Family dispute over custody of two-year-old child, Mesa AZ

Family Offense

Reported: 11/16/2025 01:28 PM

Mesa, AZ

Family members are involved in a dispute over custody of a two-year-old child after the mother passed away. The reporting party is caring for the child and the child's sister is refusing to give up the child.

Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Red Mountain Patrol District

01:49

Transcript:

00:00

3Baker 34 and 7 breaker 36 to 420[1], near South Philadelphia Drive unit 36.

00:06

Herbie's trying to pick up their nephew from the dispatch 20 and they're getting in a verbal.

00:13

Reporting party doesn't have custody of the nephew saying nobody has custody.

00:17

Nephew's mother passed away and the nephew's been staying with the reporting party.

00:20

Okay,

00:23

Good duty for a copy now.

00:29

And the nephew involved is a two-year-old.

00:32

The sister who's refusing to exchange is (name withheld).

00:36

I'll get her attached.

00:40

Coffee, can you just have RPC separate and send you on your 7th? 7.4.

00:50

233.

00:52

Go ahead.

00:54

Let me do you see 9 and send me the 420[1].

00:58

Step 4.

01:03

And units for that 421 Vista, I got (name withheld) attached.

01:07

Looks like she has some 38 out of 10v.

01:10

Motion 34.

01:15

Motion 34, go ahead.

01:19

916 for Caballero and Quinn, please.

01:24

Copy.

01:29

And for the 420[1], reporting party is sitting in a brown Nissan Ultima across from the dispatch 20.

01:36

And it looks like the sister is outside right now.

01:39

Sister is a black female, 34 years old, wearing a white shirt, pink or purple pants.

01:44

Five-five heavy set with black hair.

01:46

There's three other adults who are in the home.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

420: Disturbance (verbal/physical altercation)

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