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Blanco gets natural life sentence for Cranston murder

KINGMAN – The Kingman man who killed his friend and employer and kept it a secret while family and other friends searched for 18 months before the victim’s body was recovered was sentenced Tuesday at the Mohave County courthouse. A legal requirement to impose a natural life prison term for a first degree murder conviction sapped some of the drama out of the sentencing hearing for 63-year-old Alfredo Blanco. Friends and relatives of the victim, 40-year-old Sid Cranston, apprised the Court of their “unspeakable” pain and called Blanco a “coward’’ whose true punishment will come in the afterlife. The victim’s…

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Solar rooftop will power Havasu splash pad

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Unisource Energy Services will build a shade structure with a solar rooftop component to help power a water feature at a park in Lake Havasu City. The renewable energy credit agreement approved during the Jan. 22 Lake Havasu City Council meeting moves forward an initiative patterned after a similar project in Kingman. Lake Havasu Parks and Recreation Manager Michael Keene said the rooftop solar generating shade structure will be erected at Mesquite Park. He said units atop the 21 X 16 sq. ft. structure will provide up to 85% of the power needed to operate the…

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$6 million sheriff’s substation proposed to Board of Supervisors

MOHAVE COUNTY – The senior member of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors is proposing a new government facility about 20 miles north of Lake Havasu City. District 3 Supervisor Buster Johnson is exploring the possibility of constructing and operating a sheriff’s office substation in the vicinity of the Interstate 40-Highway 95 interchange. In addition to sheriff’s office functions, the substation would also serve as home to animal control operations and a medical examiner’s office. Sheriff’s office substations in Mohave Valley and Lake Havasu, and the coroner’s office in Lake Havasu City would close under Johnson’s plan. Johnson is asking…

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Future of Palo Christi building continues to be debated

KINGMAN – The future of Palo Christi Elementary, changing attendance zones and a new principal were issues addressed during the Feb. 12 meeting of the Kingman Unified School District (KUSD) governing board meeting. District officials are in the very early stages of considering seeking voter approval of a multi-million dollar bond issue to refurbish the historic elementary school in downtown Kingman. “Acquiring the funds necessary to remodel Palo Christi would no doubt require the approval of voters for a bond at either a special or general election, a potentially risky and costly proposition,” Rice said. “I’d also like to argue…

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I-40 homicide: Man admits to shooting co-worker

Names of parties involved in a Kingman homicide and some details of the Feb. 11 incident on Interstate 40 are beginning to surface. The Department of Public Safety said Bradley Stumpf, 31, has admitted shooting the victim Jason McCafferty, 46, believed to be a Kingman area resident. Stump’s reported confession is laid out in a probable cause affidavit that the Department of Public Safety filed in Kingman Justice Court. The report indicated that the men had been performing survey work in the Phoenix area and were returning to Kingman when the shooting was reported on the Stockton Hill Road off…

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Hegge ordered to pay restitution prior to sentencing

A unique plea agreement has been crafted for a Bullhead City man, providing him incentive to reimburse the state of Arizona in a benefit theft caper. Prosecutor Jacob Cote said that Jonathan Hegge, 36, illegally obtained DES and AHCCS benefits worth more than $67,000 from the State of Arizona while he and his wife lived in southern Nevada between late Jan., 2014 and late Oct., 2015. Cote said Hegge also served as a lookout at the Mohave County jail when two other inmates fought in a cell on Nov. 23 last year. He said Hegge did not participate in the…

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