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Law firm setting sights on making simple pot cases go away

A prominent local attorney is positioning his law firm and staff to help people clear their criminal history of marijuana convictions that might block personal pathways to educational, professional and other opportunities. Brad Rideout said Lake Havasu City-based Rideout Law wants to help people busted in simple possession cases to expunge marijuana convictions from their legal records. The expungement mechanism is one provision of Prop. 207, the Nov. 3 general election approved ballot measure that legalizes use of marijuana in Arizona. Rideout said his firm his currently screening cases to prepare them for Court once the expungement filing window opens…

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Please, Stop the Violence

Dear Editor, Acts of violence against a marriage partner have never saved a marriage. Violent acts toward family members have never made a family happier. Typically, they create emotional and sometimes physical wounds that are never forgotten. Too many families have suffered because someone in the family became violent.  Violence in our communities and towns always results in pain, division and sometimes even loss of life. Violence typically brings the wrong people together to do bad things. No community, city or state needs this.  In times of war or enemy aggression against our United States, violence has been necessary. Acts…

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Mayor Miles recall submitted

KINGMAN – Petitions proposing the recall of Kingman Mayor Jen Miles were submitted late Monday afternoon, a day ahead of the filing deadline.  City Clerk Annie Meredith said recall leader James Coffman submitted 148 petition sheets bearing 2,367 non-validated signatures. That’s nearly 1,000 more signatures than are required to advance the ouster effort. The petitions and signatures will next undergo an administrative review process at the city and county level. Meredith has the initial oversight, followed by the Mohave County Recorder’s office. County Elections Director Allen Tempert said it’ll be several weeks if not longer before it is determined if…

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Toddlers killed in fire

NEEDLES, Calif. – Two toddlers perished in a house fire in Needles and their father has been arrested. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s office said personnel responded at 10:04 p.m. Thursday to a home engulfed in flames in the 500 block of Bazoobuth St. “Once the fire was extinguished, fire personnel entered the structure and found two deceased children inside,” a news release stated. The names of the one- and three-year-old girls were not released. Investigators responded to the scene due to the suspicious nature of the incident. “Detectives learned that the mother of the children was out of town…

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Family Fun Zone opens

KINGMAN – Batting cages are the anchor for a family fun center Mike Quinn has opened on Northern Avenue at Lomita in Kingman. Quinn’s Cages feature three hitting areas occupying 3,500 sq. ft. inside an 8,300 sq. ft. building. “We have three automatic cages for baseball and softball,” Quinn said. “The softball ranges from slow pitch to fast pitch all the way up to 60 miles per hour. “ Quinn said the machines can hurl a baseball at 70 miles an hour, but it’s more like 80 miles an hour given the distance from the apparatus to the batter’s box….

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Admitted heroin dealer faces prison

A woman who admitted selling drugs in Bullhead City faces possible prison time under terms of a plea agreement entered in Mohave County Superior Court. Dallis Fanning, 36, is eligible for probation but she could also get up to four years in prison. Fanning pleaded guilty to possession of narcotic drugs for sale during a Wednesday hearing in Kingman. Possession of dangerous drugs for sale and a drug paraphernalia charge are dismissed in the deal. Deputy Mohave County attorney Jefferson Pyper told the Court that Fanning made admissions following execution of a search warrant at a residence at 1097 Mobile…

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