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A Phoenix nurse practitioner was sentenced to 3½ years after prosecutors say her clinic billed AHCCCS for care that wasn’t provided, part of a wider fraud sweep.
A partial roof collapse at a North Phoenix shopping center left debris on parked cars and prompted an investigation; no injuries were reported.
A Phoenix driver who crashed at 16th Street and Southern allegedly opened fire at Good Samaritans who stopped to help; police arrested him and said no one was hurt.
Two people were detained after a shooting at a Motel 6 near I‑17 and Thomas Road left one man critically injured early Thursday.
A UTV rollover near Deer Valley Road and 185th Avenue in Surprise left one person dead and another hospitalized; deputies are investigating.
Body-worn video shows Phoenix officers firing at a man they had been trying to arrest on felony warrants in Midtown; he later died and state investigators are probing the case.
A Mexicali woman known as "Doña Lupe" was sentenced to 11 years in Phoenix after prosecutors said she led a transnational human‑smuggling ring that preyed on migrants.
A grand jury has upgraded charges in the 2023 bathtub death of a 7-month-old; the father is being held on a $200K cash-only bond.
A Tempe couple turned themselves in after detectives say they stole a $4,000 Louis XIII cognac from Three Thirty Three; surveillance footage and a police probe followed.
Pinal County filed notice to seek the death penalty for Ricky Wassenaar over the April 2025 Tucson prison killings. The move amplifies scrutiny of inmate classification and safety at ASPC‑Tucson.
Phoenix's violent crime slipped in Q1 2026, with homicides down and robberies and rapes declining. Officials say the trend mirrors national drops but urge caution as summer nears.
Chandler will pay $340,000 to settle a lawsuit over a 2023 promposal crash that injured a student at Arizona College Prep.
A Mohave County deputy shot a Meadview man after responding to a neighbor fight; the suspect was airlifted with non-life-threatening injuries and the deputy is on leave.
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