AZDPS News

AZDPS Detectives Bust Marijuana Growing Operation in Northern Arizona

Northwestern Ariz —Following a four-week long investigation, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detectives have arrested seven people in connection with two illegal marijuana cultivation operations.

Release Date:
Friday, November 16, 2018
State Detectives Investigate Fatal Hit and Run on US-60 At Higley

 

UPDATE: 11/16/18, 5:15 p.m.- The deceased driver of the flatbed truck has now been identified as Joshua Robert Garcia, 21 of El Mirage.

 

Release Date:
Friday, November 16, 2018
LEO Project Honors Fallen Trooper Edenhofer With NASCAR truck

Release Date:
Friday, November 2, 2018
Woman Disabled in Crash Survived Six Days Before Her Rescue in Wickenburg

Wickenburg, Ariz. — On Friday, October 12, 2018, a 53-year-old woman lost control of her vehicle along US 60 near milepost 117. The vehicle traveled through the right-of-way fence and dropped 50 feet, landing in a mesquite tree where it remained suspended above the ground.

Release Date:
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Media Availability: Friday, October 26, 2018 at Tucson AZDPS Office

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State Trooper Intentionally Collides with Wrong-Way Driver in Tucson

Release Date:
Thursday, October 25, 2018
AZDPS Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs on October 27 in Casa Grande

Casa Grande, Ariz.— The Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) will set up a collection site for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Take Back program:

  • When: Saturday, October 27th, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Release Date:
Thursday, October 25, 2018
State Trooper Intentionally Collides with Wrong-Way Driver in Tucson

Tucson, Ariz – On October 14, 2018, at 7:33 p.m., Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) troopers received reports of a white wrong-way vehicle traveling east within the westbound traffic lanes of Interstate 10, near Avra Valley.

Release Date:
Friday, October 19, 2018
17-Year El Mirage Cold Case Murder Solved by AZDPS Using New Technology

El Mirage, Ariz — On September 24, 2018, Frank Gallas Mendoza was arrested by authorities in Fresno, California for the 2001 murder of El Mirage resident Richard Cacero Lucero.

 

Release Date:
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Suspect In Southern California Murder Apprehended in Phoenix

Phoenix — On Wednesday, September 12, at about 9:17 a.m., Via’a Alaimalo, 25, from California was taken into custody by detectives with the Arizona Border Strike Force (BSF) Vehicle Theft Task Force (VTTF) in the area of McDowell and 52nd  Dr. in Phoenix.

Release Date:
Friday, September 21, 2018
Eight Killed in Head-On Crash South of Florence

Update: September 21, 2018 at 9:15 a.m. 

Release Date:
Wednesday, September 19, 2018