Prescott News

Gas prices rose this week across the state. Triple-A Arizona says the average price of gas in the state rose over six-cents a gallon to $2.29 a gallon. In Flagstaff, gas prices are up nearly seven-cents a gallon on average from last week to $2.42 a gallon. Some stations are selling gas for $2.39 andFull Story

A 15-year-old has been arrested in connection with multiple burglaries in the Prescott Valley area recently. In one instance, officers were called to the Quailwood Area of Prescott Valley on Tijuana Street in the early morning hours of December 9th. Taken from one of the vehicles was a 9MM semi-automatic pistol and a loaded magazine.Full Story

Thursday is Day Seven of Yavapai Silent Witness’ “Catch 22” program. Today we focus on finding 35-year-old Anival Diaz-Moreno. In the early morning hours of April 16th, 2018 a woman was at a home in the seven-thousand block of Horseshoe Lane in Prescott Valley when she heard someone pounding on her sliding glass door. SheFull Story

An statewide AMBER Alert issued for four missing kids has been canceled. The Eloy Police Department was searching for the children after it was reported that Melanie Davis failed to comply with a court order regarding their custody. Authorities says Melanie failed to comply with DCS and law enforcement. The children are 13-year-old DeAndre Davis,Full Story

Prescott Police made two arrests New Year’s Eve, with one having a blood alcohol content over five times the legal limit. Four police officers stopped 25 vehicles and issued 22 tickets and 40 warning on New Year’s Eve in Prescott during their saturation patrol. One of the two arrested was a man from Page, whoFull Story

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 47-year-old Neil Allan McCarthy. On December 28th, just after 11 a.m., McCarthy assaulted an adult family member in the parking lot of a restaurant in Yarnell. During the altercation, McCarthy struck the victim in the face and hit his head against a car causing injury to theFull Story

Tuesday is Day Five of the “Catch 22” program with Yavapai Silent Witness. Today we focus on finding 41-year-old Brian Allen Curtis. On April 28th, 2019, Curtis and two other adult males, assaulted an elderly male in a tunnel near a business located in the 19-hundred block of West State Route 89A in Sedona. DuringFull Story

A Prescott man was arrested last week after he was found passed out inside a vehicle at a gas station in Peeples Valley. A Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputy was flagged down at the store back on December 29th at around 7:30 a.m. The reporting party told the deputy a vehicle was parked by one ofFull Story

A Prescott man was recently arrested during a traffic stop for having over 80 fentanyl pills in the vehicle. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say 30-year-old Christopher Dowdy from Prescott and a passenger, 33-year-old Benjamin Wallach from Phoenix, were pulled over back on December 17th on Interstate-17 near Black Canyon City for several moving violations. TheFull Story

Prescott city councilwoman Billie Orr is stepping down from the Prescott City Council. She made the announcement Monday. Orr says her plan is to relocate from Prescott for health-related reasons. She says “after careful consideration, my husband Bob and I have decided that it would be in both of our best interests to leave ourFull Story