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Farney to prison for attempted sexual assault

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KINGMAN – A Kingman man who admits engaging illegal sexual activity with a teenager is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Russell Farney, 46, is being convicted of two charges reduced to attempted sexual abuse of a minor in a plea agreement unveiled Tuesday, Sept. 17. Deputy Mohave County attorney Marcie Mininberg told Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen that Farney engaged in illegal touching of a 15-year-old girl. She said the crimes were committed in June, once in the garage and another time in a hot tub at a home in the 600 block of Shadow Mountain Drive. Terms…

Rumors of Threat to Kingman Schools

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KINGMAN – The Kingman Police Department took reports of rumors of a threat of a school shooting targeting Kingman Middle School. Kingman Police School Resource Officers conducted a thorough investigation to determine the source of the rumors and determined that the threat is not credible. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office also received a report of rumors of a school shooting targeting Kingman High School. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Investigators investigated the threat to its fullest

Officer spat on following arrest

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KINGMAN – A Kingman man spit on a police officer following his arrest over the weekend. Deputy police Chief Joel Freed said officers responded right about midnight to a report of a man screaming profanities while walking in the vicinity of Rutherford Street and Beverly Avenue.

Freed said 38-year-old Justin Welch refused to exit the roadway and was placed in custody early Saturday, Sept. 14.

“While completing paperwork Welch spat at one of the officers, striking him in the face,”

One arrested in BHC stabbing incident

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BULLHEAD CITY – Police in Bullhead City report a fight between two men escalated into a stabbing. Officers responded at 2:20 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16 to an apartment complex in the 1600 block of Havasupai Drive.

Agency spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said the victim was transported to a local hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening wound to his abdomen.

“The suspect, Raymond Michael Gurrola, 35, Bullhead City, was immediately taken into custody,”