KINGMAN – A 14-year prison term was ordered Monday for a Golden Valley teenager who pled guilty to armed robbery and negligent homicide in separate criminal cases. Marcus Blanchard, 18, was sentenced by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle.
During a March 4 change of plea hearing, prosecutor Bob Moon told the court that Blanchard was 16 years old in March, 2018 when he tried to take a bag of marijuana from a person in a vehicle outside a party in the 3500 block of North Bonita Road. Moon said the victim suffered a fractured skull when Blanchard struck him with what was either a pistol or pellet gun.
Moon said the negligent homicide occurred two months later. Moon said other juveniles were scared when Blanchard drove too fast before losing control and crashing a vehicle on State Route 68 on May 15, 2018.
Two minors were injured, and another was killed when partially ejected.
- Dave Hawkins
