Category: Court News

BULLHEAD CITY – A Mohave County judge objected to the punishment component when he rejected a plea agreement proposed in a deadly shooting in Bullhead City. There is no dispute that Robert Logan, 40, shot and killed Hans Peterson, 56, after the Bullhead City residents got into a fist fight for unknown reasons outside a laundromat early last March. During the Thursday, Feb. 29 hearing, Judge Billy Sipe said he could not accept the 15-month prison term stipulated in the deal convicting Logan of negligent homicide. Judge Sipe rejected the agreement crafted by Deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann and…

KINGMAN – Kingman police report the Tuesday arrest of the second suspect in a Monday bank robbery that resulted in the shooting and hospitalization of the first suspect. The incident began at Mission Bank in the 2400 block of Hualapai Mountain Rd. Police responded to a report of an armed man who fled a bank robbery late in the morning of Monday, Feb. 26. Witnesses indicated the fleeing suspect hopped into a gray truck that was later spotted in the 2500 block of Kingman Ave. off of Andy Dev. Ave., minutes later and more than a mile away from the bank….

GOLDEN VALLEY – A murder investigation is underway in Golden Valley and the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is hoping citizens in the know can provide helpful information. Deputies responded at about 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 when a woman who resides elsewhere in Golden Valley reported a man had been shot in the 2500 block of Naco Rd. “Deputies arrived on scene and observed the reporting party leading them to the victim, who was unresponsive,” said MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. “Deputies initiated life-saving measures but the victim succumbed to his injuries.” Mortensen said the victim has been identified as…

KINGMAN – Law enforcement authorities were still looking for a second suspect Tuesday after shooting another man who reportedly brandished a firearm and robbed Mission Bank Monday. Kingman police responded to a 9-1-1 robbery report at the business in the 2400 block of Hualapai Mountain road late Monday morning. “The suspect left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash and was seen by witnesses leaving the area in a gray truck,” said deputy Kingman police chief Joel Freed. He said officers located the vehicle and the suspect at a business in the 2500 block of Kingman Ave., at about…

KINGMAN – A 15-year prison term has been imposed for a Bullhead City woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a deadly traffic accident in Golden Valley. The punishment that Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ordered for Lidia Tapia, 51, was stipulated in the plea deal that dismissed a number of other charges. Michael Bunes, 51, Golden Valley, was fatally injured when ejected after the Expedition he was operating was rear-ended by Tapia’s eastbound Toyota Camry on highway 68 at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2022. His partner mourned the loss of Bunes during the sentencing hearing….

KINGMAN – A 15-year prison term has been imposed for a Bullhead City woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a deadly traffic accident in Golden Valley. The punishment that Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ordered for Lidia Tapia, 51, was stipulated in the plea deal that dismissed a number of other charges. Michael Bunes, 51, Golden Valley, was fatally injured when ejected after the Expedition he was operating was rear-ended by Tapia’s eastbound Toyota Camry on highway 68 at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 24, 2022. His partner mourned the loss of Bunes during the sentencing hearing….