Year: 2020

KINGMAN – Sexual relations with an inmate could bring prison time for a Golden Valley woman. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, pleaded guilty Dec. 8 to unlawful sexual conduct by a correctional employee, while two identical charges are dismissed in the deal. Deputy Mohave County attorney James Schoppmann said Petrovffsky was employed by the GEO Group, which operates the state prison in Golden Valley, when she engaged in sexual activity with a male inmate in the commissary in Sept. 2019. He said evidence of the illegal conduct was captured by the video surveillance system. “There was kissing, hugging and groping going on…

KINGMAN – Sexual relations with an inmate could bring prison time for a Golden Valley woman. Melony Petrovffsky, 50, pleaded guilty Dec. 8 to unlawful sexual conduct by a correctional employee, while two identical charges are dismissed in the deal. Deputy Mohave County attorney James Schoppmann said Petrovffsky was employed by the GEO Group, which operates the state prison in Golden Valley, when she engaged in sexual activity with a male inmate in the commissary in Sept. 2019. He said evidence of the illegal conduct was captured by the video surveillance system. “There was kissing, hugging and groping going on…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man was critically injured when shot by a police officer Thursday. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office is conducting an independent review of the 6:15 p.m. incident at a business in the 1700 block of Kiowa Ave. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said officers spotted Jon Steven Douglas, 29, inside the Hobby Lobby at the Kiowa Ave. shopping Center and knew him to be named in active felony arrest warrants. She said Douglas attempted to flee the scene and struggled with one of the officers who tried to place him in custody. “One…

A Mohave County judge has broad discretion in pondering punishment for a Lake Havasu City man who fled the scene after his vehicle struck and injured a motorcyclist on May 6. Robert Bergman, 36, could simply be placed on probation or he could be ordered to spend up to 7.5 years in prison. Bergman pleaded guilty Thursday to failure to stop at the scene of an accident involving serious physical injury. Bergman must also pay nearly $11,000 in restitution to the Mohave County Victim’s Compensation Fund. Deputy Mohave County attorney Leah Nelson said Bergman was driving his pickup truck northbound…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man made an initial court appearance last month for sex offense charges associated with a child pornography investigation initiated in January, 2019. An internet task force alerted Lake Havasu police to illegal image downloading activity at a Bombay Ave. home inhabited by Joshua Waelchli, 26. Computer, laptop, gaming console, tablet, Ipad, cell phone and other electronic devices were seized at the residence for forensic examination. A police report indicates Waelchli first told police he was accidentally clicked his way to child porn on the internet before he made admissions including that he…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man made an initial court appearance last month for sex offense charges associated with a child pornography investigation initiated in January, 2019. An internet task force alerted Lake Havasu police to illegal image downloading activity at a Bombay Ave. home inhabited by Joshua Waelchli, 26. Computer, laptop, gaming console, tablet, Ipad, cell phone and other electronic devices were seized at the residence for forensic examination. A police report indicates Waelchli first told police he was accidentally clicked his way to child porn on the internet before he made admissions including that he…