Over the last week, Mesa police officers have responded to
and investigated several threats of violence toward schools in the city of Mesa.
Threats have been made verbally and through social media. Our community has
come together to combat these threat…

On July 4, 2024, just before 10:30am, Mesa police officers
responded to a welfare check in the parking lot of 645 W. Rio Salado Parkway.
The caller stated three people were in a gold Cadillac and the driver appeared
to be unconscious and slumped over.&…

Firework tents and sale locations for fireworks seem to be
everywhere you turn. And while some businesses are only sticking to legal
fireworks for sale in Arizona, some are not. The Mesa Police Department began
its Fireworks Enforcement Operation on Ju…

The International Association of Chiefs of Police
(IACP), the world’s largest and most influential professional association for
police leaders, has an initiative called the Trust Building Campaign. Law
enforcement agencies everywhere are encouraged to …

On June 13, 2024, around 9:30 PM, officers responded to a “shots fired” call. The caller reported receiving an alert from his front door camera about someone outside. As he approached the door, he heard BANG! The glass of his front door shattered right…

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, Mesa police officers are getting in front of illegal firework possession and sales. Just yesterday, on June 8, 2024, officers pulled over a vehicle with a suspended license plate. While speaking to the d…

Business owners and employees in downtown Mesa were stunned the
morning of May 17, 2024, when they arrived to find their glass windows broken. Eight businesses all experienced the same fate
as a man walked the street throwing large rocks through their …

 News Release

The
Mesa Police Department is investigating an attempted sexual assault of a minor
that occurred over the weekend and is asking for the public’s help in
identifying the suspect. 

On February 3,
2024, just before 9:00 p…

What should have been a simple transaction turned into
much more for a mother and her seven-year-old daughter on a Wednesday afternoon
in Mesa. After listing her car for sale on OfferUp, she met with a potential
buyer at Wells Fargo Bank, located near …

Mesa police
officers arrested 39-year-old Juan Ambriz-Rincon after he spent more than a
year stealing from The Home Depot stores across the valley and creating a total loss of
no less than $46,000 just in Arizona. Ambriz-Rincon is also the suspect in
O…

Mesa police officers
arrested three suspects in connection with a violent crime spree that occurred on
the evening of August 11, 2023. 18-year-old Isaiah Ortiz and two other suspects,
under the age of eighteen, were booked into jail for various felony …

On 07/26/2023 just before 2:00am, The Mesa Police Department arrested 23-year-old Michael Jackson, 22-year-old Tyshaun Pruitt, and a 17-year-old juvenile for an armed robbery that occurred in the 2100 block of West Broadway. All three were booked into …

On June 27,
2023, just before 10:00 p.m., Mesa Police Officers responded to reports of a
fire inside a Target store located at 1230 S. Longmore. Officers ran inside the
store with a fire extinguisher, yelling to make sure no one else was inside,
but so…

On
May 7, 2023, just before 2:00 a.m., Mesa Police Officers responded to reports
of shots fired in a house on the 2300 block of east Camino St. During their
investigation, officers learned that 18-year-old Peter Clabron III lived at
this residence and …

 Over the weekend, the Mesa Police Department responded to a
shooting at Sossaman and Main where 42-year-old Arron Hendricks was shot and
killed. 18-year-old Anton Sereghy was arrested and charged with second degree
murder.

On April 15, 2023, jus…