BULLHEAD CITY – Driving another person’s vehicle without permission while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of a Bullhead City traffic accident will result in a prison sentence for a Marana man. Buddy Smith, 47, pleaded guilty Friday to leaving the scene of an accident involving injury. Terms of the plea agreement will result in other convictions for unlawful use of means of transportation and driving under the influence of alcohol. Criminal damage charges are dismissed in the deal. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jonathan Robinson told Judge Doug Camacho that Smith borrowed without permission the vehicle that he crashed into the rear of another…

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,…