On Thursday, Dec. 19, at approximately 4:45 p.m., kidnapping suspect Dylon Horne was located by Yavapai County’s Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking unit.
Horne was arrested while a passenger in a vehicle in the Sunset Point Rest Area off Interstate 17. Horne was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Yavapai County Detention Center in Camp Verde.
Horne had a warrant out of Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and two more out of Colorado, including one for trespassing.
In Arizona, Horne is charged with unlawful use of a means of transportation, two counts of kidnapping, criminal damage, theft, two counts of endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident.
Yavapai Silent Witness had recently announced a increased $1,000 cash reward offered for information leading to Horne’s arrest.
On Friday, Dec. 13 at approximately 9:30 p.m., YCSO deputies were dispatched to the 4300 block of E. Shade Road due to a report of an intoxicated person.
Upon arrival, deputies learned that Dylon Horne, 23, unlawfully took a vehicle with a parent’s 3-year-old child and 4-month-old baby inside.
According to the parent, Horne was intoxicated. Horne fled the area at a high rate of speed with the two small children still inside the car.
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 children 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 Road, the vehicle Horne was driving struck a pickup truck. Horne then drove away from the collision, fleeing the scene.
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.
Deputies responded quickly and found the vehicle and children. The children were returned to their mother unharmed.
