Verde River winds through desert areasSedona AZ (May 29, 2014) – On May 25, 2014, around noon, Arizona Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers were notified that two Tempe area teens, ages 13 and 15, were canoeing along the Verde River and had failed to reach their designated pull off point at Beasley Flats Recreation area. YCSO’s Rescue 1 helicopter was launched immediately... 

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Area Commands MapSedona AZ (May 27, 2014) – On May 21, 2014, around 9:30 in the morning, Yavapai County Arizona Sheriff’s Office K9 deputies stopped a red 2013 Toyota Corolla with Texas plates, traveling east on Arizona Interstate 40 in the Ash Fork area, after several lane change violations and excessive speed. The two vehicle occupants, a 31-year-old male... 

Sedona AZ (May 26, 2014) – Anthony Palermo, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Community Relations Specialist, offers this copy of a Family Disaster Plan and Personal Survival sheet, along with Code Red Instructions, for individual and family emergency preparedness planning. Prepare today and share this link with others – remember – Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance!: For... 

Sedona AZ (May 25, 2014) – Yavapai County Arizona Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating allegations that two men entered a home in the Ponderosa Park subdivision off White Spar Road, Prescott, on Thursday, May 15, 2014, around 4:45 PM, and physically assaulted a teenage female when she arrived home alone. There was no forced entry. The victim was treated for minor injuries.... 

Sedona AZ (May 18, 2014)– Just before 12:30 PM on May 17, 2014, YCSO deputies were dispatched to a traffic accident involving a vehicle and three bicyclists. One of the bike riders, 48-year-old Ethelyn Hartline of Gilbert, Arizona, was airlifted to Flagstaff Medical Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, in critical condition and died just before 6:00 p.m. The two other bike riders involved in the accident,... 

Sedona AZ (May 8, 2014) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce a brand new video visitation system now available at the Camp Verde Detention Center. The system officially began on-line Monday, April 28, 2014, and will eventually replace the former face-to-face (through glass) method of inmate visitation. Video visitation will greatly increase opportunities inmates have... 

Sedona AZ (April 30, 2014) –  On April 23, 2014, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the 4300 block of Cliffside Trail, Rimrock, Arizona, regarding a vandalism complaint. A property management company representative told deputies that suspect(s) unknown forcibly entered the unoccupied home damaging every wall and surface in every room with heavy paint splatter. Inside... 

Sedona AZ (April 22, 2014) – Just after three o’clock in the morning of April 20, 2014, Arizona Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the 1400 block of Verde Valley School Road about a hit and run accident. The reporting party told deputies that after hearing screeching tires and a loud crashing sound, he went outside and found extensive damage to a concrete wall,... 

Sedona AZ (April 21, 2014) – Yesterday, April 20, 2014, around 11:30 AM, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were contacted regarding a missing married couple last seen the prior evening (April 19) in the town of Crown King,  Arizona. The couple, John Mendoza, 44, and Lisa Gutierrez, 42, from El Mirage, Arizona, left Crown King around 10:00 in the evening on Saturday in their 1969... 

Sedona AZ (April 18, 2014) – Darryl Drake, a member of the Southern Yavapai County Sheriff’s Response Team reported, “A Texas couple, taking “the dirt road” to California, found themselves mired in deep sand in far western Yavapai County Monday afternoon. After the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was notified (late afternoon on April 14, 2014) a “hasty” search...