Over a dozen people were arrested, and guns and drugs were seized, during a law enforcement operation targeting child sex crimes.

A woman is in the hospital after she was rescued from a mountainside near Apache Junction this week. The Superstition Fire and Medical District (SFMD) and Mesa Fire Department responded to the rescue call at Broadway Trailhead in the Superstition Mountains just before noon on Wednesday.

Apache Junction Police arrested 14 in a sting targeting online child predators with help from the FBI and Homeland Security.

Laura and Vance started fostering in 2004 after realizing there was a great need for children needing foster care.

Fourteen suspects were arrested for more than 39 felonies during a two-day operation targeting adult online predators seeking to engage in illicit sexual activities with children in Apache Junction,

The Pinal County Attorney’s Office is starting a special victims unit to deal with cases like these in the community.

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