Jayme West is co-host of Arizona's Morning News. Since 1996, when Jayme joined the KTAR News team, she's covered some of the biggest local, national and international stories including accompanying Arizona Firefighters to Ground Zero after the 9-11 attacks and spending a year embedded with Phoenix PD's Homicide Unit. She's also been profiling unsolved crimes with Silent Witness on KTAR for more than 20 years. Jayme has won numerous Journalism awards and was named the AP's Reporter of the Year in Arizona 5 times. She also supports and is involved with several local charities. Jayme and her husband are both Arizona natives, enjoy spoiling their only "child" (a cat named Gracie) and spending time at the family cabin in Strawberry. You can hear Arizona's Morning News weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
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SILENT WITNESS | Mar 27, 2023Police searching for man who grabbed woman at Phoenix bus stop in 2020
A suspect exposed himself to woman at a Phoenix bus stop and grabbed her arm in 2015, police said. He was never caught.
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SILENT WITNESS | Mar 20, 2023Tempe robbery suspect got more than he bargained for in 2015
An armed robbery suspect wearing a black garbage bag hit the Chevron at Guadalupe and Kyrene roads in Tempe in 2015 and got a surprise when the clerk fought back.
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SILENT WITNESS | Mar 13, 20232015 evening out in Tempe turns into robbery nightmare for couple
Phoenix Police Detective Kimberly Bates said a couple was pushing their 1-month-old baby in a stroller. Then, in the blink of an eye, everything changed.
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SILENT WITNESS | Mar 6, 2023Robber wearing white gloves hits cellphone store in Phoenix
A robber wearing white gloves walked into a Phoenix phone store, waited for all of the customers to leave, before pulling out a gun and robbing the place.
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SILENT WITNESS | Feb 27, 2023Phoenix police searching for suspect in violent 2015 rape case
A female security guard was sexually assaulted at a Phoenix apartment complex and thieves in Tempe stole a backflow device from a gas station. Both cases happened in 2015.
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SILENT WITNESS | Feb 15, 2023Sheriff Paul Penzone looks back for 1000th episode of Silent Witness
This is the 1000th episode of Silent Witness on KTAR News 92.3 FM. It began with then-Phoenix Police Sgt. Paul Penzone, who is now Maricopa County's sheriff.
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SILENT WITNESS | Feb 6, 20232nd suspect in Phoenix murder remains unidentified in 2014 case
Phoenix Police Sgt. Derek Elmore said officers responded to a welfare-check call at the home of Jesus Cortez in December 2014. They found him, dead, a victim of murder.
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SILENT WITNESS | Jan 30, 2023Police need clues in 2014 robbery and beating of man near Phoenix canal
A 42-year-old man was beaten to a pulp and robbed near the canal at Indian School Road and 20th Avenue in Phoenix back in 2014.
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SILENT WITNESS | Jan 23, 20232014 sex assault suspect focused on area near Phoenix apartments
A rapist was on the prowl near 47th and Glendale avenues for more than six months in 2014, according to Phoenix police.
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SILENT WITNESS | Jan 16, 2023Stolen credit cards pay for jewelry in 2020 Phoenix police case
Phoenix Police are looking for a thief who bought jewelry with stolen credit cards in 2020 and a pair of criminals who set fires at a tire shop.
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SILENT WITNESS | Jan 9, 2023Tattoos could hold clues to identities of 2 armed suspects in Phoenix
A couple of convenience store crimes need to be solved, both in Phoenix from earlier this year, police said.
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SILENT WITNESS | Dec 26, 2022Phoenix robbers used waistbands as holsters during Circle K heists
Two robbers both used their waistbands as holsters when they pulled off their heists at separate Phoenix Circle Ks in 2020.
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SILENT WITNESS | Dec 19, 2022Armed robberies at Phoenix grocery stores shake up employees
Only a couple of weeks and a few blocks separate two armed robberies in the Ahwatukee neighborhood of Phoenix earlier this year.
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SILENT WITNESS | Dec 12, 2022Police search for suspects in 2 Phoenix shootings in 2019
Two men were shot and killed in separate crimes in Phoenix just weeks apart in December 2019, police said.
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SILENT WITNESS | Nov 28, 2022Phoenix robbery suspects hit up phone store, yogurt shop in separate 2020 cases
One suspect may have been overdressed for the occasion and another's black-framed eyeglasses may help identify him.
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SILENT WITNESS | Nov 21, 2022Aggravated assault suspect in Phoenix drives off after 2019 attack
Police in Phoenix are looking for a man suspected of attacking someone outside a convenience store, and another suspected of setting fire to cars.
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SILENT WITNESS | Nov 14, 2022Phoenix police looking for suspects involved in 3 armed robberies in 2019
Different suspects, but these three crimes have a lot in common -- all were armed robberies committed along 43rd Avenue in Phoenix during November 2019.
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SILENT WITNESS | Nov 7, 2022Phoenix police looking for fugitive from 2017 fatal DUI case
Phoenix police are looking for a man who allegedly killed a motorcyclist while driving under the influence in 2017.
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SILENT WITNESS | Oct 31, 2022Phoenix police looking for credit card thieves, suspect in fatal hit-and-run in 2019 cases
Phoenix police are looking for suspects who stole credit cards from a woman's purse, and another suspect in a fatal hit-and-run in 2019.
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SILENT WITNESS | Oct 17, 2022Phoenix police looking to identify suspect who killed Navy veteran in 2014
Phoenix police are looking to identify a suspect who killed Navy veteran Kevin Ore in 2014 as he walked home from the bar where he worked.
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SILENT WITNESS | Oct 10, 2022Police searching for leads in pair of 2016 Phoenix parking lot robberies
Two different parking lot armed robberies and two very distinctive suspect descriptions. Police are hoping the public can help them with leads.
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SILENT WITNESS | Sep 26, 2022Phoenix police looking for skimmer scammers, jewelry thief from 2017 crimes
The Phoenix Police Department is looking for information on a pair of skimmer scammers who targeted a Circle K and a jewelry store thief in 2017.
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SILENT WITNESS | Sep 19, 2022Police looking for Valley theft, armed robbery suspects in 2018 cases
Police in the Valley were hoping to track down the suspects in a credit card theft case and an armed robbery inside a taco shop in 2018.
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SILENT WITNESS | Sep 12, 2022Police searching for people who used Cox equipment for target practice in 2017-18
Police are searching for people who used Cox Communications equipment for target practice in the far West Valley in 2017 and 2018.