KINGMAN, Ariz. – The last of three defendants charged in a scheme involving the theft of more than $150,000 in cash and valuables from an elderly Mohave Valley man has been given a 10-year prison term. Sentence for Cody Huckaby, 37, Oregon, was imposed by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Megan McCoy during a June 22 hearing in Kingman.
Defense attorney Jaimye Ashley said Huckaby was a 50-pill-a-day fentanyl addict when he and his then-wife and their friend marked the victim for a rip off scheme more than four years ago.
45-year-old Breanna Millet, Bullhead City, served as caretaker for the victim, 82-years-old at the time of the crime, and learned that he had considerable assets within his home in the 8100 block of Smoketree Lane. Authorities said that a plan was hatched to lure the victim to a Laughlin casino so that his residence could be looted while he was away.
Huckaby and Millett reportedly accessed the victim’s home in May, 2022 and left the property after raiding his safe. Huckaby’s former wife Jesi Huckaby, 30, is serving probation through a plea agreement as a lesser player in the criminal collaboration.
Millett is serving a three-year prison term for her role in the caper.
“I’m really sorry for everything that happened,” Huckaby said, attempting to minimize personal culpability. “I would never break into some elderly man’s house.”
Judge McCoy said she recognized that Huckaby denies being the ringleader in the case. She said she could not overlook his extensive criminal history and his new plea agreement-achieved convictions for theft and trafficking in stolen property.
McCoy ruled that the decade behind bars she ordered for Huckaby will begin after he completes the three-year prison term that he is serving for federal drug case convictions in Oregon.
