Category: Court News

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man will spend five years in prison for downloading and possessing child pornography. The punishment was imposed during a Friday, Feb. 16 sentencing hearing for Ian Falls, 38. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle also ordered that Falls will serve 20 years of probation following prison and must register as a sex offender for life. Homeland Security notified Bullhead City police about child pornography transmission activity at Falls’ residence in the 600 block of Palo Verde Dr. Falls was arrested following SWAT team assisted execution of a search warrant at the home on…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man will spend five years in prison for downloading and possessing child pornography. The punishment was imposed during a Friday, Feb. 16 sentencing hearing for Ian Falls, 38. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle also ordered that Falls will serve 20 years of probation following prison and must register as a sex offender for life. Homeland Security notified Bullhead City police about child pornography transmission activity at Falls’ residence in the 600 block of Palo Verde Dr. Falls was arrested following SWAT team assisted execution of a search warrant at the home on…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man convicted of violence against a local police officer following a DUI-related traffic stop was sentenced in Kingman on Friday, Feb. 16. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen credited Jacob Lamacki, 24, for the 37 days he previously spent in custody while ruling that no further jail time is necessary, provided that the defendant complies with conditions of probation for three years. Deputy County Attorney James Schoppmann told the court at the Jan. 17 change of plea hearing that Lamacki became combative following the Oct., 14, 2023 traffic stop in the…

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) said the Kingman Airport Industrial Park was placed in a precautionary lockdown due to a disturbance at an unidentified business in the 4600 block of E. Finance Way. No one was hurt in the incident, apparently sparked by the termination of an employee. MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responding at 7:11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16 learned that Joe White, 62, allegedly pulled a knife from his vehicle and tried to fight the employee who had escorted him off the premises. She said White stabbed a sign with the knife before…

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) said the Kingman Airport Industrial Park was placed in a precautionary lockdown due to a disturbance at an unidentified business in the 4600 block of E. Finance Way. No one was hurt in the incident, apparently sparked by the termination of an employee. MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responding at 7:11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16 learned that Joe White, 62, allegedly pulled a knife from his vehicle and tried to fight the employee who had escorted him off the premises. She said White stabbed a sign with the knife before…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Lake Havasu City man pleaded guilty Tuesday, Feb. 14 to aggravated assault for slamming a one-year-old child to the couch in a home in the 1700 block of Willow Ave. Deputy Mohave County attorney Jeff Haws told Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen that a surveillance system “nanny cam” captured the Dec. 22, 2023 incident involving Fabrizzio Dransfield, 31. Haws said Dransfield was upset because the boy would not stop crying. Defense attorney Daniel Rubalcava noted that the victim was not injured. A Victim’s Witness advocate read into the record a letter from the victim’s mother. “I…