Category: Court News

KINGMAN – Two Kingman men nabbed in an undercover sting investigation targeting adult males preying upon minors made separate Nov. 11 court appearances involving their plea agreements. Judge Billy Sipe imposed a five-year prison term for Michael Shaw, 30. Shaw pleaded guilty to attempted sexual conduct with a minor and luring a minor for sexual exploitation. He is one of more than a dozen men from Parker to Las Vegas who had social media contact that led to sexually explicit text message sexual communication with a Mohave County sheriff’s detective decoy who was posing as a 13-year-old girl. Judge Sipe…

KINGMAN – Local authorities say two Kingman-based Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO’s) have been dismantled through “Operation King Crimson”, a 21-month-long investigation coordinated by the MAGNET narcotics task force and supported by state and federal law enforcement agencies. Two dozen people 28-70 years of age have been arrested for various drug offenses. Most of the defendants are from Kingman while a few are from Golden Valley, Dolan Springs and Las Vegas. Additional arrests are expected in an investigation focused on DTO’s reportedly operated by Austreberto Acoltzi-Bautista, 48, and Carlos Ochoa-Quinones, 30. “Acoltzi-Bautista would obtain large quantities of methamphetamine and heroin that…