Setting bold new standards for digital searches, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that Border Patrol agents need "reasonable suspicion'' a crime has occurred before delving into the hidden files on someone's computer.

The second trial for an Ahwatukee Foothills man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son in 2004 has not yet begun as appellate courts decide whether or not the same judge will continue to oversee the case and whether Jeffrey Martinson will be allowed to retain his sixth set of legal counsel.

A one-time Salt Lake City resident sought in the fatal shooting of an armored truck courier in Ahwatukee Foothills could be taking advantage of philanthropic Mormon church members, the FBI’s lead agent on the case said.

Jeffrey Martinson will no longer face the death penalty in the case of his 5-year-old son’s 2004 death in Ahwatukee Foothills.

The various state rankings have Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe among the top four in the state.

The various state rankings have Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe among the top four in the state.

Chandler police and other law enforcement agencies seized nearly $2 million worth of cocaine and heroin and netted dozens of arrests on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation into a family authorities say was distributing drugs into state prisons and the community.

Franklin J. Jackson, Sr., 63, of Bapchule, Ariz., was sentenced last week by U.S. District Judge Howard D. McKibben to five years of probation, ordered to pay $38,893 in restitution, and perform 100 hours of community service. Jackson previously pleaded guilty to embezzlement from a tribal organization.

How did Joe Arpaio happen? I ask that because, after almost 20 years in our midst, his time as sheriff may soon be coming to an end.

How did Joe Arpaio happen? I ask that because, after almost 20 years in our midst, his time as sheriff may soon be coming to an end.

More than two dozen Arizona politicians who received free game tickets or trips from the Fiesta Bowl will not face criminal charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Lloyd Notah, Jr., 64, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge James Teilborg to five years of probation, ordered to pay $75,682 in restitution and perform 100 hours of community service, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The already embattled Fiesta Bowl has a new legal fight on its hands.

A U.S. Marshals Service spokesman said that a Phoenix-based TV pitchman charged with running a nationwide scheme to sell essentially worthless Internet-based businesses has died in an apparent suicide while in federal custody.

The setting has been moved from the British countryside to the swamps of Mississippi, and the lead actors got better looking, but Rod Lurie's "Straw Dogs" is essentially identical to the 1971 Sam Peckinpah thriller he's remaking.

An Ahwatukee Foothills-based TV pitchman accused of running a nationwide scheme to sell essentially worthless Internet-based businesses will remain in federal custody pending his Oct. 4 trial.

In less than two weeks, Elizabeth Johnson will know whether she is deemed competent to stand trial in the case of her missing son Gabriel — or whether she is on her way to being committed to a state mental hospital.

Indicted infomercial pitchman Donald Lapre of Ahwatukee Foothills, was arrested June 23 on an outstanding warrant and was arraigned in a medical facility before Magistrate Judge Lawrence O. Anderson.

A Phoenix-based TV pitchman who failed to show for his arraignment on numerous fraud related offenses was captured Thursday evening by U.S. Marshals near Warner Road and Priest Drive in Tempe.

A Phoenix-based TV pitchman who failed to show for his arraignment on numerous fraud related offenses was captured Thursday evening by U.S. Marshals near Warner Road and Priest Drive in Tempe.

Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock knew his wife was sexually abusing a teenage boy in the weeks leading up to her arrest, according to a 26-page final report issued by the Chandler Police Department.

A Tempe woman and the owners many restaurants in a popular chain with outlets in Arizona and California have been indicted on suspicion of hiring illegal immigrants and tax evasion.

A Mesa police union has started printing a newsletter for the public that lists crimes while also claiming the city's police force doesn't "have enough boots on the ground."

A Mesa police union has started printing a newsletter for the public that lists crimes while also claiming the city's police force doesn't "have enough boots on the ground."

It's not often that a city employee of a utilities plant acts out in a way that causes a facility to go offline and threatens the safety of first responders, much less co-workers.