Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A Golden Valley man has embarked upon a civil litigation binge while spending decades behind bars in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Zion Kauffman, 36, is serving 94 years in prison for sentences imposed in separate criminal cases. Kauffman was first charged for an air rifle pellet shot that struck an eight-month-old baby in the back of the head in Nov., 2020. Authorities say the victim is unable to walk and faces a lifetime of challenges due to the injury. Authorities investigating the baby shooting incident discovered that Kauffman possessed child pornography in his phone. Resulting convictions saw…

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City Police are investigating a criminal damage incident at Rotary Park where soccer fields were significantly damaged. Mohave Silent Witness is offering up to a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest of the person/s responsible for vandalizing a city park, which is utilized by hundreds of local children daily.   Detectives believe the suspect/s drove their pickup truck between the hours of approximately 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24 and 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The suspect did “donuts” over the soccer fields located on the northeast area of Rotary Park off…

BULLHEAD CITY – Bullhead City Police are investigating a criminal damage incident at Rotary Park where soccer fields were significantly damaged. Mohave Silent Witness is offering up to a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest of the person/s responsible for vandalizing a city park, which is utilized by hundreds of local children daily.   Detectives believe the suspect/s drove their pickup truck between the hours of approximately 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24 and 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The suspect did “donuts” over the soccer fields located on the northeast area of Rotary Park off…

KINGMAN – The many times continued trial of a former Mohave County Sheriff’s Office deputy who admitted engaging in sexual activity with a teenager at a youth drinking party in Kingman has been set between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Attorneys told Judge Doug Camacho during a Thursday hearing that they are prepared for jury selection for the trial of Andrew Sundberg, 24, beginning Monday, Dec. 4. “We are all set from the defense standpoint,” said Sundberg attorney Virginia Crews. She and prosecutor Jacob Cote agree that the trial should conclude within a few days. Judge Camacho set a Nov. 3 deadline…

BULLHEAD CITY – Authorities report the arrest of a transient they say is responsible for separate security incursions at the Laughlin Bullhead International Airport. Police responded at about 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21 to a report that a man carrying bolt cutters had jumped over a secured fence at the property in the 2200 block of South Laughlin View Drive. “For unknown reasons, the male suspect then cut off the locks to several electric power panels and removed wires and electric fuses, causing a power outage to the air traffic control tower,’’ said police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt. “When the…

BULLHEAD CITY – A local judge who thinks it’s too lenient has rejected a plea agreement proposed in a deadly Colorado River watercraft incident in Bullhead City. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert’s Tuesday rulings send attorneys back to the drawing board in the case against Iridian Bosoco. The 27-year-old Las Vegas woman is charged with manslaughter and three counts of aggravated assault for striking four people when the private watercraft she was operating at a high rate of speed entered a designated swim area in the river near Community Park on the 4th of July, 2022. 43-year-old Ricardo Almanza,…