An Arizona mother has been arrested for the vicious pummeling of a school bus driver earlier this month before her boyfriend grabbed her and pulled her away. Hermenegilda Marquez, 27, is charged with aggravated assault on a school employee, KSAZ reported. Court documents say the 64-year-old bus driver was a substitute who did not normally …
A 20-year-old Arizona man has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after he allegedly shot five people randomly in the Phoenix area. Iren Byers was arrested on Saturday after Mesa police identified him in video from near the scenes of several shootings on Friday and Saturday, according to …
Three young children are believed to have been abducted by their uncle in Arizona and may be on their way to Texas. Barbara, 8; Saleen, 5; and Legend Demetro, 3, were last seen in Mesa on May 22, according to KSAZ. They were last seen with Tony Hallam, their 44-year-old uncle, who does not have …
Two Arizona teens who ran away from a group home in Mesa were found dead over the weekend in a water retention basin. Mesa police say they suspect foul play, Arizona’s Family reported. Sitlalli Avelar, 17, and Kamryn Meyers, 15, were reported missing on January 7 from a Mesa group home run by Powerhouse Youth …
An Arizona mother has been charged with child abuse after she allegedly left her 5-month-old baby at home alone while she went out drinking. Mesa police pulled over Clare Margaret Meacham Thursday afternoon after receiving several calls about a possible drunk driver, KPHO reported. After officers handcuffed Meacham, she told them she “may” have left …
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 …
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 …
An Arizona man was arrested last week on a string of charges relating to his increasingly bizarre behavior over money he and his brother inherited from their grandparents. Mesa police said they began their investigation in March when the victim contacted them to say he was being threatened by his brother, Ross Paul Emmick, despite …
Authorities in Arizona say a basketball coach at Dobson High School has been arrested on suspicion of engaging — or attempting to engage — in a sexual relationship with three teens on the girls’ junior varsity team. According to KPHO, 23-year-old Kyler William Ashley is accused of having sex with two 17-year-old girls and sending …
Authorities in Arizona say a detention officer has been arrested on suspicion of engaging in the sexual assault of a teen boy over a period of months last year. According to AZ Central, 48-year-old Robert Bruce Hunter had been employed by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office when he allegedly reached out online to a 15-year-old …
Authorities in Arizona say a state lawmaker threatened a Department of Public Safety trooper upon being pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the Arizona Republic, Arizona Rep. David Cook registered a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit. Authorities allege he also failed to follow instructions during a field …
