33-year-old VOC woman arrested after allegedly stabbing parents early Saturday morning2 min read

A 33-year-old woman, Lauren Levinson, was arrested on Coffee Pot Rock Road, north of Bell Rock Blvd., on the morning of Saturday, June 22, after allegedly stabbing her parents, both of whom survived. The suspect's mother was flown to Flagstaff with stab wounds to her back, and the father was taken to Verde Valley Medical Center in Cottonwood with stab wounds to his arm.

Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the report of a stabbing in the area of Coffee Pot Rock Road in the Village of Oak Creek, south of Sedona at 5:30 a.m. Saturday, June 22.

Lauren Levinson was booked into the Yavapai County Detention Center in Camp Verde.
Photo courtesy of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office

A YCSO patrol sergeant was the first on scene, where he encountered the alleged stabbing suspect, Lauren Levinson, 33, on the street near the home, according to YCSO Public Affairs and Government Relations Director Kristin Greene. Levinson was taken into custody without incident.

The sergeant then entered the residence where the stabbing occurred and found the suspect’s mother and father injured from multiple stab wounds.

Levinson’s mother was badly injured and had numerous puncture wounds to her back and her husband had been stabbed several times in his arm.

The suspect’s brother, who had been called to assist by one of the parents, was on scene and assisted the sergeant with life-saving measures on his mother and father including staunching the wounds to Levinson’s mother’s torso to protect her lung function, and applying a tourniquet to the father’s arm.

Once the scene was safe, the Sedona Fire District crews arrived and took over life-saving measures.

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Levinson’s mother was flown to the trauma center at Flagstaff Medical Center. Levinson’s father was transported by ambulance to Verde Valley Medical Center to for treatment. The medical status of the two is currently unknown.

The YCSO Criminal Investigations Bureau detectives and evidence technicians took over the scene to investigate the stabbing incident.

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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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."