PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's appeal of a ruling that criticized a decision by his jail officers to force pink underwear onto a mentally ill inmate who erroneously believed jailers were trying to rape him.

“Our conservative state Legislature is moving forward on over 500 proposed laws this session. Nice to see so called ‘small government’ Republicans show that they are incapable of sticking to their supposed values.”

Jodi Arias calmly tried to explain away her lies Monday as a prosecutor in her Arizona murder trial hammered her about not being honest with authorities, friends or family, even sending the victim's grandmother flowers after she killed him, all in an attempt to throw off suspicion and avoid being charged.

Once, the barren mesas and shrub-covered canyons that extend east of the Pacific Ocean held the most popular routes for illegal immigrants heading into the U.S. Dozens at a time sprinted to waiting cars or a trolley stop in San Diego, passing border agents who were too busy herding others to give pause.

Jodi Arias' effort to get the death penalty option in her murder case temporarily set aside was met Friday with a swift rejection from the Arizona Supreme Court in a one-sentence response denying the motion filed just hours earlier.

Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies have captured a second suspect wanted in a store robbery in San Tan Valley Saturday night.

The Apache Junction Police Department is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for stealing letters off the city entry sign.

A man was arrested for leaving a 3-month-old child unattended and on suspicion of drug possession after Chandler police contacted him about a burglary around noon Tuesday.

Three adults and a minor were arrested for vehicle burglary Sunday afternoon, according to Mesa police.

Two 18-year-old men were arrested for at least three vehicle burglaries in Mesa early Sunday morning, according to police.

A man was found about midnight Wednesday apparently attempting to take computers from a City of Mesa building.

Mesa police say a Colorado man left his 3-year-old daughter alone in a vehicle at a Walmart while trying to escape officers after burglarizing a vehicle.

Two Fountain Hills men who gained access to homes through a carpet cleaning company they worked for are being held in a Maricopa County jail, suspected of stealing more than $30,000 worth of jewelry to sell as scrap.

A District 3 neighborhood is the latest in Mesa to undergo the city’s Building Stronger Neighborhoods initiative.

Authorities say a man has been arrested in Phoenix in connection with a kidnapping and assault of a woman at an Ahwatukee apartment.

FLORENCE — Two men are in custody for allegedly stealing more than $5,000 worth of jewelry, guns and money from a Casa Grande home and burying the items in the desert.

A man barricaded inside a Tempe apartment complex Tuesday has surrendered to police.

A man was arrested after he was caught on camera trying to get into an industrial yard containing a significant amount of copper in Mesa, according to police on Monday.

A onetime security guard at Tempe High School has been sentenced to jail and probation after being convicted of burglary and theft charges.

Tempe Police arrested a 24-year-old Tempe man Tuesday in connection with 17 burglaries between Sept. 16 and Oct. 29.

A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were arrested Tuesday after they allegedly broke into a car in Gilbert, police said.

Mesa police arrested a man early Friday morning following several reports of break-ins from car and homeowners.

Razors in candy, drunk drivers, smashed pumpkins, kidnapping, burglary and drunken assaults are just some of the crimes most worry about as Halloween night creeps closer. Since there are often rises in crimes such as theft, assault and DUI, it is important for both adults and children to be alert and stay safe this year. Fortunately, most cases of crime have decreased in Tempe on Halloween within the last two years.