Recently, a citizen observed suspicious activity behind the Cottonwood Home Depot and reported it to Police. Sgt. Monica Kuhlt says that information resulted in a search warrant being served at an apartment in the 1700 block of East Elm Street. Kuhlt says the Verde Valley SWAT Team executed the search warrant during the early morning hours of January 8th that resulted in the arrest of 22 year-old Cottonwood resident, Naomi Renee Baldwin and 35 year-old Avondale resident, Samuel Martin Loveless. Baldwin and Loveless were in possession of a stolen 2003 BMW. In addition, they were charged with possession of dangerous drugs for sale, theft of means of transportation, theft, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Baldwin was also charged with identity theft and had a local misdemeanor warrant. Kuhlt says both were booked into the Yavapai County Detention Center. Later in the day Yavapai Apache Tribal Police located and apprehended 20 year-old Antwon Marshall Tyrone Gyce who was also wanted in connection with a stolen vehicle from the Cottonwood area in December. Gyce was charged with organized retail theft, trafficking in stolen property, burglary and theft of means of transportation; all felonies.
