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Potholing to begin in downtown Kingman

Ron Martin5 years ago1 mins

KINGMAN – Safe Site will be in the downtown area over the next two weeks to conduct pothole investigations that will greatly assist the city in the design to mitigate utility conflicts once construction starts on the Downtown Sewer Outfall Relocation Project. The potholing will take place on Route 66/Andy Devine Ave., 1st and 2nd Streets (both sides of the railroad), Topeka St., and Old Trails Road. Work crews can be expected to start early next week and should continue for approximately two weeks. Traffic control at the locations will be changing daily, so the city is reminding the traveling public to…

Arsons spark reward offer

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago1 mins

KINGMAN – Detectives with the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Kingman Police Department and investigators with the Kingman Fire Department, are actively investigating several residential arsons that have occurred in the Kingman area over the past couple of months. The fires have occurred at vacant residences and no one has been injured during the fires. Silent Witness is currently offering a reward up to $500.00 for information that leads to the arrest of those responsible for the fires. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Silent Witness at 1-888-227-8780.

Court News

Guilty plea in heroin transport case

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago1 mins

KINGMAN – A Denver, Colorado man hauling dope through north Mohave County has entered a plea agreement that could land him in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Sergio Amezquita-Aceves, 32, pleaded guilty to transportation of narcotic drugs for sale during a Jan. 6 hearing in Kingman. Deputy county attorney Leah Nelson said Amezquita-Aceves was pulled over for a window traffic infraction last Sept. on Interstate 15, about 8 miles south of the Utah border. She said a consent search of the vehicle he was operating yielded discovery of packages containing six pounds of illegal drugs. “The defendant admitted that the packages contained…

DV call leads to drug arrests

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago1 mins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Police discovered drugs and made arrests after responding to a domestic violence report at a home in the 2600 block of Avalon Pl. Robert Neal, 46, and Melissa Coffey-Meyer, 49, were taken into custody while investigating the incident Tuesday night. “Officers located and seized approximately 13 ounces of methamphetamine, numerous items of drug paraphernalia, $3,386 in currency, hundreds of blank credit cards, numerous fraudulent identification cards, credit card manufacturing equipment and a large number of counterfeit bills,” a news release stated. Neal and Coffee-Meyer were both booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility on charges…

Court News

Revoked Bullhead City licensee guilty of contracting without a license

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago2 mins

BULLHEAD CITY – On Tues., October 20, 2020, James Allen Mangold, 52 of Bullhead City, pled guilty to attempted contracting without a license, a Class 1 misdemeanor, in the Bullhead City Municipal Court. According to the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC), the charge stems from an ROC investigation that found Mangold, dba Jimco, contracted to install multiple split-air conditioning units in a Bullhead City home. The units had problems immediately after installation. The investigation found the payments were made out to Mangold’s previously licensed company Jimco LLC (ROC 151478). The license was revoked in 2007 after Mangold failed to pay…

Opinion

Understand and Defend Optimism

Ron Martin5 years ago5 mins

Dear Editor, Some say – 2020 was bad, 2021 looks worse. Perhaps. They call themselves realists. But let us not be defeatists. From fiery beginnings through WWII’s hardest-bitten battles, defeating infiltrators to derailing socialism (on multiple occasions), America has rallied whenever freedom is at risk. In the end, optimism is what turns the dial, takes the next hill, changes everything. Keep it. Yes, power-hungry socialists have managed to commandeer the Democrat Party, now hollow, haughty and dangerous. That is bad, sad and needs reversal. Yes, China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are looming, existential threats. Their influence must be contained, then rolled back. Yes, ignorance – and…

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Potholing to begin in downtown Kingman

Arsons spark reward offer

Guilty plea in heroin transport case

DV call leads to drug arrests

Revoked Bullhead City licensee guilty of contracting without a license

Understand and Defend Optimism

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