Prescott News

A Paulden man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and attempted sexual assault charges. Yavapai County Sheriff’s investigators learned that a juvenile victim first met 21-year-old Hunter Vance Tingery through Facebook back around March 13th. The victim and a friend when to his house, where he invited bothFull Story

A Prescott Valley Police officer is recovering after he was attacked by a man early Tuesday morning. Officers responded to the intersection of North Navajo Drive and East Superstition Drive at around 4:45 a.m. on a report of a shirtless man dancing in the intersection. Officers tried to stop Adam Lee James Ellis, who hadFull Story

Prescott Police seized over a pound of meth during a traffic stop last week. An officer stopped a black Toyota Corolla in the 12-hundred block of East Gurley Street last Friday at around 10:50 p.m. on an equipment violation. The driver was 47-year-old Tammy Nelson from California. During the stop a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse pulledFull Story

A missing Prescott Valley teen, who has been missing since 2019, has been found. The Prescott Valley Police Department had been looking for 17-year-old Anela Jade Lopez since December. Anela was allowed to go to a friend’s house on December 5th and hadn’t been seen since. Lopez has family in Arizona and California. No furtherFull Story

Three people have been arrested on drug charges in Chino Valley. PANT detectives obtained a search warrant last Tuesday for a house in the 34-hundred block of Cactus Drive. They had information meth was being sold from the home. The dealers were identified as 22-year-old Michael Jarvis and 26-year-old Cheyanne Yetter, both from Chino Valley.Full Story

Authorities have arrested a 59-year-old Prescott man on multiple drug charges involving sales of meth. The sales involved Kenneth Wesson who lived at the home in the 900 block of Pike Place. On September 10th, detectives obtained a search warrant for Wesson and his residence. Prescott Police Officers initially located Wesson outside the home andFull Story

Prescott Valley Police are looking for a suspicious vehicle that was spotted in the Pronghorn neighborhood Wednesday night by two teenage girls. The girls tell police they saw the vehicle in the area of Antelope Meadows Drive and Welsh Mountain Drive at around 8 p.m. The girls say another girl, possibly ten-to-15 years old, yelledFull Story

Gas prices across Arizona are down over a cent this week. Triple-A Arizona says the average price of gas at the state’s pumps is $2.30 a gallon. In Flagstaff, the average price of gas is unchanged from last week, staying at $2.37 a gallon. Some stations are selling gas for $2.29 and lower. In Prescott,Full Story

Law enforcement officials in Yavapai County are getting tough on meth. Yavapai Silent Witness is now offering a $400 minimum cash reward for information leading to an arrest of meth dealers. Officials say a minimum amount depends on the magnitude of the case. The goal of the reward is in line with law enforcement’s desireFull Story

Prescott Police found a missing three-year-old boy locked in a vehicle Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to the 400 block of South Overland Drive at around 12:30 p.m. regarding the missing child. Officials say the child was last seen playing in the common room area of the home. His mother checked on him about 15Full Story