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TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: A man impersonating a Mesa Police officer was arrested after he made a ‘traffic stop’ and a DPS sergeant who stopped to assist noticed the ruse. Police …
DPS arrests police impersonator who conducted a ‘traffic stop’ along U.S. Highway 60 in Mesa Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Timothy Benavidez was booked into the jail after running from the police. Incident causes injury to officer’s leg and rips his pants By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD …
Man with multiple warrants tased and tackled after running from police Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: This Ford Expedition was T-boned by a motorcycle Friday morning after turning in front of the rider. The motorcyclist was flown to UMC for treatment of his …
Motorcyclist flown to Tucson hospital after T-bone crash at Three Way Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: A Harley Davidson motorcycle lays prone in the left lane after being struck from behind Sunday night. The rider, Richard Frank Cronister, 52, of Clifton, was deceased …
Motorcyclist dies after being struck on U.S. Highway 191 North Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy DPS PHOENIX – A 14-year-old suspect was booked into the Maricopa County Durango Juvenile Facility on charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, and misconduct with a weapon …
Juvenile suspect booked on attempted murder charge after firing gun at DPS troopers Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson Photo/Gila Herald: Nutcracker Towing removed a GMC Sierra from a cotton field after the truck left the highway and crashed. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PIMA – A single …
Truck runs off highway into cotton field Read More TweetPinShareDPS investigating whether driver impairment contributed to crash By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com DUNCAN – An early morning single-vehicle crash outside of Duncan on March 9 left a Morenci man deceased …
One deceased, one severely injured in rollover outside of Duncan Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: A pedestrian was killed when he was struck by a car on U.S. Highway 70 near the new mega-Circle K on Wednesday night. By Jon …
Pedestrian struck and killed on U.S. Highway 70 near new Circle K Read More TweetPinShareContributed Article/Courtesy DPS At 12:14 p.m. Friday, there was a six-vehicle four-time fatal collision on Interstate 10 westbound at milepost 232. Minutes before this collision, DPS had put out an …
Multiple vehicle crash involving multiple fatalities closes I-10 north of Marana Read More
TweetPinShareThis still from a video taken by a motorist shows the immediate aftermath of the collision. (Courtesy DPS) The driver had her 2-year-old daughter in the backseat Contributed Article/Courtesy DPS FLAGSTAFF …
Drunk woman traveling wrong way who collided with DPS patrol vehicle faces attempted homicide charge Read More