Year: 2020

KINGMAN – Her chilling, blood-curdling screams pierced a Mohave County courtroom as a Kingman woman’s attacker was sent to the Arizona Department of Corrections Thursday. Their home security surveillance system captured 43-year-old Brian Crossland’s brutal assault of his long-time partner in their Kingman home on Golf Drive on May 13. Crossland can be seen striking the woman, holding a knife to her throat and yelling at her during the near nine-minute video segment played during the sentencing hearing before Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert. “I think the video speaks for itself,” said Deputy Mohave County Attorney Reed Weisberg. The victim…

KINGMAN – A multiple-hour standoff and Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) incident resulted in a civilian death in Kingman. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said the ordeal began unfolding about 2:00 a.m. Wednesday when dispatch was advised gunfire was coming from a home in the 2000 block of Fairgrounds Boulevard. Cooper said Kingman police officers surrounded the home and used a Public Address system to communicate with the male adult who had fired from inside the home. He said the subject was uncooperative and verbally aggressive with officers. Cooper said more than one officer encountered gunfire over a period of hours. He…