KINGMAN – Attorney’s agree that there are no videos, eye witnesses or physical evidence to present, and that credibility assessments will prove key in what they call a “he-sad/she-said” sex offense trial that began Monday at the Law and Justice Center in Kingman. Keith Jones, 22, is charged with five counts each of sexual assault and sexual conduct with a minor for allegedly forcing himself upon an underage female teenager on multiple occasions at three Kingman homes over a two-year period ending on Dec. 31, 2022. Prosecutor Leah Nelson said the families of the victim and defendant have been closely…

KINGMAN – Two men charged with the armed robbery of a Kingman bank made separate local court appearances on Friday, May 10. Mario Fragassi, 53, Golden Valley, and Christopher Ayala, 49, California, are held in the Adult Detention Center awaiting trial. Authorities allege Fragassi robbed the Hualapai Mountain Road branch of Mission Bank on Feb. 26 before hopping in the getaway vehicle driven by Ayala. They reportedly drove to the Napa Auto Parts store in the 2500 block of Andy Devine Ave., where Fragassi was wounded in a gunfire exchange with Kingman police, while Ayala was able to call a…

LAKE HAVASU CITY — A Lake Havasu City man who entered a mandatory prison plea agreement to resolve his child pornography case asked to withdraw from the deal at his May 10 sentencing hearing in Kingman. Casey Cassidy, 30, faced a 5- to 10-year prison term after pleading guilty to two charges reduced to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Eight sexual exploitation of a minor counts were dismissed in the deal entered before Judge Doug Camacho on April 4. A police report indicated that Cassidy’s Dropbox account stored 81 files of illegal images of underage minors engaged in sexually exploitive…