The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office reports it ended a lengthy investigation into a cottonwood man who is now facing 32 criminal charges.
Toward the end of 2023, the man was found liable in a civil damages case against his former employer, who was also his ex-girlfriend. The court-ordered judgment against the man was for $140,000 to be paid to the plaintiffs/victims.
Over the last year, YCSO deputies and detectives believe the man began fabricating criminal allegations against his former boss and girlfriend, her company, and one of her employees, going so far as to lure an employee to a home under false pretenses to “hold him until deputies arrived.”
The man then reported the “trespassing” and requested criminal charges against the employee. Instead, the man was the one cited for trespassing on the property.
During the investigation into the claims, deputies came to suspect that the man was fabricating and orchestrating Numerous events, which included allegations of armed robbery, burglary, trespassing, unlawful imprisonment, weapons misconduct, violations of civil orders, fraud schemes, and other crimes.
After securing a search warrant, deputies and detectives arrested the man outside of his home last Tuesday.
Investigators learned the man was prohibited from possessing firearms and additional charges may be added as several firearms were located in the home during the search.