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Rounds fired into occupied vehicle

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Two women were not injured when the parked vehicle they occupied was blasted by a round fired from a shotgun. Lake Havasu City police said the August 16 incident occurred in the driveway in the 200 block of S. Lake Havasu Avenue. Sergeant Tom Gray said officers learned that Danny Jones, 52, Lake Havasu, pulled his vehicle behind the one the women were in. He said Jones was angry and paranoid that the women had been following him. Jones reportedly retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle and fired a birdshot round. “The pellets peppered the back…

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Valley man accepts plea deal in sex abuse case

KINGMAN – A Golden Valley man who engaged in sexual activity with his own son is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections if a local judge accepts a plea agreement entered Monday. Judge Billy Sipe deferred acceptance of the plea proposal until a September 17 hearing. Larry Hayes, 35, had been charged with three counts of sexual conduct with a minor. The proposed case resolution dismisses one count and reduces two others to attempted sexual conduct with a minor. Prosecutor Karolina Czaplinska told the Court that the sexual behavior occurred when the victim was under the age of 12…

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BBB scam alert: Synthetic ID theft, a new trick for scammers

Identity theft is an ever-evolving crime. As credit bureaus and individuals catch on to the schemes of identity thieves, the con artists simply modify their tactics. Scammers are now combining information from multiple individuals to invent a false identity, a technique called “synthetic” identity theft. It’s so hard to detect, you might be a victim and not even know it. How the scam works Scammers pull together a stolen Social Security or Social Insurance number (often belonging to a minor or someone with no credit history), the address of an abandoned property, and a fake name and birth date. Using this…

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BBB scam alert: Synthetic ID theft, a new trick for scammers

Identity theft is an ever-evolving crime. As credit bureaus and individuals catch on to the schemes of identity thieves, the con artists simply modify their tactics. Scammers are now combining information from multiple individuals to invent a false identity, a technique called “synthetic” identity theft. It’s so hard to detect, you might be a victim and not even know it. How the scam works Scammers pull together a stolen Social Security or Social Insurance number (often belonging to a minor or someone with no credit history), the address of an abandoned property, and a fake name and birth date. Using this…

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Boy assaulted in public restroom

LAKE HAVASU CITY – A Peach Springs man was arrested for multiple felony offenses after a violent encounter with a 10-year-old boy in Lake Havasu City. Police responded at 5:30 p.m. on August 15 to a report of a large group of people fighting at London Bridge Beach. Police sergeant Tom Gray said the boy was attacked in a restroom by Allijah Lee, 37. “Lee allegedly grabbed the 10-year old victim and tried to push him into a bathroom stall,” Gray said. “The child fell to the ground when pushed by Lee and was able to get away.” Gray said…

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Quarantine lifted at county jail; COVID spread avoided

KINGMAN – A potential outbreak has been avoided after two COVID-19 positive inmates potentially exposed 78 others to the coronavirus at the Mohave County Adult Detention Center in Kingman. Captain Don Bischoff and staff immediately removed the coronavirus positive inmates last month and placed the others in cohort congregate quarantine in two housing units of the jail. “We dodged a bullet and are now moving forward,” Bischoff said Thursday, a week after normal operations resumed at the Detention Center. Bischoff said the two-week quarantine was lifted when there was no spread among inmates within the housing units of concern.  …

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