Law enforcement agencies and major retailers in the Phoenix area hope that sharing information will help them combat retail theft committed by criminal groups and gangs.

Some Desert Mountain High School students started Tuesday with a somber lesson, when Fred Goldman spoke to their criminology class about his son’s slaying and the subsequent criminal trial of O.J. Simpson.

Some Desert Mountain High School students started Tuesday with a somber lesson, when Fred Goldman spoke to their criminology class about his son’s slaying and the subsequent criminal trial of O.J. Simpson.

A woman is facing a child prostitution charge after trying to trade sexual favors for a McDonald’s meal.

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday approved the executions of two inmates, including one who has been on death row for 26 years for brutally killing and dismembering his adoptive mother. The court approved warrants for Robert Henry Moormann and Robert Charles Towery and set their executions eight days apart from one another. Moormann’s execution was scheduled for Feb. 29 and Towery’s was scheduled for March 8.

I cannot understand the insistence on banning guns from school campuses. It seems that some people have the peculiar idea that the behavior of psychotics and criminals can be controlled by the issuance of statutes. Criminals are criminals, by definition, because they disobey laws. Does it make any sense to expect them to obey a gun ban? Psychotics that shoot everyone in sight have no concern for law or punishment; they are basically suicidal and intend to expire with their victims. 

A teacher at Scottsdale’s Desert Mountain High School was placed on leave while five people, including a 75-year-old grandma and three students, were arrested for simulating a shooting and kidnapping that appeared real to a witness who called police.

A teacher at Scottsdale’s Desert Mountain High School was placed on leave while five people, including a 75-year-old grandma and three students, were arrested for simulating a shooting and kidnapping that appeared real to a witness who called police.

I’m writing about Bill Richardson’s not-so-thoughtful column: “Targeting addicts the more effective way to reduce crime in our cities” (July 12). Even though caffeine is an addictive drug and potentially lethal in very high doses, we have absolutely no crime associated with it. Why? It’s legal. Nicotine is a very addictive substance that is very deadly, yet we have almost no crime associated with it. Why? It’s legal.

ABC 15 helicopter pilot Craig Smith, who died Friday in a midair collision, covered breaking stories for the ABC15 Daybreak Team.

The Apache Junction City Council unanimously approved hiring Glenn Walp as police chief Tuesday. Walp will assume his duties next month.

March 24, 2005

‘Had I known about the crime problems around Arizona State University I would have never let Kyleigh move to Tempe.” Those are the words of Karen Montenegro, the mother of murdered ASU student Kyleigh Sousa.

DETROIT - In another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics.

A Desert Mountain High School assignment that calls for students to act out and videotape a mock crime will no longer be required after the staged incidents resulted in police calls the last two years.

Scottsdale school leaders are calling for the review of a class assignment that resulted in a simulated shooting and kidnapping real enough that police responded and arrested three sophomores and two adults, including the 75-yearold grandmother of one of the students.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Paul Gosar’s office confirmed Saturday the resignation of a staffer, one day after a Washington newspaper reported an aide in the Flagstaff office had posted violent and off-color Twitter messages.

In a short press conference Thursday afternoon, City Manager David Cavazos announced Public Safety Manager Jack Harris will continue to "perform some of his duties, but some things will change" as reports of false kidnapping statistics are investigated.

Pinal County now has a certified fraud examiner on its staff. The county’s chief financial officer, Victoria Prins, has completed hours of study and test-taking to help the county restore public trust after taxpayers were defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by then-County Manager Stanley Griffis.

PHOENIX - The overall number of violent crimes increased in Phoenix by 4.7 percent last year but decreased in Tucson by nearly 10 percent, according to preliminary FBI data released Monday.

Police recruiters nationwide have a new message for potential applicants. No longer is the job of being a rookie cop just about athleticism, adventure and youth.

Prosecutors have not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty against the Valley’s two Serial Shooter suspects.

The National Crime Victimization Survey released Sunday shows both property crimes and violent crimes other than homicide were again at a 30-year low in 2003 — good news for all.

In an effort to curb unwanted panhandling and aggressive solicitation in high-traffic areas – including, notably, Mill Avenue, near Arizona State University – the Tempe City Council approved amendments to two sections of its city code Thursday night.