KINGMAN — A Lake Havasu City man faces the possibility of dozens of years in prison after declining a proposed plea agreement. Defense attorney Scott Ruffner told Mohave County Superior Court judge Lee Jantzen during a November 4 hearing in Kingman that Robert Perrone, 64, is taking a different approach.
“My client has decided that he wants to resolve this by trial,” Ruffner said.
The criminal case victim on June 10 reported the discovery that his personal watercraft and trailer were missing from a locked garage on Barbara Drive. He told police that there were signs of forced entry at the garage and that his missing property was worth about $6,500.
Police said investigators reviewing surveillance cameras tracked the stolen trailer being towed out of town on June 5 by a Ford F-150 registered to Perrone, and the truck returned to Lake Havasu two days later without the trailer.
The rejected plea deal would have capped possible prison punishment at 8.75 years. Jantzen noted that Perrone faces as many as 65 years in prison if convicted of two theft charges and a burglary count during a trial set to begin on January 27, 2026.
