Bill Richardson: The FBI defines organized crime “as any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities. Such groups maintain their position through the use of actual or threatened violence, corrupt public officials, graft, or extortion, and generally have a significant impact on the people in their locales, region, or the country as a whole.”

DECATUR, Ala. - Authorities searched Monday for the head of a northern Alabama city's organized crime unit, who was last seen working late Friday and then vanished, leaving signs of a struggle in his office.

Tempe police seized dozens of guns, a cooler of ammunition and 20 pounds of marijuana Wednesday from an apartment.

Tempe police seized dozens of guns, a cooler of ammunition and 20 pounds of marijuana Wednesday from an apartment.

The March 27th murder of Cochise County rancher Robert Krentz has renewed calls for increased efforts to secure the border and stop illegal aliens from coming into Arizona.

MEXICO CITY - Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings.

When it comes to policing Arizona charities, the long arm of the law is a paralyzed limb. The state's Private School Tuition Tax Credit program has made the regulatory paralysis especially obvious.

“These gangs are very, very dangerous. They are organized like a crime syndicate,” said Tempe City Mana ger Charlie Meyer (reported in the Arizona Republic, March 12).

When Karla Whelchel's sport utility vehicle flipped over last year on Interstate 10, she searched for life among her family inside the crushed vehicle.

Seven years ago in December, the Diamondbacks acquired Luis Gonzalez and $500,000 from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Karim Garcia.

Swarming is a technique generally used by insects and birds, but Tempe police are now applying Mother Nature’s tactic to fight crime.

Violent crime along the U.S.-Mexico border, which has long plagued the scrubby, often desolate stretch, increasingly is spilling northward into the Southwest.

Sgt. Gary Durree has seen many colleagues die in the line of duty in his 34 years on the highway patrol, so he decided to end his career by organizing a grueling bicycle ride to raise money for families of fallen officers.

Prosecutors and police throughout the Valley are continuing to push back against the war on synthetic drugs.

Stealing or wasting water in Gilbert will become a misdemeanor crime under new ordinances approved by the Town Council.

Stealing or wasting water in Gilbert will become a misdemeanor crime under new ordinances approved by the Town Council.

There were fewer rapes, robberies and homicides in Mesa during the first eight months of this year than during that same period in 2006, according to police statistics released Wednesday.

About 5,000 Scottsdale businesses so far have signed on with a free national alert system that notifies them about crimes pertinent to their industries, an executive with the company said.

June 27, 2004

Police are investigating the assault of a lesbian couple outside a Scottsdale nightclub as a hate crime, information Julie Melson said she was relieved to hear Thursday.

October 27, 2004

October 27, 2004

It may take a while for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s deputies to get to you, but if you’re the victim of a violent crime, robbery or theft, your case stands a fair chance of getting solved.