Prescott News

Yavapai County authorities are looking for a woman who is wanted for identity theft and credit card fraud. Officials say a Paulden woman called deputies last week and said her credit card company notified her about suspicious charges to her account between June 21st and June 23rd of this year. The victim said she physicallyFull Story

A pair of Bank of America branches in Prescott has temporarily closed down due to events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. BofA spokeswoman Colleen Haggerty says “we continue to take steps to support our clients and employees during the health crisis, balancing keeping as many financial centers open as possible while at times briefly closing someFull Story

Some Northern Arizona non-profits who work with the homeless are getting some financial help from the state. Governor Doug Ducey announced a plan Tuesday to distribute near six-million dollars from a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to have Arizonans in need, combat homelessness and help ensure families and individuals keepFull Story

Today is Day 14 of Yavapai Silent Witness’s “Catch 22” program, where each day we will spotlight a person who is wanted in Yavapai County. Today we focus on 60-year-old John Gregory Lukasik. Clarkdale Police are looking for Lukasik, who is wanted for taking sexually explicit photographs and video recording of two separate victims andFull Story

Prescott Police recently investigated a report of a fraud involving prepaid iTunes and Walmart gift cards. On July 9th, a Prescott resident reported that he and his wife had been contacted by a male caller who claimed to be an Apple Technical Support employee. The male caller informed the couple that their Apple accounts hadFull Story

A cold case dating back to 1980 has been solved. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say the body of then 29-year-old Michael E. Lee was found on a two-track road off Highway 179 in Yavapai County in October of 1980. Lee was found with several gunshot wounds to the head. He was an ironworker from IndianaFull Story

An Ash Fork couple were arrested last week after a witness saw them injecting drugs at a Cordes Junction gas station. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies received the tip last Wednesday at around 2 p.m. after a person saw 31-year-old Richard Killeen and 33-year-old Shannon Barnard, both of Ash Fork, inject a drug, later to beFull Story

It’s Day 13 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ “Catch 22” program. Today we feature 25-year-old Ladarrian Acy. The 25-year-old was the rear seat passenger in a traffic stop on eastbound Interstate-40 near Ash Fork on October 24th, 2016. Following a probable cause search by Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies, several duffel bags were found with about tenFull Story

The Slate Fire sparked up Sunday in the Prescott National Forest about eight miles south of Prescott. The lightning-caused fire is burning near Mt. Tritle and has burned about ten acres. Crews used helicopters, large air tankers along with several engines and two hotshot crews to battle the fire Sunday. Fire officials are asking peopleFull Story

The Monument Fire continues to burn 30 miles northwest of Ash Fork. The fire has burned nearly 18-hundred acres and is ten-percent contained. The fire was active Saturday, sending quite a bit of smoke up in the air. However, very little smoke was seen from the fire on Sunday. The fire is burning through pineFull Story