PCSO: 5 days, 14 arrests, 1,382 pounds of marijuana
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...
PCSO, Ak-Chin arrest alleged drug smuggler
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...
Update: Blunt-force trauma killed 3-year-old girl
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...
3 hurt in Smith-Enke collision
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...
PCSO releases victims’ names in skydiving accident
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...
Woman dies in skydiving accident near Maricopa
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...
Sheriff investigates death of 3-year-old girl
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...
Investigation into train/bus crash could be tricky
With the school bus “in a million pieces,” it will take a while for Maricopa Police Department to sort out the cause of a...
PCSO arrests 21 on pot-smuggling charges
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...
Driver escapes as train hits MUSD bus
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...
3 transported to hospital after Honeycutt crash
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...
Bee attack sends 6 to hospital
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...
Halloween safety tips from MFD (video)
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...
Firehouse Subs foundation gives Maricopa Fire ATV (video)
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...
MPD chief explains school-lockdown response
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...
One hair could play part in double-murder case
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...
MUSD: ‘No substance’ to bomb threat at MHS (video)
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...
MPD program helps immobile community members
The Maricopa Police Department is offering the “You Are Not Alone” (YANA) program to provide phone calls and house visits for immobile individuals in...
MPD shows sketch of suspect in jogger attack
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...
MPD seeking male who attacked jogger
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...
First Responder Q&A: Chris Evans
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...
Update: Car crashes into Villages lake (video)
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...
Speed limits on Honeycutt Road will not change
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...
Area law officers gather to warn about road safety for Labor Day (video)
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...
Report shows meth in Careccias’ systems
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...
Stanfield chase leads to arrests, drugs, weapons
An attempted traffic stop on two suspicious vehicles on Interstate 8 led to a pursuit in the Stanfield area and the arrest of two...
Truck-repair accident leads to fatality
The name of the man killed in an accident at his home on Roan Road Tuesday has not been released.
The 58-year-old man was working...
MPD seeks suspect attempting to lure child
A man approached a child getting off the bus in a Maricopa subdivision and offered the child candy to get in his vehicle.
Reportedly, a...
Attorneys eye forensics as Careccia murder case extended
The man accused of murdering a Maricopa couple was in court Monday asking for an extension.
Jose Valenzuela Jr. is charged with first-degree murder in...
Manslaughter charged after Maricopa woman dies in rollover
A Maricopa resident was killed Saturday night in a one-vehicle crash in Rancho El Dorado. The driver of the vehicle has been charged with...