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December 9th, 2008, 11:17 am by Devon Hersom
 A Chandler woman who may have been kidnapped from her home was found safe nine hours after her disappearance, police say.
Irene Perry called a family member Monday evening to say she was safe and had not been kidnapped, according to Chandler police Det. Frank Mendoza. Perry, 22, had been in an argument with an unknown male at 12 p.m. Monday and her apartment, located at 4800 S. Alma School Road, appeared to have been burglarized.
Chandler police believe Perry took off following the fight and did not leave with the male subject.
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December 1st, 2008, 3:56 pm by Mike Branom
Chandler police have released sketches of two suspects in a recent home-invasion robbery.
The homeowner was shot in the shoulder during last Wednesday’s incident in a neighborhood near Ray and Cooper roads. His injuries were not life-threatening.
Meanwhile, the violence forced a nearby elementary school into lockdown.
The suspects are described as Hispanic men; one is approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and the other 5 feet 8 inches tall. Both had medium builds and were last seen wearing grey hooded sweatshirts and blue jeans.
Anyone with information about this investigation is encouraged to call Chandler police at (480) 782-4130.
 
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November 25th, 2008, 7:18 pm by Nick R. Martin
 A man considered one of “Chandler’s Most Wanted” for his suspected connection to a 2005 homicide was arrested Tuesday by local and federal authorities after more than three years on the run.
Moses Mejia (pictured) was captured in Queen Creek by U.S. Marshals and Mesa police on suspicion of the October 2005 killing of Sergio Vasquez-Abuerto, according to the Chandler Police Department.
Vasquez was shot to death by a group of four men who robbed him and his friends at gunpoint in an apartment complex parking lot.
Mejia was the third person of the group to be arrested, police said. Investigators are still looking for another man, 22-year-old Jose Herrera. They asked anyone with information to call Chandler police at (480) 782-4130.
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November 16th, 2008, 9:32 pm by Chris "KeL" Adams
By Sonu Munshi
Two people were seriously injured in a one-vehicle rollover about 5:15 p.m. Sunday at westbound Interstate 10 at Elliot Road, according to an Arizona Department of Public Safety official.
The two people, who have not been identified, were ejected from an SUV. Both are in a local hospital.
No further information was available Sunday night.
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October 27th, 2008, 2:44 pm by John Leptich
 Police last week arrested a man who attempted to carjack a woman at knife point outside a Chandler PetSmart.
Police said that around 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Alan Nelson, 23, jumped into an unlocked car in a parking at 808 W. Warner Road at Alma School Road. Nelson demanded that the driver give him cash, according to Chandler police spokesman Dave Ramer. When she said she didn’t have any, Nelson forced her to drive him to Arizona Credit Union, 1311 W. Chandler Boulevard at Alma School.
When the woman arrived, she jumped out of her vehicle and banged on the teller’s window, yelling to call 911. Nelson jumped out of the car and ran away.
Ramer said plain-clothes Chandler police set up surveillance and stopped Nelson within 20 minutes of the incident. He matched a description given by the victim and witnesses at the credit union. The woman is a police volunteer, according to Ramer.
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October 22nd, 2008, 11:09 am by Mike Branom
A missing Chandler teen has been found unharmed.
Deanna Bedal, 15, had not been seen since early Tuesday. But police said Wednesday morning she had been located safe and sound.
No further details were available.
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October 20th, 2008, 3:32 pm by Mike Branom
Surveillance undertaken by Chandler police paid off with the arrest of an accused serial burglar last week.
When 32-year-old Kenneth Neil Aceves was taken into custody at his Phoenix residence, police said, investigators found evidence linking him to the crimes and a stolen custom-built dragster worth $80,000.
Aceves was booked into jail Wednesday on a number of counts, including burglary, identity theft, possession of stolen credit cards, possession of stolen property and vehicle theft.
Police said the theft of a vehicle four months ago led investigators to identity Aceves as a lead. Detectives conducted surveillance on Aceves and then connected him to four vehicle burglaries and a stolen vehicle.
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October 13th, 2008, 2:38 pm by John Leptich
  
A Chandler Wal-Mart on Sunday gave three men an empty laptop computer box by mistake.
Their mistake was coming back to report it.
Adolfo Paz Gracia, a 35-year-old Mexican National, Javier Carreno Cruz, a 29-year-old Mexican National, and Jose Diaz Valenzuela, a 29-year-old Mexican National, were booked into Fourth Avenue Jail in Phoenix on three counts of forgery and one count of fraud schemes each.
At around 4 p.m., Chandler Police responded to the Wal-Mart at 1175 S. Arizona Ave, when employees reported three men bought a laptop computer and returned with an empty box, claiming a laptop was never in it. Thinking the men were attempting to defraud the store, Wal-Mart called police. When police arrived, one of the men fled on foot. During the chase, he threw credit cards to the ground. Police recovered the cards and determined they were forgeries.
Further investigation revealed the three had 19 forged credit cards, which they had used to buy electronic items from Valley Wal-Mart stores. Their vehicle had various electronic items purchased fraudulently. The men told police that they came to the United States for the sole purpose of using the forged credit cards to buy items. The counterfeit credit cards were encoded with valid stolen credit card numbers.
The investigation is ongoing to identify the account holders of the stolen credit card numbers.
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September 23rd, 2008, 3:30 pm by Katie McDevitt
 A special new armored vehicle will hit the streets of Chandler soon for serious incidents that require police officers and the public to have ballistic protection.
The vehicle is called a Ballistic Armored Tactical Transport and will be used by the Special Assignments Unit, which is the same as a SWAT unit. Also, the spacious vehicle will be used to evacuate neighborhoods during dangerous events and to rescue injured officers and residents.
Police said the vehicle sits on a 2008 Ford F550 chassis and was manufactured by The Armored Group. It will replace a previous vehicle called “Peacekeeper” built in 1981 and donated from the Military Surplus Program in 2000.
Police will display the new vehicle at future department open houses and upcoming community events.
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September 23rd, 2008, 3:10 pm by Nick R. Martin
 A murder defendant the Tribune featured two weeks ago in a story titled “Death of a mom turned drug runner” will be sentenced this afternoon in federal court. Jose Rios Rico (pictured) pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this month to a slew of charges, including the murder of Angela Pinkerton, a mother of three who delivered methamphetamine to him at a Chandler apartment.
The case is arguably one of the reasons Arizona’s then-top federal prosecutor, Paul Charlton, was later fired by the Bush administration. Charlton believed that there was not enough evidence against Rios Rico to seek the death penalty. For one, Pinkerton’s body had never been unearthed from the Arizona landfill she was thought to be buried beneath. However, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales forced Charlton’s hand on the matter and ordered him to seek the ultimate punishment against Rios Rico.
For today’s sentencing, though, none of that matters. As part of his deal with federal prosecutors, Rios Rico pleaded guilty to spare his life. Though he is expected to spend decades — if not the rest of his life — in prison, he escapes death row.
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A Chandler woman who may have been kidnapped from her home was found safe nine hours after her disappearance, police say.
