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Sedona Red Rock News
The year 2020 was a bad one for drug deaths in Yavapai County. The area saw 82 overdose deaths, a 20.5% increase compared to 68 in 2019, according to MATForce, a local drug prevention nonprofit.
However, drug experts in the area say the change seems to stem less from a particularly large increase in drug use in Yavapai County, and is more a change in what drugs people are using. Of the 82 accidental drug deaths in 2020, 42 of them more than half had fentanyl in their system.
“We went from 15% to over 50%. It’s so much due to fentanyl,” said Merilee Fowler, executive director of MATForce. “It’s not that heroin has gone away. Fentanyl is becoming the drug of choice. It’s 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It’s supply and demand. It’s a lot easier to get it into the country. It’s cheaper for drug runners to manufacture.”
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Yavapai County Authorities Discovers A Large Meth Operation In Prescott
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office’s Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking arrested a Prescott man and dismantled his massive meth operation. PANT officers launched an investigation three-weeks ago into 52-year-old James Flint and revealed he was having large amounts of chemical supplies and equipment shipped from Slovakia to his apartment near the 100-block of North Cortez Street. The types of chemicals he used are chemicals needed to produce meth. In addition, steroid pills were also found at his apartment. Investigators believe the Flint’s lab was extremely advanced and significant knowledge about chemistry is required to set up the type of lab that was discovered inside his apartment. Flint is being charged with multiple drug charges to include Import dangerous drugs, possession of dangerous drugs, manufacture dangerous drug, and possession of precursor chemicals.
Winter Weather Advisory In Effect Into Friday Evening
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory that began at 3:00 a.m. Friday and will last until tonight at 6:00 p.m. The advisory applies to Flagstaff, Williams, and Prescott among other areas. Forecasters say slick roads and reduced visibility can be expected, and the weather service urged residents and commuters to expect slow-moving traffic in affected regions. Accumulations of snow are expected in Flagstaff ranging from four to eight inches; in Williams, five to nine inches; and in Prescott, two to four inches.
Weather-related delays can be anticipated on I-17 south of Flagstaff, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation as of Friday, 6:40 a.m. ADOT at 7:43 a.m. this morning reported snow covering SR-87 at Clint’s Well, 140 Eastbound at Belmont, I-17 Northbound in Flagstaff, and US 89A at Jacob Lake. For more information, individuals can call ADOT at 5-1-1.
Sedona Red Rock News
Adam Dearmon, aka “Adam ‘Yellowbird’ DeArmon”
Detectives from Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking, a multi-agency task force, arrested Adam Dearmon, 49, of Camp Verde with multiple drug offenses after $30,000 worth of mescaline, a psychedelic drug found in peyote, was discovered inside his home on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
This arrest comes after an intensive investigation conducted in partnership with PANT, YCSO and the Camp Verde Marshal’s Office.
The investigation revealed Dearmon was allegedly running a large-scale illegal drug business out of his home located in the 400 block of West Angus Drive in Camp Verde.
During the search of the residence on Feb. 2, investigators found 8.9 Pounds of mescaline, 427 live peyote cacti, 83 marijuana plants, 29 pounds of dry peyote, 59 pounds of processed marijuana, 5 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms, and 7 LSD tabs. There were many other substances found inside the residence and detectives are wor