On Friday afternoon, a 61-year-old Sedona woman, Julie Ann Engsberg, was cited and released for the theft of President Donald Trump and Senator Martha McSally campaign signs.
According to Cottonwood Police, the theft was reported on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 by a resident who saw Engsberg take some campaign signs from the corner of West Mingus Avenue and Airport Road and put them in her vehicle and drive away.
The resident followed Engsberg to Sedona where she made a stop at a local business. The resident was able to get pictures of the signs in the back of Engsberg’s vehicle. She was followed to her residence where video was taken of Engsberg removing the signs from her vehicle and placing them along the side of her garage.
Cottonwood investigators went to Engsberg’s residence on Friday, October 2, to follow-up with the report. The campaign signs were recovered. Engsberg admitted to taking the signs and claimed she stole the signs because she was going to put them up somewhere else. In addition, she was going to purchase “patriotic stickers” to decorate the signs. She also said her neighbor is a Trump supporter so she thought about giving one of the signs to him.
Engsberg was cited and released for tampering with political signs; a misdemeanor.
