Sedona AZ (May 20, 2017) – In an effort to save more lives on Arizona roadways, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is joining the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and our local law enforcement partners to enforce Arizona’s seat belt and child safety seat laws. The enforcement effort will run from May 22 through June 4, 2017. Arizona has a secondary seat belt law that allows officers... 

Dynamite (pictured above) in use during the construction of Douglas Dam, a Tennessee hydroelectric dam built in record time in the early 1940s to meet emergency energy needs at the height of World War II. (Public domain photo) Sedona AZ (May 18, 2017) – On May 17, 2017, around 2:15 in the afternoon, two men walked into the Yarnell Sheriff’s substation to report finding a box of dynamite while... 

Hiker alone with no food or water, cell phone battery dying, wearing shorts, shirt and sandals, completely lost and unable to retrace steps, did not want to stray due to possible drop offs hidden by heavy brush. Sedona AZ (April 27, 2017) – A “hiker alone and stuck with no food or water, cell phone battery dying, wearing shorts, shirt and sandals, completely lost and unable to retrace steps,... 

John Freeman John Freeman Sedona AZ (March 27, 2017) – UPDATE 3:45 p.m. – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Department jointly announce that suspect John Freeman was arrested within the last twenty minutes. Further details to follow on SedonaEye.com news. UPDATE  2:30 p.m. – There were three suspects involved in the incident. The first... 

Sedona AZ (March 14, 2017) – Plan to join the conversation about human trafficking in the Verde Valley on Tuesday, March 21, 6:30 in the evening, Church of the Nazarene, 55 Rojo, Village of Oak Creek, Sedona, Arizona 86351. Yavapai County law enforcement will be present to discuss what can be done to protect our children and grandchildren from traffickers. This presentation will cover definitions... 

Sedona AZ (February 16, 2017) – In the month of December 2016, Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (P.A.N.T.) detectives began receiving information about a subject identified as Shawn Victor Brown, 46, from Sedona, concerning the illegal possession and sale of drugs. Detectives began to learn that Brown was operating in the Verde Valley and Sedona. On February 13, 2017, P.A.N.T. detectives... 

Convicted in California, Level Two sex offender David Paul Breaux has registered a Camp Verde AZ address Sedona AZ (January 21, 2017) – The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is required to release the following information pursuant to ARS 13-3825, the Community Notification on Sex Offenders Law. The offender in this publication has indicated that he will be living in the unincorporated area of... 

Sedona AZ (January 11, 2017) – In November of 2016, after a tip-off to a trailhead burglary suspect’s identity, a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detective began following case leads and obtained information from an electronics store about a cell phone purchased using the victim’s stolen credit card. He traced the cell phone serial number to a Prescott Valley man, Robert Abbott, 26,... 

Suspect Ferrero on the right has been arrested. YCSO detectives are seeking to identify and arrest Ferrero’s accomplice (pictured on the left) wearing tee shirt with graphic. Sedona AZ (January 3, 2017) – On December 27, 2016, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives located Nick Ferrero, 43, at a home in Prescott Valley, Arizona, and arrested him for involvement in a Mayer (AZ)... 

Sedona AZ (December 8, 2016) – Yesterday afternoon, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a scam victim who reported receiving a call from a male suspect identifying himself as “Lt. Dave Williams” from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. The caller told her that she had a warrant for failing to appear for jury duty, and was able to confirm her correct social security...