1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (141+ words) A 23-year-old Phoenix man, Adonijah Josiah Ortega, has been sentenced to 171 months in prison for a 2022 carjacking during which Ortega shot and assaulted a man with a firearm. Ortega previously pleaded guilty to Carjacking and Discharge of a Firearm During…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (163+ words) An argument between two women has led to the shooting death of one man. According to Sergeant Chris Berrelleza of the Phoenix Police Department, on September 8th, 2026, at approximately 5:45 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at a residence in the area…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (149+ words) PHOENIX – A 32-year-old man, Trey Waters, has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for a string of violent armed robberies in Phoenix in which two people were shot. Both victims survived. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, on April…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (115+ words) A Phoenix man is dead after confronting officers with a knife. According to the Phoenix Police Sergeant John Buchanan, on September 6th, 2026, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers responded to a call of a suicidal subject, identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Marquez Delgado, in the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (136+ words) Yet another jaywalker is dead in Phoenix. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on September 4th, 2026, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Phoenix Police and Phoenix Fire responded to reports of a vehicle-pedestrian collision near 7th Avenue and Indian School Road. Upon arrival, Phoenix Fire transported…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) The Phoenix Police Department is asking for the public’s help in an investigation of two early‑morning burglaries that occurred on August 12 and August 26, 2026. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on August 12th, unknown suspects entered a cemetery near 2000 North 48th Street…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (268+ words) PHOENIX – The leader of a group of sicarios (cartel hitmen), Jorge Adan Garcia Martinez, was sentenced on in August to 130 months in prison after pleading guilty to Aiding and Abetting the Receipt of Firearms for Use in a Drug Trafficking…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (289+ words) A fugitive, Antonio Rios, 26, who fled to Mexico after a 2022 murder in Phoenix has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the 26-year-old Rios was sentenced for killing Jose Juan Lopez after pleading guilty…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (329+ words) Tempe – Tempe Union High School District employee, Antony Nikai Cruz, was arrested and booked into the Tempe city jail today, following an investigation into the inappropriate usage and downloading of district security video footage for personal use. The Tempe Police…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (185+ words) On August 19, Surprise Police arrested 28-year-old Sameer Mardanzai following an extensive investigation into alleged sexual offenses involving a minor. According to the Surprise Police Department, through search warrants and an extensive analysis of physical and digital evidence, detectives identified Mardanzai…...