Category: Court News

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A young Lake Havasu City man is accused of plying a teenager with alcohol and raping her in a shed last Nov. Police report the Jan. 6 arrest of 20-year-old Michael Leander for sexual assault and sexual conduct with a minor. An investigation began after the victim disclosed to her father that she had been raped. She subsequently told police she became drunk while playing the “buzzed” drinking game and that Leander took advantage of her. A police report indicated that Leander admitted having sex with the 16-year-old girl, knowing she was underage and intoxicated. Dave…

KINGMAN – A Denver, Colorado man hauling dope through north Mohave County has entered a plea agreement that could land him in the Arizona Department of Corrections. Sergio Amezquita-Aceves, 32, pleaded guilty to transportation of narcotic drugs for sale during a Jan. 6 hearing in Kingman. Deputy county attorney Leah Nelson said Amezquita-Aceves was pulled over for a window traffic infraction last Sept. on Interstate 15, about 8 miles south of the Utah border. She said a consent search of the vehicle he was operating yielded discovery of packages containing six pounds of illegal drugs. “The defendant admitted that the packages contained…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Police discovered drugs and made arrests after responding to a domestic violence report at a home in the 2600 block of Avalon Pl. Robert Neal, 46, and Melissa Coffey-Meyer, 49, were taken into custody while investigating the incident Tuesday night. “Officers located and seized approximately 13 ounces of methamphetamine, numerous items of drug paraphernalia, $3,386 in currency, hundreds of blank credit cards, numerous fraudulent identification cards, credit card manufacturing equipment and a large number of counterfeit bills,” a news release stated. Neal and Coffee-Meyer were both booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Facility on charges…