Prescott News

The 2020 Census will continue until the end of October. A federal judge stopped the census from finishing at the end of the month, which is next week, and ordered the U.S. head count to continue to its original end date of October 31st. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said in her ruling late lastFull Story

Prescott Police responded to a home Wednesday on a report of shots fired by an elderly military veteran. Officers arrived at the home on the 37-hundred block of North Taylor Drive at around 11:42 p.m. A roommate had been awakened by gunshots and fled the home with her two dogs and called police. Upon arrivalFull Story

Gas prices are down a tad this week across the state. Triple-A Arizona says gas was down a cent on average to $2.29 a gallon. In Flagstaff, gas was down a cent to $2.36 a gallon on average. Some stations are selling gas for $2.29 and lower. In Prescott, gas prices were down just overFull Story

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