Glendale Crime Stoppers, a nonprofit corporation that will pay up to $1,000 for tips that lead to an arrest, chalked up its first arrests just one week after the program was announced to the public Feb. 23. A caller led police to a 20-year-old man and 19-year-old woman who were later arrested on felony drug and illegal weapons charges, said Rick Barnes, president of the Crime Stoppers board of directors.

While the Crime Stoppers board, whose members are local business people and residents, is dedicated to keeping crime at bay, Barnes said an arrest in a high-profile crime may be what the group needs to draw attention to itself and make more people aware that they can phone in crime tips with anonymity and without fear of retribution.