Crime

Tempe Police: Woman collects Target bags to steal clothes

Officers arrested the woman for shoplifting over $1,100 worth of merchandise from a JC Penney store, police reported.

By Aimee Plante | March 3, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man blames ‘baby mama’ for leaving cocaine in his car

The man said he had let his “baby mama” use his car the other day, police reported.

By Aimee Plante | March 2, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man hides marijuana in his hoodie after smoking behind Jack in the Box

Officers placed the man under arrest along with two of his friends after discovering the men near a car behind a Jack in the Box, police reported.

By Aimee Plante | February 29, 2016

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Tempe Police: Couple has sex on 'A' Mountain after doing heroin

Officers arrested the woman along with her boyfriend after a passerby noticed the couple having sex on "A" Mountain, police reported.

By Aimee Plante | February 28, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man found by officers while shooting meth

When officers told the man to drop whatever he had in his hands, he let go of a loaded syringe with a clear liquid substance inside stuck in his arm, police reported.

By Aimee Plante | February 25, 2016

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Tempe Police: Woman hides perfume in bra, envelope of meth in her butt

After security guards attempted to stop the woman, she punched one guard in the face and bit his hand, police said.

By Aimee Plante | February 24, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man steals $15 worth of candy from Circle K

The man left a Circle K location after taking five bags of candy from the store without paying, police reported.

By Aimee Plante | February 22, 2016

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Tempe, Arizona officials increase funding to reduce use of fake IDs

Despite a 19 percent decrease in the amount of IDs confiscated since 2014, Tempe officials have increased funding to seize fake IDs at local bars and clubs.

By Lauren Marshall | February 21, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man begins string of Circle K robberies, leads police on multi-month chase

The spree began on Oct. 6, when an unidentified suspect committed armed robbery at a Circle K store on the 1400 block of West Baseline Road wearing a black ski mask and all black clothes, police reported. 

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit | February 11, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man claimed false identity before meth stash discovered

Police found an ID identifying the man as neither of the names he provided and with a birthday more than a decade earlier than the ones listed, police said.

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit | February 10, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man flees through backyard after trespassing and stealing vehicle

A man took a vehicle from a driveway, but later told police it was "a joke."

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit | February 9, 2016

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Tempe Police: Intoxicated man yells obscenities after exiting an Uber

Police were contacted after witnesses saw a man, who appeared to be intoxicated, fighting with two women, police reported.

By Angelica Cabral | February 8, 2016

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Tempe Police: iPhone app helps find burglary suspect

Officers saw a surveillance tape showing a subject break into the vehicle, take a briefcase and get into a black passenger car, police reported.

By Angelica Cabral | February 7, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man pawns roommate's things to pay for new tires

After being told to vacate his old apartment, a man stole his roommate's things to pay for new car tires, police said.

By Angelica Cabral | February 4, 2016

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Tempe Police: Woman tells officers she has a glass pipe in her boot during traffic stop

Officers placed the woman under arrest and after further search revealed a small baggie of meth in her bra cup, police reported.

By Angelica Cabral | February 2, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man threatens to kill girlfriend seven times

The man told his girlfriend he would kill her approximately seven times while holding a folding knife under her chin, according to a police report.

By Aimee Plante | February 1, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man arrested after found with drugs and another man's wallet

Officers arrested a Scottsdale man in possession of credit cards and the ID of a man who had been on record as a victim of identity theft, police said.

By Sydney Greene | January 28, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man breaks glass door after trespassing into ex-girlfriend's home

Man's ex-girlfriend locked him outside of her house after she had asked him to leave multiple times, police said.

By Sydney Greene | January 26, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man attacks woman at apartment, claims she choked him

Police reported that the man punched the woman multiple times in her apartment after she told him she was not making sexual advances.

By Megan Janetsky | January 20, 2016

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Tempe Police: Man breaks into boat store, says he doesn't know how he got in there

The man was seen breaking a window and entering a boat store when officers arrived because of a burglary alarm call, police reported.

By Megan Janetsky | January 18, 2016

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