8/17 Prescott Police responded to an armed robbery at a gas station on Copper Basin Road Sunday night. The clerk told officers a man entered the store, brandished a handgun, and demanded money. Surveillance video showed the suspect go to a next-door business and drive away. Police also linked the suspect to a recent stolen handgun case they were investigating. A YCSO deputy located the suspect a short time later and took him into custody during a traffic stop on Gail Gardner Way. Prescott Police charged 37-year-old Alexander De Caro with armed robbery, aggravated assault and theft of a firearm.
