Public Safety

Officials say they suspect no foul play after investigating a dead body at a local sports bar this morning. It was just before 9 a.m....

Maricopa Police Department arrested a teenager wanted on charges of money laundering and racketeering out of Maricopa County Monday morning.  Police arrested Aidan A. Mendez,...

Violent crimes in Maricopa during 2023 skyrocketed over the previous year, Arizona Department of Public Safety annual statistics show. Overall, violent crimes were up more...

Skimmers are active in Maricopa. Very active. Leticia Rios found out the hard way. So have a lot of others. Rios was victimized on Aug. 5, the...

Brian Simmons died at his Villages at Rancho El Dorado home on Aug. 29 during an interaction with Maricopa police that started as a...

Entangled in a web of lies, a former Marine in Maricopa has found himself ensnared in the sticky grip of stolen valor accusations. Like...

A 41-year-old inebriated man who vomited pizza all over himself and passed out in front of Denny’s restaurant was arrested on criminal trespass and...

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 Department is investigating reports of repeated gunfire at a home in Desert Passage last night.  Officers responded to shots fired at West Helen...

Christian Galvan was having a bad night, one that literally drove him to tears.  The 21-year-old Maricopa man was found weeping near the wreckage of...

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

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...

Updated 4:30 p.m., Feb. 21, 2024. Maricopa police investigated a vehicle submerged in a lake in the Province neighborhood this afternoon. At approximately 3:35 p.m., crews...

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...

Aside from all the candidates to elect, Maricopa voters have three issues to decide in the General Election. Two of the issues are statewide questions...

A man died after drowning in a backyard pool this afternoon. Just after 4:30 p.m., fire and medical crews responded to the 42300 block of...

A woman caught on camera stealing a baby turtle from a Hidden Valley pet store last month won't be charged.  Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday...

Alterra resident Peter Trast was one of many people tasked with cleaning up after weekend mischief in Maricopa.  Just after noon today, Trast, a painter...

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...

People convicted of domestic violence charges can face a maximum of six months in jail.  Courts currently charge domestic violence as a misdemeanor, which carries...

State troopers filed DUI and road rage charges against a man accused of causing an accident and fighting in Maricopa this week. Maricopa police and...

In a year that saw a mix of tragedy and triumph, Maricopa survived record heat and withstood dozens of drug smuggling arrests. These are...

Two men, apparently dueling it out in the street in Tortosa near West Padilla Street and North Toledo Avenue, exchanged gunfire and then fled...

A 38-year-old Maricopa woman was murdered, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confirmed tonight. Crystal Uptain was found dead around noon Dec. 5 near the Butterfield...

Members of the media were introduced to the Maricopa Fire/Medical Department’s latest major upgrade to their fleet Tuesday. MFMD’s public information officer, Capt. Brad...

  There were 308 traffic crashes on State Route 347 in 2019, according to data from the Arizona Department of Transportation. Those resulted in 143 injuries...

A semi-truck hauling dirt flipped over on State Route 347 and Riggs Road this morning. A number of people driving in the vicinity of the...

A hit-and-run driver caused a three-car accident on Thursday afternoon that blocked a lane of traffic on North John Wayne Parkway at West Smith...

Maricopa’s first top cop now wants to be the county’s top cop. Patrick Melvin, a Cobblestone resident, says he will run as a Democrat in...

Maricopa police found a woman’s body near a busy highway this afternoon.  At approximately 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a call of a body spotted...