Sexual Exploitation of a Minor Arrest

Daniel Alvarez

On October 25, 2016, Mesa Police Detectives arrested Daniel Alvarez for Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. Alvarez became the subject of investigation in June when detectives received a tip that he may be sending out images of child pornography.

Over the course of three months, detectives established contact with Alvarez through investigative means and he sent child pornography images to detectives as well. Based on the images, a search warrant was obtained and Alvarez was located and arrested at his home in Phoenix. When interviewed after his arrest, Alvarez admitted to sending the child pornography images and viewing additional child porn sites.

Alvarez was booked for two counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a class 2 Felony. This is an excellent example of a community member providing a tip to detectives leading to the arrest of a dangerous criminal. Any crimes that exploit or endanger children are always of the highest priority to the Mesa Police Department.

Kidnapping Suspect Arrested

On October 8, 2016 Stanley Kinard was arrested for Kidnapping, Extortion, Felony Flight and Endangerment.  Kinard was holding the adult female victim against her will and threatening to inject her with a large quantity of heroin if she did not pay him the $130 he said that she owed him.

The victim was able to reach out to a friend to try obtain the money.  Instead, the friend contacted the police department starting the investigation.  The victim and suspect were located at a local hotel and Kinard was taken into custody.  The victim was unharmed and cooperated with the investigation.

Stanley Kinard

Although the friend was unsure if the call for money was a hoax, by contacting the police department to investigate, he stopped any potential harm to the victim.

Vehicle Burglary - Gas Syphoning

On August 15 at 1:40am, the suspect backed into a parking space at 830 N Alma School Road. The suspect connected an apparatus with attached hose line enabling him to syphon gas from the victim's vehicle. The suspect appeared to be pretending to reorganize equipment in his own vehicle as a cover until the gas syphoning was complete.

The suspect is described as a White male, approximately 40 years of age, 6'00" tall, 180 pounds, with thin to medium build, dark hair.  He was wearing a light colored T-shirt, jeans and light colored tennis shoes with dark laces.

His vehicle is described as a two-toned white body and gray bottom, late 90s model, Dodge Ram 1500, single cab, with snug fit camper shell. The camper shell had storage compartments that opened on the passenger side. The camper shell also appeared to have a small ride on lawn mower or go-cart tied down to the roof.

**Note: there was also a gas syphoning of 75 gallons of diesel fuel that occurred in the 900 block of N Riverview on September 30.

Please submit any information regarding the crime or identity of the suspect through one of the following. You can remain anonymous. 

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Attempt to Identify - Sexual Assault

On October 3, between 6:00pm and 6:56pm, an adult woman reported she was in front of her home, in the area of Adobe and Lindsay, when the suspect (pictured in composite drawing) approached her, grabbed her arm and made her go inside the home. The victim reported the suspect took her into a bedroom and sexually assaulted her. The suspect then left in an unknown direction of travel.

The suspect is described as a White male, approximately 45-55 years old, 5'04" to 5'06" tall, between 200 and 220 lbs. Salt and pepper hair, mustache, glasses.  He was wearing a red T-shirt and blue jean shorts.

Vehicle: possible gray or silver 4-door sedan.

Please submit any information regarding the crime or identity of the suspect through one of the following. You can remain anonymous. 

• Use our online form found here – (https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtipforms/webform.aspx?id=51&AgencyID=836.) Please fill in the case number in the Case Number field under Incident Information. CASE NUMBER 20162770592.
• Text information to 274-637 (CRIMES). Begin your message with MESAPD, or
• Call our non-emergency number at 480-644-2211 and select option 2 

Attempt to Identify - Armed Robbery

On Thursday, October 6, at 12:31pm, a white male entered the AM/PM at 406 N. Country Club, selected food/beverage items and approached the counter. The suspect raised his shirt and exposed a handgun in his front waistband, while demanding money from the register. The clerk began crying and was too afraid to open the register. The suspect ran from the store with only the food/beverage items.

The suspect is described as a white male, mid to late 20s, 5'6" to 5'8" tall, slim build. He was wearing a black Batman mask, black Batman gloves, black short-sleeved shirt with a white diamond logo on the front, gray pants and black shoes. He has tattoos on the inside elbow area of his left arm.

Please submit any information regarding the crime or identity of the suspect through one of the following. You can remain anonymous. 

• Use our online form found here – (https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtipforms/webform.aspx?id=51&AgencyID=836.) Please fill in the case number in the Case Number field under Incident Information. CASE NUMBER 20162800334.
• Text information to 274-637 (CRIMES). Begin your message with MESAPD, or
• Call our non-emergency number at 480-644-2211 and select option 2
   

Attempt to Identify - Armed Robbery

**  UPDATE:  SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED AND ARRESTED. **

On September 30, 2016, at approximately 9:00pm, a male entered the AM/PM, located at 25 W McKellips, with a shotgun. The suspect fired the shotgun in the store directly into the wall behind the clerk and demanded money from the register. A witness in the parking lot held the front doors closed while the suspect was trying to exit. The suspect then threatened the witness and took off running southbound on Center.

The suspect is described as a White or Hispanic male in his 30's, approximately 5'10" tall and 250 lbs; possibly dark beard or facial hair, last seen wearing a yellow glove on his right hand, light gray zip up style hooded sweatshirt, dark bandana or scarf covering bottom half of face, navy blue cargo pants and black low top Converse style shoes with white sole and toe.

Please submit any information regarding the crime or identity of the suspect through one of the following. You can remain anonymous. 

• Use our online form found here – (https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtipforms/webform.aspx?id=51&AgencyID=836.) Please fill in the case number in the Case Number field under Incident Information. CASE NUMBER 20162740761

• Text information to 274-637 (CRIMES). Begin your message with MESAPD, or
   
• Call our non-emergency number at 480-644-2211 and select option 2.

Crime Stats - September

The following are the top 5 calls for service and arrests for each patrol district -- 09/01/2016 through 09/30/2016.  To see which district you are in, click on each individual district listed at left to see their map.   FIESTA CENTRAL Call Type Frequency Call Type Frequency Check Welfare 451 Check Welfare 400 Subjects Disturbing 365 Subjects Disturbing 337 Other Agency Assist 214 Trespass 217 Burglary Alarm 185 Other Agency Assist 207 Loud Music/Noise 171 Warrant Arrest 161 Arrests Frequency Arrests Frequency Homicide 0 Homicide 0 Rape 1 Rape 1 Robbery 4 Robbery 4 Aggravated Assault 17 Aggravated Assault 9 Breaking & Entering 6 Breaking & Entering 8 Theft 55 Theft 68 GTA 2 GTA 3 Alcohol/DUI 66 Alcohol/DUI 57 Other Assaults 53 Other Assaults 37 Disorderly Conduct 27 Disorderly Conduct 20 Drugs 72 Drugs 86 Fiscal/Forgery 6 Fiscal/Forgery 16 Loitering/Runaway 3 Loitering/Runaway 1 Sex Offenses 2 Sex Offenses 2 Vandalism 30 Vandalism 19 All Other 194 All Other 308 TOTAL 538 TOTAL 639 RED MOUNTAIN SUPERSTITION Call Type Frequency Call Type Frequency Check Welfare 372 Check Welfare 367 Subjects Disturbing 284 Burglary Alarm 264 Burglary Alarm 200 Subjects Disturbing 239 Civil Matter 195 Other Agency Assist 203 Other Agency Assist 193 Suspicious Activity 158 Arrests Frequency Arrests Frequency Homicide 0 Homicide 0 Rape 1 Rape 0 Robbery 3 Robbery 4 Aggravated Assault 9 Aggravated Assault 4 Breaking & Entering 3 Breaking & Entering 5 Theft 51 Theft 58 GTA 3 GTA 1 Alcohol/DUI 47 Alcohol/DUI 25 Other Assaults 21 Other Assaults 19 Disorderly Conduct 21 Disorderly Conduct 17 Drugs 63 Drugs 44 Fiscal/Forgery 11 Fiscal/Forgery 8 Loitering/Runaway 2 Loitering/Runaway 2 Sex Offenses 1 Sex Offenses 0 Vandalism 10 Vandalism 15 All Other 156 All Other 87 TOTAL 402 TOTAL 289