On December 19th, 2019 at approximately 4:45 p.m., Yavapai County’s Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) detecives acting off anonymous information,were able to locate wanted kidnapping suspect Dylon Horne. Horne was a passenger in a vehicle in the Sunset Point Rest Area off Interstate 17 when he was taken into custody without incident.
Horne was subsequently booked into the Yavapai County Jail on the warrant out of Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, a warrant out of Colorado for Trespassing and a second warrant out of Colorado for charges yet to be determined.
Horne is also charged with Unlawful Use of a Means of Transportation, 2 counts of Kidnapping, Criminal Damage, Theft, 2 counts of Endangerment, and Leaving the Scene of an Accident.
Dylon Horne, who stole a vehicle with two young children inside. Horne abandoned the children after the smashing the stolen vehicle into a truck.
On December 15, according to Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO), deputies responded to a call of an intoxicated person at a home near Montezuma Avenue and Goldmine Road around 9:30 p.m Friday. Deputies learned that Horne stole the victim’s vehicle with the victim’s 3-year-old child and 4-month-old baby inside.
Horne fled the area at a high rate of speed with the two small children still inside. The victim and a friend attempted to follow Horne in a separate vehicle and contacted Horne at a mini-mart in the McGuireville area. The victim yelled to Horne that the kids were in the car and he needed to stop. Horne drove off again at a high rate of speed and the victim was unable to follow.
While fleeing in the area of Bice Rd., the vehicle Horne was driving struck another vehicle. Horne then fled the scene of the collision in the vehicle. Another victim called YCSO dispatch reporting a vehicle matching the victim’s description had just collided with a pickup truck on Bice road. Horne abandoned the vehicle on Kimberly’s Way, leaving the 3-year-old and 4-month-old alone in the car in cold weather. While abandoning the vehicle, Horne took the victim’s cell phone and credit card.
Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies found the vehicle and returned the children to their mother unharmed.