Crime and Public Safety

An Apache Junction police officer resigned after an internal investigation revealed he misused automated license plate reader technology to locate his wife.

Phoenix Police say they are now investigating a fight that led to the death of 36-year-old Bill Blancas in South Phoenix as murder.

Former fraternity member Carter Eslick pleaded guilty to felony hazing in the death of 18-year-old Colin Martinez following a drinking game in Flagstaff.

A man is accused of assault, armed robbery and kidnapping for allegedly robbing his workplace at Kierland Commons earlier in August.

Two custodians are dead after a shooting Monday afternoon at a Chicago elementary school, authorities said.

Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of the man accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur. Duane "Keffe D" Davis' trial is happening nearly 30 years after the deadly drive-by-shooting in Las Vegas. 

Adam Sheafe faces sentencing on Aug. 14 after pleading guilty to all charges in the murder of pastor Bill Schonemann.

Information was supplied by law enforcement and describes current, active reports of missing persons in the Phoenix-metro area and other cities in Arizona.

Police in Asheville, North Carolina, say a downtown shooting that killed two people and wounded seven was a direct retaliatory act, though they have declined to call the violence gang-related in the Blue Ridge tourist town.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced this weekend they are hoping to have every officer and agent in the field equipped with body-worn cameras by the end of August. 

Two Florida men have been charged with aggravated battery after allegedly taking up arms — one with a machete and one with a hatchet — in a Publix parking lot.

Kim Kardashian's home near Calabasas was reportedly broken into, and a man allegedly took one of her vehicles out for a “joyride," according to a report from the California Post.

Federal agents are seizing Phoenix-area real estate, cars, and crypto accounts connected to an alleged interstate anabolic steroid trafficking ring involving four Valley residents.

Yuma Police are addressing online misinformation after a viral social media post claimed officers failed to investigate an attempted abduction involving a 16-year-old girl.

64-year-old Freddy Ray Pruitt of Bouse, AZ has been arrested on two counts of child molestation following a multi-state investigation with Las Vegas Metro Police.