Category: Court News

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…

CHLORIDE – Horrific details of a double murder are provided through a Golden Valley man’s confession that he killed his grandmother and her partner at their Chloride home at 8182 N Palo Verde Drive. The bloodied bodies of Bryan Dean Drake, 57, and Robin Rae Hammontree, 61, were found on the floor of the southeast bedroom of the residence after 8:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28.Following his Wednesday night arrest Dustyn Wade Walsh, 19, told detectives he confronted Drake because Drake had raped his sister. Drake was acquitted of a slew of child molestation and other sex offense charges when his…

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Young people trashed an unoccupied home in Lake Havasu City last Thursday. Suspects reportedly fled on foot and in vehicles as police began arriving at the home in the 2800 block of Palisades Drive at 10:40 p.m. “Officers were able to stop one of the vehicles leaving the residence and during the course of the stop, learned that the vehicle was stolen from the residence,” said detective Chris Angus. “Officers also located several items inside the vehicle that were later determined to be stolen from the Palisades Drive residence.” Occupants of the stolen vehicle, Logan Frazier,…