KINGMAN – A Denver, Colorado man hauling dope through north Mohave County has entered a plea agreement that could land him in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Sergio Amezquita-Aceves, 32, pleaded guilty to transportation of narcotic drugs for sale during a Jan. 6 hearing in Kingman. Deputy county attorney Leah Nelson said Amezquita-Aceves was pulled over for a window traffic infraction last Sept. on Interstate 15, about 8 miles south of the Utah border. She said a consent search of the vehicle he was operating yielded discovery of packages containing six pounds of illegal drugs. “The defendant admitted that the packages contained…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Police discovered drugs and made arrests after responding to a domestic violence report at a home in the 2600 block of Avalon Pl. Robert Neal, 46, and Melissa Coffey-Meyer, 49, were taken into custody while investigating the incident Tuesday night. “Officers located and seized approximately 13 ounces of methamphetamine, numerous items of drug paraphernalia, $3,386 in currency, hundreds of blank credit cards, numerous fraudulent identification cards, credit card manufacturing equipment and a large number of counterfeit bills,” a news release stated. Neal and Coffee-Meyer were both booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility on charges…

BULLHEAD CITY – A local judge last Friday rejected a plea agreement for the last of three defendants being prosecuted for a Feb., 2019 drug bust in Mohave Valley. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle said it was unfair that Javier Escalante, 41, Ontario, California receives less prison time than another co-defendant who was less culpable. Carlisle said a presentence report indicated that Escalante was directing co-defendants Maria Kormes, 33, Mohave Valley and Edgar Melgoza, 39, Fresno, California when drugs were seized from two vehicles during traffic stops. Carlisle sent Melgoza to prison for 7.5 years in October under…