Category: Court News

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…

KINGMAN – A Kingman teenager has been indicted for first degree murder following the death of the man he admitted shooting late last month, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). The agency indicated that Terry Hill, 35, Kingman, died Feb. 3 at the Las Vegas hospital where he was being treated for the gunshot to the face that he suffered on Jan. 30 at a residence in the 3600 block of Northfield Ave. While the MCSO declined to identify the juvenile while noting the upgraded murder charge, the suspect is named as Keygun Field, 17, in the Grand…

KINGMAN – A Kingman teenager has been indicted for first degree murder following the death of the man he admitted shooting late last month, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). The agency indicated that Terry Hill, 35, Kingman, died Feb. 3 at the Las Vegas hospital where he was being treated for the gunshot to the face that he suffered on Jan. 30 at a residence in the 3600 block of Northfield Ave. While the MCSO declined to identify the juvenile while noting the upgraded murder charge, the suspect is named as Keygun Field, 17, in the Grand…