Sedona police ask for help locating armed robbery suspect1 min read

An employee at La Ranita convenience and check cashing store, at 2550 W. SR 89A in West Sedona, was robbed at gunpoint around 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 24.
Sedona police describe the armed robbery suspect as a Hispanic male, 5’8” to 5’10” tall, weighing 180 to 210 pounds, with black hair covered by a beanie-style hat, medium to fair skin tone and black facial hair, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, grey or blue denim-style pants, and tan or grey shoes, possibly boots.

At 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 24, a suspect — identified by Sedona police as a Hispanic male, 5’8” to 5’10” tall, weighing 180 to 210 pounds, with black hair covered by a beanie-style hat, medium to fair skin tone and black facial hair, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, grey or blue denim-style pants, and tan or grey shoes, possibly boots — entered the La Ranita convenience and check cashing store at 2550 W. SR 89A in West Sedona, in the Smiths Corner shopping plaze on the northeast corner of Andante Drive and State Route 89A.

The suspect cornered and held an employee at gunpoint and demanded cash.

The suspect then fled on foot from the scene, going northbound on Harmony Drive, with an undisclosed amount of cash.

If you have any information regarding the identity of the suspect, please contact Detective Jesus Evangelista, Badge No. 1019. SPD would appreciate any assistance.

If you see this individual do not attempt to contact or detain him.

If you have information about the identity of the suspect, or additional details about this incident, contact Detective Jesus Evangelista, of the Sedona Police Department, (928) 203-5003. Reference call No. “DR# 240006574”.

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Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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