Sedona AZ (November 18, 2016) – On November 16, 2016 around 11:00 in the morning, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a request for a welfare check at a residence south of Twin Arrows. The reporting party advised dispatch that her co-worker had not shown up for work and was not answering the door. CCSO Deputies responded and made a forced entry. They located 55-year-old Mary... 

Historic Prescott AZ courthouse Sedona AZ (November 13, 2016) – The Yavapai Superior Court will be participating in National Adoption Day this Saturday, November 19, 2016, at the Juvenile Justice Center at 1100 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott. Adoptions begin at 10:00 a.m. and the event is expected to conclude about 12:30 in the afternoon. This is a very exciting time for children and families... 

Palo Verde Generating Station nuclear plant Sedona AZ (November 4, 2016) – On Wednesday, November 9, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, in cooperation with local and State agencies, will test the 58 outdoor warning sirens located within the 10-mile emergency planning zone of the nuclear generating station. The annual testing will activate the sirens twice, once at noon and again at 12:30... 

Sedona AZ (October 31, 2016) – On October 27, 2016, about 4:45 p.m., Yavapai County Sheriff’ Office deputies were dispatched to a campsite near the main trailhead area off Fossil Creek Road (southeast of Camp Verde) following a report of a deceased male. Arriving deputies confirmed the death and after notifying YCSO of the need for detectives, secured the area and interviewed a witness... 

Sedona AZ (October 28, 2016) – Governor Doug Ducey announced this week that Arizona drivers who have ordered the Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Awareness specialty license plate helped raise $2 million for cancer screening and treatment in the past decade. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Motor Vehicle Division has issued nearly 110,000 Pink Ribbon plates since 2006 when legislation... 

Sedona AZ (October 28, 2016) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Cold Case Unit has solved the missing persons case of Brian Nez. Nez, a 19-year-old Native American male from Flagstaff, had been reported missing by his family on October 25, 1994. The information from the initial investigation found that Nez was believed to have last been seen at a party in Winslow, AZ in August or September... 

Sedona AZ (October 24, 2016) – On October 15, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detective was involved in the investigation of a homicide which occurred late at night on October 14, 2016, in the 4000 block of East Airport Drive, Rimrock, Arizona. A seventeen year old suspect was eventually arrested and the homicide scene was under full protective containment by YCSO personnel, but... 

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... 

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 (October 17, 2016) – When surveyed, over 80 percent of teens said they use their smartphones while driving. According to a new report from State Farm insurance company, American teens who choose to be distracted by their smartphones when they’re behind the wheel are also more likely to participate in other dangerous driving behaviors, like speeding, driving under the influence...