Ford Hatchett is a Multimedia Journalist at ABC15 in Phoenix. With a focus on aviation, aerospace, and consumer health, he covers a range of topics including travel and tourism, security, and law enforcement. Ford has been featured in NewsChannel 21 / NPG of Oregon, WXII 12 Triad CW, KGUN 9 On Your Side, and NewsBreak.
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Ford Hatchettโs coverage leans toward practical, high-interest local reporting in Phoenix, with recurring attention to airport operations, policing/forensics, and travel-related business impacts. He seems most responsive to pitches that offer timely, on-the-ground angles tied to public safety, investigations, or how major local systems work.
He regularly covers unfolding incidents and explainers, so sources with direct, specific insight into active cases, airport/security procedures, law enforcement issues, or travel trends in Arizona are likely to be a good fit. Pitches tied to local developments, seasonal travel, or behind-the-scenes operational changes should resonate well.
Given his local focus on Phoenix and the broader Arizona area, keep outreach tightly centered on that geography.
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Ajay Christopher Butcher, 26, was arrested on Tuesday, accused of aggravated assault aggravated assault, first-degree criminal trespassing, and disorderly conduct with a weapon.
By: Ford Hatchett
One week after 17-year-old Kevin Zamora was shot and killed inside Desert Sky Mall, the community gathered Tuesday to support his family with a car wash fundraiser outside Ace of Wingz.
Julie McNeil died in an early Sunday house fire in Pinetop. Her neighbor, Luanne Kilmer, was saved and is now off a ventilator and recovering.
Army Sgt. Jake Sheldon remains in a coma on life support after a driver struck his motorcycle on Interstate 8 near Gila Bend.
The family of a man shot and killed by Chandler police is suing the police department and the city of Chandler, seeking more than $10 million in damages.
By: Ford Hatchett
Five years after Alisha Hale was murdered in Phoenix, her family is renewing their pleas for justice as investigators pursue a new theory in the case.
By: Ford Hatchett
A Glendale man faces a first-degree murder charge after prosecutors say he ran over an elderly woman with his car during a purse snatching, killing her in front of her husband.
A 34-year-old man is dead after driving an SUV into a San Tan Valley home on Wednesday evening, where a resident inside opened fire.
Maricopa County Animal Crimes and MASH units served a search warrant on a Tonopah property, seizing 19 dogs found without adequate drinking water.
By: Ford Hatchett
A former Buckeye police officer is headed to trial on two counts of aggravated assault after internal investigations documented what supervisors described as excessive and unnecessary force.
