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MCSO substation progress celebrated

MOHAVE COUNTY – A $9-million state legislative appropriation advances the more than decade-long effort to replace dilapidated Mohave County Sheriff’s Office substations in Lake Havasu City and Mohave Valley. Sheriff Doug Schuster was thankful after a momentum gain during an Oct. 16 Board of Supervisors meeting. Supervisors approved Schuster’s request to use $2.94-million to purchase a newly constructed building at 6534 Showplace Drive to replace the antiquated substation on Highway 95. Supervisors also authorized the sheriff to finish the interior and equip the facility for a total cost not to exceed $5.4-million. Schuster said the new substation will likely be…

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MCSO substation progress celebrated

MOHAVE COUNTY – A $9-million state legislative appropriation advances the more than decade-long effort to replace dilapidated Mohave County Sheriff’s Office substations in Lake Havasu City and Mohave Valley. Sheriff Doug Schuster was thankful after a momentum gain during an Oct. 16 Board of Supervisors meeting. Supervisors approved Schuster’s request to use $2.94-million to purchase a newly constructed building at 6534 Showplace Drive to replace the antiquated substation on Highway 95. Supervisors also authorized the sheriff to finish the interior and equip the facility for a total cost not to exceed $5.4-million. Schuster said the new substation will likely be…

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Homeowner holds alleged burglar at gunpoint until law enforcement arrives

FT. MOHAVE – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were called to a residence in the 1600 block of La Entrada for a reported prowler on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The homeowner advised that they had the suspect detained, on the ground at gunpoint. When deputies arrived on scene the homeowner advised he observed the door to one of his vehicles was open. Upon further inspection, he observed another vehicle had the door cracked open with the suspect’s leg sticking out of the door. The reporting party then drew his handgun and ordered the suspect out of the vehicle and onto the…

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Evaro avoids prison in plea deal after punching, choking girlfriend

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A man who abused his girlfriend during an alcohol fueled quarrel in Lake Havasu City has entered a plea agreement and begun serving jail time. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Julia Ketchum said Julian Evaro, 28, had been drinking at Rotary Park with the woman before they argued on July 9 at a residence in the 400 block of North Lake Havasu Ave. Ketchum said Evaro followed the woman into the garage and closed the door before he punched her in the face several times and choked her while preventing her from using a cell phone to…

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Evaro avoids prison in plea deal after punching, choking girlfriend

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A man who abused his girlfriend during an alcohol fueled quarrel in Lake Havasu City has entered a plea agreement and begun serving jail time. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Julia Ketchum said Julian Evaro, 28, had been drinking at Rotary Park with the woman before they argued on July 9 at a residence in the 400 block of North Lake Havasu Ave. Ketchum said Evaro followed the woman into the garage and closed the door before he punched her in the face several times and choked her while preventing her from using a cell phone to…

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SIU: Human remains identified

HACKBERRY – On September 9, 1982, citizens out in the rural desert around Hackberry Road outside of Kingman city limits came across human remains. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were called to the scene and recovered the remains, also collecting a plastic hair comb, a rusty can opener, rusty fingernail clippers, a toothbrush, a tattered short-sleeve shirt, leather belt fragments, remnants of denim pants, and an argyle sock. The human remains were transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Tucson, where an autopsy determined the victim to be a white male, 55+ years old, between 6’1” to 6’2”. A cause…

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