Crime Report for Phoenix, AZ : February 14, 2025
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Arrest Made in 2022 Murder and Kidnapping of 17-Year-Old in Phoenix 2025-02-13An arrest has been recently made in the case of the 2022 murder and kidnapping of a 17-year-old in Phoenix. Javier Munoz, 34, has been taken into custody for allegedly being involved in the death of Jesse Sainz-Camacho. The teen’s body was located shortly after Christmas Day 2022 in a rural area about 15 miles north of Shea Boulevard. Sainz-Camacho was kidnapped a few days earlier by armed men who broke into a Phoenix residence. Court records show Munoz’s cell phone had allegedly been in the same location where the teenager’s body was eventually recovered. Investigators additionally found a photograph of someone resembling Munoz holding a rifle that matched the same firearm used during the kidnapping. Uncovering Phoenix’s Mafia Ties: A Dark Underworld Exposed 2025-02-13We’re unpacking Phoenix’s strong ties to the Mafia to explore an underworld many know little about to this day. Phoenix has been the site of infamous organized criminal activity, ranging from rampant land fraud to targeted attacks on the media by mafiosi. The article covers the assassination of reporter Don Bolles, the mysterious killing of Gus Greenbaum, the role of ‘Papa Joe’ Tocco in directing the Chicago Mob’s organized-crime syndicates in Arizona, and the involvement of Sammy ‘the Bull’ Gravano in the Arizona ecstasy trade in the 1990s. GCU Opens Public Safety Center to Combat Crime in West Phoenix 2025-02-13Grand Canyon University has opened a new public safety center along a west Phoenix corridor known for drug trafficking and prostitution. The center provides real-time intelligence tools to help both police officers and security guards patrolling on and near the campus. GCU has invested $170 million into redeveloping the 27th Avenue Corridor over the past decade, and crime is down 34% in the last five years and violent crime is down 20% in the last two years. A neighborhood coalition called the ’27Collab’ has had wide-reaching effects on the revitalization efforts. |
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