Cottonwood

Cottonwood Police recently arrested a Cottonwood woman after she was caught trying to shoplift at Walmart. Officials say 24-year-old Brittany Forlano allegedly stole items from the store last Thursday and fled. She was located at a nearby residence trying to sneak out of the back door. Forlano was arrested for felony shoplifting. She also hadFull Story

A man is in jail after he was arrested Sunday after he assaulted two women and dragged one of them around the front yard of a home in Cottonwood. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say deputies were called to a home in the 17-hundred block of Carpenter Lane at around 6:30 p.m. When the first deputyFull Story

Payless ShoeSource will close all of its 21-hundred stores nationwide, including stores at the Flagstaff Mall, Prescott Gateway Mall and in Cottonwood. The company announced its plans on Friday. Analysts believe online shopping is a major factor for the closure. The store at the Flagstaff Mall started discounting items in the store over the weekend.Full Story

Today is Day 15 for Yavapai Silent Witnesses “Catch 22” program. Today the program focuses on 44-year-old Manuel Acosta. Between August 19th and August 20th of 2002, Acosta had sexual contact with a victim under the age of 15 several times. He has an alias of Inocente Mendosza-Acosta. He has two separate warrants with $25-thousandFull Story

A Cottonwood teenager has been charged with DUI, and other counts, after a single-vehicle rollover accident last Sunday in Cottonwood. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies arrived in the 22-hundred block of Copper Drive at around 1:30 a.m. and saw a black passenger car resting on its side on the road. They found a 17-year-old boy onFull Story

Continuing with the “Catch 22” series from Yavapai Silent Witness, today authorities are showcasing the search for 42-year-old Adam William Stevenson. He is wanted for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at her home in Bridgeport, Arizona in March of 2003. Stevenson’s last known address was in Rimrock, but he may be living in the CottonwoodFull Story

It’s Day Six of the “Catch 22” program with Yavapai Silent Witness. Today, authorities are looking for 45-year-old Margarito Delgadillo Junior. Officials say back on March 16th of last year, Delgadillo was driving a vehicle which was involved in a rollover collision in the area of State Route 89A, causing serious physical injuries to theFull Story

An elderly Cottonwood man took his own life in the lobby of the Cottonwood Public Safety building Tuesday afternoon. Police say a family member of 74-year-old Lloyd Wingfield called police because they were worried he was suicidal. Officers arrived at his home, but contact wasn’t made. At around 1:45 p.m., Wingfield entered the building atFull Story

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department have announced the 2019 Catch 22 program, which will feature a different wanted fugitive each day of February. Today, the sheriff’s office is looking for 33-year-old Jackie Joseph Duval, who is wanted on a slew of charges including: child abuse, robbery, aggravated assault, among others. Duval was last seen inFull Story

Two people have been arrested in Cottonwood on multiple drug charges along with child abuse. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say detectives from Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking task force, or PANT, arrested 39-year-old Jairo Chavez-Rodriguez back on December 19th after it was discovered he was selling meth and heroin. A search of his home found moreFull Story