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A Yavapai County judge sentenced 59-year-old Jeffrey John Thomas to 20 years in prison Thursday for shooting a Cottonwood police officer in 2020.

A failed Republican candidate who authorities say was angry over his defeat and made baseless claims the election last November was rigged against him has been arrested in connection with a series of drive-by shootings targeting the homes of Democratic lawmakers in New Mexico.

A Prescott police detective is on administrative leave after officials say he was involved in a crash while driving under the influence.

The driver of a truck that plowed through a crowd at a bicycle race in Show Low in 2021 was quietly sentenced to more than 26 years in jail.

Police in New Mexico say the homes or offices of five elected Democratic officials in the Albuquerque area have been buffeted by gunfire over the past month.

A Flagstaff man has been arrested for murder and other charges following a shooting in the Kachina Village community Monday night.

A polygamous leader from a community on the Utah-Arizona border pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges of kidnapping, and tampering with and destroying evidence.

An annual report on capital punishment says public support and use of the death penalty continued a more than two-decade decline in the U.S. in 2022.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has requested the state Supreme Court issue a warrant of execution for death row inmate Aaron Gunches.

Federal authorities say a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been indicted in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a teenage girl in Arizona earlier this year.