Maricopa County News

The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who was allegedly raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges.The girl's 59-year-old father and 47-year-old mother each face eight counts for a series of abuse and neglect incidents dating back to 2005.

A Maricopa County detention officer was found in contempt of court and ordered by a judge to make a public apology.

Freelance journalist Nick Martin has an update on Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Deputy Adam Stoddard, who last October was caught on video swiping a file in open court from defense attorney defense attorney Joanne Cuccia.

Workers remodel an old grocery store into the upscale Hispanic marketplace Mi Pueblo in Mesa in this June 25, 2009, file photo.

Authorities say an Arizona couple has been indicted in the theft of nearly 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Local businesswoman Adelaida Severson was named Wednesday as the newest member of the Gilbert Unified School District governing board.

According to the sheriff, nobody tells his guys what to do except Sheriff Joe himself -- not even Maricopa County Superior Court judges.

Phoenix police arrested three Army soldiers after they were pulled over for speeding in a rental car with 680 pounds of marijuana and $10,000 cash inside.

Businesses found to have knowingly hired illegal immigrants can have their business licenses suspended or revoked.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks Monday during a press conference on the latest round of crime supression sweeps.

A white supremacist was sentenced to death Tuesday in Maricopa County Superior Court for the May 2008 murder of a fellow inmate in the Fourth Avenue Jail.

More than 200 families in Maricopa County will be setting an extra place at the dinner table this Thanksgiving.

Maricopa County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man they say robbed a woman in the middle of an Anthem parking lot.

Sirens designed to alert residents who live near the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix about radiation emergencies will be tested next week.

Police arrested a 39-year-old man Wednesday after he allegedly threatened a woman with a shotgun and barricaded himself inside a west Valley home.

A woman wanted for credit card fraud and ID theft was arrested after a family member recognized her on the news and called police.

An Arizona man whom authorities say assumed a new life while on the lam for 17 years has been arrested in Raleigh.

A December court hearing is set on whether to dismiss parts of a legal challenge to a new Arizona law imposing restrictions on abortion.

A man has been indicted on first-degree murder and other charges in last month's slaying of a former Wisconsin resident whose body was found in a trash container outside a Glendale apartment complex.

Appeals have been growing for the past five years in Arizona's most populous county, but they have swelled by nearly 50 percent in the past two years alone.