YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES AND CHINO VALLEY POLICE WERE CALLED OUT TO TWO APPARENT BREAK-INS AROUND MIDNIGHT MONDAY AT ACE HARDWARE AND FAMILY DOLLAR IN PAULDEN.

WHILE ENROUTE TO THE FAMILY DOLLAR, YCSO DISPATCHERS RECEIVED A 911 CALL FROM THE OWNER OF ACE HARDWARE, SAYING IT APPEARED SOMEONE HAD BROKEN INTO HIS STORE, STATING THAT THE FRONT DOOR WAS DAMAGED AND UNLOCKED.  DEPUTIES SEARCHED BOTH STORES, BUT FOUND NO ONE ON-SITE AT EITHER STORE.  

THE MANAGER FOR FAMILY DOLLAR ARRIVED AND WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE VIDEO RECORDINGS. THEY SHOWED A MALE WEARING A JACKET, HAT, MASK, AND GLOVES APPROACHING THE FRONT DOOR. HE THEN THREW A ROCK THROUGH THE GLASS. HE THEN REACHED IN AND UNLOCKED THE DOOR. 

DEPUTIES BELIEVE THE MAN FROM THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE FAMILY DOLLAR IS THE SAME MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL BREAK-INS AT THE BIG COUNTRY STORE IN PAULDEN THAT OCCURRED THIS PAST MAY.

THE PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED IN IDENTIFYING THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BURGLARIES AT THESE SEPARATE LOCATIONS IN PAULDEN. A PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT CAN BE SEEN AT OUR WEBSITE, KYCA.INFO, WITH ADDITIONAL PICTURES POSTED ON THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FACEBOOK PAGE.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BURGLARIES, OR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED, CALL THE YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT 928-771-3620 AND ASK FOR DETECTIVE PERRY.