Category: Court News

KINGMAN – The Lake Havasu City police department will investigate a shooting involving Mohave County Sheriff’s office (MCSO) personnel and a civilian who was killed in north Kingman. Independent investigation by outside agencies is standard procedure in Officer Involved Shootings (OIS). Spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said a report of a possibly suicidal male drew sheriff’s office response to a residence in the 4200 block of Irving St. at 10:42 p.m. Saturday, October 10. Neighbors reported gunfire to MCSO dispatch as officers were enroute. “Victim statements claimed that a male subject shot at them, but they were able to get away uninjured,”…

KINGMAN – A Kingman man who faced life in prison is a free man after entering a plea agreement resolving allegations that he forced a six-year-old girl to perform sex acts three years ago. Bradley Manseau, 30, was released from the Mohave County Adult Detention Center after he entered a plea agreement and was sentenced Wednesday. Lenient disposition results from the mother of the victim not wanting to put her daughter through the stress of a second trial. A hung jury was declared during Manseau’s trial last November because the panel could not reach unanimous verdicts. “This little girl has…

KINGMAN – A Kingman man who faced life in prison is a free man after entering a plea agreement resolving allegations that he forced a six-year-old girl to perform sex acts three years ago. Bradley Manseau, 30, was released from the Mohave County Adult Detention Center after he entered a plea agreement and was sentenced Wednesday. Lenient disposition results from the mother of the victim not wanting to put her daughter through the stress of a second trial. A hung jury was declared during Manseau’s trial last November because the panel could not reach unanimous verdicts. “This little girl has…

KINGMAN – An alleged pill pusher from California faces a possible prison sentence for a Bullhead City drug bust. Hogan Marshall, Palm Desert, 29, pleaded guilty to possession of dangerous drugs for sale during an Oct. 7 hearing in Kingman. Deputy County Attorney Jacob Cote told the court that Marshall was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over at 1882 Lakeside Drive on Aug. 5. He said a search of Marshall’s fanny pack netted seizure of 150 Xanax pills and about $2,000 in cash. Charges dismissed through the plea deal include possession of narcotic drugs, possession of dangerous drugs and…

BULLHEAD CITY – A drug dealing ex-con from Bullhead City is returning to the Arizona Department of Corrections. A 5.5-year prison term was ordered Wednesday for Ty Wharton, 27. Wharton pleaded guilty to sale of narcotic drugs for an April transaction involving heroin at 660 Highway 95 in Bullhead City. Defense attorney Ken Beane said drug addiction fueled his client’s criminal behavior and that Wharton wants to get clean. Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert said that Wharton lacked interest in rehabilitation until threatened with extended incarceration. Lambert noted three prior felony and four misdemeanor convictions, probation failures and…