Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A lottery ticket thief was captured by officers as he fled a downtown Kingman convenience store early Sunday. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said officers responded at 4:45 a.m. to a report of a robbery in progress at the business in the 700 block of W. Beale St. Cooper said Kenneth Luman, 31, was running from the store when officers chased him down. “Officers were able to detain and ultimately control Luman who was found to be in possession of a large amount of AZ Lottery tickets,” Cooper said. Cooper said investigation determined that Luman got upset when he…

GOLDEN VALLEY – A Saturday shooting death is under investigation as a homicide by the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Deputies responded at approximately 10:10 p.m. to a call reporting a shooting in the 4600 block of N. So Hi Blvd. “The caller, later identified as Roy Dean Medlin, 64, Golden Valley, indicated that he had gotten into a physical altercation with his roommate and had shot him,” said sheriff’s spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. “Upon arrival, deputies observed a subject, later identified as David Scott Hendrix, 49, deceased in the residence from an apparent gunshot wound.” Detectives continue the investigation and Medlin…

GOLDEN VALLEY – A Saturday shooting death is under investigation as a homicide by the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Deputies responded at approximately 10:10 p.m. to a call reporting a shooting in the 4600 block of N. So Hi Blvd. “The caller, later identified as Roy Dean Medlin, 64, Golden Valley, indicated that he had gotten into a physical altercation with his roommate and had shot him,” said sheriff’s spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. “Upon arrival, deputies observed a subject, later identified as David Scott Hendrix, 49, deceased in the residence from an apparent gunshot wound.” Detectives continue the investigation and Medlin…

CHLORIDE – Horrific details of a double murder are provided through a Golden Valley man’s confession that he killed his grandmother and her partner at their Chloride home at 8182 N Palo Verde Drive. The bloodied bodies of Bryan Dean Drake, 57, and Robin Rae Hammontree, 61, were found on the floor of the southeast bedroom of the residence after 8:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28.Following his Wednesday night arrest Dustyn Wade Walsh, 19, told detectives he confronted Drake because Drake had raped his sister. Drake was acquitted of a slew of child molestation and other sex offense charges when his…