Utah Bureau of Land Management officers helped the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona take a suspect into custody who was accused of homicide in Californ …
LITTLEFIELD, Arizona (KUTV) — Utah Bureau of Land Management officers helped the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona take a suspect into custody who was accused of homicide in California.
Officers with the San Diego Police Department contacted Mohave deputies on May 5 with news that a homicide suspect from one of their cases could be camping in a remote area near Beaver Dam and Littlefield.
Deputies conducted surveillance over the next few days and found a travel trailer on the bank of the Virgin River, approximately four miles west of Littlefield.
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At about 1 p.m. on May 9, a team consisting of Mohave County deputies, a K-9 unit, and BLM officers from Utah, Nevada, and Arizona converged on the trailer to try to detain the suspect, identified as 60-year-old Noel Frishknecht.
Using a drone, the team timed their approach “perfectly” as Frishknecht entered the trailer and would be less likely to see them approaching in the open desert.
They gathered in front of the trailer and commanded Frishknecht to come out.
Frishknecht was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Adult Detention Facility in Kingman.
“Without the close cooperation between the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, BLM, and the information provided by San Diego PD Homicide Department, this would have been extremely difficult to navigate safely,” the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said. “We thank them all for their cooperation and the safe outcome for all involved.”
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Source: Utah News