Category: Court News

Two area women allegedly had sex with male inmates on multiple occasions at the prison that the GEO Group operates in Golden Valley under a contract with the State of Arizona. Genevieve Belden, 32, Kingman, and Melony Petrovffsky, 50, Golden Valley, both entered not guilty pleas during their Nov. 2 arraignment hearings at the Mohave County Courthouse. Belden is charged with a dozen counts of unlawful sexual conduct by a correctional employee while Petrovffsky is charged with three counts of the same offense. Reports by Arizona Department of Corrections criminal investigator Monique Bullock indicate that alleged misconduct between Belden and…

KINGMAN – A six-month-long Kingman drug investigation culminated Nov. 3 with significant seizures and five arrests. Kingman police spokeswoman Jennifer Sochocki said federal agents assisted the local MAGNET narcotics task force with the execution of search warrants at one home in the 400 block of Wilshire Avenue and another in the 2000 block of Davis Avenue. Sochocki said a total of 10 pounds of methamphetamine and more than 500 counterfeit oxycodone pills believed to be made of fentanyl were seized. Some of the drugs, she said, were confiscated when officers stopped a vehicle that left one of the residences. The…

KINGMAN – A six-month-long Kingman drug investigation culminated Nov. 3 with significant seizures and five arrests. Kingman police spokeswoman Jennifer Sochocki said federal agents assisted the local MAGNET narcotics task force with the execution of search warrants at one home in the 400 block of Wilshire Avenue and another in the 2000 block of Davis Avenue. Sochocki said a total of 10 pounds of methamphetamine and more than 500 counterfeit oxycodone pills believed to be made of fentanyl were seized. Some of the drugs, she said, were confiscated when officers stopped a vehicle that left one of the residences. The…

KINGMAN – Three Golden Valley residents have been arrested after concocting a false account of how an eight-month-old baby was critically wounded by pellet gun fire. The Mohave County Sheriff’s office investigation began Tuesday night when the child was being treated for suspicious injuries at Kingman Regional Medical Center. Detectives traveled to Las Vegas where the child had been flown for treatment. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said it was determined that the girl had been shot at least twice by a projectile that was consistent with a b.b. or pellet. “One of the projectiles was to the child’s arm…