosion occurred in the garage of a home in the 46100...

A man was arrested March 18 by Maricopa Police on suspicion of credit card fraud. His girlfriend was also arrested by MPD officers on...

Machelle Hackney, 48, of Maricopa was arraigned Tuesday along with two of her sons in a case of alleged child abuse that involved a...

A 48-year-old Maricopa woman was charged March 15 by Maricopa Police with two counts of molestation of a child, seven counts of child abuse,...