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Heroin confiscated after SUV crash

BULLHEAD CITY – A Mexican national was arrested after traffic and foot pursuit activity with police in Bullhead City resulted in the injury of civilians. Bullhead City police department spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said an officer used his lights and siren to warn the operator of a speeding SUV to slow down at 12:15 p.m. Monday in the area of highway 95 and Meadows Drive. Fromelt said the officer subsequently witnessed the vehicle run a red light. “When the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the SUV driven by Alberto Alvarez sped off,” Fromelt said. “The officer was able to…

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Heroin confiscated after SUV crash

BULLHEAD CITY – A Mexican national was arrested after traffic and foot pursuit activity with police in Bullhead City resulted in the injury of civilians. Bullhead City police department spokeswoman Emily Fromelt said an officer used his lights and siren to warn the operator of a speeding SUV to slow down at 12:15 p.m. Monday in the area of highway 95 and Meadows Drive. Fromelt said the officer subsequently witnessed the vehicle run a red light. “When the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the SUV driven by Alberto Alvarez sped off,” Fromelt said. “The officer was able to…

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Barricaded man dies from self-inflicted gunshot

KINGMAN – Kingman police have released more details of a barricaded subject ordeal that ended in a civilian suicide on Friday, Nov. 6. Police department spokeswoman Jennifer Sochocki said it was determined that Earl Hendrix, 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sochocki said offers responded at 10:35 a.m. to a domestic violence incident in the 2000 block of Simms Avenue. She said it was learned that Hendrix had assaulted his mother, threatened his father and made suicidal statements before Hendrix barricaded himself inside his home in the 1700 block of Los Angeles St. “Officers responded to the area, created…

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Barricaded man dies from self-inflicted gunshot

KINGMAN – Kingman police have released more details of a barricaded subject ordeal that ended in a civilian suicide on Friday, Nov. 6. Police department spokeswoman Jennifer Sochocki said it was determined that Earl Hendrix, 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sochocki said offers responded at 10:35 a.m. to a domestic violence incident in the 2000 block of Simms Avenue. She said it was learned that Hendrix had assaulted his mother, threatened his father and made suicidal statements before Hendrix barricaded himself inside his home in the 1700 block of Los Angeles St. “Officers responded to the area, created…

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Barricaded man dies from self-inflicted gunshot

KINGMAN – Kingman police have released more details of a barricaded subject ordeal that ended in a civilian suicide on Friday, Nov. 6. Police department spokeswoman Jennifer Sochocki said it was determined that Earl Hendrix, 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Sochocki said offers responded at 10:35 a.m. to a domestic violence incident in the 2000 block of Simms Avenue. She said it was learned that Hendrix had assaulted his mother, threatened his father and made suicidal statements before Hendrix barricaded himself inside his home in the 1700 block of Los Angeles St. “Officers responded to the area, created…

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Female staff accused of prison hanky panky

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…

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