LAKE HAVASU CITY – A 4-year prison term was ordered Thursday for a Peoria woman who allegedly sold large quantities of heroin and counterfeit pills in the Lake Havasu City area. Judge Doug Camacho sentenced Summer Parkerson, 34. “I do take full responsibility for my actions,” Parkerson told the Judge. “Any leniency is appreciated.” The four-year sentence imposed by Camacho was one year less than the maximum punishment possible under terms of a plea agreement convicting Parkerson of possession of narcotic drugs for sale. Authorities reportedly seized 14 grams of heroin, 44 fentanyl pills, one Xanax pill and a counterfeit $100-bill following an…

KINGMAN – Use of a special interpreter has not resolved the language barrier that has posed problems for police, attorneys, psychiatrists and others involved in the criminal case against the man accused of using hot cooking oil and a knife to assault co-workers at a Kingman restaurant last spring. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert expressed frustration that literally nothing was accomplished during an hour long, Jan. 21 status hearing for Kien Yun Wong, 70. The defendant was unable to understand a special translator who, like Wong, speaks Fukienese, a rare dialect from his hometown of Fuzhou in China. “Mr. Wong,…