Gunshot victim and first-round NFL pick Ricky Pearsall was reminded of his time at Arizona State, where he rose from the ...

A little more than seven years ago, an under-the-radar recruit pledged to stay in the Valley and take the football field at ...

At least eight inmates have died while under prison custody so far in 2025, raising questions about Arizona's prison security ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Ricky Wassenaar was already serving 16 life sentences for his role in an escape attempt and hostage standoff at the Lewis Complex prison in Buckeye in 2004. For the past 20 ...

Ricky Wassenaar, who's accused of killing 3 inmates at a Tucson prison in April, is sharing how and why he carried these murders out. Briana Whitney reports. By Briana Whitney ...

TUCSON, Arizona (Arizona Mirror) — Ricky Wassenaar killed three men at an Arizona state prison near Tucson on April 4. Two were serving life sentences for sexual conduct with a minor.

The state Department of Corrections’ decision to move Ricky Wassenaar to a lower-security prison in Tucson resulted in three inmates being killed, prison critics say. And, they add, it could ...

Ricky Wassenaar is the lone suspect in the April 4 deaths of Saul Alvarez, Thorne Harnage and Donald Lashley at Arizona State Prison Complex-Tucson, according to the Arizona Department of ...

Earlier this month, ABC15 reported on inmate Ricky Wassenaar being the sole suspect in the killing of three inmates at an Arizona Department of Corrections (ADCRR) prison in Tucson. Now, ABC15 has ...

Longtime inmate Ricky Wassenaar was named the "sole suspect" in the three killings by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry.

In March 2024, inmate Wassenaar’s custody level was reduced from maximum to close custody, in accordance with policy, as he had been behaviorally compliant since his return to Arizona in 2018.