On Friday, March 17, all hands were on deck to rescue a family of four who had been swept down Oak Creek while attempting to cross Mormon Crossing, in Cornville, and found themselves stuck in swift and flooded waters.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) had another busy weekend tending to several accidents and DUI events across the county.

According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) there is a new drug on the streets called xylazine, and it’s being detected in many overdose deaths across the country, as it does not respond to naloxone, or Narcan.

On Sunday afternoon, Jan. 8, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) deputies responded to the report of the discovery of human remains just north of Seligman, a news release stated.

On Nov. 23, 2022, 22-year-old homicide victim Tristin Roque of Paulden was shot and killed at a residence on Alpine Drive in Paulden, and after extensive investigation by detectives from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO), the murder weapon has still not been found.

At approximately 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4, Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the home of YCSO Lt. Daniel Raiss after one of his adult daughters called 911 reporting a family fight.

At 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, deputies from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) responded to the report of a vehicle fire with a person possibly inside on Stoneman Lake Road, located a quarter mile east of Interstate 17 in the Sedona area.

Current Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies, along with future hires for the Sheriff’s Office, are in line to receive thousands of dollars in retention and recruitment bonuses in the coming two years through state funds secured by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and approved this week by the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors.

Thanks to cooperation from the community, deputies from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office had a break in a case involving high-dollar vandalism that occurred in a Congress home on Oct. 9.

YCSO deputies responded to a 911 call from a woman on School House Road in Black Canyon City, who stated her husband Thomas Henzler was intoxicated and had fired a bullet into the ceiling to get her attention.

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) and the Prescott Valley Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit conducted a special speed-enforcement detail in Yarnell on Sept. 9, issuing 20 citations for speeding.

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is still investigating the case of an off-duty Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) sergeant who accidentally hit and killed a pedestrian in Yarnell this past Friday evening, Aug. 26.

Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) and Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) deputies arrested two suspects allegedly involved in dealing methamphetamine in Rimrock, the second major meth bust in that area this month.

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 7, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office received a report that a black, grey, and blue utility terrain vehicle (UTV) was involved in a hit and run collision on Fair Oaks Road in Prescott.

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) has identified 53-year-old David Chesney of Queen Creek as the man who was killed in a shooting that occurred at 7:15 p.m. June 25 southwest of Sedona.

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) will play host to a ceremony remembering fallen Yavapai County law-enforcement officers at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, at the courthouse plaza in downtown Prescott.