Category: Court News

KINGMAN – Ian Grimes used a testimonial plea agreement as a get out of jail free card, but the convicted sex offender will still have consequences for possessing electronically transmitted videos and images of child pornography. Ten counts of sexual exploitation of a minor are dismissed in exchange for the conviction of Ian Grimes, 37, on a single count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. The Mohave County Attorney’s Office afforded leniency because Grimes has agreed to testify against two other alleged child sex offenders. Grimes, Kingman, was released from custody on Feb. 29, the day he entered the…

BULLHEAD CITY – An investigation of illegal drug sale activity in Bullhead City produced seizure and arrest on April 8. A warrant-based search was conducted at a residence in the 800 block of Turney Dr. “Detectives located approximately 35 grams of powder fentanyl, approximately 37.7 grams (about 350 pills) of blue M-30 counterfeit fentanyl, .6 grams of methamphetamine, multiple drug paraphernalia items and a Hi-Point 9mm handgun,” a press release said. Sabrina Johnson, 28, was arrested and booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility on two counts of possession of narcotic drugs for sale. Dave Hawkins

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man is resolving his child pornography case in a plea agreement that will send him to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Casey Cassidy, 30, pleaded guilty Thursday, April 4 to two counts reduced to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. The convictions involve Cassidy’s receipt and possession of electronically transmitted images of underage minors engaged in sexually exploitive exhibition or activity. The plea deal dismisses 8 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor involving other sexually explicit images of children under the age of 15. Lake Havasu City police began investigating last…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City woman has been released from custody after pleading guilty to the abuse of her children. Michaela Meuchel, 25, exited the Mohave County Adult Detention Center Wednesday, April 10. Freedom was a key term of the plea deal convicting her of two counts of child abuse involving her three and five-year-old kids. Two endangerment charges are dismissed. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Matthew Houston told Judge Doug Camacho that authorities removed the children in Jan. due to filthy conditions at Meuchel’s home in the 3100 block of Applewood Dr. He said subsequent hair follicle…

KINGMAN – Kingman police were met with hostility when they responded to a report of an unruly subject early Sunday, April 7. Deputy Police Chief Joel Freed said officers were dispatched at 4:15 a.m. to a business that trespassed a man from the property in the 4000 block of North Stockton Hill Rd. Freed said arriving officers spotted a vagrant later identified as Nathaniel Edsinga in front of another business. “When they attempted to take him into custody he began to actively resist arrest,” Freed said. “Edsinga was able to strike an officer in the nose prior to being restrained.”…