Public Safety

The city of Maricopa Police Department arrested an unnamed juvenile Wednesday for allegedly burglarizing multiple Maricopa residences.  

According to a press release put out yesterday, the Maricopa Police Department arrested two men this past weekend on drug charges during a community event in the Maricopa Meadows subdivision.

In public records obtained by InMaricopa on Monday, recently reinstated city employee David Aviles admits to modifying city records at the request of former city employee Marty McDonald.  

The Pinal County Grand Jury has indicted Maricopa resident Kassandra Toruga on counts of reckless burning and aggravated assault.

County Deputies arrested five men less than 20 miles south of Maricopa for the alleged smuggling of drugs.    

Maricopa police have arrested a Homestead resident who allegedly admitted trying to kill her pregnant friend and take the unborn baby.

The Maricopa police department is investigating an apparent armed robbery that occurred yesterday in the Rancho El Dorado subdivision.

Pinal County deputies have discovered the body of a man believed to be an illegal immigrant less than 20 miles from the city of Maricopa.

A Maricopa city resident charged with 10 felony counts pleaded not guilty this morning before Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Brian Rees.

A multi-agency task force targeting drug and human trafficking in Pinal County arrested 102 suspects, recovered 7 stolen vehicles, seized 12 firearms and confiscated 3,200 pounds of marijuana from Feb. 16 to Feb. 19.

A multi-agency task force formed to reduce drug smuggling in Southern Arizona netted more than 7,500 pounds of marijuana valued at $6 million in the Vekol Valley during a 4-day sting, according to a release issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety late Thursday.

Pinal County Sheriff's Office deputies have captured alleged sex offender Juan Carlos Cuadros-Ortiz.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is seeking assistance in locating a 5 foot, 10 inch, 270 pound Hispanic male who allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in an area a couple miles west of Casa Grande.

A woman from the city of Maricopa is being held in the Maricopa County Jail on three felony counts involving a dramatic police chase in which she plowed through multiple police cars before her vehicle became disabled in a ditch.

The Maricopa Police Department arrested two men in the Maricopa Subway Tuesday afternoon for the possession of 600 pounds of marijuana.

Pinal County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a 43-year-old Maricopa resident on Wednesday on six counts of sexual assault on a minor, three counts of child molestation and one count of kidnapping.

Pinal County District Attorney James P. Walsh announced today at a press conference in Casa Grande that the man who broke into State Representative Frank Pratt's business and severely beat him on Christmas Day has been indicted on six felony charges.

A late-night pursuit through the desert resulted in a 1,500 pound pot bust south of Maricopa Monday night.

Despite an increase in violent and property crimes in 2010, overall arrests were down and Maricopa remains one of the safest cities in Arizona.

The last chapter on a group of young men known as the hole-in-the-wall bandits was penned in late December when the final two members of the group, Shadryck L. Brown and Alvin Bustamante, were sentenced to a combined 12 years in prison.

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office has released information it says rebuts claims by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano that the U.S.-Mexico border is more secure than ever.

A Pinal County sheriff's deputy who survived a shootout with drug smugglers in Vekol Valley just south of Maricopa and an investigation to determine whether his dramatic tale about the armed encounter was true, was fired yesterday for comments he made to the Phoenix New Times.

A man arrested Tuesday morning for aggravated assault and robbery is now being charged with the Christmas Day assault of Arizona lawmaker Frank Pratt.

Police recovered the stolen SUV of Arizona lawmaker Frank Pratt in Phoenix last weekend. The 2007 GMC Yukon was stolen Christmas Day, after Pratt was assaulted and tied up by a man who had broken into the District 23 legislator's Casa Grande business, Pratt Pools.

The Maricopa Police Department is investigating three burglaries that occurred over New Year's weekend.

A routine traffic stop turned into a 281-pound pot bust for a Pinal County Sheriff's Department Deputy late Monday night.

State Rep. Frank Pratt is home and recovering after a brutal attack Christmas Day, according to his wife Janice Pratt.

District 23 Representative Frank Pratt-R, 68, was beaten, tied up and left unconscious inside his Casa Grande business, Pratt Pools, in the early afternoon of Christmas Day.  

On Friday, Dec. 17, Pinal County Deputies discovered a drop house in Maricopa, according to a release issued by the department Wednesday.

Last Thursday at 8:01 p.m., Maricopa Police Officer Gerrick Ward, working in conjunction with the Pinal County Regional DUI Task Force in Coolidge, Ariz., was involved in a high speed chase and melee with four suspects.