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A pregnant Bullhead City woman drew a prison sentence in her drug case last Friday, despite her attorney’s request for a chance at probation. Defense lawyer Scott Ruffner said his client Tracey Cayer, 43, is 16 weeks pregnant and deserves a chance to deliver her baby while out of custody. Ruffner told Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle that he can always send Cayer to prison if she violated terms of probation. And Ruffner said drugs found in a Mirada Drive apartment in November, 2017 belonged to her boyfriend at the time, Chase Salveson, 48. “The codefendant was the…

Attorneys conducted a tedious two-hour long evidentiary hearing Wednesday morning before taking less than five minutes making opening statements in a trial in which a Mohave Valley man faces multiple decades in prison if convicted of various drug and weapons offenses. Prosecutor Jaimye Ashley zipped through her presentation telling Mohave County Superior Court jurors they’ll have no trouble finding Joseph Carter, 42, guilty of all counts. She said officers seized an assortment of drugs and weapons when they executed a September, 2017 search warrant at the defendant’s home at 555 King Way in Mohave Valley.  Ashley said more than ten ounces…

Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert scolded a Bullhead City man for beating the mother of their child while injuring the four-month-old boy in the process last fall. Lambert, during a recent sentencing hearing in Kingman, told 47-year-old Jonah Ramos his criminal history is replete with violent behavior. “I don’t know what you’re so angry about, but you’re obviously a very angry man,” Lambert said. He imposed a five year prison sentence and encouraged Ramos to sort through and resolve his anger issues while behind bars. Ramos pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and child abuse by domestic violence involving…