Beginning in mid-July 2012 through mid-April 2013, Bobby Joe White (19), Manuel Sanchez Tafoya (19), Joseph Adam Keller (18), Jorge Luis Sotelo, Jr. (19) and two unidentified females have been entering Walmart stores valley wide and stealing large amounts of electronics.  Mr. White was taken into custody on April 14, 2013 and charged with 80Read More

The Chandler Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a bank robbery suspect.  On April 1, 2013 around 4:30 pm the suspect walked into the Compass Bank located at 3075 W. Chandler Blvd. and presented a teller with a note demanding money.  After stealing an undisclosed amount of money, the suspect wasRead More

The Chandler Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify two armed-robbery suspects.  Beginning in mid-January of 2013 through March of 2013, two unknown suspects have committed six armed robberies at various businesses in Chandler.  In some of these robberies the suspects have brandished a firearm and either restricted or restrained their victims.  Read More

On the evening of January 27, 2013 18-year-old Katie Stull left her adult assisted care facility residence for an evening walk.  Katie, a deaf, special needs teenager, never returned.  The management of the care facility contacted the Chandler Police.  Katie is five-foot four-inches tall and weighs around 140 pounds.  She has brown hair and brownRead More

The Chandler Police Explorers Post will be hosting their annual Law Enforcement Explorer Tactical Competition throughout the City on Saturday, January 19, 2013, from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM and on Sunday January 20, 2013, from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The Command Center for the event will be at the Chandler Fire Academy, locatedRead More

On December 29, 2012 the U.S. Bank at 1159 W. Chandler Bl. was robbed by an unknown male who passed a robbery note to the bank teller.  Six days later a second U.S. Bank at 2935 E. Riggs was robbed by a male using a similar M.O.  On January 7, 2013 a Wells Fargo BankRead More

The Chandler Police Department has opened recruitment for the position of police officer.  The City of Chandler Human Resources Department will begin accepting online applications for the position of Police Officer Recruit and Lateral Police Officer on January 16, 2013.  The deadline to apply is Wednesday, January 30, 2012.  Only the first 600 applications willRead More

Detectives from the Chandler Police Department’s Persons Crimes Unit are actively seeking the identity of suspects involved in a drive-by shooting, which occurred on December 27, 2012 at 500 E. Chandler Bl.  That evening 24-year-old Samer Sheeha was shot while standing in the parking lot of a grocery store.  Multiple rounds were fired from atRead More

On January 8, 2013 at around 11:33 am officers responded to the 1200 block of W. Park Lane Boulevard for a reported burglary in progress. An area check was initiated and an officer subsequently contacted an individual matching the general description of the outstanding suspect. It was determined he was not involved in the burglary;Read More