In what police are calling one of the largest copper thefts in recent memory, a couple is accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of the precious metal from electric and light fixtures along Chandler’s Paseo Trail and the Heritage Trail in Gilbert and selling it for scrap to supper their methamphetamine habit.

A 20-year-old student of Career Success High School in Mesa accused of stealing a laptop computer from a classroom was arrested on suspicion of theft on Wednesday.

An alleged identity theft and forgery ring was disrupted in southeast Phoenix this week after deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office executed warrants at two residences and arrested five illegal immigrants from Mexico.

A Gilbert woman accused of signing her deceased mother's name to checks three months after she died was charged Wednesday for the offenses, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

A Mesa woman who worked as a cashier in the Fort McDowell Casino gift shop is facing up to 20 years in federal prison on a theft charge, suspected of stealing more than $1,000 in a two-week period.

Michael Stocks of Scottsdale was sentenced to seven years in prison on July 7 after pleading guilty to aggravated taking the identity of another person. Theodore Paschall received 6 1/2 in prison on July 9 after pleading guilty to trafficking in the identity of another person.

A Cave Creek man known as one of “The Untouchables” from a notorious East Coast auto theft ring was sentenced to 7.2 years of federal prison on Friday for stealing more than $400,000 in recreational vehicles and burning a car after drenching it with gasoline, according to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.

A Queen Creek woman pleaded guilty Friday to theft and will serve 2 1/2 years in prison, said Attorney General Terry Goddard.

Detectives call it a crime of opportunity, but in Scottsdale automobile stealing is down for the third year in a row because police say residents are taking the easy chances away from thieves.