Sedona AZ (February 8, 2014) – On February 5, 2014, Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies assigned to the Williams Grand Canyon (AZ) Patrol District arrested Jose Manuel Hernandez, 20, and two eighteen year olds, Christian Campos and Victoria Mast, charging each with multiple crimes.
CCSO deputies responded to a residence outside the city limits of Williams, Arizona, within the unincorporated area of Coconino County, after a call reported explosions. It was the fourth reported time that the victim and his residence had been targeted.
The home is in a housing area that borders the Elephant Rocks Golf Course.
According to the victim, on each occasion, he would hear as many as three loud explosions in close proximity to his house. During separate investigations, CCSO deputies found as many as three partially destroyed plastic bottles. The evidence collected indicated chemical bombs.
The reported crimes occurred on January 21, 22, 23 and 29 of 2014. On January 22, 2014, one of the investigating deputies made contact with the Burea of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and apprised a Federal ATF Agent of the reports, the subsequent investigations and collected evidence.
CCSO deputies became aware that Williams Police officers were investigating multiple incidents of eggs thrown at parked vehicles within Williams City Limits. A Williams Police officer informed the Sheriff’s Office that Mast, Campos and Hernandez had been observed by him in the CCSO’s victim’s neighborhood in the area of the explosions.
During interviews with CCSO, all three suspects made statements implicating themselves in the crimes of Weapon Misconduct and Harassment, and all three were arrested and charged on both counts.
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