Man arrested for sex crimes

A Scottsdale man with a Sedona connection was arrested June 16 by officers with the Surprise Police Department and indicted by a grand jury July 12 for numerous sex crimes against at least four girls, at least two of which were 13 years old. Scottsdale resident David Jon Schnirch, 52, is facing seven counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count sex conduct with a minor under age 15, four counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation regarding four girls and two counts of furnishing harmful items to minors. Schnirch was errone­ously initially identified as a Sedona resident by Phoenix area news outlets. While he does not live in Sedona, he is an investor in the Hideaway House restau­rant in Sedona, but has little connection to the business, according to Hideaway House owner and operator Gregory Ziegler. “In June 2021, I was alerted that an investor in our beloved Sedona insti­tution Hideaway House restaurant had been arrested in Scottsdale, where he lived and worked full-time as an employee at a Scottsdale-based company,” Ziegler said July 14. “This news came as a complete shock to me and our team here at Hideaway House, who all live here in Sedona…
Read More