Category: Court News

KINGMAN – A Laughlin resident snared in an undercover sting operation targeting male adults attempting to prey upon minors for sex faces a mandatory prison sentence following conviction at trial. The jury deliberated about two hours before returning guilty verdicts in August in Kingman in the case against Jay Lawler, 46. The initial operation where a male Mohave County Sheriff’s detective began communicating on social media while posing as a female teenager produced indictments of about one dozen men from Parker to Las Vegas. The detective diverted communications to text messages while posing as “Sabrina”, a fictitious 13-year-old with whom…

KINGMAN – A lottery ticket thief was captured by officers as he fled a downtown Kingman convenience store early Sunday. Police Chief Rusty Cooper said officers responded at 4:45 a.m. to a report of a robbery in progress at the business in the 700 block of W. Beale St. Cooper said Kenneth Luman, 31, was running from the store when officers chased him down. “Officers were able to detain and ultimately control Luman who was found to be in possession of a large amount of AZ Lottery tickets,” Cooper said. Cooper said investigation determined that Luman got upset when he…

GOLDEN VALLEY – A Saturday shooting death is under investigation as a homicide by the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Deputies responded at approximately 10:10 p.m. to a call reporting a shooting in the 4600 block of N. So Hi Blvd. “The caller, later identified as Roy Dean Medlin, 64, Golden Valley, indicated that he had gotten into a physical altercation with his roommate and had shot him,” said sheriff’s spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. “Upon arrival, deputies observed a subject, later identified as David Scott Hendrix, 49, deceased in the residence from an apparent gunshot wound.” Detectives continue the investigation and Medlin…

GOLDEN VALLEY – A Saturday shooting death is under investigation as a homicide by the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Deputies responded at approximately 10:10 p.m. to a call reporting a shooting in the 4600 block of N. So Hi Blvd. “The caller, later identified as Roy Dean Medlin, 64, Golden Valley, indicated that he had gotten into a physical altercation with his roommate and had shot him,” said sheriff’s spokeswoman Anita Mortensen. “Upon arrival, deputies observed a subject, later identified as David Scott Hendrix, 49, deceased in the residence from an apparent gunshot wound.” Detectives continue the investigation and Medlin…