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A new season

Dear Editor, Fall has arrived. This is not

International Peace Day observed around the world and

KINGMAN, Ariz. – International Peace Day (IPD) was

Topock School Board meeting calmer than usual Thursday

TOPOCK, Ariz. – For the very first time,

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Kingman police chase ends in RV park

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The Kingman Police Department (KPD)

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Colombian charged with 18 child-sex offenses

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A Kingman resident from Colombia

Work continues to restore water services at Grand

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – Grand Canyon National Park

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BHC Police Chief retirement will be a drive-thru celebration

BULLHEAD CITY – The City of Bullhead City is honoring Chief of Police Brian Williamson for his dedicated service by holding a farewell retirement drive-thru celebration. The public is invited to join the farewell retirement drive-thru celebration on Wednesday, August 26at 10 a.m. Vehicles may begin lining up at 9:30 a.m. on Hoppa’s Drive/Gary Keith Park (between Mohave High School and Public Works). The police department’s traffic personnel will lead the vehicle procession through the drive-thru route, which will head south on Alona’s Way to the parking lot of the Bullhead City Justice Complex, 1255 Marina Blvd. The Chief will…

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Alleged drug dealers enter plea deals

MOHAVE COUNTY – Defendants from Bullhead City and Golden Valley will be going to prison under terms of recently entered plea agreements that resolve their separate drug cases. A 5.5-year prison term is mandated in the plea deal for Brock Barnett, 30. The Bullhead City man pleaded guilty on August 11 to possession of narcotic drugs for sale. Deputy Mohave County attorney Morgan Carstensen said Barnett was on probation for two 2019 theft cases when a June search of his home at 1730 Coronado Drive turned up four grams of heroin, $920 cash and drug paraphernalia. Carstensen said Barnett admitted…

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Rounds fired into occupied vehicle

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Two women were not injured when the parked vehicle they occupied was blasted by a round fired from a shotgun. Lake Havasu City police said the August 16 incident occurred in the driveway in the 200 block of S. Lake Havasu Avenue. Sergeant Tom Gray said officers learned that Danny Jones, 52, Lake Havasu, pulled his vehicle behind the one the women were in. He said Jones was angry and paranoid that the women had been following him. Jones reportedly retrieved a shotgun from his vehicle and fired a birdshot round. “The pellets peppered the back…

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Valley man accepts plea deal in sex abuse case

KINGMAN – A Golden Valley man who engaged in sexual activity with his own son is going to the Arizona Department of Corrections if a local judge accepts a plea agreement entered Monday. Judge Billy Sipe deferred acceptance of the plea proposal until a September 17 hearing. Larry Hayes, 35, had been charged with three counts of sexual conduct with a minor. The proposed case resolution dismisses one count and reduces two others to attempted sexual conduct with a minor. Prosecutor Karolina Czaplinska told the Court that the sexual behavior occurred when the victim was under the age of 12…

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BBB scam alert: Synthetic ID theft, a new trick for scammers

Identity theft is an ever-evolving crime. As credit bureaus and individuals catch on to the schemes of identity thieves, the con artists simply modify their tactics. Scammers are now combining information from multiple individuals to invent a false identity, a technique called “synthetic” identity theft. It’s so hard to detect, you might be a victim and not even know it. How the scam works Scammers pull together a stolen Social Security or Social Insurance number (often belonging to a minor or someone with no credit history), the address of an abandoned property, and a fake name and birth date. Using this…

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BBB scam alert: Synthetic ID theft, a new trick for scammers

Identity theft is an ever-evolving crime. As credit bureaus and individuals catch on to the schemes of identity thieves, the con artists simply modify their tactics. Scammers are now combining information from multiple individuals to invent a false identity, a technique called “synthetic” identity theft. It’s so hard to detect, you might be a victim and not even know it. How the scam works Scammers pull together a stolen Social Security or Social Insurance number (often belonging to a minor or someone with no credit history), the address of an abandoned property, and a fake name and birth date. Using this…

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