Yavapai County

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 Flash Flood Watch will be in effect today until Friday afternoon for portions of Yavapai and Gila counties. The National Weather Service says moderate to heavy rain is expected to fall in Northern Arizona through Friday, which is expected to raise water levels in Oak Creek, Sycamore Creek, Granite Creek, Dry Beaver and WetFull Story

Today is Day 12 of Yavapai Silent Witness’s “Catch 22” program, where every day through February 22nd we feature a wanted fugitive in the county. Today, the Prescott Valley Police Department is looking for 37-year-old Heriberto Valera-Fregoso, who is wanted for burglary and drug paraphernalia possession. Back on May 5th, 2005, Valera-Fregoso entered a businessFull Story

Yavapai County was recently awarded a grant for $25-million dollars that will go to the construction of a new bridge across the Verde River. The bridge will connect the northern Middle Verde Road area, the Yavapai-Apache Nation and the northeastern part portion of Camp Verde to State Route 260. The project will be referred toFull Story

A Phoenix woman was arrested last week when a Yavapai County Sheriff’s K9’s alert found a pound of meth in her vehicle. Officials say Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking task force received information regarding drug sales involving 38-year-old Amanda McMurren. She was known to drive a white Dodge Journey and deliver meth to Prescott and PrescottFull Story

Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials continue to have success in trying to take a bite out of the fentanyl problem in the area. Last Tuesday, members of the Partner’s Against Narcotics Trafficking taskforce arrested 20-year-old Alfredo Campa from Prescott Valley and 19-year-old Kenneth Moran from Prescott on charges of possessing and sale of the dangerous drug.Full Story

The search for a missing woman from Mayer has come to happy end. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say 27-year-old Lacy Hesser, also known as Lacy Aker, was found Wednesday afternoon in the mountainous area outside of Mayer. She was last seen in a wooded area at around noon near Mayer on Monday. She is believedFull Story

Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials are seeing an uptick in cases involved pills and tablets containing the drug fentanyl. The drug is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine, but is 50 to 100 times more potent. The drug is being sold as a powder spiked on blotter paper, mixed with or substituted forFull Story

Karen Fann, David Stringer and Noel Campbell all won re-election in their districts. Fann won re-election for State Senate in District Six over competitor Jo Craycraft with 70-percent of the vote. Fann won the election by over 31-thousand votes. Campbell won the District One electon for the State House over David Stringer. Both will serveFull Story

The number of registered voters in Yavapai County is up. County elections officials say the number of voters has increased by over 42-hundred votes. Compared to the 2016 election, the numbers increased by more than 33-hundred votes. There are now over 140-thousand voters in the county with over 65-thousand registered Republicans. The next largest isFull Story