Category: Court News

KINGMAN – All charges against two Canadian citizens arrested in a drug bust on Interstate 40 west of Kingman have been dismissed following disclosure of what defense attorneys purport to be law enforcement disclosure failures. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jonathan Robinson dismissed the drug trafficking related charges at the start of an Oct. 15 hearing at the Mohave County Courthouse. Beyan Beyan, 30, and Samatar Ahmed, 36, were arrested following a Feb. 20 traffic stop and subsequent search involving officers from the Bullhead City Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff’s office, MAGNET narcotics task force and Department of Public Safety. Roughly…

KINGMAN – All charges against two Canadian citizens arrested in a drug bust on Interstate 40 west of Kingman have been dismissed following disclosure of what defense attorneys purport to be law enforcement disclosure failures. Deputy Mohave County Attorney Jonathan Robinson dismissed the drug trafficking related charges at the start of an Oct. 15 hearing at the Mohave County Courthouse. Beyan Beyan, 30, and Samatar Ahmed, 36, were arrested following a Feb. 20 traffic stop and subsequent search involving officers from the Bullhead City Police Department, Mohave County Sheriff’s office, MAGNET narcotics task force and Department of Public Safety. Roughly…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – On October 14, at approximately 8:55 p.m. an unknown male suspect committed robbery at Circle K on Kiowa Blvd and S.R. 95 after entering the store and demanding money. The suspect fled on foot from the location with an undisclosed amount of cash. Detectives from the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit responded to conduct the investigation. The male suspect is described as approximately six feet tall with a medium build. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, a red face mask and light-colored pants. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Lake…

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who was killed and provided additional details as it conducts an independent investigation of an Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) incident. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said the man who died following a multiple hour Wednesday morning standoff in Kingman is Jason Peters, 45, Kingman. Mortensen said Kingman police were first summoned at 12:36 a.m. to a report of a man chopping bushes on his neighbor’s property in the 2000 block of Fairgrounds Boulevard. The subject had left by the time police arrived. Police responded to the same area again at…

KINGMAN – Her chilling, blood-curdling screams pierced a Mohave County courtroom as a Kingman woman’s attacker was sent to the Arizona Department of Corrections Thursday. Their home security surveillance system captured 43-year-old Brian Crossland’s brutal assault of his long-time partner in their Kingman home on Golf Drive on May 13. Crossland can be seen striking the woman, holding a knife to her throat and yelling at her during the near nine-minute video segment played during the sentencing hearing before Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert. “I think the video speaks for itself,” said Deputy Mohave County Attorney Reed Weisberg. The victim…

KINGMAN – A multiple-hour standoff and Officer Involved Shooting (OIS) incident resulted in a civilian death in Kingman. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said the ordeal began unfolding about 2:00 a.m. Wednesday when dispatch was advised gunfire was coming from a home in the 2000 block of Fairgrounds Boulevard. Cooper said Kingman police officers surrounded the home and used a Public Address system to communicate with the male adult who had fired from inside the home. He said the subject was uncooperative and verbally aggressive with officers. Cooper said more than one officer encountered gunfire over a period of hours. He…