Court News – The Standard Newspaper

Teen’s perpetrator sentenced with no prison time

11 hours ago1 day ago2 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – A New Mexico man who traveled to northwest Arizona to further a romance he nurtured online with a Fort Mohave teenager was sentenced to jail after pleading guilty in Kingman on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

Security guard arrested after unauthorized shooting

2 days ago2 days ago2 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City police made an arrest and continue investigating a shooting that injured no one over the weekend.

Morales arrests for discharging firearm

2 days ago3 days ago2 mins

KINGMAN – No one was injured during a household gunfire incident early Sunday in Kingman. Police responded at 1:50 a.m. to a report of a man firing a weapon during a disturbance at a residence in the 900 block of Beverly Ave. Kingman Police Chief Rusty Cooper said arriving officers encountered a number of subjects who had been drinking. He said witnesses reported that Henry Morales, 57, Kingman, fired a gun out the front door of the home during a dispute. Morales initially failed to respond to police commands to surrender, according to Cooper. “After several minutes, Morales exited the…

One arrested following motorcycle chase

2 days ago3 days ago2 mins

KINGMAN – A local resident was arrested following police chase of a motorcycle, followed by a foot pursuit and suspect capture.

Morgan takes plea for assault, drug charges

1 week ago1 week ago3 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – A drug dealer from Bullhead City is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to charges in three of his four criminal cases.

Havasu shooting deemed accidental

1 week ago1 week ago1 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City police have concluded an Oct. 7 injury incident was an accidental shooting.

Officers responded at 2:45 p.m. to a report that an individual was shot by two people who fled the scene in the 2300 block of Palisades Drive. Nobody was present when police arrived.

“It was determined that the injured individual had self-transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for injuries to his left hand,” sergeant Kyle Ridgway said.