The decision reverses a policy imposed by former Sheriff Paul Penzone in response to rising overdose deaths and the arrest of a correctional officer.

Nicholas Tyler Perkins, 24, is facing two felony charges, and authorities said they are investigating whether more charges will be applied.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says employees no longer have to pass through security scanners when entering a jail facility.

A man in custody with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is being accused of killing a fellow inmate, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Muhammad Toure, 26, is charged on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Darshaquise Small-Duran, according to the attorney's office.

Jordan Spalding, 31, claimed her rideshare driver, 74-year-old Samuel Webster, tried to rape her during a ride in Phoenix on Jan. 21, police said, according to Fox 10 and ABC 15. At some point, both of them got out of the car, police said.

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President Donald Trump has vowed to conduct raids with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in major U.S. cities, however, Phoenix-area activist groups say they couldn’t confirm recent viral online videos.

A Florida man is set to spend more than three decades behind bars for luring three Scottsdale children through social media.

A man is accused of stabbing three people at a child’s birthday party in Phoenix over the weekend, one of whom died. Around 9 p.m. on Saturday, Phoenix police were called to a home near 75th Avenue and Broadway Road.

A 35-year-old man has been missing for days after vanishing from a boat ramp in northern Arizona, deputies said. Spencer Pipkin was last seen at about 3 p.m. Jan. 22 at Lees Ferry Launch in Marble Canyon,

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The Trump administration has revived a border security policy that legal experts say paves the way for mass deportations — without even a court hearing — and threatens to put Latino Arizonans, regardless of their citizenship status,