Category: Court News

LITTLEFIELD – Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputies arrested Joshua Bradyn Blake, 26 of Logan, UT, Aundrae Giles, 28 of Spanish Fork, UT, and Craig Anthony Hanlin, 50 of St. George, UT. On Saturday, Sept. 19, at approximately 1 p.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle travelling northbound on Interstate 15. Deputies made contact with the driver, identified as Blake, who advised he did not have a valid driver’s license. The passenger was identified as Giles, and the backseat passenger was identified as Hanlin. Blake gave consent to a search of the vehicle, which resulted in locating 223 grams…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – An alleged serial burglar has been arrested in Lake Havasu City. Detective Chris Angus said police identified 41-year-old Michael Brothers as a suspect while investigating residential burglaries over the past month. Officers searching for Brothers reportedly spotted him in the parking lot of Birch Square at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken into custody without further incident during a brief foot pursuit in the 2100blockofMcCulloch Boulevard North. Brothers was initially booked into jail on four burglary charges, theft, a parole violation and an unrelated warrant. Police continue investigating the burglary spree. Dave Hawkins

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LAKE HAVASU CITY – Over the past several months, detectives with the Lake Havasu City Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit, which is part of the Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET), have been conducting an investigation into two subjects selling illegal drugs in the Lake Havasu City area. On September 17, at approximately 3:55 a.m., Patrol Officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle that was occupied by the subjects in question, and a short vehicle pursuit ensued when the driver of the vehicle failed to stop. The vehicle crashed in the area of Trotwood Drive and…