12/3/2009 11:19:00 PM
YCSO arrests suspected burglars
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Yavapai County sheriff's deputies arrested two Prescott men Tuesday on several charges including burglary after someone spotted them in the yard of a Dewey business with cable cutters.
At 7 a.m., deputies responded to the report of a burglary in progress at MDI Rock in the 14000 block of Highway 169.
Employees arriving for work saw two men in the yard area with a large pair of cable cutters. When employees called out to them, both men ran through a wash and got into a white Chrysler Sebring convertible, said Dwight D'Evelyn, media and crime prevention coordinator for the sheriff's office.
As the men drove away, employees tried to block the vehicle from leaving, but couldn't, he said.
Deputies determined the suspects had cut copper cabling and wire and stacked it to load in their car, D'Evelyn said.
"Two spools of wire were stacked off to the side," he said. "This copper wiring is very valuable to recyclers. Thieves tend to gravitate toward businesses that have these types of items."
An employee followed the suspects north on Highway 69 where they drove erratically and allegedly forced a vehicle off the road, D'Evelyn said.
A deputy driving toward Prescott Valley from Prescott saw the convertible traveling on Highway 69 at Lee Boulevard, stopped it, and found two men inside who matched the employees' descriptions, D'Evelyn said.
Jesse Lamb, 33, and Joseph Wohl, 40, both of Prescott, told the deputy they were returning from a hike in Dewey and said someone had chased them off private property. Deputies searched the car and found wire cutters and jackets covered with dirt and debris.
Deputies arrested Lamb and Wohl on charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools, criminal damage, reckless endangerment and theft. While deputies were booking them into the county jail, they found Lamb had drugs concealed in a bag hidden in his underwear, D'Evelyn said. The bag contained six used hypodermic needles, a spoon with brown residue, Q-tip heads with brown residue and a straight-edge blade. A preliminary test of the residue indicated methamphetamine, he said.
Deputies also charged Lamb with possession of drug paraphernalia and promoting prison contraband.
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Posted: Saturday, December 05, 2009
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Nice job YCSO!
Folks, this isn't a police blotter. It's a small town rag that can only exist if they blend stories about animals, knitting, arts and crafts fairs and the occasional car wreck. Besides the naive, sheeplike populace doesn't want to read bad stories 'cause it might scare them... They want to ignore reality and cotinue to live in Candyland. Does make for better victims, though...
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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curious
To"Frustrated" - What other news sources provide better coverage?
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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what other online news source?
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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No name provided
Well, "Frustrated", while I'm not sure of the time sequence in them getting the story about the "Game Stop" robbery, they did cover that story. However, you are absolutely CORRECT that there is a very interesting, confusing and rather mysterious process that occurs with regard to what crimes/criminals are featured in the paper. I personally know of some things that happened on Thanksgiving that got some folks arrested and never saw a shred of that in the paper. I really don't care so much about those particular matters being in the paper and am probably somewhat relieve for the people involved to not have had all that publicity, BUT it does beg the question. Just how is it determined what stories will or will not be featured in the paper, pictures of the perp. and all?
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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Walter Sobchak
frustrated-
the game stop robbery was reported on the 3rd. genius.
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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The Devil Guy
Two more frequent flyers bound for Florence; stupid, stupid, stupid!
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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To "frustrated" - there is an article about the Game Stop robbery actually....just keep reading
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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Frustrated
Why won't the Courier report on ALL of the serious crime that goes on in the area. It seems they always pick and choose these small-time "crime" stories to publish and ignore alot of the major incidents that go on in the area. For example...does anybody relize the the "Game stop" on iron springs road was robbed at gun-point Wednesday night. Police barricade, DPS helocopters, the whole bit. But not a peep from the Daily Courier. How about the "high county bandits" that the FBI are looking for in the area for several armed robberies...
It comes across as if the this paper is trying to further push the idea that this is still "small town prescott" where bad thing dont happen...this is not true people!! wake up...maybe it is due to my current occupation but, 80% of news-worthy serious crimes go unreported, mainly by this newspaper. However, the "other" online news source reports most it.
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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Must be nice to be in your 30's and making a living like this. Your moms should be proud of their babies!
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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An Idea
Why don't the police just patrol the recyclers and make them ID people who bring in copper cable? When someone brings in a suspicious supply of copper cable they can track them.
Posted: Friday, December 04, 2009
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Way to go !!
Outstanding work by the employees and the sherrifs department.That includes the dispatcher that got the call out in a timely manner. Nice way to start the day.
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