Photo: Natalia Mitchell, whose son Morris Mitchell was shot to death in March 2022, holds up the Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide reward flyer Though it’s no longer the homicide capital of the United States, the nation’s capital is witnessing a multiyear spike in the number of homicides but solving far fewer of them. And for
Photo: New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence unveiled a new mural outside San Pedro Library in Albuquerque on Nov. 4, 2023. When viewed through a phone camera, the mural comes to life and names appear thanks to augmented reality technology. (Photo by John Leos/Cronkite News) On Nov. 4, the parking lot outside Albuquerque’s San Pedro
On Saturday, November 11, Prescott Valley Police officers responded to the Walmart Store on Glassford Hill Road after a caller advised that there was a white male in a full-sized, red Dodge truck with flashing red and blue lights in the parking lot, talking to a woman who was panhandling on the corner. The man
On November 15th, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Prescott Police officers responded to a report of a theft of a large amount of alcohol from CVS, located at 901 Willow Lake Rd. The theft was committed by three female suspects that drove away from the scene prior to officer arrival. In the following hour, the same
In January 2023, YCSO detectives were alerted to an extensive insurance fraud scheme taking place in Yavapai and Maricopa Counties involving several people and a well-known insurance company. Through the months long investigation, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office detectives were able to identify the culprits of a sophisticated plot that spanned over several years. The perpetrators
After a month-long investigation, Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) detectives charged four Prescott residents with multiple felony drug counts and seized almost 1,700 fentanyl pills and firearms on Monday afternoon. Detectives conducted two traffic stops and obtained a search warrant for a residence in the 100 block of North Rush Street in Prescott where the