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A 17-year-old boy who was taken to Banner Baywood Medical center by his mother reported that he was stabbed in the neck by another 17-year-old at 4:36 p.m. Thursday in the 7100 block of east Arbor Avenue in Mesa.

When contacted by Mesa police at his residence, the second teen said that the victim and two other males drove past him, got out of their car and began a fight. The second teen said the victim produced a knife and that he was stabbed while struggling with the three other men.

Police said the victim’s injuries were non -life threatening. Investigators believe the incident is gang related.

Brian Cornelius Wright was arrested by Mesa police and booked on two counts of aggravated assault at 7:15 p.m. Thursday. Police responded to a shooting call at  1915 S. 39th  St. Officer’s arrived and detained Wright, who lives in the apartment complex. Police say Wright shot at two men, one of whom he argued with.  As one of the men walked away, Wright shot at him with a handgun. The round struck the street and ricocheted into a house across the street. There Wright confessed to Mesa police and was booked without incident

A female employee of a car was at 430 S. Country Club Drive in Mesa reported being robbed at 8:17 a.m. Thursday.  The woman told police that a black male, 6-foot-1, 170 pounds and wearing a red T-shirt and black pants came to the businesses’ office door, which she opened.  He cut the victim’s arm with a box cutter and demanded the cash victim was counting.  She said the man ran away from the scene to the north.  She told police it was the same man who cut her during a robbery attempt about a month earlier.  The victim received minor injuries and was not transported to a hospital.

A man identifying himself only as John called Pizza Hut at 2050 E. Baseline Road in Mesa at 12: 30 a.m. Thursday to place an order.  He asked if the driver had change for a $100 dollar bill.  He made the order and hung up.  A 58 year-old male driver drove to 1925 E. Inverness to make the delivery.  He was approached by two white men.  The first said he was John and asked the driver if he had change for a $100.  John pointed to a handgun in the waist band of the second man, who lifted his shirt and said “Give me all the money in your pocket and no one gets hurt.”  The men left in a early 1990s Gold Buick.

At 3:57 p.m. Monday, Mesa police  responded to a man who said family members of his ex-roommate burglarized his apartment at 2055 E. Hampton Ave. The victim told police he allowed the woman’s family members to get her possessions.  There was an apparent discrepancy about the ownership of a Play Station 3 and the roommate’s brother returned to the house with three friends to take the video game system. A fight began, with a gun and knife reportedly shown, but not used.  Police say the family members left with the Play Station. Officers watched one of the family members’ residence and located a stolen vehicle. The driver fled when police tried to follow the vehicle.  Police located the vehicle in the neighborhood with three occupants, two of whom were detained and arrested. Police determined the two were not involved in the robbery, but were associates of the people who arrived during the stolen vehicle investigation.