Arizona

Child Abuse
August 26, 2022

Toddler Found Alone Outside, Covered ‘Head to Toe’ in Animal Feces

An Arizona mother was arrested Thursday when police found her 2-year-old son outside alone and covered in animal feces. Investigators say the boy may have been outside, in 102 degree heat, for an hour before his mother went to look for him, KSAZ reported. Officers said the toddler was wearing only pants and diapers and …

Missing
July 22, 2022

Newborn Left on Arizona Woman’s Doorstep

A newborn baby was left at the doorstep of an elderly Arizona woman Friday morning. The woman called police at about 11:30 a.m., telling investigators she heard her doorbell and went to answer it because she thought it was a package delivery, according to KTVK. When she opened the door, however, she found a baby …

Child Abuse
July 21, 2022

3 Arizona Children Found Living in Filth With No Food or Running Water

An Arizona couple has been arrested after an anonymous tip led police officers to their home, where they found their three children living in a filthy house without food or running water and not going to school. The investigation began in February, when a caller told the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that the three young …

Murder
June 24, 2022

Arizona Food Delivery Driver Snaps Photo of Her Killer Before She’s Shot to Death

An Arizona man was arrested on Thursday and charged with killing a delivery driver earlier this month after police found a photograph of the man on the victim’s phone. Glendale police said that Pamela Rae Martinez, 60, was found shot to death in her vehicle at about 7:30 p.m. on June 11 in Glendale. The …

Murder
May 28, 2022

Husband Charged With Killing Wife, Fleeing to Mexico: Cops

An Arizona man was arrested this week after he returned to Phoenix nearly two months after his wife’s body was found and he was named a suspect in her murder. Shaun Michael Schulte, 52, faces several charges, among them second degree murder and tampering with evidence, related to the death of 49-year-old Amy Jo Schulte, …

School Crimes
May 26, 2022

Arizona Middle Schooler Threatens to ‘Shoot Up the School’ So Friend Could Change Seats on Bus

A 13-year-old Arizona middle school student has been arrested on terrorism charges for threatening to “shoot up the school” last week on his bus ride home. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said it investigated after the bus driver contacted Prescott Mile High Middle School officials, telling them the student “made the threat three times” before …

Child Abuse
May 19, 2022

Arizona Mom Holds Tot’s Hand Under Scalding Water Because of ‘Demon’: Court Docs

An Arizona woman accused of child abuse told investigators she held her toddler son’s hand under scalding hot water because “she saw a demon” in him. Court documents say that the skin on the 4-year-old boy’s hand burned and blistered after Brittany Breanna Gaines, 32, held his hand under the water, according to KSAZ. “Brittany …

Murder
May 17, 2022

Arizona Man Fatally Shoots Girlfriend, Takes Her to Hospital for Treatment: Cops

An Arizona man has been charged with murder in the the shooting death of his girlfriend. Jason Warnock, 36, allegedly shot 31-year-old Skylar Hughes and then took her to Yavapai Regional Medical Center for treatment, Prescott Police said, but it was too late. KSAZ reported that hospital personnel called police at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. …

Kidnapping
May 16, 2022

Missouri Couple Who Allegedly Kidnapped Children Arrested in Arizona

Three children reportedly kidnapped by their non-custodial mother and her wife in March have been found safe in Arizona. Brittany Barnes, the biological mother, and Ceairah Beverly fled with the three boys, ages 8, 9, and 10 during a scheduled, unsupervised visitation in Missouri on March 23, as CrimeOnline previously reported. An arrest warrant charging …

Murder
May 8, 2022

Manhunt in Phoenix for Man Suspected of Choking Woman to Death on City Bus

Arizona police are searching for a man they say strangled a woman on a city bus Friday morning. Phoenix police said that officers responded to a call about a person not breathing on a bus at about 8 a.m. and found 41-year-old Diane Craig with signs of strangulation. Craig was taken to a hospital and …