Category: Court News

KINGMAN – One Kingman teenager is facing prosecution for allegedly plying two younger teens with alcohol and engaging in sexual activity with one of them. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said an investigation began in November when two 13-year-old girls were treated at Kingman Regional Medical Center for extreme intoxication. Cooper said Cody Ladewig, 18, was arrested in early December for sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of furnishing alcohol to minors. He said Ladewig admitted involvement when interviewed by detectives. Dave Hawkins

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s office is seeking public assistance in locating a Kingman man wanted for attempted murder. The agency has made public an image, hoping for recognition of the suspect identified as Eustolio Gill, 36. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responded Wednesday at 7:18 p.m. to a report of a shooting at a north Kingman residence in 2700 block of Carver Ave. “The investigation revealed that Gill and the victim had gotten into a verbal altercation and Gill shot the victim multiple times,” Mortensen said. “The victim was flown to a Las Vegas hospital…

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s office is seeking public assistance in locating a Kingman man wanted for attempted murder. The agency has made public an image, hoping for recognition of the suspect identified as Eustolio Gill, 36. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said deputies responded Wednesday at 7:18 p.m. to a report of a shooting at a north Kingman residence in 2700 block of Carver Ave. “The investigation revealed that Gill and the victim had gotten into a verbal altercation and Gill shot the victim multiple times,” Mortensen said. “The victim was flown to a Las Vegas hospital…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Peoria woman who allegedly sold large quantities of heroin and counterfeit pills throughout Lake Havasu City will go to the Arizona Department of Corrections under terms of a plea agreement entered Tuesday. Summer Parkerson, 34, faces a 3–5-year prison term in the deal convicting her of possession of narcotic drugs for sale. An identical count and other drug related charges are dismissed in the agreement. Judge Doug Camacho scheduled a Jan. 28 sentencing hearing. A press release issued by the Lake Havasu City police department said Parkerson had been the subject of a drug dealing…

KINGMAN – An ex-con residing in Golden Valley is being sent back to the Arizona Department of Corrections for his admitted involvement in sale of methamphetamine. Mohave County Judge Billy Sipe ordered a 15-year prison term Tuesday for John Holcomb, 57. Holcomb is one of roughly two dozen defendants indicted for their alleged involvement in two Kingman-based Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO’s) that were the focus of the multi-agency Operation King Crimson investigation. Judge Sipe called Holcomb’s a very serious conspiracy case connected to a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring. Sipe noted that Holcomb once purchased 2.5-pounds of methamphetamine for $11,200 and…

Second trial pending for 2009 homicide KINGMAN – A prosecutor is attempting to introduce new evidence in the case of a career criminal from Kingman who awaits a retrial for the brutal murder of a teenager and the attempted murder of her mother on July 4, 2009. Deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann has informed the Court he intends to call Kara Atkins, 22, as a witness in the retrial of her father Darrell Ketchner. Ketchner, 62, is serving multiple decades in prison after he was convicted at trial of bursting into the home of his estranged girlfriend Jennifer Allison,…