Surprise

Drivers across the Phoenix metropolitan area may have a busy commute this weekend due to multiple closures and restrictions on I-10, Loop 101, I-17 and more.

“Apparently a homeowner had a bee exterminator come to his house to remove the swarm, when the bee keeper disrupted the swarm the bees scattered into the front of the yard,” Battalion Chief Julie Moore said.

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The driver of the Penske truck,57-year-old Dewey Sigler, was arrested and booked into jail upon being released from the hospital.

Surprise Police officials say a man has been arrested for allegedly stealing money and people's identity.

Robert Beckham, 65, is facing 20 counts of sex crimes against a minor after a multi-month investigation into his online activity, the police department said.

The Surprise arsons happened at a home near Sweetwater and Bullard Avenue and another home located near Mountain View Boulevard and Loop 303.

Surprise Police officers worked to take a man with a gun into custody while they negotiated with him from inside his home on Tuesday.

"While being removed from the scene it was reported that Raymond had made a statement something relative to ‘I just couldn’t stand her anymore," court documents read.

No students were injured in either robbery and police said it’s unclear how much money was taken from the students.

"The threats in part stated, ‘I will shoot up the school’ on January 10," Sgt. Hale said in a statement.

The collision happened near Goldwater Ridge Drive and Mountain View Boulevard at around 8:00 a.m. on Dec. 16.

Crews with the Surprise Fire-Medical Department responded to reports of a fire on the night of Monday, Dec. 13, and it led to several hospitalizations, which include officers with the Surprise Police Department.

A Surprise teen was arrested after police say he falsely told classmates a shooting was underway at Shadow Ridge High School.

The Arizona Lottery says an $8.8 million winning ticket for The Pick jackpot on Nov. 24 was sold at the Walmart located near Cotton Lane and Waddell Road.

The Surprise-Fire Medical Department says crews are battling the Deer Valley Recycling Plant located near 195th Avenue and Deer Valley Road.

Police say a woman was taken to the hospital following a shooting in a Surprise neighborhood. The suspect in the incident has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.