2-year-old accidentally shot their hand after getting a hold of gun in Arizona, sheriff says
PIMA COUNTY, Ariz. — The Pima County Sheriff's Department has arrested a 19-year-old on suspicion of leaving a firearm ...
Maricopa County jails seeing much higher overdose rate in 2025; 43 incidents so far
Maricopa County's jails are on pace to see a large increase in possible drug overdoses in 2025 compared to 2024, according to Sheriff's Office data.
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Twelve overdoses in Estrella Jail; 1 death
A statement from the Sheriff's Office said investigators believed the drugs tied to the overdoses were smuggled into the jail inside genitalia.
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MCSO stops scanning jail workers, experts and families say it makes no sense
PHOENIX — When Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan announced ... But she believes his arrest proves that officers are a key source of the drugs inside the jails. “It was three days (after ...
New details in Mercedes Vega's murder include a fingerprint on a bloody bag, documents say
Court documents show how detectives linked a Tennessee man to the 2023 death of Tempe's Mercedes Vega who was found in a ...
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Man sentenced in deadly beating of Arizona deputy, officials say. ‘End to our grief’
Clinton Hurley pleaded guilty to 16 charges, including first-degree murder, following the 2021 attack that led to the death of Maricopa County Sheriff ... taken after an arrest in connection ...
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Twelve overdoses in Estrella Jail; 1 death
The decision reversed a policy implemented in 2023 by former Sheriff Paul Penzone in response to rising overdose deaths in the jails and the arrest of a Maricopa County correctional officer on ...