Prescott News

Authorities are looking for a kidnapping suspect who is wanted in multiple Arizona counties. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies went to a home in Congress Wednesday at around 8 a.m. regarding a suspect vehicle that was involved in an ongoing trespassing and vehicle theft case. As deputies approached they saw 47-year-old Brian Aurelio look at themFull Story

A man connected to accident in Paulden back in May has been arrested in the case. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a truck rollover in the 24-thousand-800 block of North Mitchell Lane in Paulden back on May 5th. When deputies arrived a 16-year-old girl alerted them that her friend was injured. They wentFull Story

A Prescott man was convicted of multiple crimes earlier this week. Forty-one-year-old Richard Brannan was found guilty of aggravated assault, criminal trespass and resisting arrest by a Yavapai County jury Tuesday. Superior Court Judge Krista Carmen also found Brannan guilty of criminal damage. The charges are as a result of an incident at a homeFull Story

A woman has been arrested in connection with exploiting an 89-year-old Dewey man for money. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say in early May, a deputy met with the man and his daughter at his home. The daughter, who admitted not monitoring her dad’s financial situation for several years, recently did and believed his current caregiver,Full Story

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 went 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