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FILE

Feds seize websites tied to Russian intelligence; registered via Arizona company

Updated: Oct. 4, 2024 at 6:51 PM MST
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By Cody Lillich
The U.S. Department of Justice has seized 41 website names allegedly used by Russian intelligence to trick Americans into sending personal or confidential information.

Investigation

JSX planes sitting on the tarmac at Scottsdale airport (KSCF).

Convenience at a price? Regulators reviewing rise of public charter flights like JSX

Updated: Oct. 3, 2024 at 10:55 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
A new trend is gaining popularity among air travelers. But are these new "airlines" providing convenience or exploiting loopholes?

Investigation

(File) Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting during a 2009 news conference in St. Johns,...

Law license suspended for embattled Apache County attorney Michael Whiting

Updated: Oct. 2, 2024 at 8:51 PM MST
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By Peter Valencia and Amy Cutler
Public records obtained by Arizona’s Family Investigates revealed that Whiting’s license suspension goes into effect on Nov. 1.

Investigation

FILE -- A F-16 collided with drone in restricted airspace over Goldwater Range near Dateland,...

Security concerns raised as fighter pilots spot drones above Arizona desert

Updated: Oct. 2, 2024 at 7:51 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
U.S. Air Force Fighter pilots spotted unmanned drones at least four times above the Arizona desert.

Investigation

Invitation homes logo in front of generic homes.

FTC reaches $48M settlement with corporate landlord over undisclosed fees, security deposits

Updated: Sep. 25, 2024 at 1:19 AM MST
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By Susan Campbell and Morgan Loew
FTC officials say the company charged undisclosed junk fees, failed to inspect homes before residents moved in and improperly withheld security deposits.

Investigation

FILE - Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

MCSO ordered to eliminate internal investigation backlog; here’s how long it’ll take

Updated: Sep. 23, 2024 at 7:01 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
In an 11-page federal court order, U.S. District Judge Murray Snow lays out the department’s plan to eliminate the backlog of internal affairs investigations.

Investigation

According to Private Equity Stakeholder Project, the percentage of homes purchased by...

Arizona AG says many of state’s largest landlords inflated rent prices

Updated: Sep. 19, 2024 at 9:40 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich and Gilbert Zermeño
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes discusses the lawsuit she filed, in which she said nine of Arizona’s largest rental companies “cheated” renters.

Investigation

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After freight train derailments in Arizona, Ohio, report lists safety concerns

Updated: Sep. 17, 2024 at 8:07 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
A report released Tuesday is urging Congress to take action on safety issues involving long freight trains. Employee training and train car stacking are among the top concerns.

Investigation

A Place At Home has closed the Scottsdale franchise as battle over worker pay looms over the...

Employees of Scottsdale home health company say they haven’t been paid in months

Updated: Sep. 16, 2024 at 7:56 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
An Arizona franchise of a home health company that connects elderly and disabled veterans with caregivers suddenly closed while its employees claim they haven’t been paid in months.

Investigation

Between 2021 and April 2024, there have been more than 1,400 accidents and incidents statewide...

Crashes involving Arizona school buses are on the rise: here’s why

Updated: Sep. 12, 2024 at 7:26 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Arizona's Family Investigates found that crashes involving school buses are rising in Arizona and asked DPS why.
Phoenix Forecast
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Investigation

Michael Lacey had been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of one count of...

Phoenix New Times, Backpage.com founder surrenders to US Marshals

Updated: Sep. 11, 2024 at 9:22 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew
One of the founders of Backpage.com talked exclusively to Arizona's family when he surrendered to federal authorities in Phoenix on Wednesday.

Investigation

InvestigateTV+: Why home insurance costs are on the rise

InvestigateTV+: Rising home insurance premiums becoming a nightmare for many homeowners

Updated: Sep. 9, 2024 at 11:05 AM MST
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By Wade Smith and AZFamily Digital News Staff
Owning a home was once considered part of the American dream, but the rising cost of insurance premiums is pushing that dream out of reach.

Investigation

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Man accused of shooting 2 Phoenix officers avoided full consequences of prior arrests

Updated: Sep. 5, 2024 at 10:54 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Arizona's Family has learned that Saul Bal was arrested and charged over 40 times in the past 17 years.

Investigation

Saul Bal would have served up to seven years in prison if convicted.

Police shooting suspect was arrested in 2023, but prosecutors never filed charges

Updated: Sep. 5, 2024 at 8:54 AM MST
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By Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich, Amy Cutler, Shawn Thompson and Gilbert Zermeño
Arizona's Family Investigates found the Phoenix police shooting suspect was arrested last year but was released and never charged. He could have spent up to seven years behind bars if convicted.

Northern Arizona

The Whitings remain out of jail, having been released on their own recognizance.

Apache County attorney, his wife plead not guilty on charges of misusing public funds

Updated: Aug. 29, 2024 at 5:29 PM MST
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By Peter Valencia and Amy Cutler
All three are due back in court in late September.

True Crime Arizona

The photo shows a mug shot of Samuel Bateman, a self-declared prophet facing charges of child...

Sam Bateman, Mike Watkiss & The Queen of England

Updated: Aug. 28, 2024 at 8:36 AM MST
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By Mike Watkiss and Dylan Watkiss
Self-proclaimed FLDS prophet Samuel Bateman awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to sex trafficking.

Phoenix Police DOJ Investigation

FILE - Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks at the Capitol, Thursday, April 6, 2023, in...

Letter: Rep. Ruben Gallego opposes consent decree between DOJ and Phoenix PD

Updated: Aug. 27, 2024 at 9:32 PM MST
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By Peter Valencia
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego opposes a consent decree between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Phoenix Police Department, according to a new letter obtained by Arizona’s Family Investigates.

Investigation

Arizona's Family News drone captured extensive debris

More Phoenix area businesses damaged by deadly summer microburst than initially reported

Updated: Aug. 27, 2024 at 6:29 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
At least four warehouses were damaged by a microburst that struck the area on the evening of July 24, 2024.

Investigation

(File) Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting during a 2009 news conference in St. Johns,...

Apache County attorney, school superintendent accused of misusing taxpayer money

Updated: Aug. 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Michael Whiting and his wife, Joy, along with a third county employee, are accused of misusing public money and threatening a political opponent

Northern Arizona

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 16, 2009 file photo, Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting...

Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting indicted on multiple felony charges

Updated: Aug. 20, 2024 at 6:33 PM MST
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By Peter Valencia and Amy Cutler
Whiting’s wife, who is the Apache County School Superintendent, was also charged with a felony count of misuse of public monies and one count of conflict of interest.

Investigation

A review found one officer didn't know why the officer stopped the man.

Phoenix provides new details on homeless incidents in DOJ report

Updated: Aug. 16, 2024 at 9:53 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Arizona's Family Investigates looks at how police handled incidents involving the homeless.

Investigation

These text messages reveal ASU Police waited, pushing back the time they planned to move in as...

MCSO leadership calls ASU Police’s response to campus protests ‘amateur hour’

Updated: Aug. 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Text messages reveal a disorganization of responses to protests at Arizona State University in April.

Investigation

In videos and photos posted to social media, Whiting can be seen fanboying over Norwegian pop...

Apache County Attorney under state investigation tied to Norwegian pop star

Updated: Aug. 9, 2024 at 12:05 AM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting is under state investigation for allegedly giving anti-bullying merchandise to a Norwegian pop star.

Investigation

The Arizona Department of Education has blocked or muted 28 people on social media.

Arizona Dept. of Education ‘stifled’ political voices on social media

Updated: Aug. 6, 2024 at 10:09 PM MST
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By Derek Staahl
Records show official government social media accounts in the Phoenix area have blocked or muted hundreds of people, raising First Amendment questions.

Investigation

City of Phoenix’s initiatives to combat the heat, cool pavement, came about in 2020.

Why has the City of Phoenix paused its cool pavement program?

Updated: Aug. 3, 2024 at 2:29 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Phoenix was using "cool pavement" to combat the heat but the program is on hold and officials explain why.

True Crime Arizona

Arizona's Family has gone through hours of video tapes.

New interrogation tapes released in Hacienda Healthcare rape investigation

Updated: Jul. 29, 2024 at 8:22 PM MST
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By Briana Whitney
The Hacienda Healthcare rape investigation from 2018 involved a patient who couldn’t talk or move but gave birth.

Investigation

file photo of person wearing dark clothes in a dark room looking at computer code on a screen...

Phoenix company used by Russians to operate social media ‘bot farm,’ feds say

Updated: Jul. 29, 2024 at 7:55 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
A Phoenix-based web hosting company may have unwittingly played a role in the scheme to spread misinformation on social media about the war in Ukraine.

Investigation

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office remains under a court-appointed monitor following a...

Clearing the backlog: What’s MCSO doing to meet compliance amid federal lawsuit?

Updated: Jul. 26, 2024 at 6:09 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office remains under a court-appointed monitor following a federal lawsuit over allegations of racial profiling

Investigation

Cheyenne Benthin says Gilbert Police refuses to close the death investigation of her toddler...

County attorney declines to prosecute Gilbert mother over child’s death

Updated: Jul. 25, 2024 at 6:43 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has decided not to prosecute a Gilbert mother and another person over her child’s 2023 death, which the county medical examiner found the child died due to natural causes.

Investigation

Edward Vallejo’s sentence began in August 2023.

Arizona man sentenced in Jan. 6 riot remaining in prison during appeal

Updated: Jul. 25, 2024 at 2:47 PM MST
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By Cody Lillich
Edward Vallejo, who was sentened to three years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 riot, will stay behind bars during his appear.

Investigation

Carmen Heredia with AHCCCS said next year's budget includes 101 new positions to help with...

State responds to sober living home scandal, providers not being paid

Updated: Jul. 23, 2024 at 6:18 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler
A state official said AHCCS is putting in systems to ensure the sober living home scandal never happens again but some legit providers still aren't being paid.

Investigation

Lack of regulation in growing IV therapy, hydration industry potentially puts patients at risk

Lack of regulation in growing IV therapy, hydration industry potentially puts patients at risk

Updated: Jul. 22, 2024 at 11:35 AM MST
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By Joce Sterman, Daniela Molina and Jamie Grey
InvestigateTV discovered this industry is operating in a medical gray area, with numerous questions being raised about treatments, sanitation and oversight.

Investigation

The Arizona Department of Education said it has more school resource officers this year and is...

Arizona getting creative to fill school resource officer shortage, but is it working?

Updated: Jul. 19, 2024 at 10:29 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
The state is pushing to add more school resource officers or SROs, but a police officer shortage has made that challenging.

Investigation

An agreement has finally been signed, linking weather information from a radar site in rural...

Doppler deal signed, giving forecasters access to critical Arizona radar site

Updated: Jul. 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
An agreement has finally been signed, linking weather information from a radar site in rural Arizona to weather forecasters to better detect dust storms forming in a critical area.

Investigation

Experts say communication is key to make sure something like this doesn't happen again.

Threat expert says communication key to security failure

Updated: Jul. 15, 2024 at 6:27 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew
De la Guerra says the Secret Service was ultimately in charge of security at the rally, but that local police were in charge of the perimeter.

Investigation

The report follows a three-year investigation by the DOJ into Phoenix Police practices.

Review shows misstatements and mischaracterizations in DOJ report of Phoenix PD

Updated: Jul. 1, 2024 at 5:42 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Critics say the Department of Justice needs to show its supporting documentation and facts.

Investigation

Duncan says she found the nearly 2-acre site in Dewey-Humboldt, just east of Prescott, at a...

Family says they bought property next to hazardous site and weren’t told. What’s required?

Updated: Jun. 28, 2024 at 6:50 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler
A family thought they were buying the perfect Arizona property but later found out it was near a mine that had left the land contaminated.

Investigation

Arizona Drug Task Force detectives are seeing a massive spike in illegal sales & labs, with...

Push to legalize psychedelic mushrooms fuels black market boom in Arizona

Updated: Jun. 25, 2024 at 10:03 PM MST
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By Nicole Crites
Valley Drug Task Force detectives are seeing a massive spike in illegal sales and drug labs, with dealers aggressively targeting teens on social media.

Investigation

Arizona Rep. Greg Stanton sent a letter Tuesday to the director of the National Weather...

Arizona congressman pushes National Weather Service to approve radar agreement

Updated: Jun. 25, 2024 at 5:51 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew, Cody Lillich and Sean McLaughlin
The agreement would allow the NWS to receive data from a Doppler radar that has stood idle for years.

Investigation

Round ball-like X Band radar site sits atop of a tall metal pole next to the interstate 10 in...

Full benefits of Arizona’s $6.5 million dust detection system mired in red tape

Updated: Jun. 20, 2024 at 7:26 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
The radar has not sent data to the National Weather Service (NWS) four years after installation because of bureaucratic regulation delays.

Investigation

(File) Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting during a 2009 news conference in St. Johns,...

AG accuses Apache Co. Attorney of questionable purchases, tampered evidence, candidate harassment

Updated: Jun. 13, 2024 at 2:02 PM MST
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By Cody Lillich and Amy Cutler
A letter from the Arizona Attorney General’s Office details what their office is investigating regarding the allegations of misuse of public money and threatening and intimidation of a political opponent.

Investigation

(File) Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting during a 2009 news conference in St. Johns,...

Apache County Attorney accused of harassing employees who called for his resignation

Updated: Jun. 12, 2024 at 4:53 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
The chief of staff and three prosecutors claim Michael Whiting and two others from the office followed them to intimidate certain staff members.

Northern Arizona

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 16, 2009 file photo, Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting...

Arizona AG confirms investigation into Apache County Attorney for alleged misconduct

Updated: Jun. 7, 2024 at 5:29 PM MST
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By Tyson Milanovich, Amy Cutler, Cody Lillich and AZFamily Digital News Staff
Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting is being investigated for the alleged misuse of public monies, and threatening and intimidating a political opponent, the Arizona Attorney General's Office confirms.

Investigation

Drone view of a former mine site in Dewey-Humbolt, Arizona.

After 16+ years, Dewey Humbolt may finally get a toxic mine and smelter site cleaned up

Updated: Jun. 6, 2024 at 8:52 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Dewey Humboldt’s fight to address the former mine and separate smelter sites

Investigation

A discovery of firearms and magazines by U.S. Border Patrol agents at an Arizona port of entry...

Search warrant details how guns were trafficked through Arizona to Mexico

Updated: May. 31, 2024 at 5:30 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
A discovery of firearms and magazines by U.S. Border Patrol agents at an Arizona port of entry ended up connecting the dots to what investigators believe was a cross-country gun trafficking operation.

Investigation

File photo of children in Arizona.

10 years since Arizona’s child welfare agency was rebranded; kids continue to die

Updated: May. 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler
Arizona’s Family Investigates has found the number of kids dying from abuse and neglect has nearly doubled since 2014.

Investigation

In Arizona, drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4.

Child drownings in Phoenix area on pace for ‘horrific’ year

Updated: May. 27, 2024 at 6:00 AM MST
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By Morgan Loew
Advocates are worried that the Phoenix area could see a record number of drownings this year.

Investigation

Authorities say a suspect used a dead Iowa man's ID to buy a car from a Mesa dealership.

Mesa car dealership says dead Iowa man’s ID was used to buy car

Updated: May. 23, 2024 at 7:08 PM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Authorities say a suspect used a dead Iowa man's ID to buy a car from a Mesa dealership.

Investigation

The “skunky” marijuana smell is most prevalent on Interstate 10, near the Interstate 17...

Phoenix approves plan to address smell from marijuana business

Updated: May. 17, 2024 at 7:04 PM MST
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By Morgan Loew and Cody Lillich
Phoenix officials have approved a plan for a marijuana business to decrease its smell that some call "skunky."

Investigation

Arizona's Family Investigates went for a ride along with DPS to see the problem for ouselves.

Junk on Arizona roads leads to hundreds of crashes every year

Updated: May. 16, 2024 at 6:00 AM MST
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By Amy Cutler and Cody Lillich
Between 2019 and 2023, road debris made up 32% of all crashes in Arizona, but a whopping 68% in Maricopa and Pinal counties.
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