Train robberies are happening again in Arizona after Yavapai County authorities report what could be the first reported train robbery in more than 100 years.
In the incident near Seligman, the robbery suspects were driving a truck, not a Mustang or Bronco.
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Paul Wick said people on the BNSF train near Seligman were reported to have been robbed by someone driving a white box truck around midnight Friday. It is said that it is here.
Wick said sheriff’s deputies were on the scene within minutes when the truck started heading west on Interstate 40 with another vehicle.
Wick said deputies followed the two vehicles for several miles as they awaited backup from other troopers from the sheriff’s office and Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, as well as state troopers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. That’s what it means. DPS officers and Kingman Police Department officers attempted a traffic stop as two vehicles entered Kingman, and the truck driver refused to yield, causing officers to deploy stop sticks. did.
Wick said the truck driver fled after the vehicle became disabled, but officers caught him and arrested him. The driver of the other vehicle was also arrested.
As of Monday afternoon, Wick had not released the identity of the driver or said what charges police would recommend to prosecutors, but robberies related to trains are on the rise. said.
“Train robberies have skyrocketed over the past year, resulting in the theft of millions of dollars in merchandise,” Wick wrote. “YCSO will continue to work with our partners in law enforcement and the Railroad Administration to prevent these potentially dangerous crimes from occurring and apprehend the perpetrators.”
The sheriff’s office does not know what the robbery was, how it happened while the two men were driving separate vehicles, or how many train robberies there have been in Arizona over the past year. He did not immediately respond to inquiries about whether he had done so.
