Over the past few months, detectives with the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit, which is part of the Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET), have been conducting an investigation into possible drug activity at a residence in the 200 block of Saguaro Drive. This investigation was a result of several community-based tips that were reported due to suspicious activity at this residence. On June 19, detectives with the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit, contacted three (3) subjects at the residence in the 200 block of Saguaro Drive. Upon contact with the subjects, items…

Her mother told a Kingman judge that the life of a seven year-old Lake Havasu City girl has been shattered by the man who admits molesting her. The woman’s June 17 statement came before Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle imposed the 20 year prison term mandated in the plea agreement convicting David Long, 44, of sexual conduct with a minor. The plea deal dismissed five other charges involving the victim, one of them dating back to early 2016.  The mother spoke of the horror of being in California celebrating her son’s 5th birthday when she learned her daughter…

There was little discussion at a June 14 hearing where a Lake Havasu City woman was given a four year prison term for torching an RV in Desert Hills. The punishment was prescribed in a plea agreement convicting 42-year-old Vanessa Byrd of arson of an occupied structure. The Mohave County sheriff’s office said Byrd was spotted with a five gallon gas can while running from a burning RV in the 3500 block of London Bridge Road in June, 2017. The agency said Byrd had been trespassing on the property before she set the RV on fire. Byrd had been placed…