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A Modesto, California man who fired upon deputies Wednesday night in Dolan Springs was arrested Thursday afternoon, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the ordeal began at 7:45 p.m. as deputies tried to contact Wendell Wayne Odom, 36, about a burglary investigation.    Mortensen said Odom slammed a door and hid behind furniture to gain separation from deputies at a two story residence in the 13000 block of N. Bullhead Road.   “Deputies began giving verbal commands for Odom to show his hands, and Odom shot at deputies with a firearm,” Mortensen said. None…

A former Kingman resident, now living in Las Vegas, claims that sending improper email communication and a nude image of him to a 13-year-old girl three years ago was an accident.  Kirk Barnes, 53, has indicated that he was intoxicated and that an adult female had been his intended target.    “It was just a big mistake your Honor,” Kirk Barnes, 53, said at his Wednesday sentencing hearing. “This whole thing is the worst that’s ever happened to me.”    Barnes previously pleaded guilty to furnishing obscene material to a minor.    Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle said that the teenager apparently…

A Bullhead City man who hurt the mother of his child and their four-month-old son has entered a plea agreement convicting him of aggravated assault and child abuse by domestic violence. Jonah Ramos, 46, faces a punishment range of probation up to 6.25 years in prison when sentenced April 29.    Two aggravated assault charges and a criminal damage count are dismissed in the deal that was unveiled Tuesday in Mohave County Superior Court. Bullhead City police responded to a domestic violence dispute last December 16 at a residence in the 2800 block of Colibri Court. Agency spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said Ramos allegedly…