Category: Court News

KINGMAN – Trial began Monday for a Kingman man charged with a variety of sex offenses involving two Kingman boys under the age of 15. Defense attorney Greg Pridham told a Mohave County Superior Court jury that Alexander Vaughan is innocent and should be acquitted of child molestation and eight counts of sexual conduct with a minor. Pridham instructed jurors to measure the testimony of the alleged victims to calculate contradictions and inconsistencies in their stories. He said he anticipated they will vary in their accounts of who was present, where the crimes occurred and over what period of time…

KINGMAN – Kingman police report the arrest of a teenage patient who became unruly and violent at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said the incident occurred in the KRMC Emergency Department at 3:25 a.m. on Nov. 16. Cooper said the 17-year-old male was verbally abusive while being treated for a high level of alcohol intoxication. He said the teen head butted a security guard and a physician’s assistant who were treated for their injuries. Cooper said once stabilized, the teen was arrested and booked into juvenile detention for two counts of aggravated assault.

It was 25 Thanksgivings ago when police discovered the bodies of an elderly couple within their arson-scorched home on Pueblo Drive in Lake Havasu City. Investigation quickly linked the deaths of the octogenarians to a 16-year-old boy still imprisoned today. James Davolt, now 41, became the focus of worldwide attention as members of the Amnesty International organization protested as “barbaric” the pursuit of a death sentence for a teenager by the Mohave County Attorney’s Office. Members of the group from Portugal, Spain, Denmark and many other far-flung nations wrote scores of letters to legal officials and the media asking for…

It was 25 Thanksgivings ago when police discovered the bodies of an elderly couple within their arson-scorched home on Pueblo Drive in Lake Havasu City. Investigation quickly linked the deaths of the octogenarians to a 16-year-old boy still imprisoned today. James Davolt, now 41, became the focus of worldwide attention as members of the Amnesty International organization protested as “barbaric” the pursuit of a death sentence for a teenager by the Mohave County Attorney’s Office. Members of the group from Portugal, Spain, Denmark and many other far-flung nations wrote scores of letters to legal officials and the media asking for…

The stories of Arizonans falling victim to utility scams are heartbreaking. As professional con artists evolve their tactics to steal, it’s more important than ever for customers to learn about scams and how to avoid them. Nationwide, utilities have received increased reports of scammers contacting customers digitally while posing as utility workers to access financial information or obtain immediate payment by threatening service shutoffs. Here are some of the digital ways scammers may contact you:  * Sponsored ads on search engines that lead to an identical, but fake, utility bill payment page.  * QR codes that scammers link to a false utility…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A chaplain, a fisherman and a construction worker are among the half dozen men recently snared in a prostitution-focused undercover sting operation conducted by Lake Havasu City police. Reports released Nov. 15 reveal that men allegedly seeking sex services were arrested after responding to a motel room where officers were waiting on Nov. 3 and 4. “Detectives from the special investigations unit and criminal investigations unit placed an advertisement on a website known for soliciting prostitution to see if any subjects would contact undercover detectives in an attempt to exchange money for sexual acts,” police reports…