Crime

Student teacher arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with a minor

ASU student and Tempe High School student teacher Joel Calderon was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of six counts of sexual conduct with a minor.

| December 2, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man tries to steal bike from Ironman Triathlon

Tempe Police arrested a 28-year-old man after they say he broke into a bike storage area for the athletes in the Ironman Triathlon and tried to steal a bike worth $8,000, but was seen by security.

By Mark Remillard | December 2, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man robs Little Caesar's Pizza, tries to steal car

Tempe Police arrested a 37-year-old man after they say he and another man robbed the Little Caesar's Pizza at knifepoint and tried to steal a car.

By Mark Remillard | November 26, 2013

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Tempe Police: Woman uses false ID, has marijuana

Tempe Police arrested a 22-year-old woman who they say gave officers a driver's license did not belong to her and had marijuana in her purse.

By Mark Remillard | November 25, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man steals, cashes rent check from drop box

Tempe Police arrested a 43-year-old man who they say was a maintenance worker at an apartment complex and gained access to the drop box, took a check and cashed it.

By Mark Remillard | November 24, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man attempts to hide cocaine in trash

A 27-year-old Tempe man was arrested Nov. 9 after officers say they saw him holding a glass bottle of beer while driving.

By Kelcie Grega | November 21, 2013

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ASU student moving on after being kidnapped on Tempe campus

ASU student Amita Padiyar and a friend were kidnapped on Nov. 11 from a parking lot near ASU’s bookstore at the Tempe campus and jumped from the vehicle to escape.

By Mark Remillard | November 20, 2013

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UK native Shaun Attwood shares experience in Maricopa County Jail

Shaun Attwood arrived in the U.S. in 1991 to get rich in the stockbroking business, ended up dealing Ecstasy and later spent six years in Maricopa County Jail, where he started a prison blog.

By Kelcie Grega | November 20, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man lies to police about AK-47 rifle inside his truck

An officer saw the 31-year-old man smoking marijuana inside his truck and when the officer searched his car, he found an unloaded AK-47.

| November 19, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man drinks from red Solo cup while driving

Tempe Police arrested a 28-year-old man after they say he was drinking out of a red Solo cup while driving down Mill Avenue and finding drugs and drug paraphernalia in his car.

| November 18, 2013

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Police: Man passed out in car at Taco Bell had drugs

Police arrested the man after they were notified by the Taco Bell manager that he was passed out behind the wheel of a car. Inside they found drugs and drug paraphernalia.

| November 17, 2013

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Tempe Police: Car passenger found with marijuana

Tempe Police arrested a 21-year-old man after they say they found marijuana next to him inside a car.

By Kelcie Grega | November 14, 2013

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Tempe Police: Mounted officers on Mill Avenue are 'force multiplier'

The Tempe Police Department Mounted Unit patrols on Mill Avenue from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. every Friday and Saturday night, performing the tasks of an average police force.

By Victoria Ivankic | November 14, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man fails to stay in lane, tests reveal he's intoxicated

Tempe Police arrested a 24-year-old man after they say he was driving a car while drunk and his driver's license was suspended.

By Kelcie Grega | November 13, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man refuses to leave store, give police identification

Police arrested a 23-year-old man after they say he refused to leave a store and would not cooperate with officers who told him he was trespassing.

By Mark Remillard | November 12, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man conceals handgun in car

Police arrested a 20-year-old man after they say they found a handgun and drug paraphernalia in the man's glove department.

By Mark Remillard | November 11, 2013

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Tempe Police: Woman impersonates police officer, threatens to arrest homeless men

Tempe Police arrested a 23-year-old woman after they say she told a group of homeless people that she was a federal agent and threatened to arrest them.

By Shelby Slade | November 7, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man threatens to cut store manager open

Tempe police arrested a 33-year-old man after they say he threatened a store manager at Poppy's Place by poking him in his stomach and saying he would cut him open.

By Shelby Slade | November 6, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man steals candy at CVS

Tempe Police arrested a 23-year-old man whom they say security guards saw stealing candy bars at a CVS.

By Mark Remillard | November 5, 2013

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Tempe Police: Man found with drugs, handgun at party

Tempe Police broke up a house party and arrested a 21-year-old man after they say he had several types of drugs and a weapon in a car behind a home.

By Mark Remillard | November 4, 2013

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