Lenda Hester arrested Sedona AZ (June 7, 2016) – On June 6, 2016, four people were arraigned in Coconino County Superior Court following a May 25, 2016 Grand Jury indictment for the death of six-year-old, Jason Hester. The indictment was determined after an almost year long investigation into the boy’s death by Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Detectives. On June 22, 2015, Jason was found... 

Sedona AZ (March 31, 2016) – On Thursday, March 31, 2016, around 9:48 in the morning, the Flagstaff Police/Coconino Sheriff 911 Dispatch Center received an emergency call from a distraught man en route to the Flagstaff Medical Center with his approximately two year old son. The man told dispatch that the child had been struck by his truck as he was leaving his driveway. Officers in the field... 

View of San Francisco Peaks, site of the Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff AZ. Sedona AZ (June 28, 2015) – Two injured hikers were rescued off Kendrick Mountain and the San Francisco Peaks on Saturday, June 27, 2015. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received two separate calls of injured hikers on different mountains near Flagstaff, Arizona.  The calls were received within less than sixty... 

Sedona Rope Rescue team in action Sedona AZ (June 26, 2015) – At noontime on June 25, 2015, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and Coconino County Search and Rescue personnel were called to the scene of a rappelling accident in the Sycamore Falls area of Flagstaff, Arizona. According to the caller, a 56-year-old man had been struck by a falling rock and was at the bottom of the canyon. Due... 

Kaelyn Curry of Clarkdale survives a fiery Beaverhead Flat road crash with the aid of good Samaritans Sedona AZ (January 23, 2015) – Just before 6:00 this morning, at mile marker 3 on Beaverhead Flat Road, Kaelyn Curry, 21, of Clarkdale, Arizona, was driving northbound when her vehicle left the roadway, overturned, and landed on a small hill along the Cornville highway. The crashed vehicle was... 

Bertrand Eugene arrested for child kidnapping Sedona AZ (December 5, 2014) – On Wednesday, December 3, 2014, at approximately 8:30 in the morning, Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a call from the Flagstaff Medical Center Emergency Department about an eight-year-old boy’s kidnapping. At the medical center, CCSO Deputies spoke with the grandfather and legal guardian of the... 

Sedona AZ (May 15, 2014) – On May 14, 2014, at approximately 5:00 p.m., the Coconino County Arizona Sheriff’s Office, Flagstaff, received a report of a traffic collision on Snowbowl Road in the area of mile post 3.4. Upon arrival, CCSO found a freight-liner flatbed utility truck rolled over. During the investigation, CCSO deputies found that the truck was owned by Allison Transmission out... 

Sedona AZ (April 2, 2014) – On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the Sedona Fire District emergency crews responded to a reported injured hiker near the Devil’s Bridge. Upon arrival, SFD units determined that a 50 year old female, while hiking with her family, had fallen approximately 75 feet and sustained potentially life threatening injuries. Quickly providing initial... 

Sedona AZ (September 26, 2013) – Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a helicopter crash that occurred at approximately 9:29 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25, 2013, near Forest Service Road 171 approximately twelve miles northwest of Flagstaff. Medical personnel from the Ponderosa Fire District also responded to this incident. Emergency first responders found four people in... 

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Area Commands Sedona AZ (April 1, 2013) – On March 29, 2013, around 1:oo in the afternoon, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a motel on Route 66 in Seligman, Arizona, where EMS personnel were treating a gunshot wound victim. The man was identified as 31-year-old Francico Pacheco-Lozania from the Verde Valley. He was airlifted to...