Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A California man who had sex with his teenage neighbor from Orange County at his condominium in Lake Havasu City has entered a plea agreement that spares him from prison. The deal for Glenn Costa, 44, was entered last Wednesday, Aug. 24, in Mohave County Superior Court in Kingman. Charges of sexual conduct with a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor are watered down and away in a deal that will convict the businessman of attempted sexual abuse. Deputy Mohave County attorney Jackson Koonce told the Court that the defendant had been a neighbor of…

KINGMAN – Three children and an adult were hurt when struck by a vehicle in front of Manzanita Elementary school in Kingman last Wednesday. The Kingman Police Department (KPD) said all four were released from Kingman Regional Medical Center following treatment of minor injuries. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said officers responding to the school in 2600 block of Detroit Ave. at 6:50 a.m. learned that a 28-year-old Kingman man dropped off his child at the school before he struck the victims as he was turning his vehicle around in a dirt parking lot. “Injured was a 33-year-old Kingman woman, her…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City man is standing trial for alleged sex offenses that the victim claims began more than a decade ago. Attorneys presented opening statements Monday in the trial of Tom Villanueva, 48. Villanueva is charged with indecent exposure and two counts of sexual conduct with a minor. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Amanda Claerhout told the Mohave County Superior Court jury that the victim will testify she was 9 or 10 years old when the defendant began sexually abusing her. Claerhout said the activity began with “grooming“ before advancing to oral activity and sexual intercourse into her…

BULLHEAD CITY – A Bullhead City resident charged in a drunk driving traffic fatality is resolving her criminal case by plea agreement. Megan Irene Nicole Jergens, 28, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide for the July 15, 2021 death of Lucia Mendoza, 20, Bullhead City. The plea agreement entered Aug. 17 also convicts Jergens of aggravated assault for the two-vehicle collision that injured Mendoza’s aunt. Jergens also pleaded guilty to driving while impaired with a minor in the vehicle she operated. Police said Jergens was northbound on Lakeside Drive with her 9-year-old son in the front passenger seat and her 3-year-old…