The purported ringleader of allege massage parlor prostitution operations in Bullhead City and Lake Havasu needs a new lawyer. Defense attorney Brad Rideout has been allowed to withdraw as legal counsel for Amanda Yamauchi, 47. The woman who claims residency in Las Vegas with ties to both Colorado River communities in Arizona is charged in a multi count indictment accusing her of involvement in human trafficking and forcing women to work as prostitutes. More than a half dozen others face various charges for their alleged roles in the operation that was the focus of a two year investigation. Rideout told…

A Needles resident who recently accepted a mandatory prison plea agreement for his involvement in a Bullhead City-based opioid ring has taken another deal resolving four other criminal cases. Matthew Solari, 31, will get a 2.5 year prison term in the first agreement convicting him of possessing narcotic drugs and forgery for using a false prescription to obtain pills at a pharmacy in Lake Havasu City.    The first case that also involved seven other defendants was handled by the Arizona Attorney General’s office. An April 16 change of plea hearing was conducted in the second case involving the Mohave County…

Belligerent behavior at a fast food drive thru in Kingman that prompted his drug-related arrest sends a Peach Springs man to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle ordered a 2.5-year prison term during an April 16 sentencing hearing for Danny Powsey, 48.    Police reports indicated that Powsey drew attention to himself when he spoke rudely while interacting with staff at the drive thru at Taco Bell on Andy Devine Avenue last November.    Deputy county attorney Kellen Marlow said an employee spotted an open container of beer in the interior of Powsey’s vehicle….