Category: Court News

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Over the past several weeks, detectives with the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s (LHCPD) Special Investigations Unit, which is part of the Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET), have been investigating an individual selling fentanyl pills throughout the Lake Havasu City Area.  On August 29, at approximately 9 a.m., detectives from the LHCPD’s Special Investigations Unit arrested Lake Havasu City resident Jarred Brown, 28, following a search warrant at a residence within the 2100 block of Edgewood Dr. During the search warrant and subsequent investigation, detectives located approximately 115 Fentanyl pills, multiple items of drug…

KINGMAN – Mohave County Sheriffís Office Deputies arrested Wayne Bradley Mills, 59 of Kingman, for Aggravated Assault on an Officer and Resisting Arrest, both felonies, along with Disorderly Conduct per Domestic Violence, a misdemeanor. On Saturday, Aug. 26 at approximately 1 p.m., deputies responded to a residence in the 2600 block of Snavely Ave. in Kingman in reference to a disturbance. The reporting party advised that a male subject, identified as Mills, was drunk and kicking her dog. Deputies arrived on scene and made contact with the reporting party, who advised that Mills had been drinking heavily and causing a…

KINGMAN – Emotion ran high and tears flowed freely during Thursday’s initial appearance and arraignment for a Kingman teenager charged in the deaths of two fellow Lee Williams High School student athletes and the serious injury of two others during a high-speed traffic accident. Defense attorney Brad Rideout entered not guilty pleas for Brady Shuffler, 16, during a hearing packed with people. Parents, family and friends of the victims and the defendant, and various community members, filled every seat in the courtroom, with many standing in the back. Extra security was present inside the courtroom, and was posted outside the…

MOHAVE COUNTY – A decision to repair rather than replace a damaged wing section resulted in a deadly airplane crash in south Mohave County more than two years ago. That’s the conclusion of the National Transportation Board (NTSB) investigation report published Aug. 23. The NTSB said that Falcon Executive Aviation (FEA) had its Beechcraft King Air C90 under government contract for firefighting missions with the U.S. Forest Service since 2007. A pilot and an air tactical group supervisor passenger were killed when the aircraft crashed and burned on July 10, 2021. The report said the twin turboprop had flown multiple…

KINGMAN – A student threat targeting Black Mountain Elementary School in Golden Valley is under investigation by the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). Discovery of a communication of concern occurred on campus after school hours Monday. “School staff were notified that a note had been located, written by an unidentified student, claiming an act of violence would occur,” said MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. She said that the Kingman Unified School District notified parents by email Monday and that the message did not specify the nature of the “act’’ purportedly planned for Tuesday, Aug. 30. “After a thorough investigation, it has…

KINGMAN – A man who stabbed his older friends in their Golden Valley home last fall has been sentenced to a decade in prison. The sentence imposed Aug. 25 for Alexander Cameron, 20, was the maximum punishment possible under terms of a plea agreement convicting him of two counts of aggravated assault. “We don’t have a clue why this happened,” said a 65-year-old man who told Mohave County Superior Court judge Rick Lambert that he and his wife were attacked unexpectedly after Cameron exhibited strange behavior during his Nov. 18, 2022 visit at their home in the 3400 block of…