KINGMAN – A Kingman man will go to prison for discarding the body of his teenage son. Jon Imes, 41, pleaded guilty Sept. 13 to abandonment or concealment of a dead body. Terms of the deal require Judge Billy Sipe to impose at least six months, and as many as two years in prison at an Oct. 13 sentencing hearing. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said Imes and Amber Leah-Valentine, also 41, lied when they reported their son to be missing three days after they had already disposed of his remains early this year. The body of Kenneth Jones, 16,…

KINGMAN – A Kingman man will go to prison for discarding the body of his teenage son. Jon Imes, 41, pleaded guilty Sept. 13 to abandonment or concealment of a dead body. Terms of the deal require Judge Billy Sipe to impose at least six months, and as many as two years in prison at an Oct. 13 sentencing hearing. The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said Imes and Amber Leah-Valentine, also 41, lied when they reported their son to be missing three days after they had already disposed of his remains early this year. The body of Kenneth Jones, 16,…

BULLHEAD CITY – A 10-year prison sentence was imposed Sept. 14 for a Bullhead City teenager who admitted he engaged in sexually motivated touching of young sisters. Judge Doug Camacho also ordered that Landen Ziede, 18, will serve lifetime probation once released from prison. Ziede pleaded guilty to charges reduced to attempted child molestation and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Deputy Mohave County attorney Leah Nelson said Ziede inappropriately touched the three- and five-year-old victims on Sept. 16, 2022 at a residence in the 1800 block of Arrowhead Dr. She said the defendant used a cell phone to make…