Three cases moving through federal court in Arizona illustrate how one convicted felon managed to get his hands on at least three firearms after serving time for gun-related crimes. Twenty-five-year-old Essa Williams is now awaiting trial in a shooting that left a Phoenix police officer with life-altering injuries.

Mexico’s military prosecutor has charged 16 soldiers in connection with the killing of five civilians last month. The arrests come after a news outlet released footage of the incident captured on a security camera.

The chance to submit public comments on proposed revisions to the Phoenix Police Department’s use of force policy goes through June 23.

A Phoenix man convicted of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate killings in the early 1990s was sentenced to death by a judge Wednesday.

The Arizona Department of Education has allocated $1.2 million in safety grant funding to a group of Phoenix high schools. The six schools in the Phoenix Union High School District applied for funds to pay for law-enforcement officers on campus.
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Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday spoke in Somerton, Arizona, to announce over $25 million dollars in border security funding for the Cocopah Indian Tribe and cities of Yuma, Somerton and Wellton.

The arresting officer in the landmark Arizona case that led to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Miranda rights has died.

An Associated Press examination found that more than half of state Legislatures in recent years have passed changes to their state victim compensation programs, where thousands of people turn each year for help with funeral costs, medical bills or other expenses after becoming the victim of a violent crime.

In March, local businesses won a lawsuit against Phoenix over what they say are health and safety concerns in and around the city’s biggest homeless encampment, known as “The Zone.” Concerns around crime are also shared by those living in it.