Sedona AZ (July 1, 2016) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Unit coordinated the rescue of two hikers stranded on Wilson Mountain. Around 7:15 in the evening, the regional 911 Center in Flagstaff received a call from two hikers stranded by cliffs on the south face of Wilson Mountain, north of the city of Sedona. The hikers had started their hike around 2:00 p.m. and went... 

Brandon M. Vongthongthip arrested Sedona AZ (June 28, 2016) – Two people are in custody and one person in stable condition after two citizens shot a suspected DUI driver on AZ SR 87 near milepost 278, near Flagstaff, Arizona. On Monday, June 27, 2016, around 2:30 in the afternoon, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) of... 

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 (May 26, 2016) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind all residents and visitors to Northern Arizona over the Memorial Holiday Weekend about some safety measures to keep your weekend enjoyable. The CCSO will conduct increased patrols throughout Coconino County roads, forests and waterways as part of our two-pronged approach of safety education and enforcement.... 

Debra Schwartz found deceased in canyon Sedona AZ (May 8, 2016) – Today at approximately 11:10 in the morning, the body of missing hiker Debra Schwartz was located in an unnamed slot canyon below the rim of Oak Creek Canyon. A three member technical rescue team that was tasked with checking the slot canyons located her. On this third day of this intensive search for the missing ASU Professor,... 

Debra Schwartz missing in Sedona area Sedona AZ (May 6, 2016) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public for help in locating an Arizona State University professor reported missing in Oak Creek Canyon. Debra Schwartz of Tempe, Arizona, was last seen camping by herself the morning of May 4 at Pine Flat Campground. According to the Sheriff’s Office, she was supposed to... 

Sedona AZ (April 22, 2016) – On April 21, 2016, at 8:30 in the morning, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office and Search and Rescue responded to a lost hiker report on Humphrey’s Peak, Flagstaff. The male hiker, 59, was off trail at approximately an 11,700 foot elevation and in an area known as Temptation Gully. He was cold, tired, disoriented, with some underlying medical conditions. CCSO... 

Sedona AZ (April 16, 2016) – On Thursday, April 14, 2016, at about 3:30 in the afternoon, 911 dispatchers received a call from a woman reporting a burglary in progress. Responding to the Mount Elden Lookout Road home, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office deputies met with the caller and learned she had not been assaulted by the suspect and was uninjured. According to the victim, she exited... 

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... 

Sedona AZ (March 30, 2016) – On Monday, March 28, 2016, at 4:49 p.m., a woman residing at a Winchester Drive, Flagstaff, Arizona home reported a suspicious person. According to the caller, a male approached her in the garage saying he needed help. He told her that people were after him and then ran away from the property. Due to his physical appearance and his actions, she believed the man was under...