Crime Archives

Confessed Parkland school shooter, facing new charges

January 13, 2020 6:48 pm Jenny Day

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Officers find burned body in car fire

January 13, 2020 5:42 pm Ciara Encinas, Jenny Day

Officers revealed they found a burned body in the jeep that caught fire Friday…

Fight breaks out at Yuma prison

January 13, 2020 4:40 pm Ciara Encinas

A fight broke out on a recreation field at the Arizona State Prison Complex Yuma Saturday.…

Abuse statistics for 2018-2019

January 13, 2020 11:46 am Teagan Rasche

Have domestic violence cases in Yuma increased or decreased between 2018 and…

Baby drowns in bathtub after mother took some “me time”

January 13, 2020 7:44 am Sumiko Keil

An 11-month old boy died after being left in a bathtub without…

One person in custody after incident on Madison Avenue

January 12, 2020 9:16 pm Lisa Sturgis

Yuma police took two people into custody after an incident at a home in the area of 27th and Madison Avenues Sunday…

Police search for suspect in fatal hit-and-run motorcycle crash

January 12, 2020 8:36 pm Lisa Sturgis, Gabriel Salazar, Sumiko Keil

New information from police emerges after last night’s tragic…

Baby opossum beaten until blinded on Hilton Head golf course

January 12, 2020 7:57 pm CNN

A baby opossum was found beaten until she was blinded at a Hilton Head golf course in South Carolina, according to the Wildlife Rehab of…

Surveillance video of Epstein’s jail cell lost

January 10, 2020 8:40 pm Arianna Shell

Surveillance video of Epstein’s jail cell…

Court documents reveal what happened before-and-after murder of local taxi cab driver

January 10, 2020 2:08 pm Gabriel Salazar

Three local teenagers tied to the robbing and killing of a San Luis taxi driver learned how many years they face in…

Student, teacher killed in Mexico school shooting

January 10, 2020 1:26 pm The Associated Press

A student and teacher were killed at an elementary school in northern Mexico Friday when the 11-year-old opened fire on his teacher and classmates…

Mom attacked by teen girls after confrontation over bullied daughter

January 10, 2020 9:42 am Sumiko Keil

A northern California mother said she was attacked by a group of teen girls that had been bullying her…

Family: 2 suspects in Mexico border killings arrested in the US

January 10, 2020 6:55 am The Associated Press

elatives of nine U.S. dual-national women and children killed in northern Mexico in November said Thursday U.S. authorities told them they have two…

Phoenix priest indicted for alleged sexual misconduct

January 10, 2020 6:17 am The Associated Press

A Catholic priest in Phoenix has been indicted on charges of alleged sexual misconduct with two boys under 15, prosecutors for Arizona’s largest…

A woman sued a church for reporting her husband’s sex abuse confession to the police

January 10, 2020 3:08 am CNN

An Oregon woman whose husband is in prison for sexually abusing a child is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for reporting his…

Yuma County home invasion suspect charged with murder

January 9, 2020 11:38 pm Brandon Mejia

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – A suspect tied to a home invasion last year is now being charged with murder. Three people who broke into a home in the…

Alleged child predator stopped by trucker team appears in court

January 9, 2020 11:33 pm Ciara Encinas, Christian Galeno

A man was taken away in a police cruiser after Trucker’s Against Predators and Yuma Police teamed up Thursday night.…

Yuma man accused of attempted murder back in custody

January 9, 2020 11:13 pm Brandon Mejia

A 24-year-old Yuma man facing attempted murder charges is behind bars again, this time for violating conditions of his release, according to court…

Human Remains Found in Back of U-Haul

January 9, 2020 8:18 pm Arianna Shell

Human Remains Found in Back of…

Man accused of murder in Phoenix arrested in Yuma

January 9, 2020 8:03 pm Ciara Encinas

A man wanted for murder in Phoenix was found in…