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Mohave County Superior Court appoints new Deputy Director of Juvenile Court Services

The Mohave County Probation Department announces the appointment of Natalie Eggers to Deputy Director of Juvenile Court Services. Natalie has been in service to the Department and court for eight years. Natalie began her career with Mohave County Probation as the Juvenile Intake Officer in Bullhead City. Since that time, she has been involved with every aspect of juvenile probation operations serving as a line officer in Kingman On-Duty Officer/Interstate Compact for Juveniles, Standard Supervision, Juvenile Intensive Probation Supervision, and Juvenile Drug Court prior to her promotion to Deputy Probation Officer Senior. Natalie has completed leadership training through the AOC’s Arizona…

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Public invited to wings safety program presentation

The Arizona Pilots Association in concert with the FAA’s FAAST Program invites the public to join them at the Wings Safety Program presentation on Saturday, July 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., in the Main Terminal of the Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, located at 5600 N. Hwy 95 #1. Registration for this seminar is required with limited seats available. This presentation, hosted and sponsored by the Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, includes a review of the fatal accidents that occurred in Arizona during 2018 as well as the USAF’s Mid-Air Collision Avoidance Program. To register and reserve a…

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Fatality at the Colorado River

A July 4 fatality is reported on the Colorado River. Bullhead City police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said a man was fatally injured and his granddaughter was hurt when the personal watercraft he was operating crashed into some rocks on the Nevada side of the Colorado River across from Davis Camp. Authorities responding to the 1:30 p.m. accident transported both victims to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center. Claro Ponciano, 56, San Fernando Valley, California, died at the hospital while his 16 year-old granddaughter was released following treatment.

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Mohave County court system conducting more trials

More and more trials are being conducted in the Mohave County court system. Court Administrator Kip Anderson said 89 trials were conducted in the just concluded fiscal year compared with 58 in fiscal year 2017-18, an increase of roughly 30%. “These numbers represent juries scheduled and called to appear,” Anderson said. “Other trials were set and then canceled.” Presiding Judge Charles Gurtler explained that there are occasions where jurors are summoned but trials are not conducted because cases are resolved or rescheduled at the last minute. Gurtler said increasing criminal case filings are driving up the trial numbers. “Criminal filings…

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Romero has plea deal rejected

A local judge has rejected a plea agreement proposed for a Bullhead City resident charged in separate assaults. Judge Billy Sipe said the deal requiring a 3.5 year prison term for 26-year-old Luis Romero was too lenient. “I just simply cannot accept this limitation,” Sipe said during a Tuesday hearing in Kingman. Sipe said Romero deserves more prison time for separate attacks last year; one involving a girlfriend and the other a man who was beaten inside and outside of a vehicle in the 2000 block of Highway 95. “This is a case where the defendant severely beat the victim…

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