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Mohave College women’s soccer season opens with win

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave College women’s soccer

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Schneider found guilty of sexual assault; faces 5+

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A Golden Valley man awaits

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Woman pleads guilty to leaving children home alone

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – A Lake Havasu

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Judge criticizes plea deal for organized crime rail

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A local judge has again

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Two kilos of cocaine seized after three-mile chase

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – Almost 4.5 pounds

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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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Board lowers COVID compliancy fines

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County will continue enforcing Governor Doug Ducey’s COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions and regulations for bars and restaurants, gyms and movie theaters, but the Board of Supervisors voted Monday to lower the range of potential sanctions for non-compliance. There was little discussion of fully ignoring enforcement of the Governor’s edicts, as staff members continue to say they don’t know what the consequences might be for the county. Staff told supervisors that the county has conducted 92 investigations of complaints and that all but one has been resolved short of fines or court action. Supervisors were told that only…

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Board lowers COVID compliancy fines

MOHAVE COUNTY – Mohave County will continue enforcing Governor Doug Ducey’s COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions and regulations for bars and restaurants, gyms and movie theaters, but the Board of Supervisors voted Monday to lower the range of potential sanctions for non-compliance. There was little discussion of fully ignoring enforcement of the Governor’s edicts, as staff members continue to say they don’t know what the consequences might be for the county. Staff told supervisors that the county has conducted 92 investigations of complaints and that all but one has been resolved short of fines or court action. Supervisors were told that only…

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