Prescott News

Monday is Day Four of Yavapai Silent Witnesses “Catch 22” program to start 2021. Today the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is requesting your help in locating 54-year-old Michael William Burch. He is wanted on a felony charge of impersonation. The charge is from a February 2019 incident in which Burch misrepresented his identity to aFull Story

A Prescott teen has been arrested for extreme DUI after a New Year’s Eve accident in Prescott. Police were called to a Shell Convenience Store on the 82-hundred block of East State Route 69 at around 11:35 p.m. It was at Robert Road and State Route 69, that a car driven by 18-year-old Cassandra TimmFull Story

One person was injured after a vehicle rear-ended an unmarked police car Tuesday in Prescott. Officers were called to Whipple and Division streets at around 10:36 a.m. when an unmarked traffic enforcement vehicle was involved in an accident with a 2008 green Hyundai Accent. The car was driven by a 32-year-old Prescott woman, who failedFull Story

The Prescott Valley Police Department Traffic Unit has implemented a new phone-in hotline specifically for traffic-related issues. The new hotline is designed to accept calls and record voice messages from citizens regarding local speed complaints, problems that citizens observe with traffic flows, traffic-related questions, or traffic-related issues that do not require an immediate police response.Full Story

A 75-year-old Cottonwood man was recently scammed out of thousands of dollars in two separate phone scams. The first call took place between December 13th and 18th. A scammer who went by the name “Mike McCarthy” told the man his social security number had been used for illegal activity in Texas and in order toFull Story

Yavapai County Sheriff’s investigators have made an arrest in connection with the discovery of human remains near Prescott recently. Deputies were called to an area off Contreras Road, North of Iron Springs Road where human remains were found Saturday. Then additional remains were found Sunday in the Camp Wood area off Williamson Valley, northwest ofFull Story

The 10th Annual Whiskey Row New Year’s Eve Boot Drop in Prescott has been canceled due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. The event planners said in a statement, “we didn’t make this decision lightly. We just felt we couldn’t add to the stress of our healthcare workers and law enforcement and hope everyone staysFull Story

Investigators are looking into the discovery of possible human remains found in a remote area near Prescott Saturday. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies were called to an area off Contreras Road, North of Iron Springs Road about the discovery. Then additional remains were found Sunday in the Camp Wood area off Williamson Valley, northwest of Prescott.Full Story

The City of Prescott says it will pause approval of public events on city property for 90 days from this past Wednesday. Any public events scheduled within the 90 day window will not be approved by the city. The action is in response to the continuing high case count of COVID-19 and the stress onFull Story

A man was caught on a “Ring” doorbell camera in Prescott Valley that may be the suspect wanted in connection with suspicious activity recently in the North Squaw Drive area. A Yavapai County deputy was called to the 29-hundred block of Kings Highway East Monday afternoon at around 4 p.m. The resident said an unknownFull Story