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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Late-night 4-vehicle collision Sunday on SR 347 still under investigation

Updated at 10:49 a.m., March 28, 2023 Arizona Department of Public Safety is continuing its investigation into a multi-vehicle collision on State Route 347 Sunday...

Woman arrested, charged with threatening ex-husband with gun

Maricopa police arrested and charged a 48-year-old woman early Friday morning in the Senita neighborhood in connection with a suspected domestic violence incident. According to...
My Maricopa Plumber floods August 18, 2023. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]

Local plumbing shop flooded

A busted fire sprinkler pipe flooded a local plumbing shop this afternoon.  The pipe leaked at the Maricopa Business Center on West Honeycutt Road near...

ADOT lays sidewalk along John Wayne Parkway

The Arizona Department of Transportation has begun work along John Wayne Parkway to construct a sidewalk on the west side of State Route 347. The...

Dad credits seatbelt, Ak-Chin rescuers for saving son’s life

Nov. 21 could have been a tragic day for three families. Instead it was the beginning of a long road to recovery and extended lives. A...

Man cited after Wednesday’s ‘shots fired’ incident

A man initially accused of firing a weapon toward The Duke at Rancho El Dorado was cited and released Wednesday. Identified as Arbray Beshear, he...

Man accused of sexually abusing child

A Maricopa man has been accused of sexually abusing a young child for three years. Sidney J. Cowger, 36, was arrested July 16 after the...

Woman accused of drunk driving in crash with children on board

A woman only identified as Terri by Maricopa Police was arrested and charged Jan. 13 for impaired driving, a blood alcohol level more than...

PCSO Report Aug. 5, 2015

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Police arrest man for trespassing at ex-girlfriend’s home

A local man was arrested Monday for returning to his ex-girlfriend's home after being ordered to stay away. Noe Perez is charged with 3rd degree...

SR347 pursuit leads to human-smuggling charges

A traffic stop on State Route 347 early Tuesday morning led to the arrest of five people. Chief among them was the driver, who...

Maricopa police seeking public’s help in attempted robbery case

The Maricopa Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying a man who attempted to rob a Circle K convenience store early Friday...

Protecting oneself keen interest at ‘Coffee’

Citizen’s arrests, road rage and when it is legal to shoot a home invader were topics touched on during Saturday’s Coffee with the Chief...

PCSO updates Vekol Valley burned-bodies case

The Pinal County Sheriff's Department is working with Tempe police to see if there is a connection between a missing Tempe family and the...

Known sex offender charged after alleged child molestation

A 49-year-old Hidden Valley man was charged June 5 for failing to register as a sex offender after it was reported he had inappropriate...

Maricopa man sentenced to five years for selling meth

Arnulfo Arrellanes, 38, of Maricopa, has been sentenced to  five years in federal prison, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute.

Arizona highway fatalities rose last year

Arizona Department of Transportation The figures remain preliminary, but it’s already clear that motor-vehicle crash fatalities on Arizona roadways increased in 2015 – and that...
Maricopa protest

At busy intersection, horns honk in support of peaceful protest

They carried signs and they were going to be heard. The 30-or-so people who joined together Monday night on the sidewalk at John Wayne Parkway...
State Route 347

Reader poll: How you would fix State Route 347

The readers have spoken, and their priorities for improvements to State Route 347 are different than what many might have expected. In our informal poll...

Police arrest man accused of assaulting children

A father questioned about allegations of child abuse allegedly told officers he would raise his children how he saw fit, police said.  The man, whose...

Forecast calls for excessive heat, air-quality warning

A hot and dry week lies ahead for Maricopa, and the forecast again includes an excessive heat warning and an air-quality advisory. According to the...

Jack in the Box robbed at gunpoint

The Jack in the Box restaurant in Maricopa was robbed by a person brandishing a handgun Wednesday afternoon, according to Maricopa Police Department. The male...

Reward offered for 3 javelina poached near Maricopa

The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) is offering a reward of up to $750 for information leading to an arrest of the person...

Maricopa named one of state’s safest cities

Maricopa has again made the Top 5 list of Arizona’s safest cities, according to the National Council for Home Safety and Security. The city’s violent...

Update: Fatality reported in 347/Riggs crash

An unknown number of people with “severe injuries” were transported by air and ground to Chandler Regional Hospital after an accident on State Route...

MFMD investigating Rancho El Dorado house fire

Fire investigators are looking into what caused a mysterious house fire in Rancho El Dorado earlier this week. Sunday, the Maricopa Fire/Medical Department responded to...

Police, fire respond to trouble in Glennwilde

A report of trouble in a house on Portarosa Drive in Glennwilde brought out both Maricopa Police Department and Maricopa Fire/Medical Department Monday. The home's...

Man arrested on warrant accused of having meth

Robert Acuna, 43, was arrested by Maricopa Police Jan. 29 for possession of a dangerous drug, methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and on a...

Murder-suicide reported at Maricopa home

Maricopa Police Department is investigating what appears to be a murder-suicide on Windrose Drive in Desert Cedars. Police were called to the residence around noon...

Buckeye robbery ends in Maricopa arrest

Entry to Santa Rosa Springs was blocked by law enforcement officers this afternoon in the search for a robbery suspect. The crime itself took place...
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