Category: Court News

KINGMAN – Use of a special interpreter has not resolved the language barrier that has posed problems for police, attorneys, psychiatrists and others involved in the criminal case against the man accused of using hot cooking oil and a knife to assault co-workers at a Kingman restaurant last spring. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert expressed frustration that literally nothing was accomplished during an hour long, Jan. 21 status hearing for Kien Yun Wong, 70. The defendant was unable to understand a special translator who, like Wong, speaks Fukienese, a rare dialect from his hometown of Fuzhou in China. “Mr. Wong,…

MOHAVE VALLEY – A Mohave Valley man was arrested Sunday after he assaulted a woman while holding her against her will, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded at 8:15 a.m. to the domestic violence incident at a home in the 2400 block of Palo Verde Ct. Spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies contacted the victim outside who indicated that the suspect, Nathan Lee Andrews, 34, was inside with her infant. Andrews was taken into custody when deputies approached the front door of the residence. “The victim alleged Andrews assaulted her by punching her in the head, slapping her…

GOLDEN VALLEY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in a burglary that occurred in Golden Valley on Thursday, Jan. 21. Deputies responded to the American Legion, 3435 N. Verde Rd., for an active alarm and discovered the doors leading in had been pried open. An ATM machine had been removed from the building. Video surveillance showed two men entering the building at about 3:15 a.m. and heading straight for the ATM, loading it onto a moving dolly. Both men were wearing beanies, face coverings, gloves, jackets and pants. Deputies noted that one of the suspects…