Category: Court News

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City Police have distributed surveillance system captured video images of the suspect as they try to identify and arrest a bank robber. Police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said an adult male entered Chase Bank at 1465 Palma Way at about 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 26. The man reportedly demanded cash from a teller and fled the bank in a vehicle with an undisclosed amount of money. “The suspect is described as a white male adult with a black/brown goatee,” Fromelt said. “He was wearing prescription glasses, a dark grey `Hurley’ baseball cap, blue jeans and a long-sleeve…

KINGMAN – A Kingman teenager was arrested for a weapons related offense just one week after he was placed on probation for his involvement in a Sept., 2023 drive by shooting. Ethan Sanchez, 16, was placed on probation on Friday, March 15 for a drive by shooting solicitation conviction. The Kingman Police Department said Sanchez was allegedly drunk and disorderly when he was asked to leave a party in the 300 block of Astor Ave. on Friday, March 22. Deputy Police Chief Joel Freed said no one was hurt when Sanchez fired multiple rounds from a handgun outside as he…

KINGMAN – A Kingman teenager who pleaded guilty in a tragic traffic accident is scheduled to be sentenced to prison on April 15, two days after the first anniversary of the deaths of Tatum Meins, 17 and Sherene “Siri” Walema, 15. Brady Shuffler, 17, is expected to be taken into custody at the end of the hearing to begin serving an extended period of incarceration under terms of the plea agreement convicting him of two counts each of manslaughter and aggravated assault. The big question is how much prison time will be ordered. Broad punishment discretion is provided within the…

LITTLEFIELD – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is closing a 2018 double homicide investigation because the man believed to be responsible has been dead for more than nine months. The bodies of Jerry and Susan McFalls, both 62, were recovered from a shallow grave in the Virgin River Gorge on Oct. 15, 2018. The couple was reported missing in Jan., 2018 when they could not be located in their home though their phones, guns, money, medications and identifications were located on the property. MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said extensive investigation led to the identification of a neighbor as the McFalls’…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Lake Havasu City police are trying to determine why an elderly local resident led police on a dangerous pursuit last weekend. Authorities said a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox disregarded traffic control devices as it sped past officers who were blocking an intersection for the Lake Havasu Triathlon at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, March 17. Sergeant Kyle Ridgway said three bicyclists were nearly struck before a traffic stop was conducted in the 200 block of London Bridge Road. “The driver of the vehicle then intentionally accelerated and struck the officer’s vehicle before fleeing the traffic stop,” Ridgway said. He…

KINGMAN – A Lake Havasu City man’s future with his young son is uncertain following his Friday sentencing at the Law and Justice Center in Kingman. A residential “nanny-cam” captured an incident during which Fabrizzio Dransfield, 31, slammed his one-year-old son to a couch in the 1700 block of Willow Ave. on Dec. 22, 2023. The violence reportedly occurred when Dransfield was frustrated the baby boy would not stop crying. Dransfield is convicted of aggravated assault in a plea deal dismissing a child abuse count. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen imposed a six-month county jail sentence, crediting Dransfield…