AZDPS News

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019, AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TERMINAL 4

Arizona Department of Public Safety Director, Colonel

Release Date:
Monday, July 29, 2019
Trooper’s Traffic Stop Leads Task Force to Arrest of Career Criminal in Phoenix

Phoenix — On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (AZDPS) Career Criminal Unit arrested 28-year-old Lewis Martinez, a career criminal, for:
•    Armed Robbery
•    Trafficking in Stolen Property in the First Degree (11 Counts)
•    Money Laundering

Release Date:
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Arizona State Trooper Facing Numerous Felony Charges for Forgery, Fraud and Theft

Phoenix — On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, after an internal audit and investigation, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detectives arrested 27-year-old Pedro Javier Aguila Muniz at the department’s headquarters.

Release Date:
Thursday, July 11, 2019
AZDPS Detectives Seeking Public's Help in Locating White Pickup Truck Involved in Injury Collision on Salt River Bridge Along I-10

 

Updated on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at 5:15 PM.

The white pickup truck that reportedly cut off the Chevy SUV is described as a white older model, boxy, Chevrolet or Ford pickup truck with primer around the right rear wheel area. 

Release Date:
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Casa Grande Union High School Graduate is Set to Lead the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol Division

Phoenix — On Saturday, July 6, 2019, 26-year

Release Date:
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Media Availability: Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at Phoenix AZDPS Office

Media Availability: Summertime Travel Safety


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Speaker: AZDPS Roadside Motorist Assistant Craig Bowles

Release Date:
Monday, July 1, 2019
Three People Shot On Interstate 19 in Green Valley

 

Updated on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at 10:30 AM.

Suspect: 

Release Date:
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Chandler Couple Facing Numerous Charges After Defrauding Several Victims and the State of Arizona

Chandler, Arizona — On Thursday, May 16, 2019, Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) detectives arrested and booked 42-year-old Kent Burton and his wife, 36-year-old Carly Burton on charges of:

Release Date:
Monday, June 24, 2019
GOHS Grant Enhances Collision Investigation Capabilities of Agencies in Northern Arizona

Arizona — State troopers frequently conduct complex investigations which lead to charging a suspect driver with aggravated assault, endangerment, DUI and vehicular homicide.

Release Date:
Monday, June 17, 2019
Five Killed In Wrong-Way Crash West of Kingman

On May 24, 2019, at approximately 9:06 AM, a wrong-way vehicle was reported traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40, near milepost 36 (14 miles southwest of Kingman). 

Shortly after, there was a reported a head-on collision involving the wrong-way vehicle.

Release Date:
Friday, May 24, 2019