Category: Court News

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…

KINGMAN -A local judge picked probation over prison for a Kingman sentenced Thursday for possessing almost 13 grams of heroin when pulled over by a Mohave County Sheriff’s deputy nearly six months ago. The county attorney’s office charged it as a sales case but allowed Patrick Holmes, 66, to plead guilty to the reduced charge of possession of narcotic drugs. Defense attorney Ken Beane told Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert that Holmes is not a dealer, but became addicted to drugs when dealing with pain from work related injuries. Lambert placed Holmes on probation and ordered him to…