Mesa police arrested two men officers say had more than 14 pounds of drugs worth $425,000 in their possession after a traffic stop was conducted on each of the suspects, one of whom had his baby daughter in the back seat of the car.

CANNES, France — Writing the Prohibition-era bootlegger crime film "Lawless" — his second realized script and largest movie production yet — taught Australian songwriter Nick Cave certain foundational lessons of Hollywood moviemaking.

A Casa Grande woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling methamphetamine.

A man running naked through a Tempe neighborhood, jumping fences with his private parts covered with a plastic trash bag tied across him.

I’m writing about Bill Richardson’s not-so-thoughtful column: “Targeting addicts the more effective way to reduce crime in our cities” (July 12). Even though caffeine is an addictive drug and potentially lethal in very high doses, we have absolutely no crime associated with it. Why? It’s legal. Nicotine is a very addictive substance that is very deadly, yet we have almost no crime associated with it. Why? It’s legal.

"Fair is foul and foul is fair" takes on a new meaning in books written for adolescents as the fairest characters take on the foulest language, according to a new study.

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Four drug smuggling tunnels equipped with lighting and ventilation — including one with a railcar system — have been discovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in less than a week, the latest signs that cartels are building sophisticated passages to escape heightened detection above ground.

“We’ve cut off the head of the snake. This definitely makes it a lot harder for our children and residents to get drugs. We can go out all day and arrest people with marijuana or a sixteenth of an ounce of meth. Or we can go out and do an investigation like this for six months and affect thousands of people.” -- Tempe police Lt. Noah Johnson, East Valley Tribune story Tempe part of major drug bust connected to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, July 6, 2012

Authorities say they have busted up a drug trafficking cell in Tempe that, in adddition to being linked to the Sinaloa Cartel from Mexico, has received shipments of drugs from South and Central America, only to have domestic traffickers distribute the drugs to all corners of the nation.

Authorities say they have busted up a drug trafficking cell in Tempe that, in adddition to being linked to the Sinaloa Cartel from Mexico, has received shipments of drugs from South and Central America, only to have domestic traffickers distribute the drugs to all corners of the nation.

 A man who says his son's death was a result of being abused by a priest is suing the Diocese of Phoenix.

Regarding Carolyn Short’s May 23 op-ed, not only should medical marijuana be made available to patients in need, but adult recreational use should be regulated. Drug policies modeled after alcohol prohibition have given rise to a youth-oriented black market. Illegal drug dealers don’t ID for age, but they do recruit minors immune to adult sentences.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for a wrong-way freeway crash that killed a Mesa woman in 2010.

A Phoenix man was arrested Wednesday by detectives from the Chandler Police Property Crimes Unit on suspicion of multiple counts of burglary and trafficking in stolen property.

An illegal immigrant from Mexico who was living in Phoenix was sentenced on Monday to the maximum 10 years in prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution ring after a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement Agency and Tempe police.

Investigators from the Pinal County Sheriff's Office are trying to determine what caused a San Tan Valley home to explode late Saturday, leaving a man critically injured.

I’m writing about Bill Richardson’s Dec. 30 guest commentary: “Tempe must try to cut off drug cartel tentacles.”

The Sinaloa cartel — that’s the biggest and baddest of the drug cartels. It has tentacles nationwide but are deepest in Arizona. Those words were spoken by U.S. Drug Enforcement Acting Special Agent in Charge for Arizona Doug Coleman at a Dec. 19 news conference at the Tempe Police Department announcing a 15-month investigation resulting in 203 arrests and the seizure of $7.8 million in cash, 650 pounds of marijuana, 435 pounds of methamphetamine, 123 pounds of cocaine and 4.5 pounds of heroin.

Someone’s refusal to open the door to police doing an investigation is insufficient, by itself, for the officers to enter without a warrant, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled.

In what police are calling one of the largest copper thefts in recent memory, a couple is accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of the precious metal from electric and light fixtures along Chandler’s Paseo Trail and the Heritage Trail in Gilbert and selling it for scrap to supper their methamphetamine habit.

When Aaron Paul read the script for the season-three finale of "Breaking Bad," he knew the show was at a turning point.

A man was arrested Sunday after police say he led officers on a 130 mph chase on a motorcycle through east Mesa, Queen Creek and Pinal County with a backpack containing methamphetamine, a semiautomatic handgun and cash.

A 28-year-old man who police say was sleeping in a stolen van in the parking lot of a Chevron gasoline station in west Mesa was arrested on Monday.

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