Public Safety

The Maricopa Police Department has named Officer Daniel Rauch as the department’s “Officer of the Year” for 2015. Over the last year, Rauch has been...

Between Nov. 29 and Dec. 3, Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 14 people on suspicion of drug smuggling in the western part of the...

A Mexican national was arrested Sunday on charges of smuggling 280 pounds of marijuana through Pinal County. Guadalupe Acosta-Gutierrez, 22, was arrested after a pursuit...

There have been no charges filed in the death of a 3-year-old girl last week, but the case is not over. A spokesman for the...

A traffic collision at around 6 p.m. Monday sent three people to the hospital. The two-vehicle crash occurred on Smith-Enke Road at Horton Drive in...

Geriann Henderson, 26, has been identified as the woman killed Saturday while tandem skydiving over Maricopa. Originally from Colorado, she had recently moved to Mesa. Seriously...

A woman was killed this morning south of Maricopa while tandem skydiving. According to the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, an instructor with Skydive Phoenix jumped...

Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of 3-year-old girl who lived on North Ralston Road. According PCSO spokesman Mark Clark, a 911 call...

With the school bus “in a million pieces,” it will take a while for Maricopa Police Department to sort out the cause of a...

Pinal County Sheriff’s detectives worked with the U.S. Border Patrol Thursday morning in the western desert of Pinal County to seize 1,737 pounds of...

No one was hurt when a freight train ran into a short school bus stuck on the tracks on John Wayne Parkway this evening. The...

Honeycutt Road was blocked in both directions near Santa Rosa Parkway around 11 a.m. Tuesday after a car accident scattered debris across the road. The...

Six people in Rancho El Dorado were taken to the hospital Saturday after a bee attack. According to the Maricopa Fire Department, the incident happened...

Maricopa Fire Department’s Deputy Fire Marshal Eddie Rodriguez stopped by our InMaricopa studio to discuss the dangers of Halloween and to provide tips to...

Maricopa Fire Department first tested its new all-terrain vehicle in July. Wednesday, the department was officially presented the ATV. Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation provided...

When schools call police to campus, the police become instruments of the school rather than the other way around. “We operate within the confines of...

Ann Kirkpatrick represents Arizona’s District 1 in the U.S. House of Representatives, but not for long. The Democrat is challenging John McCain for a U.S....

A Maricopa murder suspect has been requested to submit a sample of pubic hair. Prosecuting attorney Patrick Johnson said the hair could be further proof...

https://youtu.be/INPgJmqAwWo An anonymous male caller threatening to “blow this thing up” was enough to lockdown and evacuate Maricopa High School Wednesday morning. The school was...

The Maricopa Police Department is offering the “You Are Not Alone” (YANA) program to provide phone calls and house visits for immobile individuals in...

A sketch of an unknown male who reportedly attacked a woman jogging in Maricopa Tuesday morning has been distributed by the Maricopa Police Department. MPD...

Smokey Bear and McGruff the Crime Dog are coming back to town for Kids Day Maricopa. The free, annual event is Saturday from 10 a.m....

A woman reported she was assaulted while jogging this morning near Maricopa Elementary School. The incident took place just before 6 a.m. near Alterra Parkway...

Officer Chris Evans Rank: Police Officer/School Resource Officer at Maricopa High School Department: Maricopa Police Department Hometown: Yuma, Arizona Residence: Maricopa Family: Wife and two sons Education: Two years of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-duJYZsU0 Staff Report A 59-year-old man was taken to the hospital after the car he was driving ended up in the lake in the Villages at...

By Adam Wolfe After public backlash, the Maricopa City Council's Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) re-examined the speed limit change and decided to leave the current...

By Arizona Highway Patrol Association The men and women of the Arizona Highway Patrol Association (AHPA) are encouraging Arizonans to take extra precautions and drive...

By Adam Wolfe In the last two weeks, two fatal accidents have occurred in Maricopa. In both occasions, the deceased was not wearing a seat...

A coroner’s report on Michael and Tina Careccia indicates the presence of methamphatamine and amphetamines in their systems. The autopsy report was released by the...

An attempted traffic stop on two suspicious vehicles on Interstate 8 led to a pursuit in the Stanfield area and the arrest of two...