domestic violence

Mexico

Mexican president says his country safer than United States – Associated Press

 Mexico’s president claimed Monday that his country is safer than the United States, a week after two U.S. citizens were killed and two kidnapped and later rescued in the border city of Matamoros. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said U.S. travel warnings and reports of violence in Mexico were the result of a conspiracy by

Assault

Assault With a Weapon; YCSO and Verde Valley SWAT Take Suspect into Custody

On February 12, 2023, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call from a resident in the S. Aspaas neighborhood of Cornville. The caller reported that there was a shooting at the residence, and urgent help was needed from both law enforcement and Emergency medical services. Initially, YCSO was notified that one of

Prescott Talks

Prescott Talks: Interview with Missy Sikora, Yavapai Family Advocacy Center

Pam Pearsall, guest host of Prescott Talks, interviews Missy Sikora, the Director of the Yavapai Family Advocacy Center. Missy explains that the Center handles interpersonal crime such as child abuse, sexual assault, elder abuse, and domestic violence. The Center acts as a local community resource, bringing in outside agencies as victim advocates, education, support groups,

Shooting

Prescott Man arrested after Shooting Roommate – Prescott Police Department

On October 25, 2022, at approximately 6:08 p.m. Prescott Police officers responded to the report of a man who had just been shot inside a residence located in the 900 block of Panicum Drive.  When patrol officers arrived on scene, they located the victim, Thomas Banuelos, a 53-year-old Prescott resident, with a severe gunshot wound

Crime

PV Police respond to early morning domestic violence incident

Prescott Valley Police at about 12:32 a.m. on Thursday, December 30 received multiple calls of domestic violence occurring in the Cypress Circle area. Responding officers found that an intoxicated male and his wife were inside the residence with a 19-year-old and three juveniles – two 16-year-olds and a three-year-old. When officers arrived, the suspect, a