Category: Court News

A Lake Havasu City man fired more than two dozen rifle rounds towards officers and homes before charging out of his residence drawing fatal gunfire from local police. That’s part of the narrative of a Mohave County Attorney’s office letter clearing Sergeant Brian Jacobs and officer Brent Skancke of any wrongdoing in the shooting death of Ronald Chipman, 39. The Bullhead City Police Department conducted an independent investigation of the Aug. 19 incident in the 3300 block of Pocahontas Drive. Deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann wrote a letter stating that he reviewed the investigation and determined the officers were…

KINGMAN – An ex con who pointed a pellet gun at a group of Black Lives Matters (BLM) protesters at a Kingman demonstration is being sent back to the Arizona Department of Corrections. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert rejected pleas for probation Monday and ordered a 3.5-year prison term for Robert Fernandes, 43. Fernandes pleaded guilty to one aggravated assault charge while four other counts are dismissed in the plea agreement. Dozens of BLM demonstrators lined Locomotive Park June 2 when authorities said at least 5 were threatened when they saw a weapon trained in their direction from…

BULLHEAD CITY – An elderly Bullhead City man has been arrested for harming young children during babysitting sessions. Harold Stanley Pinkard, 70, was booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Center Monday. “The victim’s parents reported to police that their children had been sexually abused and physically assaulted while Pinkard was babysitting them,” said police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt. She said detectives learned that Pinkard sexually abused girls 7 and 11 years of age and physically abused a 4-year-old boy. “The abuse occurred on several occasions while the children were in his care since July,” Fromelt said. Pinkard is originally charged…

BULLHEAD CITY – An elderly Bullhead City man has been arrested for harming young children during babysitting sessions. Harold Stanley Pinkard, 70, was booked into the Mohave County Adult Detention Center Monday. “The victim’s parents reported to police that their children had been sexually abused and physically assaulted while Pinkard was babysitting them,” said police spokeswoman Emily Fromelt. She said detectives learned that Pinkard sexually abused girls 7 and 11 years of age and physically abused a 4-year-old boy. “The abuse occurred on several occasions while the children were in his care since July,” Fromelt said. Pinkard is originally charged…

KINGMAN – Police report a Las Vegas man is expected to recover after undergoing surgery following a weekend stabbing in Kingman. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said officers responded to Kingman Regional Medical Center at 8:40 p.m. Saturday after it was reported a stabbing victim was being treated for life-threatening injuries. Another report of the same stabbing report drew officers to a home in the 2200 block of Davis Ave. “Investigators learned that four adults in the home became involved in a verbal argument amongst themselves,” Cooper said. He said 39-year-old Nathan Bird of Kingman and the 31-year-old victim got into…

KINGMAN – A 35-year prison term was ordered Monday for a Laughlin man snared in an undercover sting operation targeting males preying upon minors for sex. Judge Doug Camacho piled on the years Monday for Jay Lawler, 46, convicted at trial of luring a minor, aggravated luring of a minor, attempted sexual exploitation of a minor and attempted sexual conduct with a minor. Lawler and more than a dozen other men from Parker to Las Vegas have been prosecuted since engaging in sexually explicit communications with a Mohave County Sheriff’s detective posing as a 13-year-old girl. Lawler was convicted of…