CRIME & SAFETY
Security video shows guard attack Phoenix resort hotel guest
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The security video was the key. Until police watched the video, they had heard conflicting stories of what happened in the hallway near the pool at the Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix on May 29, 2022. At least ten officers responded to the call from the hotel...
Woman and her 2 children hit by car in west Phoenix
PHOENIX — A woman and her two children were hospitalized after being hit by a car Tuesday night in west Phoenix, according to officials with the Phoenix Police Department. All three are expected to be OK, officials said. Phoenix officers were called to the area of 35th and Missouri...
'Somebody's gonna die here. I gotta try': Truck driver risks life to stop wrong-way driver on Arizona freeway
PHOENIX — A man is in custody after driving the wrong way on the Loop 303 freeway, narrowly missing dozens of cars. If not for a Valley truck driver risking his own life to intervene, the situation could have been much worse. “I was just home in bed. I...
Drunken driver was going 105 mph before deadly crash, deputies say
MESA, Ariz. (AZFamily/Gray News) — Deputies said a man was intoxicated and driving over 100 miles per hour before a collision that left a woman dead in Arizona last week. The crash happened April 18 at around 1 a.m. on University Drive near Crismon Road in Mesa. According to...
One injured in overnight shooting in west Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — One person is in the hospital after being shot overnight in west Phoenix. Phoenix police said the shooting around 1 a.m. happened near 67th Avenue and Indian School Road. One person had gunshot injuries and was hospitalized in non-life-threatening condition. No suspect is in custody in...
Former Phoenix-area public defender sentenced for trying to buy meth from undercover agent
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An ex-public defender in Maricopa County learned her punishment for trying to buy methamphetamine from an undercover agent in 2020. A federal judge sentenced 33-year-old Sally Joyce Nyemba to 18 months in prison. It was part of a plea deal. Prosecutors said she met with the...
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