PINAL COUNTY, AZ — The Pinal County Sheriff's Office has decided to seek the death penalty against one of Arizona's most notorious criminals. RELATED: Family sues Arizona over inmate's death, alleging ...

Pinal County is seeking the death penalty for Ricky Wassenaar, a notorious inmate accused of killing three fellow prisoners in April 2025. Wassenaar has a history of violence, most notably leading the ...

An inmate, of 10 hospitalized in an Arizona prison fight, has died, officials said, adding there was now a homicide ...

Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller announced May 11 that his office filed a Notice of Intent to seek the death penalty against ...

A large fight at an Arizona prison left multiple inmates hurt and has led to conflicting reports about how serious it was.

Multiple prisoners were injured, one severely, and transported to hospitals after a riot at Arizona State Prison Complex–Eyman.

A violent, gang-related fight at the Eyman Arizona State Prison Complex on Sunday left several inmates hospitalized, including one in critical condition.

Firefighters are still working to get the upper hand on a brush fire burning northeast of Phoenix in the Tonto National Forest. A wrong-way crash on Loop 101 near Chaparral Road in Scottsdale sent six ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is looking at some new approaches to keeping drugs out of the county jails. Detention officers have reported an increase in overdoses behind ...

PHOENIX – One of six inmates who escaped from an eastern Arizona jail over the weekend remains at large, authorities said. By Sunday morning, Brandon Sanchez was the only escapee from the White ...

The federal government will need more detention bed space for its planned crackdown on illegal immigration, and an Arizona lawmaker has a possible solution. State Sen. John Kavanagh, a Fountain Hills ...