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Chandler’s new top cop settling in
With just over 100 days on the job under his belt, Chandler Police Chief Bryan Chapman says he feels like the transition is stabilizing. “Being new is always challenging,” Chapman said. “The biggest challenge is learning people’s names. We have about 540 people in the police department between our sworn and professional staff.
28 years later, a killer with no remorse could be let out of Arizona prison
Dan Levey became a crime victims' advocate following his brother's murder in 1996. He's advocating for himself and his brother's family that the killer not be set free. I met Dan Levey near the basketball court at Clarendon Elementary School in downtown Phoenix in early November 1996, at the spot where his brother, Howard, had been murdered a week earlier.
67-Mile High-Speed Chase: 21-Year-Old’s Reckless Pursuit Ends in Dramatic Casino Arrest!
Reckless Pursuit: Michael S. Khoury’s Dangerous Flight from Arizona DPS Troopers. Culmination at Wild Horse Pass Resort & Casino: The Dramatic End to Khoury’s Escape. According to FOX10Phoenix, in a dramatic turn of events near Chandler, Arizona 21-year-old Michael S. Khoury embarked on a reckless escapade that thrust him into a high-speed chase with state troopers on June 16. The pursuit spanning approximately 67 miles unfolded amid escalating danger as Khoury evaded attempts by Arizona DPS Troopers to bring him to a stop. Assisted by Mesa Police’s Falcon helicopter law enforcement monitored Khoury’s perilous maneuvers through highways and city streets. Footage released by DPS vividly illustrated Khoury weaving through traffic running red lights and even driving against oncoming traffic posing serious risks to motorists and law enforcement alike.
Maricopa County Man Faces 42 Charges in Wide-Ranging Organized Retail Theft Spree
Crime doesn't pay, and for one Jeremy James Beene, the bill has come due to the tune of 42 criminal charges. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell has dropped the hammer on Beene, who now faces a litany of counts for a spree of organized retail crime, with a side of shoplifting. Over a span starting in February 2022 and reaching to the summer of '24, Beene supposedly made The Home Depot his personal grab-and-dash playground across Chandler, Mesa, and Phoenix, swiping nearly $60K worth of construction equipment.
Missing Phoenix woman among 2 bodies found inside car in west Phoenix parking lot
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police have confirmed that a missing woman is among two people who were found shot to death in a west Phoenix parking lot earlier this month. Police believe 25-year-old Doris Aguilar is the victim of homicide. Aguilar went missing on July 1. On Thursday, Arizona’s Family...
A gun accidentally went off at an East Valley home. 1 person was hospitalized.
CHANDLER, Ariz. — One person was sent to an East Valley hospital after an accident shooting, according to the Chandler Police Department. Officers were called to the home on the 900 block of West Hemlock Way at about 2:05 p.m. on Saturday. Two people were reported to have been...
Woman seriously injured after being hit by suspected drunk driver in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A woman is badly injured after being hit by a suspected drunk driver overnight in Phoenix. Phoenix police said officers responded to the crash around 11:45 p.m. on Sunday near 28th Avenue and McDowell Road. Officers found the woman on the ground with a vehicle stopped nearby.
Tempe man, clinic linked to $85.6M in fraud schemes
A local man and an unrelated Tempe clinic are the focus of separate state and federal cases alleging over $85.6 million in Medicaid and Medicare fraud. A federal indictment accuses Adam Mutwol, 45, of Tempe, of conspiring with Gilbert Nurse practitioner Daud Koloesho, 44, to illegally bill the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) and American Indian Health Program (AIHP) for substance abuse treatments that earned them over $51.6 million in illicit payments.
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