Crime Archives

Police investigate shooting near 1st Avenue and 24th Street

January 15, 2020 6:50 PM Lisa Sturgis

Yuma police are on the scene of an apparent…

11-year-old Massachusetts girl abducted found safe

January 16, 2020 6:52 AM Sumiko Keil

Massachusetts police rescued an 11-year-old girl after she was apparently abducted after getting off the school bus on…

Arizona man sentenced for human smuggling resulting in death

January 15, 2020 8:44 PM Ericka Conant

A man is sentenced to 80 months in prison, following a human smuggling attempt resulting in…

Deputies on the lookout for suspicious vehicle that approached juveniles

January 15, 2020 6:06 PM Arianna Shell, Jenny Day

Deputies on the lookout for suspicious vehicle that approached…

5 corpses found in clandestine burial pit in southern Mexico

January 15, 2020 1:38 PM The Associated Press

Mexican authorities say they have found a clandestine burial pit with at least five corpses in a town where President Andres Manuel López Obrador…

Border Patrol arrests 14-year-old with drugs strapped to his body

January 15, 2020 7:41 AM Sumiko Keil

A 14-year-old is arrested after agents found three bundles of crystal methamphetamine strapped to his body…

Hit-and-run suspect turns himself in

January 14, 2020 10:30 AM Sumiko Keil, Carmen Valencia

Police said a 28-year-old man has turned himself in as the hit-and-run driver that left one motorcyclist…

Deputies investigate razor blades on car door handles

January 14, 2020 6:19 PM Lisa Sturgis

Sheriff’s deputies in Southern California are investigating multiple reports of razor blades being affixed to car door…

Mexican video confirms death of female drug cartel gun woman

January 14, 2020 6:42 AM The Associated Press

Videos and photos of a woman killed in a drug gang shootout appear to confirm she was “La Catrina,” a female member of a cartel hit squad that…

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…

Confessed Parkland school shooter, facing new charges

January 13, 2020 6:48 PM Jenny Day

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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…

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.…

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 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…

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…