2026年8月24日 / 美国东部时间上午5:50 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
凤凰城讯 —— 凤凰城警方局长表示，两名凤凰城警察因一起未上报的交通拦截事件被解雇并逮捕，他们在该事件中袭击了一男一女并使用泰瑟枪电击对方。
警方局长马特·焦尔达诺在周六的新闻发布会上称，警官安东尼奥·费利克斯和路易斯·巴斯克斯已因加重袭击和绑架等罪名被捕。
“侦探已证实，这两名前警官在交通拦截过程中对该男子和女子实施了人身袭击，”焦尔达诺说。“调查还显示，警方在拦截过程中对受害者使用了泰瑟枪。”
凤凰城哥伦比亚广播公司附属机构KPHO电视台周日晚间报道称，新公布的法庭文件显示，两名警官均承认参与了这起暴力交通拦截事件。
KPHO电视台报道称，在周六晚间的首次庭审中，法官为每名被告设定了10万美元的有担保保释金，如果获释则需接受电子监控。他们的下一次庭审定于周五。
焦尔达诺称，这两名警官未上报8月5日的交通拦截事件，也未开启随身执法记录仪。
“没有视频证据，但我们已掌握足够的合理依据，认定这些罪行确实发生，”焦尔达诺说，并补充称没有迹象表明警官们认识受害者。
据凤凰城哥伦比亚广播公司附属机构KPHO电视台报道，焦尔达诺继续说道：“对于这两名警官的行为，没有任何借口可言。”
马里科帕县警长办公室发言人戴夫·埃文斯周日表示，巴斯克斯已被保释出狱，而费利克斯仍被关押在凤凰城下巴克伊监狱。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻试图联系两人的辩护律师以征求评论，但未能成功。
根据凤凰城警方的一份声明，男性司机和女性乘客称，在凤凰城深夜的交通拦截过程中，警官砸碎了车窗。声明称，巴斯克斯对男子拳打脚踢并威胁要开枪，而女子则被拖出车外并戴上手铐。
声明补充道，该男子设法驾车逃离，并在邻近的坦佩市弃车，而女子则在现场被释放。
据坦佩警方的一份报告，一名接到弃车报警的坦佩警官通过调度询问该车是否从邻近的任何警察机构逃窜而来，得到的答复是否定的。
这名坦佩警官联系了车辆登记所有人，也就是男性司机的母亲，并通过她联系上了女性乘客，最终联系到了男性司机。女性乘客告诉警官，两人都遭到了泰瑟枪电击，而男性司机后来告诉警官，他的脸部被多次击打，他们曾多次询问被拦截的原因。
坦佩警官在报告中写道，他认为受害者遭遇了假扮警察的人员企图劫车。
凤凰城警方局长焦尔达诺称，他最初得知这起事件时也有类似反应，因为该行为“完全超出了我们的政策范围”。但当侦探展开调查后，他们意识到可能是凤凰城警方人员涉案，于是将案件移交至特别调查小组。
“就在那时，他们开始收集证据，包括车载自动定位系统，该系统显示在受害者报案的案发时间前后，有一辆车出现在该地点，”焦尔达诺说道，他指的是市政车辆内的定位技术。
巴斯克斯和费利克斯分别在凤凰城警局服役了8年和9年。焦尔达诺未详细说明，但表示两人此前均违反过部门规定，但“性质都不像这次这么严重”。
凤凰城警察工会——当地警察协会在一份声明中表示，“对针对两名前凤凰城警官的指控行为深感不安……如果指控属实，这些行为严重违背了公众信任，也不符合凤凰城警察局全体警员日常展现的专业精神和正直操守。……我们支持焦尔达诺局长和警局在调查后解雇这两名警官的决定。”
凤凰城警局的调查和审计仍在进行中。
2 Phoenix police officers fired, arrested after violent, unreported traffic stop, police chief says
August 24, 2026 / 5:50 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Phoenix — Two Phoenix police officers were fired and arrested after an unreported traffic stop in which they assaulted a man and woman and shocked them with a Taser, the city’s police chief said.
Officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez were arrested on charges including aggravated assault and kidnapping, Police Chief Matt Giordano said at a news conference Saturday.
“Detectives have confirmed that the two former officers physically assaulted both the man and woman during the traffic stop,” Giordano said. “The investigation also shows that a Taser was used on the victims during the stop.”
CBS Phoenix affiliate KPHO-TV reported Sunday evening that newly released court documents say both officers admitted to their involvement in a violent traffic stop.
At their initial court appearance Saturday night, a judge set a $100,000 secured appearance bond for each defendant, with electronic monitoring required if they’re released, KPHO said. Their next court date is scheduled for Friday.
The officers didn’t report the Aug. 5 traffic stop and didn’t activate their body-worn cameras, Giordano said.
“There is no video evidence, but we established what we believe is probable cause that these crimes were committed,” Giordano said, adding there was no indication that the officers knew the victims.
“There is no excuse for the conduct that these two officers engaged in,” Giordano continued, according to CBS Phoenix affiliate KPHO-TV.
Dave Evans, a spokesperson for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, said Sunday that Vasquez had been released from custody while Felix remained incarcerated at the Lower Buckeye Jail in Phoenix.
Attempts by CBS News to determine who their defense attorneys are to request comment were unsuccessful.
The male driver and woman passenger reported that the officers smashed the car window during the late-night traffic stop in Phoenix, according to a statement from Phoenix police. Vasquez punched the man and threatened to shoot him, while the woman was removed from the vehicle and handcuffed, the statement said.
The man managed to drive away and abandoned the car in neighboring Tempe, while the woman was released at the scene, the statement added.
A police officer in neighboring Tempe who responded to the abandoned car asked over dispatch whether it had fled from any neighboring police agencies and was told it had not, according to a Tempe police report.
The Tempe officer called the car’s registered owner, the mother of the male driver, and through her was able to connect with the woman passenger and eventually the male driver. The woman passenger told the officer that both of them had been shocked with a Taser, while the man later told the officer that he had been punched in the face multiple times and that they had repeatedly asked why they had been stopped.
The Tempe officer wrote in the report that he believed they were victims of an attempted carjacking by people impersonating police officers.
Giordano, the Phoenix police chief, said he had a similar reaction when he initially learned of the incident as it was “so far outside the bounds of our policies.” But when detectives started looking into it, they realized Phoenix officers might be involved and transitioned the case to a special investigations detail, he said.
“That’s when they started putting evidence together, including the automatic vehicle locator that did put a vehicle at that location about the time that the victims reported it occurred,” Giordano said, referring to the location technology in city vehicles.
Vasquez and Felix had served eight and nine years with Phoenix police, respectively. Giordano, without elaborating, said both had previously violated department policy but that it was “nothing of this nature.”
The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association — the local police union — said in a statement that it “is deeply troubled by the conduct alleged against two former Phoenix police officers. … If proven, these actions represent a significant breach of the public trust and do not reflect the professionalism and integrity demonstrated every day by the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department. … We support Chief Giordano and the Department’s decision to terminate the officers following its investigation.”
The Phoenix department’s investigation and audit are ongoing.
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