July 23, 2004

Andrea Brennan, 32, of Scottsdale was driving an unreturned, rented orange Hummer when officers stopped her on suspicion of speeding early Wednesday at Scottsdale and Jomax roads.

PURCELL, Okla. - Singer Johnny Rodriguez, who topped the country-music charts in the 1970s, has been charged with three felony drug counts. Blanchard police stopped Rodriguez on Friday on a complaint of speeding, according to a court affidavit filed with the charges.

A Scottsdale man who was trying to run from police Thursday broke his ankle after hopping walls, making his way onto a patio roof and falling out of a tree.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Tom Sizemore, on probation for a drug rap, was arrested Tuesday for investigation of possessing methamphetamine as he sat in a car outside a Bakersfield hotel.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is in the middle of an investigation surrounding a detention officer arrested for delivering drugs to an inmate at the Fourth Avenue Jail.

A Mesa firefighter has been indefinitely suspended after being arrested last week on suspicion of drug possession.

A Mesa firefighter has been indefinitely suspended after being arrested last week on suspicion of drug possession.

August 12, 2004

A monthlong investigation led to the arrest of two men suspected of selling large amounts of heroin and crack cocaine throughout Mesa and the East Valley, police said Friday.

Deputies searching the Cave Creek area home of rapper DMX during an investigation into claims of animal cruelty found about a half-pound of suspected illegal narcotics, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Saturday.

The family of Jacob Fetchik celebrated what would have been his 17th birthday in Indian School Park in Scottsdale on Jan. 15, where Jacob loved to play basketball and make friends laugh.

As the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office continued its vow to place former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Paradise Valley resident Mike Tyson behind bars to protect the public, a county grand jury delivered another legal punch against him Friday morning.

A Phoenix woman whose body was inside a refrigerator that was dumped at a hiking trail near Superior had lethal amounts of cocaine and alcohol in her system.

Nine Mesa residents have been arrested following a two-day drug investigation at a Mesa apartment complex.

Gilbert is hosting a forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday on "Gangs & Drugs: What parents need to know" at the Gilbert Municipal Center, 50 E. Civic Center Drive.

Green flames leapt from a roaring smelter as a gigantic steel container moved through the air carrying cardboard boxes toward the fire. The container dumped its contents into the bright orange pit, blazing at 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

A nurse at a hospital in Mesa is being accused of stealing nearly $700 worth of drugs for his personal use.

YUMA, Ariz. - Lawyers for rapper Lil Wayne have filed a motion in Yuma County Superior Court to reduce a charge of possession of drugs for sale.

A Tempe woman has been charged with multiple felony drug and child abuse offenses in connection with leaving methamphetamine where her 7-year-old daughter was able to ingest it, nearly killing her, court records indicate.

Gilbert police arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of drugs and weapons offenses Sunday after he fired two blasts from his shotgun at three imaginary invaders, police said.

Mesa police have arrested a woman who allegedly admitted to using marijuana and supplying it to minors.

A Mesa man was arrested Tuesday afternoon after firing a stolen handgun and being in possession of illegal substances, according to police reports.