Laura Gersony

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Laura Gersony

Judy Lopez, 62, was fatally stabbed in the neck after exiting a bus in Glendale. Police arrested 27-year-old James Marshaun Christopher Weekly, using cell phone data to track him. Weekly confessed to the stabbing and taking Lopez's phone, claiming the incident stemmed from a "misunderstanding," police said.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Laura Gersony

A Phoenix police officer was hospitalized May 30 following an altercation in south Phoenix that left her with broken bones. The officer responded to reports of a person banging on the windows of a business near 19th and Southern avenues, scaring patrons inside, Sgt. Brian Bower, a Phoenix police spokesperson, told reporters at a news conference. The man began an "active fight" with the officer when she informed him that police were investigating the incident, Bower said.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Laura Gersony

A 21-year-old driver involved in a fatal April 2024 Peoria crash has surrendered to authorities. The crash killed two passengers and seriously injured three others. The driver faced charges of manslaughter, aggravated assault and criminal damage, court documents said. Police reported the driver was under the influence at the time of the crash. A 21-year-old driver who crashed into a Peoria house in April 2024, killing two people, has turned himself in to police a year later.

1 week ago | azcentral.com | Laura Gersony

A 4-month-old infant died after a family outing at Lake Havasu in July 2024, when temperatures were approaching 120 degrees. The Mohave County Attorney's Office declined to prosecute the parents due "substantial doubt as to the cause of death."Initially attributed to heat, three pathologists later determined the cause of death was choking on regurgitated milk, the family's lawyer said. The family's lawyer maintained the death was a "freak accident" and not a result of parental negligence.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Laura Gersony

The Mohave County Attorney's Office has declined to prosecute the parents whose 4-month-old child died during a family outing at Lake Havasu, according to a memo from the office explaining the decision. Authorities initially attributed Tanna Rae Wroblewski's death on July 5, 2024, to heat-related causes, as the outing took place under an extreme heat warning, with temperatures approaching 120 degrees.