Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A Kingman man entered not guilty pleas during his Monday arraignment for first degree murder and other charges related to a deadly Jan. 26 traffic accident. Authorities allege that Juan Ortiz, 44, was fleeing pursuing law enforcement officers when the vehicle he was driving struck a civilian vehicle at the intersection of Bank St. and Northern Ave. The driver of the second vehicle, Sarah Bingham, 21, Kingman, died of her injuries. Ortiz was taken into custody at the scene of the accident and was treated for minor injuries though no officers were hurt. Jantzen told Ortiz he faces…

GOLDEN VALLEY – Bullhead City and Kingman Police MAGNET detectives and Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies arrested a couple after approximately 10,000 fentanyl pills and methamphetamine were seized. On Saturday, February 3 at 4 a.m., MCSO deputies pulled over a tow truck for a traffic violation in the area of Shinarump Drive and Oatman Highway in Golden Valley. An MCSO K-9 alerted on the vehicle indicating that illegal drugs were present. Deputies located about 10,000 blue counterfeit “M-30” pills containing fentanyl and approximately 13 grams of methamphetamine in a backpack located in the cab of the tow truck belonging to the passengers. Thomas Raymond…

GOLDEN VALLEY – Bullhead City and Kingman Police MAGNET detectives and Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies arrested a couple after approximately 10,000 fentanyl pills and methamphetamine were seized. On Saturday, February 3 at 4 a.m., MCSO deputies pulled over a tow truck for a traffic violation in the area of Shinarump Drive and Oatman Highway in Golden Valley. An MCSO K-9 alerted on the vehicle indicating that illegal drugs were present. Deputies located about 10,000 blue counterfeit “M-30” pills containing fentanyl and approximately 13 grams of methamphetamine in a backpack located in the cab of the tow truck belonging to the passengers. Thomas Raymond…

KINGMAN – A man who murdered a retired Bullhead City couple who once employed him at their former business in California won’t likely enjoy freedom again. Aaron Bryant, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder during a Feb. 7 hearing before Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle. Defense attorney Paul Amann noted that Bryant is perhaps the most reasonable and compliant defendant he’s ever represented under such trying circumstance. Authorities have indicated that Bryant accepted their offer to come live with them in Bullhead City after Tommy Hinton, 62, and his wife Annette, 59, relocated following retirement…

KINGMAN – A man who murdered a retired Bullhead City couple who once employed him at their former business in California won’t likely enjoy freedom again. Aaron Bryant, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder during a Feb. 7 hearing before Mohave County Superior Court Judge Derek Carlisle. Defense attorney Paul Amann noted that Bryant is perhaps the most reasonable and compliant defendant he’s ever represented under such trying circumstance. Authorities have indicated that Bryant accepted their offer to come live with them in Bullhead City after Tommy Hinton, 62, and his wife Annette, 59, relocated following retirement…

KINGMAN – A Kingman man was apologetic when sentenced to prison for attempting to bring drugs from Phoenix back to northwest Arizona for distribution. David Murphy, 64, was the driver of the vehicle from which authorities seized two pounds of methamphetamine in south Mohave County. Authorities were tracking the Murphy vehicle by cellphone before the Oct. 26, 2023 traffic stop in the 1800 block of U.S. 93 in the vicinity of Wikieup. After previously pleading guilty to transportation of dangerous drugs for sale, Murphy made a Jan. 30 appearance for sentencing before Judge Doug Camacho. “I apologize to the court…