Category: Court News

KINGMAN – Questions are many, but answers are few in the matter of a police-gunfire-wounded Kingman man who was not charged for nearly two weeks and was somehow able to exit Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas and make it back to Kingman, only to suffer medical complications to be returned to Sunrise. It is unclear how many hours or days that the wounded man was uncharged and in the wind between hospital admissions and discharges between Kingman and Las Vegas. The story began Dec. 29 when Kingman police officers reportedly encountered a shotgun-brandishing Andrew Romero after responding to a domestic…

KINGMAN – Questions are many, but answers are few in the matter of a police-gunfire-wounded Kingman man who was not charged for nearly two weeks and was somehow able to exit Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas and make it back to Kingman, only to suffer medical complications to be returned to Sunrise. It is unclear how many hours or days that the wounded man was uncharged and in the wind between hospital admissions and discharges between Kingman and Las Vegas. The story began Dec. 29 when Kingman police officers reportedly encountered a shotgun-brandishing Andrew Romero after responding to a domestic…

KINGMAN – A probation slip will result in prison for one defendant charged in a child predator sex investigation. “Sabrina” was the social media handle a Mohave County Sheriff’s detective used in a sting operation targeting sexual predators launched well before the pandemic began. More than a couple of dozen suspects from Las Vegas to Parker were charged through the law enforcement campaign that snared men seeking sex with underage females. Most defendants were convicted and sent to prison. Quinton Edwards, 28, Golden Valley, is one of a handful of the Sabrina case defendants who were afforded probation and opportunity…

KINGMAN – A probation slip will result in prison for one defendant charged in a child predator sex investigation. “Sabrina” was the social media handle a Mohave County Sheriff’s detective used in a sting operation targeting sexual predators launched well before the pandemic began. More than a couple of dozen suspects from Las Vegas to Parker were charged through the law enforcement campaign that snared men seeking sex with underage females. Most defendants were convicted and sent to prison. Quinton Edwards, 28, Golden Valley, is one of a handful of the Sabrina case defendants who were afforded probation and opportunity…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Lake Havasu City Police Department has released the name of the Kingman police officer involved in a shooting last month. The agency says Sergeant Kenneth Morris has been with the Kingman Police Department for nine years. Morris is on routine administrative leave and Lake Havasu police are conducting an independent investigation, both of which are normal procedures when officer-involved shootings are under review. Kingman police initially responded to a domestic violence call at 7:40 p.m. on Dec. 29 at residence in the 1700 block of Golden Gate Ave. “While officers were on the scene, a male…

BULLHEAD CITY – A teenager who served as the wheel-man in a drive by shooting that critically injured another teen in Bullhead City over the summer will go to adult prison if a judge accepts a proposed plea agreement unveiled Jan. 8 at the Law and Justice Center in Kingman. Angel Salazar, 16, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in a deal dismissing attempted murder, drive-by shooting and discharging a firearm-related charges. The plea requires Judge Billy Sipe to impose a 2.5-year prison term at a Feb. 9 sentencing hearing. The victim’s family members want more prison time and the plea…