Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A Kingman woman asked for leniency as she faced a 5-15-year prison term at her Tuesday sentencing hearing. “I’d like to apologize for my actions,” Lisa Walls, 50, told Judge Doug Camacho. Deputy Mohave County attorney Morgan Carstensen urged the judge to impose maximum punishment because the defendant sold quarter-pound increments of methamphetamine to a confidential informant on multiple occasions. “Ms. Walls is not someone who sells merely to support her habit. She’s doing this specifically for pecuniary gain,” Carstensen said. “Ms. Walls was a significant player in the drug sales community in Kingman.” Walls was convicted of…

KINGMAN – Another defendant snagged in an investigation where a male detective posed as a 13-year-old girl is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections for sex offense convictions. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert imposed a 15-year prison term Monday for Shane McHone, 30, Kingman. Judge Lambert also sentenced McHone to lifetime probation once his prison sentence is completed, agreeing with prosecutor Karolina Czaplinska who said the convict should be monitored to make certain he doesn’t target minors again. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office operation used a detective whose social media posts drew responses from men whom he…

KINGMAN – Another defendant snagged in an investigation where a male detective posed as a 13-year-old girl is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections for sex offense convictions. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert imposed a 15-year prison term Monday for Shane McHone, 30, Kingman. Judge Lambert also sentenced McHone to lifetime probation once his prison sentence is completed, agreeing with prosecutor Karolina Czaplinska who said the convict should be monitored to make certain he doesn’t target minors again. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office operation used a detective whose social media posts drew responses from men whom he…

KINGMAN – Another defendant snagged in an investigation where a male detective posed as a 13-year-old girl is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections for sex offense convictions. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert imposed a 15-year prison term Monday for Shane McHone, 30, Kingman. Judge Lambert also sentenced McHone to lifetime probation once his prison sentence is completed, agreeing with prosecutor Karolina Czaplinska who said the convict should be monitored to make certain he doesn’t target minors again. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office operation used a detective whose social media posts drew responses from men whom he…

DOLAN SPRINGS – A woman torched her uncle’s home in Dolan Springs after he evicted her from the premises, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said dispatch received multiple calls just before 6:00 a.m. Tuesday that a residential structure was burning in the 8400 block of W. Seventh St. Mortensen said detectives began investigating due to suspicious circumstances. She said they learned that the homeowner evicted his niece from the property in early Nov. Home surveillance system video reportedly provides evidence that the niece, Sabrina Lynn Nulsen, 29, set fire to the manufactured home. “Sabrina is…

DOLAN SPRINGS – A woman torched her uncle’s home in Dolan Springs after he evicted her from the premises, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said dispatch received multiple calls just before 6:00 a.m. Tuesday that a residential structure was burning in the 8400 block of W. Seventh St. Mortensen said detectives began investigating due to suspicious circumstances. She said they learned that the homeowner evicted his niece from the property in early Nov. Home surveillance system video reportedly provides evidence that the niece, Sabrina Lynn Nulsen, 29, set fire to the manufactured home. “Sabrina is…