Category: Court News

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said an inmate died of natural causes while in custody at the Adult Detention Center in Kingman. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the determination comes from the Medical Examiner’s Office. Mortensen said Terrance Marsden, 62, was discovered dead in his jail cell on Friday, Aug. 11. Marsden was awaiting trial for attempted murder and other charges following his June arrest for a drive-by shooting in Bullhead City.

KINGMAN –  A seven-year prison term was ordered Aug. 17 for a Kingman woman who scalded her toddler with hot water. Judge Billy Sipe sentenced Brittany Gutierrez, 30, who previously pleaded guilty to child abuse in exchange for dismissal of aggravated assault charges. Authorities have said that the two-year-old autistic boy suffered second degree burns after his mother used her hands to scoop and toss hot water on him in the bathroom of a Lillie Avenue Kingman residence last Oct. Police reports indicated the Gutierrez was upset because her son was “getting into things” and would not comply with directives….

BULLHEAD CITY – A teenager admitted sexually motivated touching of young sisters in Bullhead City as he entered a plea agreement that will send him to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Terms of the deal unveiled on Aug. 9 in Kingman before Judge Doug Camacho would convict Landen Ziede, 18, of charges reduced to attempted child molestation and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and a sexual conduct with a minor charge are dismissed in the proposed deal. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Leah Nelson said Ziede inappropriately touched the three and five-year-old…

BULLHEAD CITY – A teenager admitted sexually motivated touching of young sisters in Bullhead City as he entered a plea agreement that will send him to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Terms of the deal unveiled on Aug. 9 in Kingman before Judge Doug Camacho would convict Landen Ziede, 18, of charges reduced to attempted child molestation and attempted sexual exploitation of a minor. Four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and a sexual conduct with a minor charge are dismissed in the proposed deal. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Leah Nelson said Ziede inappropriately touched the three and five-year-old…

KINGMAN ­ A Kingman man faces more than a decade behind bars for an intoxicated, wrong-way driving traffic accident that claimed the life of a Lake Havasu City woman five months ago. Connor Roberts, 26, will be convicted of manslaughter through a plea agreement entered during an Aug. 9 hearing conducted before Judge Doug Camacho. Roberts also pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI wrong-way driving.  The Department of Public Safety (DPS) said a vehicle operated by Roberts was northbound on SR 95 at 9:30 a.m. on March 10 when it struck a southbound vehicle at milepost 199, about three miles from…

KINGMAN – A Kingman teenager is being prosecuted as an adult and faces extensive potential prison time for a deadly traffic accident. A Mohave County Grand Jury handed up an indictment on Thursday, Aug. 3 charging Brady Shuffler, 16, with two counts of second-degree murder and four counts of aggravated assault. The charges follow investigation of a high-speed April 13 traffic accident that claimed the lives of Tatum Meins, 17, and Sherene `Siri’ Walema, 15. Shuffler sustained serious injuries as did Cannon Cobanovich and Reilly Feil, both 16. All five teenagers involved in the single vehicle rollover were student athletes…