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Phoenix police are holding a fundraiser lunch Wednesday to help raise money for a detective who is suffering from Lou Gehrig

A 31-year-old Mesa man was shot in the leg in front of his house after a 41-year-old man was hit over the head with a pistol by three teenagers who attempted to rob a family at a residence late Friday.Three teenage Hispanic males, described as 17 to 19 years old, pulled up to a house in the 600 block of South Sycamore in a white four-door car about 10 p.m. and tried to rob the family and friends of the man who was shot, according to Mesa police.After the 41-year-old man was hit over the head with a pistol, the 31-year-old man was shot in the leg, resulting in a broken leg, according to police.The man who was hit in the head with the pistol was treated for a minor injury at the scene, according to police. The car the trio fled in was described as possibly a Chrsyler 300M Series with 20" chrome rims, police said.

Mesa police are searching for three men who robbed a Mesa deli Friday afternoon and left 14 people tied up inside with plastic zip ties.The 10 customers and four workers at the Primo Food and Deli, 1931 W. University, told police that each of the three men had handguns as they robbed establishment about 12:58 p.m., tied up the victims and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.The people were tied up for about 15 minutes before a delivery driver discovered them inside the deli, according to Mesa police.The people inside the deli were able to begin cutting themselves free as police arrived.The men who robbed the deli were described as three Hispanic males, 18 to 25 years old and each wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

A good samaritan jumped into a swimming pool and rescued a four-year-old girl from a near-drowning at a Mesa apartment complex on Monday.The woman noticed the girl below water and not moving inside the pool at the Bayview Apartments, 1930 N. Country Club Road about 6 p.m. before she jumped into the pool filled with several people, pulled the girl out of the water and performed CPR on her, according to Mesa Fire Capt. John Delaney.After the woman, whose name was not available, performed CPR on the girl, the girl coughed up water and became conscious, Delaney said.The girl, whose name was not released, was transported to Desert Samaritan in Mesa, and her condition was not known by authorities late Monday.

A fire destroyed a strip club on the Scottsdale-Tempe border early Monday.Fire crews from the Rural Metro, Scottsdale and Tempe fire departments responded to a 911 call about 5:35 a.m. Monday after two workers discovered a blaze inside a room at Fantasy Island, 963 E. Curry Road on a county island area, according to Rural Metro District Chief Michael Long.The 9,000 square-foot building is a total loss, and its origin and damage amount are under investigation, according to Long.When crews arrived, there were heavy flames coming from the interior and exterior of the building, and after the workers told firefighters no one was in the building, no one entered the building because of the extensive damage it had already sustained, Long said.No injuries were reported, Long said.Crews fought the blaze for several hours and will be monitoring the property throughout the night for any flames rekindling from hotspots, Long said.

Pauline Bolton of Chandler will be beaming with pride on Tuesday when Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio adds her to his 3,000 member posse of volunteers.Bolton - the 101-year-old mother of Phoenix police officer Levi Bolton, wanted to spice up her life - so what did she do?She recently asked Arpaio to make her a member of his posse that consists of men and women who perform a myriad of volunteer duties.There was just no way the sheriff could shoot down her request.At 9 a.m. Tuesday, (May 29) Arpaio will bestow Bolton with her badge during a ceremony at her assisted living home in Chandler, and she’ll become the oldest member of the posse.What will Bolton’s duties be?She’ll be placed on "special duty" by serving as head of security at the nursing home where she’ll be in charge of keeping everyone there in line, Arpaio said.

Chandler police arrested 3 people Thursday after scouring the streets looking for those with outstanding DUI warrants, said police spokesman Sgt. Rick Griner.The people were wanted on 8 warrants. Two other people turned themselves in to authorities.Police in Chandler started Wednesday with 454 arrest warrants. The goal is to make 50 arrests and have many of the wanted individuals turn themselves in.Friday’s results aren’t available.Chandler police arrested 8 people Wednesday and had another person walk into Chandler City Court to surrender.

A national news channel is reporting that Phoenix Police are investigating the discovering of a body in the duct work over the cafeteria of an elementary school at 6401 S. 16th St.

It turns out Sheriff Joe Arpaio hasn’t always made Italians proud.(See blog item below). The same group that honored him last week stripped him of a similar honor in 2004. Order Sons of Italy in America listed Arpaio as one of the top Italian-American crime fighters in the last century in March 2004 and then yanked the honor a few days later after learning about people dying and getting seriously injured in county jails. Arpaio caused too much controversy for the group, a Sons of Italy representative said back then. Arpaio must have mellowed since then.

Arizona highways are going to be filled with smokies during the Memorial Day weekend looking for the drunk and the stupid. The Arizona Department of Public Safety said in a press release that their troopers had to cancel days off and adjust shifts so they can saturate the highways to look for drunken drivers, speeders, aggressive and reckless drivers and they’ll also be enforcing the seat belt and child restraint laws. Twenty six people died over Memorial Day weekends of 2005 and 2006.