Men ID’d in SWAT-related arrests
Two men have been charged in connection with the alleged theft of a vehicle and construction equipment in Maricopa in an incident that shut...
3 arrested, schools locked down during SWAT action
A SWAT action during a standoff in a section of old Maricopa led to arrests Tuesday afternoon. Maricopa Police Department blocked off roads...
Update: PCSO identifies man found at railroad tracks
The man who died after jumping from or falling from a train near Casa Grande has been identified as Nickolas Harris, 18, of Casa...
PCSO seeking ID on dead male from train
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office and the Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s Office are seeking the public’s help identifying a person who may have fallen...
Update: Police called twice to DWMS
Thursday afternoon Desert Wind Middle School Principal Renita Myers sent out the following message to all Desert Wind parents: "Dear DWMS Parents/Guardians -"This...
Boy, 13, hit by minivan
A boy was transported to Phoenix Children’s Hospital Saturday after being hit by a minivan near the Dairy Queen in Maricopa. According to...
Update: 4 injured in SR 347 crash
A two-vehicle collision left four people injured Thursday night on State Route 347. Some time past 7 p.m. a truck and a car...
Former cop pleads guilty to theft
A former Maricopa Police Department detective pled guilty to two felonies on Wednesday in Pinal County Superior Court. Jose Lizarraga pled guilty before...
Reclaiming wilderness from trash, drug-smugglers
A quail-hunting trip in the Sonoran Desert National Monument brought a rude awakening to a Maricopa resident. Pockets of discarded backpacks, clothing, food...
22 arrested in pot crackdown
Pinal County Sheriff’s Office deputies and U.S. Border Patrol agents conducted an operation in the Hidden Valley area concentrating on combating the flow of...
First Responder Leonard Perez
InMaricopa News introduces you to the men and women who keep you safeSgt. Leonard Perez of the Maricopa Police Department was one of the...
MPD to purchase 43 on-body cameras
The Maricopa City Council agreed to buy 43 body cameras for police officers during its Feb. 3 meeting. Of the $97,000 price tag,...
Veterans in crisis topic of Coffee with the Chief
Maricopa veterans groups are working hand in hand with Honoring/Hiring/Helping Our Heroes of Pinal (HOHP) Mobile Veteran Outreach Center to spread the word about...
Stanfield residents among PCSO pot busts
Six men were arrested Monday in Maricopa in a marijuana bust on John Wayne Parkway. According to a spokesman for the Pinal County...
After killing, MPD sticks to policy; neighbor seeks more action on PTSD
As two police officers were waiting to return to work, a roadside memorial was going up near where Johnathon Guillory was shot. Maricopa...
Pedestrian hit crossing John Wayne Parkway
A person walking across John Wayne Parkway was struck by a vehicle Friday night. According to the Maricopa Police Department, the pedestrian was...
A look back: Kidnapper arrested in Coolidge
George Richard Horner III, the sex offender accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl from her Rancho El Dorado home yesterday morning (see related story),...
Measles diagnosed in Pinal County family
The Pinal County Public Health Services District identified four cases of measles in one family Thursday. The Kearny family traveled to Disneyland...
Sheriff’s task force watching for drug-smuggling scouts
It is the time of year when drug-smuggling gets active in Pinal County corridors from the Mexican border to Phoenix. The West Desert Task...
MPD debuts quarterly award for officers
Daniel Rauch, a patrol officer on the swing shift for the Maricopa Police Department, is the department’s first recipient of a quarterly award.Rauch, 30,...
MPD: Suspect pointed gun at officers
Before he was shot and killed by Maricopa Police Officers, Johnathan Guillory pointed a handgun at them, according to an MPD spokesman. Ricardo...
Officers involved in deadly shooting identified
The Maricopa Police Department has identified the two officers involved in the shooting of 32-year-old Johnathon Guillory on Sunday. Sgt. Leonard Perez and...
Identity of suspect shot by MPD released
Johnathon Guillory, 32, of Maricopa was the man shot and killed in an altercation with Maricopa police officers on Sunday, according to the Department...
Police kill suspect in Cobblestone Farms
Maricopa police officers shot a man in Cobblestone Farms today they said had a weapon. The man was transported to Chandler Regional Hospital where...
Profile: First Responder James Carlisto Jr.
Firefighter paramedic James Carlisto Jr. of the Maricopa Fire Department received the "Serving Those Who Serve Us" Award from Village Inn Restaurants in December...
Lake crash victim dies
The passenger in the vehicle that was submerged in a local lake has died. Eileen Olive Brown, 46, was pronounced dead several hours...
Women pulled from submerged van ID’d
The Maricopa Police Department has identified the two occupants of a vehicle that plunged into a local lake. MPD spokesman Ricardo Alvarado reports...
2 sent to hospital, 1 unresponsive, after car crashes into Rancho Mirage lake
A vehicle drove into a community lake in the Rancho Mirage subdivision Monday morning. The two female occupants were extricated. One was unresponsive and...
A look back: Skeletal remains found in Stanfield area identified as Loretta Bowersock
"At approximately 3 p.m. Thursday the Pima County Medical Examiner made a positive identification of the skeletal remains found in the desert near the...
Update: Fixing the crowded situation on 347
A permit to solve a possible safety issue led to a traffic problem in Maricopa earlier this week. Conversations among the officials involved seems...
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