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... 

Sedona AZ (August 1, 2016) – On July 1, 2016, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona received a call from the Kane County (Utah) Sheriff’s Office advising that a rancher had located human skeletal remains between Fredonia and Jacob Lake, Arizona. A local rancher was working his cattle range area south of State Highway 89A and located the remains, clothing, boots and a daypack... 

Lake Powell AZ Sedona AZ (July 30, 2016) – On Saturday, August 13, 2016, law enforcement agencies in northern Coconino County will be conducting an Operating Under the Influence (OUI) and boating safety checkpoint at Lake Powell from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. In an effort to reduce the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol and drug involved boat collisions, OUI checkpoints are conducted... 

Sedona AZ (July 26, 2016) – Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue unit recovered the body of a 63-year-old Cornville, Arizona, resident who died while mountain biking during a trail ride with friends. The Northern Arizona Regional 911 Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, received a call at 8:16 a.m. on Sunday, July 24, from a group of mountain bikers advising one of their party had... 

Linda Schleizer (L) missing from home Sedona AZ (July 16, 2016) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public to help with its effort to locate a missing 70 year old woman. Linda Schleizer, 70, walked away from her home outside Ashfork around 4:00 in the afternoon today and failed to return home. Schleizer suffers from severe Alzheimer’s and when stressed, she has a tendency... 

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,...