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KPD promotes two new Lieutenants

On Thursday, May 9, the Kingman Police Department promoted two sergeants to the rank of Lieutenant. Lieutenant Nick Schmitz, who has over 12 years of law enforcement experience will immediately assume the role of Patrol Lieutenant. Lieutenant Jason Schmitz, who has over 14 years of law enforcement experience will assume the role of MAGNET Task Force Commander in the near future.

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Hernandez achieves Spring 2024 Dean’s List

Isabella Hernandez of Lake Havasu City was named among the students who qualified for Belmont University’s spring 2024 Dean’s List. Approximately 44% of the University’s 7,338 undergraduate students qualified for the spring 2024 Dean’s List. Dean’s List eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.

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Jones acquitted in sex offense case

KINGMAN – A young man facing possible life behind bars instead gained freedom when a Mohave County Superior Court jury acquitted him at his sex offense trial in Kingman Wednesday morning, May 15. Keith Jones, 22, was charged with five counts each of sexual assault and sexual conduct with a minor for alleged activity with an underage female teenager in Kingman. Determining insufficient evidence to merit conviction, Judge Derek Carlisle dismissed three of the ten charges late Tuesday before jurors returned to deliberate the other counts Wednesday. 40 minutes later, the panel acquitted Jones of all of the other charges….

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MCC opens first-ever housing program for students

MOHAVE COUNTY – MohaveVillage.com is the website for Mohave Village Apartments – Mohave Community College’s new student housing complex on the Bullhead City Campus.  MCC is now accepting applications from its current students who would like to live on the Bullhead City campus. Applications must be submitted no later than Friday, June 14, 2024. Students interested in living in the new Mohave Village Apartments or would like more information on the facility and should visit MohaveVillage.com. Housing applications may be submitted using the online and printable form on that site. A Residence Life Guidebook is scheduled to be made available on the…

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Missing person found deceased

BULLHEAD CITY – Positive identification by the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office of a body discovered in Bullhead City figures prominently in a missing person case. Bullhead City police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said Craig Mitchell was reported missing April 19, four days after a concerned friend reported he had not returned after running out of gas and attempting to walk to Adobe Rd. to secure fuel. A search failed to locate Mitchell, 63, Bullhead City, but his body was found along a wash within the original search area on Monday May 6.  Fromelt said positive identification was achieved Wednesday, May…

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China and US resume cooperation on deportation as Chinese immigrants rush in from southern border

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following their leaders’ meeting in California late last year. After China suspended cooperation in August 2022, the United States saw a drastic surge in the number of Chinese immigrants entering the country illegally from Mexico. U.S. border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese nationals on the southern border in 2023, 10 times the number during the previous year, further exacerbating tensions over immigration going into the presidential election. In…

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