Category: Court News

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Young people trashed an unoccupied home in Lake Havasu City last Thursday. Suspects reportedly fled on foot and in vehicles as police began arriving at the home in the 2800 block of Palisades Drive at 10:40 p.m. “Officers were able to stop one of the vehicles leaving the residence and during the course of the stop, learned that the vehicle was stolen from the residence,” said detective Chris Angus. “Officers also located several items inside the vehicle that were later determined to be stolen from the Palisades Drive residence.” Occupants of the stolen vehicle, Logan Frazier,…

KINGMAN – A California man has entered a plea agreement in Kingman that will resolve a four-year-old waterway fatality case. Kevin Morgon, 47, pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to negligent homicide and aggravated assault. Authorities said a boat operated by Morgon struck a personal watercraft on the Colorado River at Davis Camp in Bullhead City in April 2016. A 13-year-old girl on the watercraft, Guadalupe Rodriguez, San Bernardino, was fatally injured. The teen’s younger sister and their mother were seriously injured in the crash. Morgon was allegedly intoxicated at the time of the crash, though a related charge is dismissed in…

KINGMAN – An alleged weapon pointing incident during a June 2 Black Lives Matter event in downtown Kingman was an accidental fluke incident of poor timing, according to Legal Defender Ron Gilleo. He spoke on behalf of his client Robert Fernandes, who entered a plea agreement Sept. 17 that could send him to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Deputy Mohave County attorney Phillip Delgado, however, said Fernandes, 43, Kingman deliberately pointed the weapon when driving by the demonstration at Locomotive Park. “The defendant leveled a simulated weapon at protesters,” Delgado said. “One protest participant was placed in reasonable apprehension of…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A woman who hoarded dozens of cats are her home in Lake Havasu City was cited for 48 counts of cruel mistreatment of animals late last month. A police report indicated that 38 cats were removed from the garage of 61-year-old Patricia Bellamy’s residence in the 2200 block of Fremont Drive. Fifteen more cats were located in a bedroom inside the home. Police said filthy and unsanitary living conditions were discovered throughout the residence and that the animals were not provided sufficient food or water. One of the cats had to be euthanized due to kidney…