Sedona AZ (September 21, 2018) – On September 13, 2018, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives were contacted by the Paradise Valley Police Department for assistance in a real estate fraud case involving a South Cordes Lakes Drive, Cordes Lakes, Arizona property. Paradise Valley detectives were investigating an elderly victim’s complaint that someone had forged documents showing... 

Sedona AZ (August 29, 2018) – On August 27, 2018, around 7:30 in the morning, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to an in-progress residential burglary in the 34000 block of Bertha Street, Black Canyon City. When the first deputy arrived, he heard someone yelling inside the home and, as he entered through an open door, saw a person dressed in all black on top of an... 

Sedona AZ (December 16, 2017) – On December 10, 2017, a YCSO deputy met with a theft victim on Yarber Wash Road in Dewey, Arizona. The theft complaint led to an investigation and the arrest of Joshua Vidrine, 38, of Prescott Valley, Arizona, for Burglary, Theft and Trafficking in Stolen Property. The Dewey victim told the deputy while reviewing local Facebook classified ads, he noticed a pair... 

Sedona AZ (May 24, 2017) – Please note, the investigation remains active and further details will not be released at this time: On Sunday, May 21, 2017, deputies took a missing person report involving Sandra Pagniano, 39, who resides in the 13000 block of North Yaqui Drive, Prescott, Arizona. The report was made by a family friend. Sandra was last seen on Friday, May 19, 2017, and when she did... 

Sedona AZ (February 16, 2017) – In the month of December 2016, Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (P.A.N.T.) detectives began receiving information about a subject identified as Shawn Victor Brown, 46, from Sedona, concerning the illegal possession and sale of drugs. Detectives began to learn that Brown was operating in the Verde Valley and Sedona. On February 13, 2017, P.A.N.T. detectives... 

Sean Sparling arrested for Crown King AZ burglaries Sedona AZ (October 18, 2016) – Just before 6:00 in the morning on October 17, 2016, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a reported robbery in Crown King, Arizona. A man, later identified as Sean Sparling, 34, from Phoenix, went into two cabins, demanded and stole phones from the persons inside, even threatening... 

Sedona AZ (August 31, 2016) – On August 29, 2016, at approximately 9:30 in the morning, Mina Gooldy, 58, was arrested at her 1000 block of Dixon Drive, Prescott, Arizona home. Recently, detectives from the Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) task force developed information involving heroin sales by Gooldy from her home. Based on this evidence, detectives obtained a search... 

Sedona AZ (June 16, 2016) – On June 6, 2016, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the Mormon’s Crossing Day Use parking lot in Cornville, Arizona, after receiving reports of two vehicle burglaries. Two female adult victims had parked their respective vehicles at the location to access the nearby creek. When they returned to the parking area, both realized their... 

Lawrence “Larry” “LP” Powers of Murphys California presumed dead under suspicious circumstances after disappearing in 2007. Sedona AZ (May 27, 2016) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help with a 2007 missing person’s case that has strong indications of foul play. The victim, Lawrence “Larry” J. Powers, 58 years old at the time,... 

Sedona AZ (March 10, 2016) – While on overnight patrol keeping our communities safe, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a 1991 Gold Honda Accord on March 4, 2016, around midnight at the Cornville County Market in the 9400 block of Cornville Road, Cornville, AZ. The Honda had been picked up on radar for speeding. Three males were inside the car including the front seat passenger,...