Jhampier Mendoza Torez of Mexico arrested for drug smuggling on Arizona I-17 northbound. Sedona AZ –  On February 12, 2019, around 1:30 a.m., Jhampier Mendoza Torez, 20, the driver of a car pulled over for a traffic stop on AZ I-17 northbound, near mile marker 276 at Cordes Lakes, Arizona, was arrested and is being charged with Transportation of Dangerous Drugs (18 pounds of crystal meth), Possession... 

Photos courtesy AZDPS Sedona AZ – The Arizona Department of Public Safety’s (AZDPS) Arizona State Gang Task Force, in collaboration with the Globe Police Department, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, the Show Low Police Department and the Gila County Attorney’s Office, crippled an organized criminal network which sold illicit drugs within Gila and Navajo Counties. The investigation code... 

Cottonwood home raid finds drugs, money and guns and a ledger book with customer names, payments and debts. Sedona AZ (January 11, 2019) – This release was delayed due to the investigation involving detectives from the Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Force (PANT). On December 19, 2018, Jairo Chavez-Rodriguez, 39, was arrested at a Cottonwood area service station for Possession... 

Sedona AZ (September 12, 2018) –  On September 6, 2018, just before 11:00 p.m., Dustin Perley, 38, and Ann Duffy, 34, both from Phoenix and David Everitt Jr., 48, from Clarkdale were arrested for various drug charges following a traffic stop on AZ I-17 near Cordes Lakes, Arizona. A Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a U-Haul marked GMC Sierra pickup travelling north of Cordes... 

Sedona AZ (April 13, 2018) – On April 12, 2018, at 4:15 in the afternoon, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a Cornville Road multiple vehicle collision near mile marker 7, Cornville. Deputies arrived to see a traffic back up and fire personnel on scene treating the injured. Two of the three vehicles involved were badly damaged. A gray Chevrolet Sonic, driven by Arlene... 

Sedona AZ (March 26, 2018) – In recent weeks, Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) detectives obtained information regarding heroin sales in the Prescott Valley, Arizona area. PANT has been monitoring overdose incidents and likely connected traffickers in the Prescott basin to aid in developing suspects involved in narcotics sales. One of these investigations resulted in identifying... 

Sedona AZ (October 23, 2016) – On October 13, 2016, at approximately 9:30 in the evening, the Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Force (P.A.N.T.), along with personnel from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant seeking evidence of illegal drug use and possession for sales at a residence in the 3900 block of Beaver Vista Road, Rimrock, Arizona. During the... 

Truck hauling hay trailers rolls over near Prescott Sedona AZ (October 12, 2016) – On October 11, 2016, at approximately 6:45 in the morning, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a truck rollover crash on Iron Springs Road, Prescott, Arizona. The driver of the truck, Tommy Baysinger, 60, from Arizona, had been injured and was transported to Yavapai Regional Medical... 

Marie Saiz arrested on drug charges Sedona AZ (September 9, 2016) –  On September 7, 2016, at approximately 11:00 in the morning, detectives from Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) assisted with a probationary search at a home in the 700 block of Flora Street, Prescott. The investigation resulted in the arrest of probationer and resident Marie Saiz, 28, on multiple charges. In... 

Sedona AZ (September 1, 2016) – On August 31, 2016, at approximately 7:45 in the evening, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputy traveling west on County Road 15 towards Bagdad, Arizona, drove up behind a silver passenger car moving in an unusual manner. The vehicle would speed up and slow down for no apparent reason, continuing this pattern for some distance. A records check of the...