(First inMaricopa) Keith Plock, 37, was shot and killed by a Maricopa police officer yesterday in Circle K near Altara. Pinal County Medical Examiner’s Office said Immaricopa Today it was in detention of his body.
Officer, Immaricopa At this point, I have chosen not to name it, but it remains stable.
Pinal County says it will release a lot of information soon in its ongoing investigation. Prock’s family declined to comment.
We learn more about Prock’s life from his digital footprint and court records. Investigators said he has a “extensive, violent criminal history.” The criminal history primarily indicates drug arrests.
Prock on his Facebook page said he lived in a hidden valley. According to public records, he previously lived in Sorrento in 2021.
On Facebook, he is a man from the family and holds his child. He visits the local park and laughs with his family. He jokes, runs the pool and laughs with his family and friends. The video shows a construction site block dancing and laughing with a colleague.
Then there is the side known to law enforcement. Most recently he had a warrant issued for a 2024 drug arrest. The last decade of Prock’s life is often interwoven with drug-related courts.
In 2012, when he was 25 years old, Prock was arrested for robbery, assaulting, getting drunk and fleeing the police. He robbed the business and fired a gun at the business, according to court records. When he pleaded guilty to the assault charge, it locked up the prockup for six and a half years.
In 2018, when he was 31, Prock was released on probation. Soon he started a YouTube channel.
By 2019, his probation had been relaxed for good behavior. He had at least 18 urine or respiratory tests and passed “often.” He completed 93 hours of community service and seemed to be on track.
That changed in the summer of 2020. You can get a glimpse of that on Prock’s social media and its YouTube page. On November 17, 2020, Prock posted several clips of his life on Maricopa.
In one example, he is caught on a doorbell camera and uploaded by Prock, and fights his ex-girlfriend on the Sorrento front pouch. After being pushed by the prock, the nameless woman walks towards him and says, “Why don’t we call probation?”
It surprises him and Prock walks back inside.
In another clip, Prock is walking around the neighborhood, sweating and energetic. If a nearby neighbor is going to call his cop, he wonders on camera. He continues to talk to the camera in a racist flow of consciousness.
In a YouTube short entitled “Wild Hillbilly,” it appears that Prock is choosing to fight against invisible residents.
“Come here, mother*cker, I’m in the grass,” he says. “I have these hands. They’re deadly. They f*ck your ass. You’ve already seen me. I saw you walking through the f*ck inside.”
“You’re not *gga, you’re *gg*r,” cried Prock.
Prock was arrested again in July 2021 on possession of fentanyl. He was sentenced to one year in prison at the Arizona Department of Corrections. He served his time in Florence. The arrest shortened the custody battle he was fighting in Maricopa County Family Court, according to documents filed in the courthouse.
By April 2022, he had returned to probation and posted images of himself with his family.
Last April, Prock sold the Arizona Department of Corrections jumpsuit on the online marketplace, as if he were putting his life behind him. According to the market, the orange jumpsuit is on sale for $100.
Prock posted a photo of the young toddler and his family, lying on the bed, laughing.
“Man, I love this little girl,” he posted.
Less than a month passed on May 2nd, Prock was once again sought after drug recharge. By May 17, he had a warrant for arrest.
It is unclear whether the warrant is related to a conflict with police in Circle K yesterday.
Prock’s official defender Kate Milewski has not returned a request for comment.
Keith Prock, Mugshot. May 1, 2024 [Pinal County Sheriff’s Office]
