Authorities are hunting for a Mesa man believed to be part of a gun-purchasing ring of East Valley men accused of selling firearms to a violent Mexican drug cartel. Many in the ring were arrested during raids in December on residences throughout Mesa and Gilbert.

The Chandler Police Department has received a shot in the arm from a major firearms proponent so its officers and other law enforcement agencies throughout the Valley can be better prepared to protect themselves in dangerous situations.

Arizona: Mexico’s firearm superstore

The owner of a Scottsdale hot dog joint suffered minor injuries from an explosive device authorities suspect may have been a pipe bomb thrown through the front window of his business late Sunday night.

Authorities say the arrests of three men who allegedly sold casings for 23 hand grenades this week in metropolitan Phoenix is a reminder that the illegal market for explosives isn't isolated to Mexico.

A Chandler teenager could face felony charges after he brought home-made explosives to a crowded church Sunday and set one off in the parking lot.

CASA GRANDE — Authorities say they're investigating a small explosion that happened at the back entrance of a Social Security Administration office in a small town about 50 miles south of Phoenix.

Mesa police are destroying a yellow flashlight that was discovered lying in the street at the intersection of Val Vista and Broadway late Saturday, raising concerns that it might be connected to a serial “flashlight bomber” from recent incidents in the Valley where people have been injured after discovering flashlights rigged to explode.

DALTON, Ga. - A bitter family dispute over property in north Georgia apparently erupted Friday when a 78-year-old man threw an explosive into a law firm that represented his son, causing a blast that killed the father and injured four people in the office.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A second Bush administration gun-trafficking investigation has surfaced using the same controversial tactic for which congressional Republicans have been criticizing the Obama administration.

PHOENIX (AP) — Gun store owners in states on the U.S.-Mexico border are suing the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. At issue is a new requirement that owners alert federal authorities if someone buys multiple high-powered rifles over five days.

PHOENIX (AP) — Gun store owners in states on the U.S.-Mexico border are suing the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. At issue is a new requirement that owners alert federal authorities if someone buys multiple high-powered rifles over five days.

Authorities say two men have been shot by federal agents after they apparently tried to run over the officers, and three other suspects are in custody.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico with outstanding warrants for assault and domestic violence-related charges was arrested Wednesday by Valley authorities in Mesa after an investigation into a fraudulent manufacturing operation.

With the help of a federal agent and an explosives-sniffing dog, police searched a Scottsdale man's house late Wednesday for clues in the Mesa quintuple homicide.

Federal authorities will assist Gilbert in investigating a fire that destroyed sections of a light industrial complex Tuesday.

Federal authorities will assist Gilbert in investigating a fire that destroyed sections of a light industrial complex Tuesday.

Two men were severely injured Sunday in a mine explosion near Florence. One man was in critical condition with a compound fracture to his right leg and lacerations all over his lower body, authorities said.

Two men were severely injured Sunday in a mine explosion near Florence. One man was in critical condition with a compound fracture to his right leg and lacerations all over his lower body, authorities said.

February 2, 2005

The NRA and their willing allies — denial, deception, and deflection — are working overtime in the nation’s newspapers, and our Valley dallies are no exception.

Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives and Mesa and Gilbert police Thursday arrested nine men throughout Mesa and Gilbert accused of selling firearms to a violent Mexican drug cartel, according to the ATF.