Feb. 13, 2005

A Chandler police officer has been reprimanded for using too much force in catching a man suspected in a rash of vending machine burglaries earlier this year.

LOS ANGELES - The boy wizard still has a magic touch at the box office. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" took in $44.8 million in its first day, the best single-day gross ever for a movie on a Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES - The boy wizard still has a magic touch at the box office. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" took in $44.8 million in its first day, the best single-day gross ever for a movie on a Wednesday.

Mesa resident Steve Bergsman is the first to admit he’s no good at real estate investing.

A rare, first-edition of the Book of Mormon that was helping to provide funds for missionary work before going missing last month will soon resume its own mission following the arrest of the man police say took the book with plans to sell it page by page.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday raided the east Mesa home of a 41-year-old man suspected of running an operation that trafficked in stolen automobile and motorcycle parts.

Notice that General Stanley McChrystal does not support private use of assault weapons. And Stan is the authority on counter terrorism. I was on active duty for seven years, was Unit Property Book officer for 5 years in three different units during which time I held all of my units’ weapons locked up safe and secure in my unit arms rooms. So perhaps our Constitution does permit Congress to require that all civilians who would chose to own military style weapons to secure them in a “well regulated” militia’s arms room! Five weapon safes cost less than $300. If that’s good for the active duty geese, it ought to be good for the ganders, too.

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.

Two juveniles were arrested early Saturday morning after Mesa police say they tried to break into Skyline High School.

A Scottsdale company recently launched a software program nationally to make apartment renting easier and more efficient.

A Scottsdale company recently launched a software program nationally to make apartment renting easier and more efficient.

Mesa police on Friday arrested two men after an attempted DPS traffic stop led to a chase onto Boeing property in east Mesa.

An effort to broaden tax exemptions for religious organizations is facing bipartisan opposition in the Arizona House of Representatives.

A real estate agent arrested by Scottsdale police might have burglarized scores of businesses to support his family and a gambling addiction when his company went bust after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, police said Friday.

Two Mesa men were arrested early Thursday morning after police responding to a bank ATM’s panic alarm spotted a fleeing pickup truck towing a stolen cash machine.

Mesa police officer Cory Simon heard loud crashes early Thursday as he was writing a report in his patrol car.

Robert Parrish was an open supporter of Dan Saban in his bid to oust Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last year. Though he did not show his preference on duty, Parrish did paste Saban bumper stickers on his personal cars.

Robert Parrish was an open supporter of Dan Saban in his bid to oust Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last year. Though he did not show his preference on duty, Parrish did paste Saban bumper stickers on his personal cars.

January 17, 2005

Scottsdale’s grandest downtown housing project will inch skyward by April, but crews will first begin digging 34 feet underground to form the foundations for the luxury condominium towers.

State legislators moved on two fronts Tuesday to bar politicians and the agency chiefs they appoint from blocking law enforcement officers from enforcing immigration laws.

February 13, 2005