Yavapai County

A man from Surprise was arrested Thursday after Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies seized $150-thousand worth of meth during a traffic stop on Interstate-17 north of Sunset Point. Deputies pulled over a 2014 white Nissan Altima, driven by 26-year-old Carlos Camargo-Urias, after authorities saw him driving recklessly. During the stop there were several red flags andFull Story

Yavapai County authorities arrested a man that was known as a major meth dealer in Prescott. Detectives from the Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking Task Force arrested 64-year-old Thomas Davis for selling meth out of his home back on February 12th. The investigation started back in March of last year when deputies found more than 200Full Story

Vaccine shipments to Yavapai County are being hampered by the extreme cold weather in other parts of the country. Because of the shipping delays of the Moderna vaccine, Spectrum Healthcare is pushing back appointments for Wednesday and Thursday this week to Friday or a later date. Spectrum says anyone who already has a confirmed appointmentFull Story

Phoenix Police, along with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s office, are still looking for a missing now 20-year-old male. Police say Michael Angelo Fazzari was last seen in Phoenix on July 1st, 2019. The vehicle he had been driving, a tan 2001 Ford Explorer with Arizona license plate: CMX3094, was found abandoned in a remote areaFull Story

Firefighters continue to make progress on the Sour Fire burning in Yavapai County, east of Dewey. Prescott National Forest officials say the fire has burned 12-hundred acres and is 20-percent contained. The fire is burning about four miles west of Interstate-17, north of Highway 169 and is just east of Cherry Creek Road. Fire officialsFull Story

Today is Day 11 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ “Catch 22” program. Authorities are looking for 39-year-old Racoco Alexander Williams. On April 3rd, 2014, Williams was pulled over by a Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputy for speeding on Highway 93. The deputy could smell the odor of burning marijuana coming from the vehicle. In addition, Williams displayedFull 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

Yavapai County has seen a slew of new cases over the weekend. County health officials say there were 639 new cases in the county since Friday with two new deaths. Of the 639 cases, 156 were from Prescott Valley, 142 in Prescott and 95 in Cottonwood. Health officials also say the two week case positivityFull Story

Yavapai County is seeing one of its largest number of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic started. County health officials say since Friday there have been 396 new cases of the coronavirus with four new deaths. There were 168 cases on Friday and the county averaged 132 cases per day over the weekend. Of theFull Story

It’s about that time: Christmas Tree permits will be available for sale for the Prescott National Forest starting October 19th. Officials say there will be 600 tree permits for sale this year. However, you won’t be able to buy them in person due to COVID-19 office closures. Permits will be sold on a first-come, first-servedFull Story