The decision reverses a policy imposed by former Sheriff Paul Penzone in response to rising overdose deaths and the arrest of a correctional officer.

Nicholas Tyler Perkins, 24, is facing two felony charges, and authorities said they are investigating whether more charges will be applied.

A man in custody with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is being accused of killing a fellow inmate, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. Muhammad Toure, 26, is charged on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Darshaquise Small-Duran, according to the attorney's office.

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U.S. Marshals caught up with David Lee McKinney, a double murder suspect from Tucson, at a home in Yuma where a shooting occurred. McKinney was killed in the shooting.

Amanda and Jason Elderkin and Amanda's mother Julieanne Afman were found dead on a boat at Saguaro Lake on Jan. 18. Was it carbon monoxide poisoning?

An elderly rideshare driver was killed when a passenger gained control of his vehicle and ran him over multiple times on Baseline Road.

A 13-year-old girl died after being found in a "makeshift cage"; her mother and grandmother face child abuse charges.

A teen girl is dead after investigators said two relatives kept her in a makeshift cage and abused her to death in Tempe.