LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City woman celebrated her 64th birthday the day before she was killed by a drunk driver while she was traveling to California to witness the birth of her 6th grandchild. The woman was talking to her husband on the cellphone when the crash occurred, the call dropped and he subsequently […]
KINGMAN – Blinding one of the eyes of a local teenager results in an 8.75-year prison term for a Kingman man. The sentence that Mohave County Superior Court judge Derek Carlisle ordered Thursday, Sept. 21 for Richard Pounds was the maximum punishment possible under terms of a plea agreement convicting him of aggravated assault. The […]
BULLHEAD CITY – The Bullhead City Police Department has announce that Monday morning, Sept. 25, Bullhead City Police Officer Belarmino Diaz, was killed in a two vehicle off-duty traffic collision on Aztec Road. The investigation is being handled by the Fort Mojave Tribal Police Department.
KINGMAN – Kingman police report the arrest of a local teenager who allegedly fled the scene after causing a traffic accident that injured others. Deputy Police Chief Joel Freed said officers responded to the incident at about 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16 in the 3200 block of Airway Ave. “Officers found that an all-terrain […]
BULLHEAD CITY – A local judge heard rival pleas for leniency and for maximum punishment during a Sept. 22 sentencing hearing involving a Bullhead City traffic fatality in which both drivers were impaired, one by alcohol and the other by marijuana. Megan Jergens previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter and aggravated assault charges associate with the […]
LAKE HAVASU CITY – A male adult who had sex with his teenage neighbor from California at his condominium in Lake Havasu City will spend one more month in jail. Glenn Costa, 44, was convicted of attempted sexual abuse in a plea agreement that dismissed charges involving sexual conduct and contributing to the delinquency of […]
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 […]
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 […]
BULLHEAD CITY – A teenager has been wounded by gunfire in Bullhead City. Police department spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said a 17-year-old male was shot in the alleyway behind the Samurai Steakhouse in the 2000 block of Highway 95. Officers reportedly responded at approximately 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17. Fromelt said the teen who suffered […]
KINGMAN – A Texas-based laboratory has identified a homicide victim whose remains were discovered outside Kingman more than 27 years ago. Previous investigation determined the remains were those of an unidentified black male adult who was shot in the head. Two men hunting for rocks while walking their dogs came upon the shallow gravesite on […]