10/2/23

HE TOOK A CAR FROM A DEALERSHIP IN NEW MEXICO FOR A TEST DRIVE AND NEVER RETURNED IT, THEN STOLE CIGARETTES FROM STORES ACROSS YAVAPAI COUNTY. LAST WEEK, A YAVAPAI COUNTY JURY FOUND 47-YEAR-OLD ERIC ZELEK HOGGS GUILTY ON NUMEROUS CHARGES, INCLUDING ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT, THEFT OF MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND DRUG POSSESSION. 

ACCORDING TO THE YAVAPAI COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, HOGGS STOLE A TAURUS FROM A DEALERSHIP IN ALBUQUERQUE ON APRIL 13TH OF LAST YEAR. THEN IN AUGUST, HE STOLE 17-HUNDRED DOLLARS WORTH OF CIGARETTES FROM STORES IN COTTONWOOD, CAMP VERDE, AND SEDONA. COTTONWOOD POLICE FOUND AND ARRESTED HOGGS, WHO ADMITTED TO STEALING THE CIGARETTES. 

SENTENCING FOR HOGGS IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 6TH.