Category: Court News

BULLHEAD CITY – Two men, brothers age 39 and 45, drove to the Bullhead City Fire Station on Hancock Road with gunshot wounds Sunday evening, May 3. According to a Bullhead City Police Department spokesperson, they men reported they were involved in a shooting in the 1900 block of Colorado Blvd. Both men were treated and transported to a Las Vegas hospital. Upon investigation, shell casing were located at the residence, and multiple bullet holes were observed at the house. Jesse Enrique Orozco, 30, was arrested in connection with Sunday night’s shooting. With assistance from the Los Angeles Police Department, Orozco…

BULLHEAD CITY – Two men, brothers age 39 and 45, drove to the Bullhead City Fire Station on Hancock Road with gunshot wounds Sunday evening, May 3. According to a Bullhead City Police Department spokesperson, they men reported they were involved in a shooting in the 1900 block of Colorado Blvd. Both men were treated and transported to a Las Vegas hospital. Upon investigation, shell casing were located at the residence, and multiple bullet holes were observed at the house. Jesse Enrique Orozco, 30, was arrested in connection with Sunday night’s shooting. With assistance from the Los Angeles Police Department, Orozco…

MOHAVE VALLEY – A hatchet murder is under investigation in Mohave Valley. Mohave County Sheriff’s deputies responded at 9:11 p.m. Thursday, May 7 to a report of a hatchet assault at a residence in the 1200 block of Vacation Dr. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said Nicholas Umphress, 33, was detained as he approached arriving deputies. They entered the residence and found a deceased head trauma victim identified as Victor Hernandez, 33. “Witnesses alleged that Umphress had been acting strange and pacing in the living room before the unprovoked attack,” Mortensen said. “Investigations revealed Umphress struck the victim multiple times with…