Police say a former Mesa Police Sergeant has been arrested on sex abuse charges.

A suspect was arrested for the armed robbery of the Desert Schools Credit Union in Mesa shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday, said Sgt. Anthony Landato, Mesa Police spokesman.

Mesa police responded to the scene of a likely murder early Friday morning at a home near Lindsay Road and Southern Avenue.

After a nearly two-year investigation, Mesa Police Department has arrested five people in connection with fraudulent business practices with dozens of victims at S.W.A.T. Towing/Auto Citi Towing.

A 14-year-old girl police say was sexually assaulted at Mesa’s Fitch Park on Monday by a 14-year-old boy she knew, remains hospitalized but is recovering from her wounds.

The Mesa Police Department is asking for the public's help locating two young boys who ran away from a Mesa group home Sunday morning.

Chandler and Mesa police are investigating multiple car fires that were set across the cities early Thursday.

Mesa police are describing the death of a 27-year-old man as "suspicious."

Mesa police are considering charges against a man they say called 911 Thursday and made threats against people attending a curriculum night at Mesa’s Las Sendas Elementary School. According to police, the man said he had a high-powered rifle, that he would to shoot those in attendance and burn his house down.

A recent rise in the number of arrests for drug-related DUIs is related to the misuse of prescription drugs, officials say.

A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting four ROTC students at Mesa High School and then scuffling with jail detention officers.

A 3-year-old girl died Sunday after being found at the bottom of a Mesa backyard pool during a barbecue.

Mesa police are investigating the death of a man who died after he was struck by a water tanker truck at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport early Saturday.

A man protesting law enforcement in Mesa was found to be in possession of a loaded gun when arrested early Wednesday morning for disorderly conduct.

Funeral services for a Mesa police officer who had been battling Lou Gehrig’s disease will be held Friday and Saturday.

Like Hall of Fame New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig, Mesa police officer Mark Kelly knows the ravages of ALS, a terminal neurological disease that destroys the nerve connections between muscles and the brain, eventually robbing the patient of his ability to walk, speak, swallow or breathe.

Like Hall of Fame New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig, Mesa police officer Mark Kelly knows the ravages of ALS, a terminal neurological disease that destroys the nerve connections between muscles and the brain, eventually robbing the patient of his ability to walk, speak, swallow or breathe.

Like Hall of Fame New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig, Mesa police officer Mark Kelly knows the ravages of ALS, a terminal neurological disease that destroys the nerve connections between muscles and the brain, eventually robbing the patient of his ability to walk, speak, swallow or breathe.

A man who police say called 911 and lobbed threats against people attending a recent curriculum night at Mesa’s Las Sendas Elementary School has been arrested and is facing threatening and intimidating-related felony charges.

Mesa police are warning the public to be on the lookout for “hooded bandits” who are robbing stores and restaurants in East Mesa.

Mesa is bolstering its police force for the first time since the recession forced the law enforcement agency to downsize in 2008.

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.

Police expect only some minor training is needed for them to begin enforcing a portion of SB 1070 given Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling — but they aren’t yet sure when that provision will take effect.

Mesa police arrested three burglary suspects Wednesday after they broke into a home, triggering a chase through a neighborhood involving a police helicopter, Mesa Police said.